Rhythm & Blues

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Rhythm & Blues

Titre : Rhythm & Blues

Date de publication : 1998 (JP) / 1999 (UE+US)

Label : SME (JP) / Eagle (UE) / Pyramid (US)

Type : Album

 

Morceaux :

1. True Love

2. No Problem

3. Let's Get It On '99

4. Stone Cold

5. Sex Appeal

6. Work To Make It Work '99

7. All The Will In The World

8. You're Not The Only One

9. Mr. Wise Guy

10. I Choose You

11. Dance For Me '99

12. Twenty Million Things

 

Une toute première édition en format vinyle est annoncée pour février 2025 via BFD.

 

La version européenne de l'album comporte une plage 11 alternative :

11. Tennis

Rhythm & Blues

 

Publiée dès 1998 avec une couverture alternative, la version japonaise est sensiblement différente :

1. True Love

2. No Problem

3. I Choose You

4. Stone Cold

5. Sex Appeal

6. Work To Make It Work '98

7. All The Will In The World

8. You're Not The Only One

9. Mr. Wise Guy

10. Let's Get It On '98

11. Captured

12. Spellbound

13. The Long And Winding Road

 

Simples :

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  • The Long And Winding Road (JP promo CD single)
  • True Love - radio edit + extended mix + Big Shot (CD single)
  • True Love - radio edit + Big Shot (NL CD single)
  • Let's Get It On '99 - edit (US promo CD single)
  • Tennis - 6 remixes (promo CD single)
Rhythm & Blues

Critiques / Reviews :

  • "Robert Palmer has tried his hand at various genres, from soul to rock, and has indeed had his biggest hits in the 80s with Power Station, a group which contained members of rock-pop magastars Duran Duran. But his first love has always been rhythm and blues. This album is R&B for the next millenium, as he mixes traditional soul influences with touches of hiphop and electronica - a natural progression for he singer with eclectic tastes. (...) The album opens with 'True Love' which cooks to a finger-snapping mix of funk and hiphop and melodic vocals. It sounds like a surefire hit - although it's an original, you get the feeling you have heard it before. 'I Choose You' has a brooding, wistful feel to it, while 'Sex Appeal' moves along to a slow funk-reggae beat. He also does a remake of the late, great Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On'. The rest of the album offers updated variations on R&B templates to good effect. Palmer hasn't got a dramatic dripping with emotion style like say James Ingram, but his smooth seductive tones are definitely sweet to the ear." (The New Straits Times) Read complete review
  • "Despite a history of solid work dating back to 'Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley' in the late '70s, Robert Palmer - the guy who wants to be Bryan Ferry even as Bryan Ferry wants to be Robert Palmer - sealed his one-image doom when he made the 'Addicted To Love' video. The hot sauce sprinkled liberally on the chili that was MTV in 1981, the 'Addicted To Love' video - the one with the coterie of spectacularly-chested models with their hair slicked back, playing air guitar poorly - was so popular among the hormonally ravenous that it rendered the rest of Palmer's oeuvre obsolete. Which is probably what will happen to 'Rhythm & Blues', despite the fact that it's a pretty catchy record. It's vintage Palmer - sinewy grooves, pained-white-boy screechings punctuated his low sensual melodies, gospel choir background chicks - and 'True Love', the lead-off cut, should be a hit. No matter. The record may bomb and it may do all right, but it won't make any difference. His fans still remember The Video." (The Day)

 

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