Rhythm and Blues (Robert Palmer album)

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Released 1999 Release date 1999 Label Pyramid Records		Artist Robert Palmer Producer Robert Palmer Genre Rock music

Rhythm & Blues (1999) Live at the Apollo (2001) Similar Robert Palmer albums, Rock music albums

Rhythm & Blues is an album by the British musician Robert Palmer. His thirteenth solo studio album, it was released in 1999 and was his first new release in 5 years. The album reached No. 118 in the UK but did not chart in the US. Palmer's long-term girlfriend Mary Ambrose sang background vocals on some tracks, as did Sharon O'Neill who co-wrote "True Love".

The album's only single "True Love" peaked at #94 in the UK.

Track listing

All tracks written by Robert Palmer except where noted.

US track listing

"True Love" (Robert Palmer, Sharon O'Neill, Alan Mansfield) – 4:19
"No Problem" – 3:35
"Let's Get It On" [99] (Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend) – 4:09
"Stone Cold" – 4:28
"Sex Appeal" – 4:34
"Work to Make It Work" [99] – 3:34
"All the Will in the World" – 4:57
"You're Not the Only One" – 3:39
"Mr. Wise Guy" – 3:32
"I Choose You" (Robert Palmer, Willie Hutch) – 4:18
"Dance for Me" – 3:53
"Twenty Million Things" (Jed Levy, Lowell George) – 3:09

The UK & Canadian track listing features all the same songs with the exception that the track "Dance for Me" is replaced by the track "Tennis", written by Palmer. The tracks also appear in different order.

Personnel

Producers – Pino Pischetola and Robert Palmer

Production Assistant – Paul Cavanaugh

Production Coordinator – Richard Coble

Engineered and Mixed by Pino Pischetola (tracks 1-10 & 12) and Alessandro Benedetto (track 11).

Assistant Engineer – Nick Friend

Recorded at Compass Point Studios

Editing – Kurt Wipfli

Mastered by Antonio Baglio

Musicians

Vocals, arrangements – Robert Palmer

Featuring – Alan Mansfield (track 1), Bertram Engel (tracks 3, 7, 8), Bill Payne (track 12), Carl Carlton (2) (tracks 3, 7, 8, 11), Ken Taylor (tracks 3, 7, 8), Pascal Kravetz (tracks 3, 7, 8).

Percussion – James Palmer (track 12) and Mauro Spino (track 12).

Strings (track 12) – Mary Ambrose

Backing vocals – Mary Ambrose (track 12) and Sharon O'Neill (track 12).

Other Credits

Design Concept and Logo – Robert Palmer

Art Direction – Ian Ross

Photography – Fabio Nosotti (cover) and Mark Allan (inner).