Don't Explain (Robert Palmer album)

Don't Explain
Studio album by Robert Palmer
Released	November 1990
Genre	Rock
Length	66:33
Label	EMI America
Producer	Teo Macero, Robert Palmer
Robert Palmer chronology
Heavy Nova (1988) Don't Explain (1990) Ridin' High (1992)

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Allmusic	[1]

Don't Explain is a 1990 album by Robert Palmer. It is his tenth solo studio album. During the course of its sprawling 18 tracks Palmer displays rock, R&B, jazz and Bahamian influences. Several classic songs are covered, as well. The album peaked at #9 in the UK and #88 in the US.^[2]

The album was certified UK Gold by BPI in November 1990.^[3]

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)

• N.B. The liner notes for the 1st U.S. pressing (EMI/Capitol - CDP-7-93935-2) attribute the final song to Ned Washington & 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.

Chart performance

Personnel

• Robert Palmer – vocals
• Steve Stevens – guitar
• Brent Bourgeois – keyboards, background vocals
• B.J. Nelson – background vocals
• Cyro Baptista – percussion
• Luka Belak – violin
• Frank Blair – bass
• Dennis Budimir – acoustic guitar
• Alan Darby – guitar
• Chuck Findley – flugelhorn
• Clare Fischer – clarinet, arranger & conductor, string arrangements
• Alan Mansfield – drums, keyboards
• Eddie Martinez – guitar
• Demo Morselli – trumpet
• Claudio Pascoli – saxophone
• Pino Pischetola – percussion
• Saverio Porciello – guitar
• Guy Pratt – bass
• Mike Fraser - mixing
• Eric "ET" Thorngren – mixing
• Gerald Vinci – concert master
• Donny Wynn – drums, percussion

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