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Don't Explain (Robert Palmer album)

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Released
  
November 5, 1990

Don't Explain (1990)
  
Ridin' High (1992)

Release date
  
5 November 1990

Genre
  
Rock music

Length
  
66:33

Artist
  
Robert Palmer

Label
  
EMI

Producers
  
Teo Macero, Robert Palmer

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Recorded
  
Logic Studios (Milan, Italy)

Similar
  
Robert Palmer albums, Rock music albums

Don't Explain is the tenth solo studio album by Robert Palmer, released in 1990. During the course of its 18 tracks, Palmer displays rock, R&B, jazz and Bahamian influences. Several classic songs are covered, as well. The album peaked at number 9 in the UK and number 88 in the US.

Contents

The album was certified UK Gold by BPI in November 1990.

Track listing

  1. "Your Mother Should Have Told You" (Robert Palmer, Guy Pratt) (3:41)
  2. "Light-Years" (Divinyls, Robert Palmer) (4:27)
  3. "You Can't Get Enough of a Good Thing" (Robert Palmer) (4:08)
  4. "Dreams to Remember" (Otis Redding, Zelda Reading, Joe Rock) (4:25)
  5. "You're Amazing" (Stephen Fellows, Alan Mansfield, Robert Palmer, Guy Pratt, Steve Stevens) (3:49)
  6. "Mess Around" (Stephen Fellows, Robert Palmer) (4:50)
  7. "Happiness" (Robert Palmer) (2:52)
  8. "History" (Robert Palmer) (4:32)
  9. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" with UB40 (Bob Dylan) (3:26)
  10. "Housework" (Stephen Fellows, Robert Palmer) (3:12)
  11. "Mercy Mercy Me" (Marvin Gaye) / "I Want You" (Arthur "T-Boy" Ross, Leon Ware) (5:59)
  12. "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday) (2:28)
  13. "Aeroplane" (Robert Palmer) (3:04)
  14. "People Will Say We're in Love" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein) (2:20)
  15. "Not a Word" (Robert Palmer, Guy Pratt, Colin Vearncombe) (4:18)
  16. "Top 40" (Mose Allison) (2:40)
  17. "You're So Desirable" (Ray Noble) (2:24)
  18. "You're My Thrill" (Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney) (3:58)
  • N.B. The liner notes for the 1st US pressing (EMI/Capitol – CDP-7-93935-2) attribute the final song to Ned Washington & Burton Lane. While they co-wrote a song by that name, the one on Palmer's album is the Clare & Gorney composition made popular by Billie Holiday.

    • Personnel

  • Robert Palmer – vocals, drums, guitar, producer
  • Cyro Baptista – percussion
  • Luka Belak – violin
  • Frank Blair – bass
  • Brent Bourgeois – keyboards, background vocals (2, 3)
  • William Bryant – bass, piano
  • Dennis Budimir – acoustic guitar
  • Richard Cobble – production coordination
  • Alan Darby – guitar
  • Chuck Findley – flugelhorn
  • Clare Fischer – clarinet, conductor, string and horn arrangements
  • Arne Fraser – clarinet, conductor, string and horn arrangements, engineer
  • Mike Fraser – mixing
  • David Harper – executive producer
  • Pete "Sneaky" Klienow – pedal steel guitar
  • David King – stylist
  • Teo Macero – producer (7, 8, 11-16, 18)
  • Alan Mansfield – drums, keyboards
  • Eddie Martinez – guitar
  • Henry Marquez – art direction
  • Demo Morselli – trumpet
  • B.J. Nelson – background vocals (2, 3, 4)
  • Claudio Pascoli – saxophone
  • Pino Pischetola – percussion, engineer
  • Saverio Porciello – guitar
  • Guy Pratt – bass
  • Pamela Starks – vocals (9)
  • Steve Stevens – guitar
  • Eric "ET" Thorngren – mixing
  • Gerald Vinci – concertmaster
  • Dony Wynn – drums, percussion

    • Songs

    1Your Mother Should Have Told You3:40
    2Light-Years4:26
    3You Can’t Get Enough of a Good Thing4:08

    References

    Don't Explain (Robert Palmer album) Wikipedia
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