Riptide was reissued on 30 April 2013 by Culture Factory USA, an independent label that specialises in cult artists. The reissue CD was packaged in a miniature replica of the original quality vinyl packaging complete with an inner sleeve that features the original lyrics, photographs of Palmer and credits for the album. The label side of the CD features a replica of what the original Island label looked like at the time of issue and even features "grooves" as if the black CD is made of vinyl.
The reissues did not have any additional outtakes or bonus tracks.[9]
In a contemporary review music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a "C+" and described it as "his pop breakthrough" and added that "what makes him barely listenable is his holdings in r&b."[12]
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Tim DiGravina gave the album four and a half out of five stars and wrote that "Riptide packages Robert Palmer's voice and suave personality into a commercial series of mostly rocking songs that seem custom-tailored to be chart hits."[10]
Post-production – Eric "ET" Thorngren and Robert Palmer
Engineer – Jason Corsaro
Assistant engineers – Michael Abbott, Benjamin Armbrister, Steve Boyer, Jamie Chaleff, John Davenport, Billy Miranda, Dan Peterkofsky and Steve Rinkoff.
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For the Beirut album see The Rip Tide Riptide is the eighth studio album by English singer Robert Palmer released in November 1985 by Island Records The album was recorded over a period of three months in 1985 at Compass Point Studios in Nassau Bahamas The album peaked at No 5 on the UK Albums Chart and at No 8 on the US Billboard 200 It was certified double Platinum in the US by the RIAA in March 1996 and certified Gold in the UK by BPI in August 1986 It features the songs Addicted to Love I Didn t Mean to Turn You On Hyperactive Discipline of Love and Riptide which were all released as singles 2 3 The single Addicted to Love was accompanied by an iconic and much imitated music video directed by Terence Donovan in which Palmer is surrounded by a bevy of near identically clad heavily made up and appropriately pouty female musicians the killer bimbo clones either mimicking or mocking the painting style of Patrick Nagel 4 In September 1986 Palmer performed Addicted to Love at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles California 5 In 1987 he won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for Addicted to Love At the 1987 Brit Awards Palmer received his first nomination for Best British Male 6 RiptideStudio album by Robert PalmerReleasedNovember 1985RecordedJuly September 1985StudioCompass Point Nassau Bahamas GenreHard rock 1 Length34 55LabelIslandProducerBernard EdwardsRobert Palmer chronologyPride 1983 Riptide 1985 Heavy Nova 1988 Singles from Riptide Discipline of Love Released October 1985 Riptide Released December 1985 UK Addicted to Love Released January 1986 US Hyperactive Released May 1986 US I Didn t Mean to Turn You On Released July 1986 UK Another single from Riptide his cover of R amp B singer Cherrelle s I Didn t Mean to Turn You On also performed well US No 2 UK No 9 4 The song Trick Bag was written by one of Palmer s major influences New Orleans blues artist Earl King For the album Palmer collaborated with two former members of his band the Power Station guitarist Andy Taylor and drummer Tony Thompson The Power Station s producer Bernard Edwards also played bass and produced the album The album also features contributions from Chaka Khan and notable session musicians such as Guy Pratt Wally Badarou Jeff Bova Eddie Martinez Dony Wynn and Jack Waldman who died a year after the album s release 7 The title track of the album is a cover of a 1933 song written by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn and first recorded by Eddy Duchin and his orchestra citation needed 8 Contents 1 2013 reissue 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 4 In popular culture 5 Personnel 6 Production 7 Charts 7 1 Weekly charts 7 2 Year end charts 8 Certifications 9 Release history 10 References 11 External links2013 reissue editRiptide was reissued on 30 April 2013 by Culture Factory USA an independent label that specialises in cult artists The reissue CD was packaged in a miniature replica of the original quality vinyl packaging complete with an inner sleeve that features the original lyrics photographs of Palmer and credits for the album The label side of the CD features a replica of what the original Island label looked like at the time of issue and even features grooves as if the black CD is made of vinyl The reissues did not have any additional outtakes or bonus tracks 9 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 10 Record Mirror nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 11 Robert ChristgauC 12 In a contemporary review music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a C and described it as his pop breakthrough and added that what makes him barely listenable is his holdings in r amp b 12 In a retrospective review for AllMusic critic Tim DiGravina gave the album four and a half out of five stars and wrote that Riptide packages Robert Palmer s voice and suave personality into a commercial series of mostly rocking songs that seem custom tailored to be chart hits 10 Track listing editSide oneNo TitleWriter s Length1 Riptide Walter DonaldsonGus Kahn2 242 Hyperactive Tony HaynesDennis NelsonRobert Palmer5 083 Addicted to Love Palmer6 034 Trick Bag Earl King cover Earl King3 01 Side twoNo TitleWriter s Length5 Get It Through Your Heart Palmer2 496 I Didn t Mean to Turn You On Cherrelle cover James