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Robert Palmer's grin on the cover of Double Fun is reflected throughout this light, feel-good, and funky album, recorded while he was living the life of an Island-loving expatriate with style and money to burn. With its laid-back sway, slap-and-pop bassline, steel drum melody, and lyrics that are really saying something, the big hit "Every Kinda People" is quintessential pre-Power Station Palmer, even if -- and considering his success with covers, maybe especially because -- he didn't write it. The easy and uplifting "Best of Both Worlds" is a great example of how slick can be an entirely positive thing and the closing rocker, "You're Gonna Get What's Coming," predicts his breakthrough American hit, "Bad Case of Loving You," with same combination of lust and guitar grit, just at a slower tempo. "Love Can Run Faster" -- which is "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" for the sandals set -- and "Come Over" ("You tease my monkey/You make my knees feel funky") also deserve special mention. If it wasn't for "Where Can It Go?" (pure, unashamed syrup) and the slinky cover "You Really Got Me" (clever for the first minute, trying afterward), this would rank among the singer's best. Even with its faults, fans of Palmer's more Caribbean-flavored work will find plenty to love here.
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Gene Page, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Fraser, ComposerLyricist - Bob Babbitt, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Palmer, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Barrere, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Harris, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Schwartzberg, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jody Linscott, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Eric "E.T." Thorngren, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - James Alan Smith, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Greenridge, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Palmer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Moulton, Producer
℗ 1978 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Palmer, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Robert Palmer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Moulton, Producer
℗ 1978 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Allen Toussaint, ComposerLyricist - Robert Palmer, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1978 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Robert Palmer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Moulton, Producer
℗ 1978 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Robert Palmer, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ray Davies, ComposerLyricist - Robert Palmer, MainArtist - Tom Moulton, Producer
℗ 1978 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Robert Palmer, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
Robert Palmer's grin on the cover of Double Fun is reflected throughout this light, feel-good, and funky album, recorded while he was living the life of an Island-loving expatriate with style and money to burn. With its laid-back sway, slap-and-pop bassline, steel drum melody, and lyrics that are really saying something, the big hit "Every Kinda People" is quintessential pre-Power Station Palmer, even if -- and considering his success with covers, maybe especially because -- he didn't write it. The easy and uplifting "Best of Both Worlds" is a great example of how slick can be an entirely positive thing and the closing rocker, "You're Gonna Get What's Coming," predicts his breakthrough American hit, "Bad Case of Loving You," with same combination of lust and guitar grit, just at a slower tempo. "Love Can Run Faster" -- which is "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" for the sandals set -- and "Come Over" ("You tease my monkey/You make my knees feel funky") also deserve special mention. If it wasn't for "Where Can It Go?" (pure, unashamed syrup) and the slinky cover "You Really Got Me" (clever for the first minute, trying afterward), this would rank among the singer's best. Even with its faults, fans of Palmer's more Caribbean-flavored work will find plenty to love here.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:14
- Main artists: Robert Palmer
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1978 The Island Def Jam Music Group ℗ 1978 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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