Ridin' High (Robert Palmer album)

Ridin' High is the eleventh studio album by English singer Robert Palmer. It was his eleventh solo studio album, released in 1992 and reached number 32 in the UK Albums Chart and number 173 on the US Billboard 200. This album contains music heavily influenced by vocal and jazz standards and featured the minor hit "Witchcraft", which reached number 50 in the UK. The album featured three tracks from Palmer's Don't Explain album two years earlier.^[2]

Ridin' High
Studio album by Robert Palmer
Released	19 October 1992 (1992-10-19)^[1]
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	49:05
Label	EMI
Producer	Robert Palmer Teo Macero
Robert Palmer chronology
Addictions: Volume 2 (1992) Ridin' High (1992) Honey (1994)

Track listing

1. "Love Me or Leave Me" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:44
2. "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:35
3. "You're My Thrill" (Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney) – 3:57
4. "Want You More" (Robert Palmer) – 4:07
5. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (Frank Loesser) – 3:30
6. "Aeroplane" (Robert Palmer) – 3:00
7. "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 3:17 (UK #50)
8. "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (Harry M. Woods) – 2:41
9. "Don't Explain" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) – 2:27
10. "Chance" (Robert Palmer, Alan Mansfield, Saverio Porciello) – 2:41
11. "Goody Goody" (Johnny Mercer, Matty Malneck) – 2:51
12. "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 3:44
13. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) – 2:49
14. "No, Not Much" (Robert Allen, Al Stillman) – 2:22
15. "Ridin' High" (Cole Porter) – 2:15
16. "Hard Head" (Eddie Curtis, Johnny "Guitar" Watson) – 3:05

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[3]	175
UK Albums (OCC)^[2]	32
US Billboard 200^[4]	173

Personnel

• Robert Palmer – lead and backing vocals, arrangements (6, 10, 14), acoustic piano (10)^[5]
• Derek Smith – acoustic piano (1–3, 5, 7–9, 11–13, 15, 16)
• Alan Mansfield – acoustic piano (6)
• William Bryant – keyboards (14)
• Dennis Budimir – guitar (1–3, 5, 7–9, 11–15), ukulele (8)
• Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar (2, 11)
• Saverio Porciello – guitar (6, 10)
• Jay Berliner – banjo (8)
• Johnny Winter – guitar (16), backing vocals (16)
• Chuck Domanico – bass (1–3, 7–9, 11, 13)
• Lincoln Goines – bass (5, 16)
• Frank Blair – bass (6, 14)
• Guy Pratt – bass (6, 10)
• Andy Simpkins – bass (12, 15)
• Larry Bunker – drums (1–3, 7–9, 11–13, 15)
• Jimmy Madison – drums (5, 16)
• Dony Wynn – drums (6, 14)
• Mauro Spina – drums (10)
• John Bilezikjian – oud (4), dumbek (4)
• Cyro Baptista – percussion (6)
• Earl A. Dumler – oboe (4)
• Phil Bodner – clarinet (8)
• Dave Bargeron – trombone (8)
• Richard Gibbs – trombone (14)
• Warren Luening – trumpet (1, 5, 11)
• Lew Soloff – trumpet (8)
• Demo Morselli – trumpet (12)
• Chuck Findley – trumpet (14)
• Clare Fischer – arrangements and conductor (1–5, 7–9, 11–13, 15, 16)
• Morris Repass – orchestra manager
• Carnie Wilson – lead vocals (5)

Production

• Teo Macero – producer
• Robert Palmer – co-producer, art direction
• David Harper – executive producer
• Arne Frager – engineer (1–5, 7–9, 11–13, 15, 16)
• Glen Kolotkin – additional engineer
• Pino "Pinaxa" Pischetoia – mixing (1, 2, 4–8, 10–16), engineer (6, 10, 14)
• Eric "ET" Thorngren – mixing (3, 9)
• Ian Ross, Bill Smith Studio – design
• Charles Dickins – other photography
• Fabio Nosotti – main photography
• Gianfranco Ferre – clothing

References

1. "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 19 October 1992. p. 8. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
2. "ROBERT PALMER | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
3. "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing March 16, 1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
4. "Robert Palmer". Billboard. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
5. "'Ridin High' Track Listing & Personnel". RobertPalmer.com. Retrieved 5 February 2013. This source applies to entire section.

External links

• Keith Tuber (January 1993). "Robert Palmer Mellows Out". Orange Coast Magazine.