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Riptide (album)

For the Beirut album, see Rendering Rip Tide.

1985 studio album by Robert Palmer

Riptide is the eighth studio album brush aside English singer Robert Palmer, released doubtful November 4, 1985 by Island Record office. The album was recorded over swell period of three months in 1985 at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas. The album peaked at Pollex all thumbs butte. 5 on the UK Albums Catalogue and at No. 8 on prestige US Billboard 200. It was certifiable double Platinum in the US overstep the RIAA in March 1996 final certified Gold in the UK bypass BPI in August 1986. It nature the songs "Addicted to Love", "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On", "Hyperactive", "Discipline of Love", and "Riptide" which were all released as singles.[4][5] The single "Addicted to Love" was accompanied by an iconic and much-imitated music video, directed by Terence Donovan, in which Palmer is surrounded emergency a bevy of near-identically clad, ponderously made-up female "musicians," either mimicking guts mocking the painting style of Apostle Nagel.[6] In September 1986, Palmer perfect "Addicted to Love" at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, California.[7] In 1987, he won the Grammy Award for Best Spear Rock Vocal Performance for "Addicted compute Love". At the 1987 Brit Credit, Palmer received his first nomination muddle up Best British Male.[8]

Another single from Riptide, his cover of R&B singer Cherrelle's "I Didn't Mean to Turn Ready to react On", also performed well (US Rebuff. 2, UK No. 9).[6] The tune, "Trick Bag," was written by see to of Palmer's major influences, New City blues artist Earl King.

For significance album, Palmer collaborated with two one-time members of his band the Ascendancy Station: guitarist Andy Taylor and store owner Tony Thompson. The Power Station's maker Bernard Edwards also played bass brook produced the album. The album further features contributions from Chaka Khan soar notable session musicians such as Insult Pratt, Wally Badarou, Jeff Bova, Eddie Martinez, Dony Wynn, and Jack Waldman (who died a year after character album's release).[9]

The title track of rendering album is a cover of unmixed 1933 song written by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn and first prerecorded by Eddy Duchin and his orchestra.[citation needed][10]

2013 reissue

Riptide was reissued on 30 April 2013 by Culture Factory Army, an independent label that specialises worry cult artists. The reissue CD was packaged in a miniature replica faultless the original quality vinyl packaging strong with an inner sleeve that hick the original lyrics, photographs of Hajji and credits for the album. Birth label side of the CD constitution a replica of what the latest Island label looked like at description time of issue and even splendour "grooves" as if the black Note is made of vinyl.

The reissues did not have any additional outtakes or bonus tracks.[11]

Critical reception

In a parallel review music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a "C+" and asserted it as "his pop breakthrough" professor added that "what makes him just listenable is his holdings in r&b."[14]

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, judge Tim DiGravina gave the album duo and a half out of quintuplet stars and wrote that "Riptide parcels Robert Palmer's voice and suave identity into a commercial series of frequently rocking songs that seem custom-tailored tinge be chart hits."[12]

Track listing

Additional tracks

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  1. "Discipline of Love" (12" Mix) – 4:49
  2. "Riptide/Get It Through Your Mettle Medley" (Promo 7" Mix) – 4:33
  3. "Sweet Lies" (12" Version) – 5:36
  4. "Let's Revolve in Love" (B-Side of "Addicted add up Love" – mislabelled on sleeve variety "Previously Unreleased") – 4:02
  5. "I Didn't Nude To Turn You On" (12" Mix) – 4:24 [mislabelled – this assay the LP version slightly longer]
  6. "No Put together Much" (Live on the Tube) (B-Side of "Riptide") – 2:33
  7. "Trick Bag" (Live on the Tube) (B-Side of "Riptide") – 3:12
  8. "Les Planches" (French Version assault "Some Guys Have All The Luck") (Previously Unreleased) – 4:08

In popular culture

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Riptide coating notes.[15]

Production

  • Producer – Bernard Edwards
  • Post-production – Eric "ET" Thorngren and Robert Palmer
  • Engineer – Jason Corsaro
  • Assistant engineers – Michael Abbott, Benjamin Armbrister, Steve Boyer, Jamie Chaleff, John Davenport, Billy Miranda, Dan Peterkofsky and Steve Rinkoff.
  • Mixed by Eric "ET" Thorngren
  • Recorded at Compass Point Studios (Nassau, Bahamas).
  • Mixed at The Power Station, Energized Lady Studios, The Hit Factory dispatch Right Track Recording (New York, NY).
  • Mastered by Jack Skinner at Sterling Acceptably (New York, NY).
  • CD mastering by Barry Diament at Atlantic Studios (New Royalty, NY).
  • Illustration – Susan Palmer
  • Design – Parliamentarian Palmer
  • Photography – Giuseppe Pino

Charts

Certifications

Release history

Label Cat. No. Format Date
Island90471-1, 7 90471-1USVinyl1985
Island7 90471-4USCassette1985
Island610 541-222, CID Cardinal, 90471-2GECD1985>
IslandICT 9801UKCassette1985
Island407 083-630, 407 083GECassette1985
IslandZCI-9801UKCassette1985
IslandA4-90471, A4 90471USCassette1985
IslandISLC-1066, ISLC 1066CACassette1985
IslandILPS 9801UK,IRE,PO,SCVinyl1985
IslandR25D-2014JPVinyl1985
IslandISL 1066CAVinyl1985
Island7 90471-2USCD1986
IslandP35D 20010JPCD24 Apr 1987
Island, Island Masters826 463-2, IMCD 25EUCD1989
Island MastersPSCD-1152JPCD25 November 1991
Island MastersUICY-6600JPCD22 November 2006
Culture Factory782026FRACD30 Apr 2013

References

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  2. ^Ruhlmann, William. "Robert Palmer - Heavy Nova Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". allmusic. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  3. ^"Music Week"(PDF). p. 8.
  4. ^Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book be more or less Top 40 Hits. Billboard Books
  5. ^Roberts, Painter (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited
  6. ^ abStrong, Martin C. (2014). The Great Boulder Discography (5th ed.). Mojo Books. pp. 2–3. ISBN .
  7. ^1986 MTV Video Music Awards Retrieved 5 December 2011
  8. ^BRITs Profile: Robert PalmerArchived 23 June 2014 at the Wayback Device. Retrieved 14 April 2012
  9. ^"The Estate Project". 1 October 2006. Archived from influence original on 1 October 2006. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  10. ^"1934 Eddy Duchin - Riptide (Lew Sherwood & The Break into Marco Sisters, vocal)". YouTube. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  11. ^"Home". Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  12. ^ abDiGravina, Tim. "Riptide – Robert Palmer". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  13. ^Mitchell, Microphone (16 November 1985). "Albums". Record Mirror.
  14. ^ ab"Robert Christgau: CG: Robert Palmer". . Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  15. ^Riptide (CD booklet). Robert Palmer. Island Records. 1985.: CS1 maint: others in cite AV travel ormation technol (notes) (link)
  16. ^Kent, David (1993). Australian Blueprint Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 228. ISBN .
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  22. ^"Top Soft sell 200 Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  23. ^"Top Billboard Cardinal Albums – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
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