Riptide
Titre : Riptide
Date de publication : 1985
Label : Island
Type : Album
Classement : US#8 / UK#5
Récompenses : 2 x Disque de Platine US / Disque d'Or UK
Morceaux :
1. Riptide
2. Hyperactive
4. Trick Bag
5. Get It Through Your Heart
6. I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
7. Flesh Wound
9. Riptide (reprise)
Des rééditions de l'album chez Edsel (2013+2023) intègrent des morceaux supplémentaires :
Discipline Of Love (12” mix)
Riptide / Get It Through Your Heart (medley)
Let’s Fall In Love Tonight
I Didn't Mean To Turn You On (12” mix)
No Not Much (live on The Tube)
Trick Bag (live on The Tube)
Les Planches
Simples :
- Discipline Of Love - edit b/w Dance For Me (7")
- Discipline Of Love - remix b/w Woke Up Laughing + Dance For Me (12")
- Discipline Of Love - remix b/w Discipline Of Love - edit (US promo 12")
- Riptide b/w Want You More (7")
- Riptide b/w Back In My Arms (UK 7")
- Riptide + Want You More b/w No Not Much - live + Trick Bag - live (12")
- Riptide + Back In My Arms b/w No Not Much - live + Trick Bag - live (UK 12")
- Riptide / Get It Through Your Heart - medley b/w Get It Through Your Heart (US promo 7")
- Riptide / Get It Through Your Heart - medley b/w My Baby's in Love With Another Guy (CA promo 7")
- Riptide + Back In My Arms + No Not Much - live + Trick Bag - live (JP CD single)
- Addicted To Love - edit b/w Remember To Remember (7")
- Addicted To Love - edit b/w Let's Fall In Love Tonight (US 7")
- Addicted To Love - edit b/w Get It Through Your Heart (JP 7")
- Addicted To Love - 12" version b/w Remember To Remember + You Are In My System - 12" mix (12")
- Addicted To Love b/w Discipline Of Love - extended version (AU 12")
- Addicted To Love - 12" version b/w Trick Bag + Get It Through Your Heart (ZA 12")
- Addicted To Love - 12" version + Remember To Remember + You Are In My System - 12" mix (JP CD single)
- Addicted To Love - 12" version + Flesh Wound (DE promo CD single)
- Addicted To Love - 12" version + Flesh Wound + Get It Through Your Heart (promo CDV single)
- Hyperactive - edit b/w Woke Up Laughing (7")
- Hyperactive b/w Hyperactive - edit + Woke Up Laughing (12")
- I Didn't Mean To Turn You On b/w Get It Through Your Heart (7")
- I Didn't Mean To Turn You On b/w Flesh Wound (JP 7")
- I Didn't Mean To Turn You On - Extended dance mix + A capella beats b/w I Didn't Mean To Turn You On - Dub version + Addicted To Love (12")
- I Didn't Mean To Turn You On - original long version b/w Get It Through Your Heart (UK 12")
- I Didn't Mean To Turn You On + Addicted To Love - 12" mix + Get It Through Your Heart + You Are In My System - 12" mix + Johnny And Mary (UK CD single)
Critiques / Reviews :
- "Worth quitting The Power Station for? You bet. Despite the fact that 'Riptide' is only a shade over half an hour's playing time, it still contains an embarassment of riches. Palmer stretches effortlessly from the crooning title track and 'Get It Through Your Heart' to the hard staccato rock of 'Flesh Wound' - better than anything on 'Physical Graffiti' - and the piledriving 'Addicted To Love'. Between those two extremes he brings all the sophisticated white soul that is his hallmark. His quest for perfection took him to five different mixing studios - there's only eight songs on the album, for goodness' sake - but there's no denying the end result. His mastery of the recording art is such that I prefer him on vinyl rather than on stage. Most females of my acquaintance would vehemently disagree with that, but then I suspect their motives are not entirely spiritual." (Sounds)
- "Palmer hasn't cracked high into the album chart in years, despite generally strong releases, but his recent visibility as a member of the Power Station should assure this new solo set a substantial new audience of potential fans. Material and production don't oversell that connection, but the high-tech, R&B-propelled style here does offer a sturdy link between the two careers. Dance, black and pop prospects include first single 'Discipline Of Love'." (Billboard)
- "Palmer's biggest selling album to date is also one of his most energized and exciting. Bernard Edwards' state-of-the-art production gives this set of metal-funk stompers and slick ballads a shimmering presence. Highlights include the Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis humdinger 'I Didn't Mean To Turn You On', the funkaboogie 'Addicted To Love' and the scorching 'Discipline Of Love'." (The New Straits Times)