Harris IIITerry Lewis3 437 Flesh Wound Frank BlairPalmer3 438 Discipline of Love David BatteauDon Freeman6 069 Riptide Reprise DonaldsonKahn2 00Total length 34 55 Additional tracks Bonus tracks on Pride Riptide 2013 release Discipline of Love 12 Mix 4 49 Riptide Get It Through Your Heart Medley Promo 7 Mix 4 33 Sweet Lies 12 Version 5 36 Let s Fall in Love B Side of Addicted to Love mislabelled on sleeve as Previously Unreleased 4 02 I Didn t Mean To Turn You On 12 Mix 4 24 mislabelled this is the LP version slightly longer No Not Much Live on the Tube B Side of Riptide 2 33 Trick Bag Live on the Tube B Side of Riptide 3 12 Les Planches French Version of Some Guys Have All The Luck Previously Unreleased 4 08In popular culture edit Weird Al Yankovic included a parody of Palmer s hit Addicted To Love on his 1986 album Polka Party Addicted To Spuds The track Hyperactive was used in the 1987 film The Bedroom Window as well as in the popular American TV series Moonlighting Personnel editCredits are adapted from the Riptide liner notes 13 Robert Palmer lead and backing vocals Wally Badarou keyboards Jeff Bova keyboards Jack Waldman keyboards Eddie Martinez guitars Andy Taylor guitar 3 Bernard Edwards bass 1 7 9 Guy Pratt bass 8 Tony Thompson drums 1 4 6 7 9 Dony Wynn drums 5 8 Lenny Pickett saxophone Benny Diggs backing vocals 3 8 Fonzi Thornton backing vocals 3 8 Chaka Khan vocal arrangements 3 Production editProducer Bernard Edwards Post production Eric ET Thorngren and Robert Palmer Engineer Jason Corsaro Assistant engineers Michael Abbott Benjamin Armbrister Steve Boyer Jamie Chaleff John Davenport Billy Miranda Dan Peterkofsky and Steve Rinkoff Mixed by Eric ET Thorngren Recorded at Compass Point Studios Nassasu Bahamas Mixed at The Power Station Electric Lady Studios The Hit Factory and Right Track Recording New York NY Mastered by Jack Skinner at Sterling Sound New York NY CD mastering by Barry Diament at Atlantic Studios New York NY Illustration Susan Palmer Design Robert Palmer Photography Giuseppe PinoCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 1985 86 PeakpositionAustralia Albums Kent Music Report 14 17Canadian Albums RPM 15 2Dutch Albums Album Top 100 16 72New Zealand Albums RMNZ 17 13UK Albums OCC 18 5US Billboard 200 19 8 Year end charts edit Chart 1986 PositionUS Billboard 200 20 11Chart 1987 PositionUS Billboard 200 21 63Certifications editCertifications for Riptide Region Certification Certified units salesCanada Music Canada 22 3 Platinum 300 000 United Kingdom BPI 23 Gold 100 000 United States RIAA 24 2 Platinum 2 000 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone Release history editLabel Cat No Format DateIsland 90471 1 7 90471 1 US Vinyl 1985Island 7 90471 4 US Cassette 1985Island 610 541 222 CID 130 90471 2 GE CD 1985 gt Island ICT 9801 UK Cassette 1985Island 407 083 630 407 083 GE Cassette 1985Island ZCI 9801 UK Cassette 1985Island A4 90471 A4 90471 US Cassette 1985Island ISLC 1066 ISLC 1066 CA Cassette 1985Island ILPS 9801 UK IRE PO SC Vinyl 1985Island R25D 2014 JP Vinyl 1985Island ISL 1066 CA Vinyl 1985Island 7 90471 2 US CD 1986Island P35D 20010 JP CD 24 April 1987Island Island Masters 826 463 2 IMCD 25 EU CD 1989Island Masters PSCD 1152 JP CD 25 November 1991Island Masters UICY 6600 JP CD 22 November 2006Culture Factory 782026 FRA CD 30 April 2013References edit Ruhlmann William Robert Palmer Heavy Nova Album Reviews Songs amp More AllMusic allmusic Retrieved 26 March 2023 Whitburn Joel 2006 The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits Billboard Books Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums London Guinness World Records Limited a b Strong Martin C 2014 The Great Rock Discography 5th ed Mojo Books pp 2 3 ISBN 978 1 84195 017 4 1986 MTV Video Music Awards MTV com Retrieved 5 December 2011 BRITs Profile Robert Palmer Archived 23 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine Brits co uk Retrieved 14 April 2012 The Estate Project 1 October 2006 Archived from the original on 1 October 2006 Retrieved 17 July 2018 1934 Eddy Duchin Riptide Lew Sherwood amp The De Marco Sisters vocal YouTube Retrieved 11 February 2022 Home Culturefactoryusa com Retrieved 15 January 2014 a b DiGravina Tim Riptide Robert Palmer AllMusic Retrieved 23 June 2020 Mitchell Mike 16 November 1985 Albums Record Mirror a b Robert Christgau CG Robert Palmer Robertchristgau com Retrieved 17 July 2018 Riptide CD booklet Robert Palmer Island Records 1985 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book p 228 ISBN 0 646 11917 6 LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA Collectionscanada gc ca Retrieved 11 August 2011 Dutchcharts nl Robert Palmer Riptide in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved 17 March 2021 Charts nz Robert Palmer Riptide Hung Medien Retrieved 17 March 2021 Robert Palmer Artist Official Charts UK Albums Chart Retrieved 17 March 2021 Robert Palmer Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved 17 March 2021 Top Billboard 200 Albums Year End 1986 Billboard Retrieved 17 March 2021 Top Billboard 200 Albums Year End 1987 Billboard Retrieved 17 March 2021 Canadian album certifications Robert Palmer Riptide Music Canada Retrieved 22 August 2022 British album certifications Robert Palmer Riptide British Phonographic Industry Retrieved 22 August 2022 American album certifications Robert Palmer Riptide Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved 22 August 2022 External links editRiptide at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Riptide album amp oldid 1162596804, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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