Don't Explain
Titre : Don't Explain
Date de publication : 1990
Label : EMI
Type : Album
Classement : US#88 / UK#9
Récompenses : Disque d'Or UK
Morceaux :
1. Your Mother Should Have Told You
2. Light Years
3. You Can't Get Enough Of A Good Thing
6. Mess Around
7. Happiness
8. History
9. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - with UB40
10. Housework
11. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) / I Want You
12. Don't Explain
13. Aeroplane
14. People Will Say We're In Love
15. Not A Word
16. Top 40
17. You're So Desirable
18. You're My Thrill
Une réédition de l'album chez Edsel (2012) intègre des morceaux supplémentaires:
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 (b-side)
All Shook Up (b-side)
Simples :
- You're Amazing b/w So Emboldened (7")
- You're Amazing - remixed and edited version (US promo CD single)
- You're Amazing + I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - with UB40 + Deep End - with UB40 (JP CD single)
- You're Amazing + So Emboldened (Cass single)
- I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - with UB40 b/w Deep End - with UB40 (7")
- I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - extended version b/w I'll Be Your Baby Tonight + Deep End (12")
- I'll Be Your Baby Tonight + I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - extended version + Deep End (CD single)
- I'll Be Your Baby Tonight + I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - extended version (US promo CD single)
- I'll Be Your Baby Tonight + Deep End (Cass single)
- Mercy Mercy Me / I Want You - UK edit b/w Oh Yeah (7")
- Mercy Mercy Me / I Want You - 12" remix b/w Mercy Mercy Me / I Want You + Oh Yeah (12")
- Mercy Mercy Me / I Want You - UK edit + Mercy Mercy Me / I Want You - 12" remix + Oh Yeah (CD single)
- Mercy Mercy Me / I Want You - 12" remix + Mercy Mercy Me / I Want You - UK edit + Oh Yeah (JP CD single)
- Mercy Mercy Me / I Want You - American edit + UK edit + album version (US promo CD single)
- Mercy Mercy Me / I Want You - Urban mix extended version + Urban radio mix + Phil Chill 12" mix + original US edit (US promo CD single)
- Mercy Mercy Me / I Want You - UK edit + Oh Yeah (Cass single)
- Mercy Mercy Me / I Want You - album version + UK edit + American edit (US Cass single)
- Happiness b/w All Shook Up (7")
- Happiness - 12" remix b/w All Shook Up + Happiness (12")
- Happiness + Happiness - 12" remix + All Shook Up (CD single)
- Dreams To Remember b/w Mess Around (7")
- Dreams To Remember b/w Mess Around + Happiness - 12" remix (12")
- Dreams To Remember + Mess Around + Mercy Mercy Me / I Want You (CD single)
- You Can't Get Enough Of A Good Thing - edited + album version (US promo CD single)
Critiques / Reviews :
- "Guitar-powered rock and roll. R&B. Calypso. A cappella singing. Standards. They're all here on an 18-track disk that finds Palmer covering a range of musical styles, many of which have popped up on his previous releases but not in such a complete and coherent form. Palmer's achievement on this disk is in how he adapts effortlessly and so successfully to each style. While some tracks will be disconcerting to those fans attracted to him by the R&B-influenced rock and roll of his chart hits over the last few years, they illustrate the breadth of his talent as a vocal stylist. Whether he's rocking out on 'Light Years', performing a truly soulful version of Marvin Gaye's 'Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You', breezing through a reggae rendition of Dylan's 'I'll Be Your Baby Tonight', or reaching back to Rodgers & Hammerstein's 'People Will Say We're In Love', Palmer delivers." (Toledo Blade)
- "Robert Palmer's new album, 'Don't Explain', is a veritable cocktail of musical styles, from the white reggae bounce of the current single 'I'll Be Your Baby Tonight' (with UB40) to the straight up rock of 'Your Mother Should Have Told You', from smooth African choirs to drowsy cabaret. The variety is explained by a glance at the songwriting credits, which range from Dylan to Otis Redding, the Divinyls to Rogers and Hammerstein, not forgetting Palmer himself. Variety can be overdone and it has been here, with Palmer sacrificing some of his artistic identity in the wash of styles. There is little here of the poppy sound which gave Palmer chart-busting hits like 'Addicted To Love' and 'Simply Irresistible'. The closest this album comes to that sort of thing is the opening track, the brash, macho 'Your Mother Should Have Told You'. From there on the album consists of a slow slide into the bland cabaret of the final tracks. In short, not Palmer's best effort. Stick with a reliable 'best-of'." (The Canberra Times)