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Don't Explain (Robert Palmer album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Don't Explain

| type = studio

| artist = Robert Palmer

| cover = Robert_Palmer_Dont_Explain.jpg

| alt =

| released = 5 November 1990

| recorded = Logic (Milan)

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = * Rock

| length = 66:33

| label = EMI USA

| producer = * Teo Macero

  • Robert Palmer

| prev_title = Addictions: Volume 1

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Addictions: Volume 2

| next_year = 1992

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Don't Explain

| type = studio

| single1 = I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

| single1date = 22 October 1990

| single2 = You're Amazing

| single2date = November 1990 (US)

| single3 = Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You

| single3date = 24 December 1990

| single4 = Happiness

| single4date = 2 April 1991{{cite magazine |date=6 April 1991 |title=Index: Releases |magazine=Record Mirror |page=9}}

| single5 = Dreams to Remember

| single5date = 3 June 1991{{cite magazine|title=New Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=34|date=1 June 1991}}

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|author=William Ruhlmann |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dont-explain-mw0000690549 |title=Don't Explain - Robert Palmer | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=16 September 2018}}

| rev2 = Billboard

| rev2score = favourable{{cite magazine |work=Billboard |date=17 November 1990 |title=Album Reviews: Spotlight |page=64}}

| rev3 = New Musical Express

| rev3score = 6/10{{cite magazine |last=Dalton |first=Stephen |date=1 December 1990 |title=Long Play |magazine=New Musical Express |page=35}}

| rev4 = Record Mirror

| rev4score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Chong |first=Davydd |title=Albums |magazine=Record Mirror |date=19 January 1991 |page=16 |issn=0144-5804}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Don't Explain is the tenth solo studio album by English singer Robert Palmer, released in 1990. During the course of its 18 tracks, Palmer displays rock, R&B, jazz and reggae influences. Several classic songs are covered, as well. The album peaked at number 9 in the UK and number 88 in the US.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/16930/robert-palmer/|title=ROBERT PALMER - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|accessdate=17 July 2018}}

In the UK the album was certified Gold by the BPI in November 1990.{{cite web|url=http://tsort.info/music/sheq68.htm |title=Album artist 453 – Robert Palmer |website=Tsort.info |date= |accessdate=14 February 2012}}

Track listing

  1. "Your Mother Should Have Told You" (Robert Palmer, Guy Pratt) – 3:41
  2. "Light-Years" (Divinyls, Robert Palmer) – 4:27
  3. "You Can't Get Enough of a Good Thing" (Robert Palmer) – 4:08
  4. "Dreams to Remember" (Otis Redding, Zelda Reading, Joe Rock) – 4:25
  5. "You're Amazing" (Stephen Fellows, Alan Mansfield, Robert Palmer, Guy Pratt, Steve Stevens) – 3:49
  6. "Mess Around" (Stephen Fellows, Robert Palmer) – 4:50
  7. "Happiness" (Robert Palmer) – 2:52
  8. "History" (Robert Palmer) – 4:32
  9. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"; with UB40 (Bob Dylan) – 3:26
  10. "Housework" (Stephen Fellows, Robert Palmer) – 3:12
  11. "Mercy Mercy Me" (Marvin Gaye) / "I Want You" (Arthur "T-Boy" Ross, Leon Ware) – 5:59
  12. "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday) – 2:28
  13. "Aeroplane" (Robert Palmer) – 3:04
  14. "People Will Say We're in Love" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein) – 2:20
  15. "Not a Word" (Robert Palmer, Guy Pratt, Colin Vearncombe) – 4:18
  16. "Top 40" (Mose Allison) – 2:40
  17. "You're So Desirable" (Ray Noble) – 2:24
  18. "You're My Thrill" (Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney) – 3:58

Note:

  • The liner notes for the first US pressing (EMI/Capitol – CDP-7-93935-2) attribute the final song to Ned Washington and Burton Lane. While they co-wrote a song by that name, the one on Palmer's album is the Clare & Gorney composition made popular by Billie Holiday.

Personnel

  • Robert Palmer – vocals, backing vocals, guitars, drums
  • Brent Bourgeois – keyboards, backing vocals (2, 3)
  • Alan Mansfield – keyboards, drums
  • William Bryant – acoustic piano, bass
  • Dennis Budimir – guitars
  • Alan Darby – guitars
  • Eddie Martinez – guitars
  • Saverio Porciello – guitars
  • Steve Stevens – guitars
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar
  • Frank Blair – bass
  • Guy Pratt – bass
  • Dony Wynn – drums, percussion
  • Cyro Baptista – percussion
  • Pino Pischetola – percussion
  • Claudio Pascoli – saxophone
  • Chuck Findley – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Demo Morselli – trumpet
  • Luka Belak – violin
  • Clare Fischer – clarinet, string and horn arrangements, conductor
  • Gerald Vinci – concertmaster
  • B.J. Nelson – backing vocals (2-4)
  • Pamela Starks – backing vocals (9)
  • UB40 – backing vocals (9)

= Production =

  • David Harper – executive producer
  • Robert Palmer – producer (1-6, 9, 10, 17), co-producer (7, 8, 11, 13)
  • Teo Macero – producer (7, 8, 11-16, 18)
  • Arne Frager – engineer
  • Pino Pischetola – engineer
  • Mike Fraser – mixing (1, 5)
  • Eric "ET" Thorngren – mixing (2-4, 6-18)
  • Richard Cobble – production coordination
  • Henry Marquez – art direction, design
  • Timothy Greenfield-Sanders – photography
  • David King – stylist

Charts

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!Chart (1990–1991)

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{{album chart|Australia|29|artist=Robert Palmer|album=Don't Explain|rowheader=true|access-date=21 November 2020}}
{{album chart|Austria|17|artist=Robert Palmer|album=Don't Explain|rowheader=true|access-date=21 November 2020}}
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{{album chart|Netherlands|85|artist=Robert Palmer|album=Don't Explain|rowheader=true|access-date=21 November 2020}}
{{album chart|Germany4|40|id=8999|artist=Robert Palmer|album=Don't Explain|rowheader=true|access-date=21 November 2020}}
{{album chart|New Zealand|48|artist=Robert Palmer|album=Don't Explain|rowheader=true|access-date=21 November 2020}}
{{album chart|Sweden|48|artist=Robert Palmer|album=Don't Explain|rowheader=true|access-date=21 November 2020}}
{{album chart|UK2|9|date=19910203|rowheader=true|access-date=21 November 2020}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|88|artist=Robert Palmer|rowheader=true|access-date=21 November 2020}}

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!Chart (1991)

!Position

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|title= Don't Explain|artist=Robert Palmer |type=album|relyear=1990|certyear=1991|region=Australia|award=Gold|access-date=27 November 2021}}

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References

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Category:1990 albums

Category:Robert Palmer (singer) albums

Category:Albums produced by Robert Palmer (singer)

Category:Albums produced by Teo Macero

Category:EMI Records albums