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Pressure Drop (album)

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Released
  
November 1975

Producer
  
Steve Smith

Release date
  
November 1975

Genre
  
Rock music

Length
  
36:54

Artist
  
Robert Palmer

Label
  
Island Records

Pressure Drop (1975)
  
Some People Can Do What They Like (1976)

Similar
  
Robert Palmer albums, Rock music albums

Robert palmer work to make it work


Pressure Drop is the second solo album by Robert Palmer, released in 1975. Palmer is backed by Little Feat and other musicians. The title track is a cover version of the reggae hit by Toots & the Maytals. However, many other songs on the album use "New Orleans funk ... along with smooth, dated disco ballads smothered in strings". Continuing his association with Little Feat started by his cover of "Sailing Shoes" on his 1974 debut album Sneaking Sally Through the Alley, Feat was used as backing band on several cuts, most notably Lowell George's slide guitar on "Here With You Tonight". George also contributed the tune "Trouble" on which Feat pianist Bill Payne plays the intro. David Jeffries' review says that the album is considered "too blue-eyed and polished for fans of Palmer's more gutsy moments" but concludes that "Pressure Drop has grown into the great overlooked album in Palmer's discography".

Contents

The album peaked at No. 136 in the US.

Track listing

All songs by Robert Palmer except where noted.

  1. "Give Me an Inch" – 3:17
  2. "Work to Make It Work" – 4:27
  3. "Back in My Arms" – 3:30
  4. "River Boat" (Allen Toussaint) – 3:44
  5. "Pressure Drop" (Frederick Hibbert) – 5:26
  6. "Here with You Tonight" (Robert Palmer, Pete Gage) – 4:57
  7. "Trouble" (Lowell George) – 2:25
  8. "Fine Time" – 5:43
  9. "Which of Us Is the Fool" – 3:25

Personnel

  • Robert Palmer – vocals, percussion
  • Lowell George – guitar, backing vocals
  • Bill Payne – keyboards
  • Paul Barrere – guitar, backing vocals
  • Richie Hayward – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Kenny Gradney – bass
  • Sam Clayton – backing vocals
  • James Jamerson – bass
  • Ed Greene – drums, percussion
  • Jean Alain Roussel – clavinet, keyboards, Hammond B-3
  • Gordon DeWitty – clavinet
  • Gene Page – strings
  • The Muscle Shoals Horns – horns
  • Mel Collins – saxophones, flute
  • Mongezi Feza – trumpet, flageolet
  • Ray Allen – trombone
  • Vicki Brown – backing vocals
  • Fran Tate – backing vocals
  • David Snell – harp
  • Joe Brown – banjo
  • Steve York – harmonica
  • Martin Frye – tuba
  • Steve Smith – production
  • Phill Brown – engineering
  • Graham Hughes - cover concept, design, photography

    • Paul Barrere, Lowell George, Kenny Gradney, Richie Hayward, Bill Payne and Sam Clayton were members of Little Feat at the time. Fran Tate sang backup vocals on some Little Feat records, extending the Little Feat connection. Recorded at Blue Seas Studio in Hunt Valley, Maryland

    Songs

    1Give Me an Inch3:18
    2Work to Make It Work4:08
    3Back in My Arms3:33

    References

    Pressure Drop (album) Wikipedia
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