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Robert Palmer Don't Explain Release Date: 1990 10 zz Label: Disky Robert Palmer's second EMI album, which turned out to be a sales disappointment, seems to combine two different musical concepts in its 18 tracks. The first is a straightforward, rhythm-heavy Robert Palmer rock album that takes up about the first half of the record. The second is a soundtrack for a planned musical that a Palmer bio describes as "a futuristic comedy using telling songs from the '40s to the present day," some produced by jazzman Teo Macero. These include songs like Bob Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (done reggae style), Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me" and "I Want You," and Rodgers & Hammerstein's "People Will Say We're in Love." The idea looks forward to Palmer's next album, Ridin' High, which is comprised entirely of standards, but the mixture of rhythm tracks and string-filled arrangements here makes for a confusing mixture. William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Your Mother Should Have Told You Pratt, Palmer 3:39 2 Light-Years Palmer, Divinyls 4:25 3 You Can't Get Enough of a Good Thing Palmer, Ambrose 4:07 4 Dreams to Remember Reading, Rock 4:24 5 You're Amazing Mansfield, Fellows, Palmer, Stevens, Pratt 3:48 6 Mess Around Palmer, Fellows 4:50 7 Happiness Palmer 2:51 8 History Palmer 4:31 9 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight Palmer, UB Forty 3:25 10 Housework Palmer, Fellows 3:10 11 Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You Ware, Ross, Gaye 5:59 12 Don't Explain Holiday, Herzog 2:27 13 Aeroplane Ambrose, Palmer 3:03 14 People Will Say We're in Love Rodgers, Hammerstein 2:19 15 Not a Word Pratt, Vearncombe, Palmer 4:18 16 Top 40 Allison 2:37 17 You're So Desirable Noble 3:03 18 You're My Thrill Lane, Washington 3:59 Releases: Year Type Label 2005 CD Disky 1990 CD EMI Music Distribution 1990 CD CEMA Special Markets

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