Don't Explain (Robert Palmer album)

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Don't Explain
Robert Palmer Dont Explain.jpg
Studio album by
Robert Palmer
Released5 November 1990
RecordedLogic (Milan)
Genre
Length66:33
Label EMI USA
Producer
Robert Palmer chronology
Addictions: Volume 1
(1989)		Don't Explain
(1990)		 Addictions: Volume 2
(1992)
Singles from Don't Explain
  1. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"
    Released: 22 October 1990
  2. "You're Amazing"
    Released: November 1990 (US)
  3. "Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You"
    Released: 24 December 1990
  4. "Happiness"
    Released: 2 April 1991 [1]
  5. "Dreams to Remember"
    Released: 3 June 1991 [2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Billboard favourable [4]
New Musical Express 6/10 [5]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

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 Bahamian influences. Several classic songs are covered, as well. The album peaked at number 9 in the UK and number 88 in the US. [7]

Contents

In the UK the album was certified Gold by the BPI in November 1990. [8]

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:

Personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [19] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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