The Island Records Years

Titre : The Island Records Years

Date de publication : 17.02.2023

Label : Edsel

Type : Coffret

Coffret Deluxe regroupant sur 9 CD tous les albums de Robert Palmer de la période Island (1974-1985) avec des titres bonus. Le son a été remastérisé par Phil Kinrade aux studios Air à partir de sources numériques des archives d'Universal. Le coffret inclut un livret de 28 pages avec des notes détaillées écrites par Daryl Easlea. Ceci ressemble toutefois à un simple reconditionnement des rééditions en double CD sorties par Edsel en 2013 et désormais épuisées. 

Les rééditions de 2013 en double CD / The 2013 double CD reissues

Deluxe 9-CD box set containing all Robert Palmer's albums from the Island years (1974-1985) with bonus tracks. The sound has been remastered by Phil Kinrade at Air Studios using digital sources from Universal's archives. The box set includes a 28-page booklet with liner notes written by Daryl Easlea. This, however, looks like a simple repackaging of the now out of print double CD reissues released by Edsel in 2013. 

Morceaux :

1. Sailin' Shoes 

2. Hey Julia 

3. Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley

4. Get Outside

5. Blackmail 

6. How Much Fun 

7. From A Whisper To A Scream

8. Through It All There's You

9. Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley (single mix) *

10. Epidemic (b-side) *

11. Blackmail (alternate take) *

12. Get Outside (alternate take) * 

13. Give Me An Inch

14. Work To Make It Work

15. Back In My Arms 

16. River Boat

17. Pressure Drop

18. Here With You Tonight 

19. Trouble

20. Fine Time 

21. Which Of Us Is The Fool

22. Willin' (demo) *

23. Hope We Never Wake (demo) *

24. One Last Look

25. Keep In Touch

26. Man Smart, Woman Smarter 

27. Spanish Moon

28. Have Mercy

29. Gotta Get A Grip On You (part II) 

30. What Can You Bring Me 

31. Hard Head

32. Off The Bone 

33. Some People Can Do What They Like 

34. Every Kinda People

35. Best Of Both Worlds 

36. Come Over 

37. Where Can It Go?

38. Night People

39. Love Can Run Faster 

40. You Overwhelm Me 

41. You Really Got Me

42. You're Gonna Get What's Coming

43. Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)

44. Too Good To Be True

45. Can We Still Be Friends?

46. In Walks Love Again 

47. Mean Ol' World 

48. Love Stop

49. Jealous 

50. Under Suspicion

51. Woman You're Wonderful

52. What's It Take? 

53. Remember To Remember 

54. Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) (12" mix) *

55. Looking For Clues 

56. Sulky Girl

57. Johnny And Mary 

58. What Do You Care 

59. I Dream Of Wires 

60. Woke Up Laughing 

61. Not A Second Time 

62. Found You Now

63. Good Care Of You (b-side) *

64. Johnny And Mary (alternate take) *

65. What Do You Care (alternate mix) *

66. Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley (live)

67. What's It Take? (live)

68. Best Of Both Worlds (live)

69. Every Kinda People (live)

70. Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) (live)

71. Some Guys Have All The Luck 

72. Style Kills

73. Si Chatouilleux

74. Maybe It's You

75. What Do You Care (live)

76. Pride

77. Deadline 

78. Want You More

79. Dance For Me 

80. You Are In My System 

81. It's Not Difficult  

82. Say You Will 

83. You Can Have It (Take My Heart)

84. What You Waiting For 

85. The Silver Gun

86. You Are In My System (12" mix) *

87. Ain't It Funky (Si Chatouilleux - extended version) *

88. Pride (12" mix) *

89. Parade Of The Obliterators *

90. You Can Have It (Take My Heart) (12" mix) *

91. You Are In My System (instrumental mix) *

92. Deadline (12" mix) *

93. Riptide 

94. Hyperactive

95. Addicted To Love

96. Trick Bag 

97. Get It Through Your Heart

98. I Didn't Mean To Turn You On 

99. Flesh Wound 

100. Discipline Of Love 

101. Riptide (reprise)

102. Discipline Of Love (12” mix) *

103. Riptide / Get It Through Your Heart (medley) *

104. Sweet Lies * 

105. Let’s Fall In Love Tonight *

106. I Didn't Mean To Turn You On (12” mix) *

107. No Not Much (live on The Tube) *

108. Trick Bag (live on The Tube) *

109. Les Planches *

(*) titres bonus/bonus tracks

Critiques / Reviews :

• "Robert Palmer, who died 20 years ago, aged only 54, was a Zelig-like figure in pop history, someone whose musical life intersected with everyone from Elkie Brooks to Gary Numan, from Little Feat to Duran Duran, Chic to Talking Heads, the Meters to UB40, the Brecker Brothers to Chaka Khan. In the popular consciousness he'll forever be the sleazeball crooner in Terence Donovan's oft-parodied video for 'Addicted To Love', backed by a band of identically clad female models. But this nine-disc boxset of his 11 years at Island Records puts a strong case that Palmer was Yorkshire's own answer to Hall & Oates or Bobby Caldwell: the quintessence of 'blue-eyed soul', though his 'soul' incorporated everything from Allen Toussaint to Jam & Lewis. He also fits neatly into that lineage of white Brits - Ken Colyer, Alexis Korner, Eric Burdon, Chris Blackwell - who almost became custodians of African-American music." Rating : 8/10 (Uncut) Read complete review

• "One of our finest pop creators hid in plain sight behind the image of a singing gentleman of leisure. But beneath expensive tailoring lay a fiercely dedicated, ternally curious music lifer. (...) Reassessment of his legacy is long overdue. Let's hope this box helps. OK, 'Addicted To Love' is still an elephant in the room, but the rest of the menagerie he created is well worth a visit." Rating : Four Stars (MOJO) Read complete review

• "One nice and fairly regular thing that happens on social media is occasional 'Bloody Nora, Robert Palmer was fucking amazing, wasn't he?' chats. It's a lovely hobnob of posts where various people rave about gems from his catalogue - his funk with The Meters, being a bit Numan in the Bahamas, recording in Urdu, hanging with loads of legends in general - and imagine where and what he'd be doing now. I mean, the sheer breadth of his catalogue and way with a cover version, and allowing himself to infuse and not pisstake like some tourist, showing that rather than being some arriviste, he was an avatar of aheadness and just as important. Now, as if to prove this - and what people knew all along - here comes 'Robert Palmer / The Island Records Years 1974-1985', a 9-CD box set of Bob's Island gear featuring the nine albums he made for the label between 74-85, plus bits and bobs and B-sides from each set. There was some consternation with previous reissues that they sounded a bit shit, and despite sterling work from reissuers in the past, Palmer's estate had poo-poohed any major deep dive, however this set has been newly remastered and lovingly put together complete with sleevenotes from onion-knower Daryl Easlea. It's a welcome round-up that looks sexy af (much like Palmer did) and does his legend justice." (Music OMH)