Genre: New Orleans funk, pop, ska, reggae
Places I remember: Little Red Bookshop
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Trouble
Gear costume: Here With You Tonight
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Trouble
Gear costume: Here With You Tonight
They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5
Active compensatory factors: The man has class - just look at that cover, and Little Feat are used on several songs as the backing band to provide musical support on Palmer's second album. On my two highlighted songs they feature prominently - that's Lowell George's slide guitar on Here With You Tonight. George also contributed to Trouble on which Feat pianist Bill Payne plays the fantastic intro.
Active compensatory factors: The man has class - just look at that cover, and Little Feat are used on several songs as the backing band to provide musical support on Palmer's second album. On my two highlighted songs they feature prominently - that's Lowell George's slide guitar on Here With You Tonight. George also contributed to Trouble on which Feat pianist Bill Payne plays the fantastic intro.
The whole album is pretty stunning and in Mojo Magazine's June 2009 (issue 187), the album was ranked as No. 20 on their list of the 50 best records released by Island Records.
On this album, Palmer has yet to develop his cool rock guy persona, instead he adapts his voice impressively to serve each song. The songs are varied - I'm not fond of the disco strings, but the funk and reggae moments do the business.
Where do they all belong? A Greatest Hits CD provides an overview and is a great place to start.
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