1990 studio album by Robert Palmer
Don't Explain is the tenth solo studio album by English singer Robert Palmer , released in 1990. During the course of its 18 tracks, Palmer displays rock, R&B, jazz and Bahamian influences. Several classic songs are covered, as well. The album peaked at number 9 in the UK and number 88 in the US.[ 5]
In the UK the album was certified Gold by the BPI in November 1990.[ 6]
"Your Mother Should Have Told You" (Robert Palmer , Guy Pratt ) – 3:41 "Light-Years" (Divinyls , Robert Palmer) – 4:27 "You Can't Get Enough of a Good Thing" (Robert Palmer) – 4:08 "Dreams to Remember" (Otis Redding , Zelda Reading, Joe Rock ) – 4:25 "You're Amazing " (Stephen Fellows , Alan Mansfield, Robert Palmer, Guy Pratt, Steve Stevens ) – 3:49 "Mess Around" (Stephen Fellows , Robert Palmer) – 4:50 "Happiness " (Robert Palmer) – 2:52 "History" (Robert Palmer) – 4:32 "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight "; with UB40 (Bob Dylan ) – 3:26 "Housework" (Stephen Fellows , Robert Palmer) – 3:12 "Mercy Mercy Me " (Marvin Gaye ) / "I Want You " (Arthur "T-Boy" Ross , Leon Ware ) – 5:59 "Don't Explain " (Arthur Herzog, Jr. , Billie Holiday ) – 2:28 "Aeroplane" (Robert Palmer) – 3:04 "People Will Say We're in Love " (Richard Rodgers , Oscar Hammerstein ) – 2:20 "Not a Word" (Robert Palmer, Guy Pratt, Colin Vearncombe ) – 4:18 "Top 40" (Mose Allison ) – 2:40 "You're So Desirable" (Ray Noble ) – 2:24 "You're My Thrill " (Sidney Clare , Jay Gorney ) – 3:58 Note:
The liner notes for the first US pressing (EMI/Capitol – CDP-7-93935-2) attribute the final song to Ned Washington and Burton Lane. While they co-wrote a song by that name, the one on Palmer's album is the Clare & Gorney composition made popular by Billie Holiday. Robert Palmer – lead and backing vocals, guitars, drums Brent Bourgeois – keyboards, backing vocals (2, 3) Alan Mansfield – keyboards, drums William Bryant – acoustic piano, bass Dennis Budimir – guitars Alan Darby – guitars Eddie Martinez – guitars Saverio Porciello – guitars Steve Stevens – guitars Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar Frank Blair – bass Guy Pratt – bass Dony Wynn – drums, percussion Cyro Baptista – percussion Pino Pischetola – percussion Claudio Pascoli – saxophones Chuck Findley – flugelhorn, trumpet Demo Morselli – trumpet Luka Belak – violin Clare Fischer – clarinet , string and horn arrangements, conductor Gerald Vinci – concertmaster B.J. Nelson – backing vocals (2, 3, 4) Pamela Starks – backing vocals (9) UB40 – backing vocals (9) David Harper – executive producer Robert Palmer – producer (1–6, 9, 10, 17), co-producer (7, 8, 11, 13) Teo Macero – producer (7, 8, 11–16, 18) Arne Frager – engineer Pino Pischetola – engineer Mike Fraser – mixing (1, 5) Eric "ET" Thorngren – mixing (2, 3, 4, 6–18) Richard Cobble – production coordination Henry Marquez – art direction, design Timothy Greenfield-Sanders – photography David King – stylist
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