Double Fun

by Robert Palmer

Overview

Robert Palmer's grin on the cover of Double Fun is reflected throughout this light, feel-good, and funky album, recorded while he was living the life of an Island-loving expatriate with style and money to burn. With its laid-back sway, slap-and-pop bassline, steel drum melody, and lyrics that are really saying something, the big hit "Every Kinda People" is quintessential pre-Power Station Palmer, even if -- and considering his success with covers, maybe especially because -- he didn't write it. The easy and uplifting "Best of Both Worlds" is a great example of how slick can be an entirely positive thing and the closing rocker, "You're Gonna Get What's Coming," predicts his breakthrough American hit, "Bad Case of Loving You," with same combination of lust and guitar grit, just at a slower tempo. "Love Can Run Faster" -- which is "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" for the sandals set -- and "Come Over" ("You tease my monkey/You make my knees feel funky") also deserve special mention. If it wasn't for "Where Can It Go?" (pure, unashamed syrup) and the slinky cover "You Really Got Me" (clever for the first minute, trying afterward), this would rank among the singer's best. Even with its faults, fans of Palmer's more Caribbean-flavored work will find plenty to love here. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	01/24/2012
Label:	Culture Factory
UPC:	0850703003262
Rank:	25440

Tracks

1. Every Kinda People
2. Best of Both Worlds
3. Come Over
4. Where Can It Go?
5. Night People
6. Love Can Run Faster
7. You Overwhelm Me
8. You Really Got Me
9. You're Gonna Get What's Coming

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Robert Palmer   Primary Artist,Bass,Drums,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Percussion
James Allen Smith   Keyboards
Brian Russell   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
T.J. Tindall   Guitar
Donovan McKitty   Guitar
Edward Putmon   Keyboards
Jimmy Williams   Bass
Steve Robbins   Keyboards
Bill Payne   Vocals,Keyboards
Chris Parker   Drums
Lenny Castro   Percussion
Ron Kersey   Keyboards
Robert Greenidge   Percussion
Randy Brecker   Horn
Richie Hayward   Drums
Michael Brecker   Horn
Neil Hubbard   Guitar
Freddie Harris   Guitar
Brenda Russell   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Paul Barrere   Guitar,Vocals
Allan Schwartzberg   Drums,Percussion
Bob Babbitt   Bass
Keith Errol Benson   Drums
Louis John Davis   Keyboards
James Mahoney   Guitar
Pierre Brock   Bass

Technical Credits

Andrew Fraser   Composer
Andy Fraser   Composer
Robert Palmer   Composer,Producer
Ray Davies   Composer
Tom Moulton   Producer
Allen Toussaint   Composer