Ridin' High (Robert Palmer album)

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Ridin' High
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Studio album by
Robert Palmer
ReleasedOctober 20, 1992 (1992-10-20)
GenreVocal, jazz
Length49:05
LabelEMI
ProducerRobert Palmer, Teo Macero
Robert Palmer chronology
Addictions: Volume 2
(1992) 		Ridin' High
(1992) 		Honey
(1994)

Ridin' High is an album by British musician Robert Palmer. It was his eleventh solo studio album, released in 1992 and reached number 32 in the UK Albums Chart and number 173 on the US Billboard 200. This album contains music heavily influenced by vocal and jazz standards and featured the minor hit "Witchcraft", which reached number 50 in the UK. The album featured three tracks from Palmer's Don't Explain album two years earlier.[1]

Track listing[]

  1. "Love Me or Leave Me" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:44
  2. "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:35
  3. "You're My Thrill" (Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney) – 3:57
  4. "Want You More" (Robert Palmer) – 4:07
  5. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (Frank Loesser) – 3:30
  6. "Aeroplane" (Robert Palmer) – 3:00
  7. "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 3:17 (UK #50)
  8. "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (Harry M. Woods) – 2:41
  9. "Don't Explain" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) – 2:27
  10. "Chance" (Robert Palmer, Alan Mansfield, Saverio Porciello) – 2:41
  11. "Goody Goody" (Johnny Mercer, Matty Malneck) – 2:51
  12. "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 3:44
  13. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) – 2:49
  14. "No, Not Much" (Robert Allen, Al Stillman) – 2:22
  15. "Ridin' High" (Cole Porter) – 2:15
  16. "Hard Head" (Eddie Curtis, J. Watson) – 3:05

Chart performance[]

Chart (1992) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[1] 32
US Billboard Hot 200[2] 173

Personnel[]

Production[]

  • Teo Macero – producer
  • Robert Palmer – co-producer, art direction
  • David Harper – executive producer
  • Arne Frager – engineer (1-5, 7–9, 11–13, 15, 16)
  • Glen Kolotkin – additional engineer
  • Pino "Pinaxa" Pischetoia – mixing (1, 2, 4–8, 10-16), engineer (6, 10, 14)
  • Eric "ET" Thorngren – mixing (3, 9)
  • Ian Ross, Bill Smith Studio – design
  • Charles Dickins – other photography
  • Fabio Nosotti – main photography
  • Gianfranco Ferre – clothing

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "ROBERT PALMER | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Robert Palmer". Billboard. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  3. ^ "'Ridin High' Track Listing & Personnel". RobertPalmer.com. Retrieved 5 February 2013. This source applies to entire section.

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