Riptide (CD)

Robert Palmer was best known as the smoothie who monopolized MTV in the 1980s, crooning "Addicted to Love" before a backdrop of guitar-wielding models, though he had far more substance than that image would suggest. The British soulster began in an English R&B outfit called Vinegar Joe before going solo in the mid-1970s. His early albums found him backed by the Meters and Little Feat, churning out striking versions of reggae and R&B classics. By the turn of the decade, he'd rocked up his sound, added sleek synths, and taken to covering Gary Numan. Until his death in 2003, soul and style were Palmer's watchwords.

• Category:  Music  »  Rock & Pop  »  General Rock & Pop
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• Release Date: April 26, 2005
• Label: Universal Special Products
• UPC: 042282646323
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106664806
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #34996 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
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Personnel: Robert Palmer (vocals); Eddie Martinez, Andy Taylor (guitar); Lenny Pickett (horns); Wally Badarou, Jeff Bova, Jack Waldman (keyboards); Bernard Edwards, Guy Pratt (bass); Tony Thompson, Dony Wynn (drums); Fonzie Thornton, Benny Diggs (background vocals).

Recorded at Compass Point Studios, New Providence, Bahamas.

On 1985's RIPTIDE, Robert Palmer went from being a mere successful rock musician to one of the hottest figures in the music business. With a title that could have doubled as the title of a Miami Vice episode, RIPTIDE sold by the millions. While two MTV videos facilitated the record's success, Palmer had earned it; he was in his third decade as a professional musician, and he had also written the record's smash hit "Addicted to Love."

With a drum sound that sounded as if it were recorded in God's personal recording studio, "Addicted to Love" endures as a rock classic. On this, his signature song, which revisits the love-as-illness theme he addressed "Doctor Doctor," Palmer had the satisfaction of scoring his first Number One with his own composition. The memorable video, which portrayed an immaculately coifed, Armani-clad Palmer performing in front of a wall of blase models, cemented an image of Palmer that he happily embraced. The other huge hit here, " I Didn't Mean to Turn You On," typifies the suave dance music that would become Palmer's '80s chosen style for the rest of the decade.

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