- "Certains artistes mettent des années autant à se faire connaître qu'à maîtriser un genre. Robert Palmer, musicien britannique expatrié aux Etats-Unis, attend son heure depuis 1974, date de sortie de son premier microsillon solo. Sept disques et douze années plus tard, Palmer a produit probablement le microsillon rock de l'année, un classique en son genre. La recherche d'arrangements sophistiqués rencontre sur 'Riptide' les conventions du rythm 'n' blues et se rehaussent mutuellement pour produire un album d'une imagination et d'une puissance rares. (...) Son disque est tellement riche, tellement inventif, qu'il renouvèle le genre rock et lui donne des lettres de noblesse sans l'émasculer. Un merveilleux disque autant pour les puristes que pour les authentiques amateurs de rock forgé dans l'acier." (Le Devoir)
- "Power Station's influence shows on 'Riptide'. Some of the reasons are self-evident. Ex-Chic Bernard Edwards, who produced Power Station, does the same here. He also plays bass with his former band-mate, drummer Tony Thompson, who also played with Power Station. Power Station has also affected Palmer's musical mood. Much of this album is straight out funk. It is less emotionally restrained than Palmer often is. Guitars are often wild around the edges. As always, though, the rhythms are innovative." (The Ottawa Citizen)
- "Robert Palmer always was a bit of a 'poor man's Bryan Ferry' before he ventured into the Power Station project. 'Riptide' is his first LP since walking out on them and not only does Andy Taylor strum guitar on the powerful 'Addicted To Love', but the rest of the list of credits could easily be lifted from the Power Station album too. The faster tracks are the best simply because they have been rescued by the Power Station's heavy influence. The others are mostly sleazy, laid-back 'slowies' (more like his old style) which, frankly, are a bit tedious. Maybe he should have stayed with the Power Station after all." Rating: 5 out of 10 (Smash Hits)
- "We'll all get old waiting for the definitive Palmer record; in the meantime this will do. More angular funk from the elegant blue-eyed British soulster, with some weird Sinatra-isms thrown in for luck. As usual, excellent production and performance from Chic grads and other Compass Point regulars." (The Montreal Gazette)
- "In the title track, Robert Palmer sings that he's 'caught in a riptide, torn between two loves, the old and the new'. Judging from this LP, that song could be about his music. On about half of this record, Palmer shows his usual good taste; 'Riptide' is a George Gershwin-style number from the '30s, while Palmer's own ballad, 'Get It Through Your Heart', would sound right at home on an early Frank Sinatra album. On the other half of this LP, we get the Robert Palmer who sang with the heavy-meets-funk 'supergroup' the Power Station; 'Addicted To Love' even features three-fifths of that group. In the end, the juxtaposition of these two sides of Palmer's musical personality makes for a rather odd and unsatisfying mix." Rating : Two stars (The Tuscaloosa News)
- "The album begins with Palmer's smokey rendition of the elegant 'Riptide', a 1935 composition by Gus Kahn and Walter Donaldson with the feel of Tin Pan Alley. It is the only good thing about the LP. Palmer is one of the foremost practioners of blue-eyed soul, and this album of dance-oriented rock is in that vein. Unfortunately, the LP's most distinctive feature is the annoying mix in which the drums are far too strong and make for head-pounding listening. Palmer's songs put forth an adolescent view of rock 'n' roll love. Typical is 'Hyperactive', in which he marvels the lifestyle of a 'fast-track' woman. Then, in 'Discipline Of Love', he scoldsa 'naughty girl'. He puts women on a pedestal, or chastises them, or apologizes or complains about being jilted. This is all silly stuff which could easily be overlooked if the music compensated for the sappy lyrics. However, it does not. It's too bad Palmer didn't follow up on the title track and create an album of popular songs from an earlier era. He certainly has the voice for it. After hearing 'Riptide', one wants more of that clear, cool sound, rather than the pounding dance music that follows." (The Albany Herald)