Despite my (yet rationalized) fondness for his 1980 electro-pop hit "Johnny and Mary" (included here), the 16-track collection The Very Best of Robert Palmer mostly leaves...
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Here's a new approach to a compilation. Robert Palmer has looked back at his catalog and plucked a set of album tracks, which he has in some cases remixed or partially...
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Thanks in part to Robert Palmer's hand in the process of compiling Addictions, Vol. 1, this early best-of is a fine peek into the musical passions that made Palmer tick. The...
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Apart from "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On," there are no big hits on Addictions, vol. 2, only album tracks and failed singles, all of which are quite good. Many of the tracks...
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After exploring a sound that filtered blue-eyed soul through excursions into worldbeat, Robert Palmer began to move in a more commercial direction on 1978's self-produced...
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After recording a series of albums that established him as a pop-minded interpreter of soul styles, Robert Palmer surprised fans in 1980 with the stylistic about-face of...
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Continuing the hard rock hits with "Simply Irresistible" and the funk of the Gap Band cover "Early In The Morning." This one even has yodeling on it! "She Makes My Day" is...
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Robert Palmer cloned his hard rock Riptide style for its follow-up, his debut album on EMI, and was rewarded with the number two hit "Simply Irresistible," even if the...
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Palmer's own songs (especially the silky "Give Me an Inch" and "Work to Make It Work") and the backing of Little Feat help make this a worthy followup to Sneakin' Sally...
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"Addicted To Love" is a true rock classic--and that's just the beginning of the pile of good tunes on this album. Other must-hears: "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On,"...
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Coming on the heels of the massive success of the Power Station, Riptide packages Robert Palmer's voice and suave personality into a commercial series of mostly rocking...
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Secrets was recorded entirely in New Providence, Bahamas, and an island influence is apparent on a number of its songs. But for the most part, the album features some of...
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Before becoming a slick, sharp-dressed pop star in the 1980s, Robert Palmer was a soul singer deeply rooted in R&B and funk. Those influences are on full display on his...
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Robert Palmer's third album is a blue-eyed soul disc that sits comfortably alongside Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley and Pressure Drop. This time, Palmer drops the...
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Five oldies recorded in concert and five new songs, among them Palmer's first big UK hit, "Some Guys Have All the Luck." (Rod Stewart had a U.S. hit version two years...
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Robert Palmer's second EMI album, which turned out to be a sales disappointment, seems to combine two different musical concepts in its 18 tracks. The first is a...
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It would be a little easier to like this disc if English rock/ pop crooner Robert Palmer had titled it anything but Rhythm & Blues. For years, the genre has been a...
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After stumbling through a Power Station reunion, Robert Palmer signed with Rhino's original music label, Pyramid, and delivered his first studio album in five years with...
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MCA's 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection is a good, basic collection of Robert Palmer's biggest hits, including "Sneaking Sally (Through the Alley)," "Bad...
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There are usually thought to be two phases to Robert Palmer's career: an earlier one running from 1974 to 1983, when he explored New Orleans second-line funk and reggae,...
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