Ridin' High

Publié le par olivier

Ridin' High

Titre : Ridin' High

Date de publication : 1992

Label : EMI

Type : Album

Classement : US#173 / UK#32

Ridin' High

Morceaux :

1. Love Me Or Leave Me

2. (Love Is) The Tender Trap

3. You're My Thrill

4. Want You More ('92 version)

5. Baby, It's Cold Outside

6. Aeroplane

7. Witchcraft

8. What A Little Moonlight Can Do

9. Don't Explain

10. Chance

11. Goody Goody

12. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me

13. Honeysuckle Rose

14. No Not Much

15. Ridin' High

16. Hard Head

 

Simples :

Simples 150x150

  • Witchcraft  b/w  Chance (7")
  • Witchcraft + Chance + Honeysuckle Rose (CD single)
  • Witchcraft + She Makes My Day + Mercy Mercy Me / I Want You (CD single)
Ridin' High

Critiques / Reviews :

  • "Everything old is new again? I don't know. Linda Ronstadt did it with Nelson Riddle... Harry Connick Jr. does new songs that sound old... and all the oldies too... and Sinatra isn't even dead yet. So why is Robert Palmer doing an album of standards? (Okay, he wrote three new ones) Good question. The arrangements by Clare Fisher are great, production by Teo Macero impeccable, but Palmer's processed voice on these 16 songs make as much sense as Pavarotti doing the Rolling Stones. Hhmmmm..." (Cash Box)
  • "Caution! Detour. Those who became addicted to Robert Palmer when he got 'Addicted To Love' will probably not appreciate the stylistic turn he's taken this time around. But many people will. Essentially, Palmer's done what Sinead and Michael Bolton tried to do: rejuvinate classic songs with grace and style. For this throwback collection, Palmer chose the Big Band era, including gems like 'Witchcraft', 'Honeysuckle Rose' and 'Baby It's Cold Outside', the latter sung as a duet with Wilson Phillips' Carnie Wilson. He also tossed in three tunes of his own, with moderate results. (...) For this project, he joined with string arranger Clare Fisher and saxophonist Teo Macero (whose resume includes work with Miles Davis, Count Basie and Tony Bennett). He's long displayed a flexibility with musical styles, and he's more impressive here than he was during his hit-chuming pop era. For pop-rock be-bops, Palmer clearly doesn't mean to turn you on. But 'Ridin' High' is sure to turn on an older more eclectically-inclined bunch." (The Record Journal)
  • "Like Bolton, Palmer is a primarily famed as a 'belter', though of a different sort, growling out hits like 'Get it On' (with the Power Station), 'Addicted To Love' and 'Simply Irresistible'. But on 'Ridin' High' he' s more a toned-down crooner, a la Sinatra or Tony Bennett. Which is the principal flaw. The individually peculiar throats of rock stars simply do not handle songs in the same way the classic crooners did. (...) Having said that, Palmer shows potential and 'Ridin' High' is an entertainingly diverse album. 'Love Me Or Leave Me' is bluesy, with a big-band treatment that turns up again here and there. 'Witchcraft' is catchy, if not as clever as Sinatra's. The singer is most animated on some of his own songs like 'Want You More' and 'Chance', tailored to fit the album's retro feel. Billie Holiday's subdued 'Don't Explain' is one of the best in the set, and 'What A Little Moonlight Can Do' captures a New Orleans flavor. Palmer is at his most vocally familiar on the blues number 'Hard Head', featuring guitarist Johnny Winter. Carnie Wilson, of Wilson Phillips, pairs with him on Frank Loesser's 'Baby It's Cold Outside' but the two are unconvincingly distant, as if in separate rooms - or on separate coasts." (The Deseret News)
  • "Singing standards from the American Popular Songbook seems to be the in-thing among pop stars these days, and Palmer, who has tried his hand at this in a superficial way before, goes the whole hog on his latest album. His readings of things like '(Love Is) The Tender Trap', 'Witchcraft', 'Honeysuckle Rose' and 'No Not Much' are hihgly stylised but not the better for it. And his duet with Carnie Wilson, of all people, on 'Baby It's Cold Outside' is lame, to say the least. But Palmer can be soulful when he wants to and though he's not in inspired form most of the time here, there's enough to keep fans pleased." (The New Straits Times)
  • "Just because he looks good in evening wear doesn't mean that the perennially suave Palmer has any business singing a well-tailored song. This blatant attempt to target Harry Connick Jr. fans and Palmer's VH-1 constituency doesn't succeed, mainly due to rote arrangements of well-known standards by Clare Fisher and the vocalist's half-hearted attempts to inject life into tunes associated with such giants as Sinatra and Holiday. This is a stretch even for die-hard fans." (Star News)

 

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