Riptide

Riptide
album by Robert Palmer
Released	November 1985
Recorded	Spring/Summer, 1985
Genre	Rock, Dance-Rock
Length	34:55
Label	Island
Producer	Bernard Edwards
featuring Andy Taylor

Riptide is an album by the British singer Robert Palmer, released by Island Records in November 1985 and features Andy Taylor.

About the album

Produced by Bernard Edwards, the album includes Robert Palmer's hit single "Addicted To Love" featuring guitarist Andy Taylor. The song reached no.1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1986, helped by a memorable music video. Palmer won a Grammy Award for the song in 1987.

As well as Andy Taylor, the album also features Palmer's other Power Station bandmate Tony Thompson providing the drum services, with the Power Station producer Bernard Edwards (from Chic) playing bass. The song "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On", originally performed by R&B singer Cherrelle, was again covered in 2001 by Mariah Carey for her movie Glitter.

Track listing

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1. "Riptide" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) (2:24)
2. "Hyperactive" (Tony Haynes, Dennis Nelson, Robert Palmer) (5:08)
3. "Addicted To Love" (Robert Palmer) (6.01)
4. "Trick Bag" (Earl King) (3:01)
5. "Get It Through Your Heart" (Robert Palmer) (2.49)
6. "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" (James Harris III, Terry Lewis) (3:43)
7. "Flesh Wound" (Frank Blair, Robert Palmer) (3:43)
8. "Discipline of Love" (David Batteau, Don Freeman) (6:06)
9. "Riptide (Reprise)" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) (2:00)

Personnel

• Robert Palmer – Vocals, bass, guitar, drums, keyboards
• Tony Thompson – Drums
• Donny Wynn – Drums (tracks 5, 8)
• Bernard Edwards – Bass, production
• Guy Pratt – Bass (track 8)
• Eddie Martinez – Guitar
• Andy Taylor – Guitar (track 3)
• Lenny Pickett – Horn
• Benny Diggs – Background vocals (track 3)
• Fonzi Thornton – Background vocals (track 3)
• Wally Badarou – Keyboards
• Jeff Bova – Keyboards
• Jack Waldman – Keyboards
• Chaka Khan – Vocal arrangement (track 3)
• Mike Nicholson - Engineer