Ridin' High (Robert Palmer album)
1992 studio album by Robert Palmer
Ridin' High is the eleventh studio album by English singer 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.[ 2]
Track listing
"Love Me or Leave Me " (Walter Donaldson , Gus Kahn ) – 3:44
"(Love Is) The Tender Trap " (Sammy Cahn , Jimmy Van Heusen ) – 2:35
"You're My Thrill " (Sidney Clare , Jay Gorney ) – 3:57
"Want You More" (Robert Palmer) – 4:07
"Baby, It's Cold Outside " (Frank Loesser ) – 3:30
"Aeroplane" (Robert Palmer) – 3:00
"Witchcraft " (Cy Coleman , Carolyn Leigh ) – 3:17 (UK #50)
"What a Little Moonlight Can Do " (Harry M. Woods ) – 2:41
"Don't Explain " (Billie Holiday , Arthur Herzog, Jr. ) – 2:27
"Chance" (Robert Palmer, Alan Mansfield, Saverio Porciello) – 2:41
"Goody Goody " (Johnny Mercer , Matty Malneck ) – 2:51
"Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me " (Duke Ellington , Bob Russell ) – 3:44
"Honeysuckle Rose " (Fats Waller , Andy Razaf ) – 2:49
"No, Not Much " (Robert Allen , Al Stillman ) – 2:22
"Ridin' High " (Cole Porter ) – 2:15
"Hard Head" (Eddie Curtis , Johnny "Guitar" Watson ) – 3:05
Charts
Personnel
Robert Palmer – lead and backing vocals, arrangements (6, 10, 14), acoustic guitar (10)[ 5]
Derek Smith – acoustic piano (1–3, 5, 7–9, 11–13, 15, 16)
Alan Mansfield – acoustic piano (6)
William Bryant – keyboards (14)
Dennis Budimir – guitar (1–3, 5, 7–9, 11–15), ukulele (8)
Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar (2, 11)
Saverio Porciello – guitar (6, 10)
Jay Berliner – banjo (8)
Johnny Winter – guitar (16), backing vocals (16)
Chuck Domanico – bass guitar (1–3, 7–9, 11, 13)
Lincoln Goines – bass guitar (5, 16)
Frank Blair – bass guitar (6, 14)
Guy Pratt – bass guitar (6, 10)
Andy Simpkins – bass guitar (12, 15)
Larry Bunker – drums (1–3, 7–9, 11–13, 15)
Jimmy Madison – drums (5, 16)
Dony Wynn – drums (6, 14)
Mauro Spina – drums (10)
John Bilezikjian – oud (4), dumbek (4)
Cyro Baptista – percussion (6)
Earl A. Dumler – oboe (4)
Phil Bodner – clarinet (8)
Dave Bargeron – trombone (8)
Richard Gibbs – trombone (14)
Warren Luening – trumpet (1, 5, 11)
Lew Soloff – trumpet (8)
Demo Morselli – trumpet (12)
Chuck Findley – trumpet (14)
Clare Fischer – arrangements and conductor (1–5, 7–9, 11–13, 15, 16)
Morris Repass – orchestra manager
Carnie Wilson – lead vocals (5)
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
External links
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