Pressure Drop (album)

Pressure Drop
Studio album by Robert Palmer
Released	November 1975[1]
Genre	Rock
Length	36:54
Label	Island
Producer	Steve Smith
Robert Palmer chronology
Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley (1974) Pressure Drop (1975) Some People Can Do What They Like (1976)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)[3]

Pressure Drop is Robert Palmer's second solo album, released in 1975. Palmer is backed by Little Feat and other musicians. The title track is a cover version of the reggae hit by Toots & the Maytals. However, many other songs on the album use "New Orleans funk ... along with smooth, dated disco ballads smothered in strings".^[2] Continuing his association with Little Feat started by his cover of "Sailing Shoes" on his 1974 debut album Sneaking Sally Through the Alley, Feat was utilized as backing band on several cuts, most notably Lowell George's slide guitar on "Here With You Tonight". George also contributed the tune "Trouble" on which Feat pianist Bill Payne plays the intro. David Jeffries' review says that the album is considered "too blue-eyed and polished for fans of Palmer's more gutsy moments" but concludes that "Pressure Drop has grown into the great overlooked album in Palmer's discography".^[4]

The album peaked at #136 in the US.^[5]

Track listing

All songs by Robert Palmer except where noted.

1. "Give Me an Inch" – 3:17
2. "Work to Make It Work" – 4:27
3. "Back In My Arms" – 3:30
4. "River Boat" (Allen Toussaint) – 3:44
5. "Pressure Drop" (Frederick Hibbert) – 5:26
6. "Here with You Tonight" (Robert Palmer, Pete Gage) – 4:57
7. "Trouble" (Lowell George) – 2:25
8. "Fine Time" – 5:43
9. "Which of Us Is the Fool" – 3:25

Personnel

• Robert Palmer – Vocals, Percussion
• Lowell George – Guitar, Vocals
• Bill Payne – Keyboards
• Paul Barrere – Guitar, Vocals
• Richie Hayward – Drums, Percussion, Vocals
• Kenny Gradney – Bass
• Sam Clayton – Vocals
• James Jamerson – Bass
• Ed Greene – Drums, Percussion
• Jean Roussel / Jean Alain Roussel – Clavinet, Keyboards, B3
• Gordon Dewitte – Clavinet
• Gene Page - Strings
• The Muscle Shoals Horns – Horns
• Melvin A. Collins - Horns
• Mongezi Feza – Horns, Flageolet
• Ray Allen – Horns
• Vicki Brown – Vocals
• Fran Tate – Vocals
• David Snell – Harp
• Joe Brown – Banjo
• Steve York – Harmonica
• Martin Frye – Tuba

• Steve Smith – Production
• Phill Brown – Engineering

Paul Barrere, Lowell George, Kenny Gradney, Richie Hayward, Bill Payne and Sam Clayton were members of Little Feat at the time. Fran Tate sang backup vocals on some Little Feat records, extending the Little Feat connection. Recorded at Blue Seas Studio in Hunt Valley, Maryland

See also

• List of albums released in 1975

References

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