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Robert Palmer
Meeting Robert Palmer is an intimidating experience. A pugnacious manager opens the door and leads us to a living room filled with people - Palmer's son and daughter, his wife, and the man himself, looking dapper in brown leather shoes and a blue Savile...
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Pressure Drop
Titre : Pressure Drop Date de publication : 1975 Label : Island Type : Album Classement : US#136 Morceaux : 1. Give Me An Inch 2. Work To Make It Work 3. Back In My Arms 4. River Boat 5. Pressure Drop 6. Here With You Tonight 7. Trouble 8. Fine Time 9....
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The Dark Side Of The Moon
Titre : The Dark Side Of The Moon Auteur : Jack Vance Date de publication : 1986 Editeur : Underwood-Miller Type : Recueil de nouvelles Grand amateur de science-fiction, Robert Palmer s'est notamment inspiré du travail de l'illustrateur spécialisé Virgil...
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Carinthia West On Modelling For Robert Palmer
Born in 1951, Carinthia West is a model, an actress, a photographer, a writer and a muse for rock icons such as Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and David Bowie. She's also the naked girl on the cover of Robert Palmer's second solo album Pressure Drop . Chris...
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Looking For Clues
Robert Palmer - Looking For Clues Titre : Looking For Clues Ecrit par : R. Palmer Première publication : Sur l'album Clues (1980) Classement : UK#33 « I'd been experimenting with a prototype sequencer, a cheap yellow and plastic effort called a Wasp and...
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You Are In My System
Robert Palmer - You Are In My System Titre : You Are In My System Ecrit par : D. Frank / M. Murphy Première publication : Sur l'album Pride (1983) Classement : US#78 / UK#53 « I first heard a white-label of this track in a club in Paris when I was finishing...
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Some Guys Have All The Luck
Robert Palmer - Some Guys Have All The Luck Titre : Some Guys Have All The Luck Ecrit par : J. Fortang Première publication : Sur l'album Maybe It's Live (1982) Classement : US#59 Mainstream Rock / UK#16 « I was working with Moon Martin when I wrote Some...
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I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
Robert Palmer - I Didn't Mean To Turn You On Titre : I Didn't Mean To Turn You On Ecrit par : J. Harris III / T. Lewis Première publication : Sur l'album Riptide (1985) Classement : US#2 / UK#9 « This was written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for a teenage...
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Livret De L'Album Drive
Carl Carlton, the guitarist on this rambunctious rocker, asked me out of the blue if I was interested in contributing to a Robert Johnson tribute album. Despite, or rather because of my lack of experience in the genre, I took the challenge and loved re-illuminating...
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Albums Artwork Inspirations
Dans les années 1960, Robert Palmer travailla brièvement en tant que graphiste et, durant toute sa carrière de chanteur, il porta une grande attention à ses pochettes d'albums avec de nombreuses références assumées: Jean-Luc Godard, Edward Hopper, Man...
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At His Very Best
Titre : At His Very Best Date de publication : 2002 Label : UMTV (UE) Type : Compilation Classement : UK#38 Morceaux : 1. Every Kinda People (remix) 2. Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) (remix) 3. Johnny And Mary 4. Looking For Clues (remix) 5....
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The Alan Bown Set Before And Beyond
Titre : The Alan Bown Set Before And Beyond Auteur : Alan Bown & Jeff Bannister Date de publication : 2007 Editeur : Banland (UK) Type : Essai Alan Bown et Jeff Bannister, tous deux anciens membres de The Alan Bown Set, proposent une biographie riche...
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Best Of Both Worlds
Titre : Best Of Both Worlds : The Robert Palmer Anthology (1974-2001) Date de publication : 2002 (US) Label : Hip-O Type : Compilation Morceaux : 1. Sailin' Shoes 2. Hey Julia 3. Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley (remix) 4. How Much Fun 5. Give Me An Inch...
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Biography (1974)
As many Americans are Anglophiles (Sparks being a prime example), so do the English lust to be American. Man and Hawkind look towards the 1967 San Fransisco era, while Frankie Miller leans towards a soul influence. Robert Palmer digs rhythm 'n' blues....
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New Album Treks Techno-Rock Course
With his new record album, suave British rocker Robert Palmer appears to be taking something of a gamble at a rather delicate point in his career. But that's just one opinion. Robert Palmer has a different view. Palmer has been on the verge of stardom...
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Robert Palmer: The Island Years
It's immensely egotistical of me, but it's great that finally, a mere decade after I did some work, I can see the results. In early 2004, following a random discussion about how no one seemed remotely interested in the late Robert Palmer's back catalogue,...
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Cool Palmer: 1989 Singapore Concert Review
Robert Palmer, the doyen of the cool school of smart-suited rockers, demonstrated his hip ability to hold an audience without resorting to kinetic frenzy at Top Ten in Singapore last Wednesday night. For nearly two hours, Palmer and his crack seven-piece...
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TV Dinners
Robert Palmer - TV Dinners Titre : TV Dinners Ecrit par : F. Beard / B. Gibbons / D. Hill Première publication : Sur l'album At His Very Best (2002) Paroles : TV dinners, there's nothing else to eat TV dinners, they really can't be beat I like 'em frozen...
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I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Robert Palmer - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (feat. UB40) Titre : I'll Be Your Baby Tonight Ecrit par : B. Dylan Première publication : Sur l'album Don't Explain (1990) Classement : US#24 Modern Rock / UK#6 Paroles : Close your eyes - close the door You...
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In The Pleasure Groove
Titre : In The Pleasure Groove: Love, Death And Duran Duran Auteur : John Taylor Date de publication : 2012 Editeur : Little Brown & Sphere (UK) / Dutton (US) Type : Essai Après Andy Taylor en 2008, le bassiste John Taylor est le deuxième membre de Duran...
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People Funny Boy
Titre : People Funny Boy: The Genius Of Lee "Scratch" Perry Auteur : David Katz Date de publication : 2006 (UK) / 2012 (FR) Editeur : Omnibus Press (UK) / Camion Blanc (FR) Type : Essai EXTRAIT Around the same time that Disco Devil was voiced, Robert...
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Woke Up Laughing
Titre : Woke Up Laughing : Adventures In Tropical Music 1977-1997 Date de publication : 1998 (US) Label : Metro Blue Type : Compilation Morceaux : 1. Housework 2. Charanga (alternate version) 3. Woke Up Laughing (79/89 mix) 4. Aeroplane (remix) 5. History...
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Discographie
Nouveau: Vous pouvez maintenant lire les critiques originales de tous les albums de Robert Palmer, Power Station et Vinegar Joe issues de la presse internationale! New: You can now read original reviews of all Robert Palmer, Power Station and Vinegar...
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The Good Life Of Rock 'n' Roll's Robert Palmer
The Cary Grant of rock quests for the best in clothes, food and shelter. Much has been made of Robert Palmer's taste for the good life: the closets full of expensive Italian suits, the dream homes in Switzerland and the Bahamas, his appetite for champagne...
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Johnny Comes Home
Most folks at the Smash Hits Cultural Collective (motto: "Good Taste Costs Nothing") are keeping fingers crossed in the hope that Johnny And Mary will finally bring Robert Palmer the major chart success that's been eluding him for so long. Born in Yorkshire,...