Robert Palmer - Rhythm & Blues
List Price:
Our Price: $7.89
You Save: $9.09 (54%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $2.75 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Music CD Cover
Artist: Robert PalmerEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-07-20
Music Label: Rhino / Wea
Soundtracks:
- True Love
- No Problem
- Let's Get It On 99
- Stone Cold
- Sex Appeal
- Work To Make It Work 99
- All The Will In The World
- You're Not The Only One
- Mr. Wise Guy
- I Choose You
- Dance For Me 99
- Twenty Million Things
Free Music Notes for Rhythm & Blues
Free Music Review: His worst
Hit: 2 Stars
The track listing for my version seems to be different to others. Mine plays:
True Love
No Problem
I Choose You
Stone Cold
Sex Appeal
Work To Make It Work 99
All The Will In The World
You're Not The Only One
Mr Wise Guy
Let's Get It On 99
Tennis
Twenty Million Things
Let me say first up that I'm as big a RP fan as anyone. He was my first main musical influence having gotten into him at age 10 with Heavy Nova and my respect and admiration for him hasn't wavered since. We even share(d) the same birthday. I love almost everything he's done, so this album was a big disappointment.
After a five year break following one of his best albums (Honey) I was looking forward to this one. Even more so when I discovered that most of the compositions were his, not covers. RP's at his best when he's singing his own work (use Clues, Heavy Nova and Honey as examples - his three best albums, mostly self penned) and with only two covers here and five years to write, things were looking good.
The album though ranks close to boring.
True Love is a great number and a suitable lead single. After that though you have to get past eight ordinary tracks until you get to something resembling decent.
Of those eight, No Problem and Work To Make It Work are the only standouts. Both though would rank as fillers on any other RP album. The original version of WTMIW was the weakest track on Pressure Drop and it hasn't changed all that much. Certainly not improved.
After these tracks you're nearing the end of the album and thrown in is a cover of Let's Get It On which to me sounds like the exact same vocal track that featured on the Power Station album, Living In Fear from 1996. It's a good track and shortened from the version on that album, but not as good.
Tennis is a surprise. A touch of reggae, it should be annoying but isn't. It's catchy and fun but let down by the last minute of uptempo mess.
The final track, Twenty Million Things is one of the best songs RP has ever done. It doesn't really fit in with the rest of the album but I'm glad it's here.
If you're a die hard nad don't already have it, then go ahead and get it. Otherwise, track down Twenty Million Things and leave the rest - your opinion of them will only be hightened but ignoring them.
Rhythm & Blues Poster
1999 album featuring the single 'True Love' and 11 other tracks. WEA.Blues Music CDs
Music Genres
Top music charts in Overrated Mariah Carey & Robert Palmer Albums
Mariah Carey - Music BoxRelease date: 1993-08-31; Published: 1994; Music CD
Best price: $5.00
Price in other shops:
Robert Palmer - Rhythm & BluesRelease date: 1999-07-20; Music CD
Best price: $8.87
Price in other shops:
Mariah Carey - RainbowRelease date: 1999-11-02; Published: 1999; Music CD
Best price: $4.50
Price in other shops:
Robert Palmer - Don't ExplainRelease date: 2001-02-22; Music CD
Best price: $8.01
Price in other shops:
Mariah Carey - ButterflyRelease date: 1997-09-16; Music CD
Best price: $2.00
Price in other shops:
Robert Palmer - HoneyRelease date: 1994-09-20; Music CD
Best price: $4.40
Price in other shops:
Top Rated Albums
Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally Through the AlleyRelease date: 1990-06-15; Music CD
Best price: $4.21
Price in other shops:
Robert Palmer - HoneyRelease date: 1994-09-20; Music CD
Best price: $4.20
Price in other shops:
Robert Palmer - Addictions, Vol. 2Release date: 1992-05-05; Music CD
Best price: $6.60
Price in other shops:
Robert Palmer - Maybe It's LiveRelease date: 2000-04-18; Music CD
Best price: $2.34
Price in other shops:
Robert Palmer - Don't ExplainRelease date: 2001-02-22; Music CD
Best price: $5.67
Price in other shops:
Robert Palmer - Pressure DropRelease date: 1990-06-15; Music CD
Best price: $2.34
Price in other shops: