Tropical Campfires is an album by Michael Nesmith, released in 1992.
Allmusic writes "Along with Lindsay Buckingham's Out of the Cradle, this album may be one of the finest and most underrated albums of the 1990s."
Track Listing
All songs written by Michael Nesmith except where otherwise noted.
- "Yellow Butterfly" – 5:22
- "Laugh Kills Lonesome" – 4:12
- "Moon Over the Rio Grande" – 5:58
- "One... " – 5:19
- "Juliana" – 6:09
- "Brazil" (Barroso, Russell, Russell) – 5:35
- "In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter) – 3:09
- "Rising in Love" – 4:42
- "Begin the Beguine" (Porter) – 5:18
- "I Am Not That" – 2:45
- "...for the Island" – 5:18
- "Twilight on the Trail" – 4:28
Personnel
- Michael Nesmith – guitar, vocals, liner notes
- Joe Chemay – bass, background vocals
- John Jorgenson – guitar, mandolin, background vocals
- John Hobbs – keyboards, background vocals
- Red Rhodes – guitar, pedal steel guitar
- Luis Conte – percussion
Production notes
- Michael Nesmith – producer
- Mike McDonald – engineer
- Peter Rynston – mastering
- Jeff Adamoff – art direction
- Henry Diltz – photography
- Val Jennings – project coordinator
- Jeff Lancaster – design
- Stan Watts – illustrations