Robert Palmer : Music & Style

Quatre albums de Robert Palmer datant des années EMI (1988-1995) sont réédités via Edsel Records sous la forme de deux coffrets contenant chacun deux CD. Cette nouvelle édition Deluxe inclut des titres bonus (versions remixées et faces B de simples ne figurant pas sur les albums) et un texte d'Alan Robinson.

Four Robert Palmer albums from the EMI years (1988-1995) are being re-released via Edsel Records as two double-disc sets. This new Deluxe edition includes extra-tracks (remixes, non-album singles b-sides) and annotations by Alan Robinson.

Heavy Nova + Don't Explain 

After almost two decades with Island Records (as a member of both The Alan Bown Set and Vinegar Joe, and solo) and a series of hit albums and singles, Robert Palmer signed to EMI in 1988.
In June 88, hit single Simply Irresistible preceded the hit album Heavy Nova , and was followed by a Top Ten hit single, the classic She Makes My Day . Further hits followed in Change His Ways  and It Could Happen To You. The bonus tracks on this expanded edition feature the two remixes of Simply Irresistible, a remix of Change His Ways, and the non-album song Nova .
Second (double) album Don t Explain followed in November 1990, preceded by the Top Ten collaboration with UB40, I'll Be Your Baby Tonight and followed by Palmer's hit homage to Marvin Gaye Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) / I Want You, both also included in this release in their 12" versions. Also included are three non-album singles B-sides.
The booklet of this slip-cased 2 CD set features annotation by Alan Robinson along with the CD singles covers.

Bonus tracks / Titres bonus :

Simply Irresistible (Extended Version)

Nova

Simply Irresistible (E.T. remix)

Change His Ways (Wed 9 PM Mix)

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - with UB40 (Extended Version)

Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) / I Want You (12" Remix)

Happiness (12" Remix)

Deep End - with UB40

Oh Yeah

All Shook Up 

Ridin' High + Honey

Released in October 1992, Ridin' High was Palmer's lounge album, featuring his beautiful renditions of many classics like (Love Is) The Tender Trap, Baby It's Cold Outside and the hit Witchcraft, with full arrangements. Also featured is his own classic Want You More.
Honey was issued in September 1994 and was Palmer's last album for EMI (he recorded a further two albums before his death in 2003). It contains three hits in Girl U Want, Know By Now and You Blow Me Away. The bonus tracks feature remixes of two of the singles and a non-album b-side.
The booklet of this slip-cased 2 CD set features annotation by Alan Robinson along with the CD singles covers.

Bonus tracks / Titres bonus :

Know By Now (Pinaxa Mix)

In The Stars

You Blow Me Away (Remix Edit)

You Blow Me Away (Alge Mix)