Ridin' High (Robert Palmer album)

Ridin' High
Studio album by Robert Palmer
Released	October 1992
Genre	Vocal, jazz
Length	49:05
Label	EMI America
Producer	Robert Palmer, Teo Macero
Robert Palmer chronology
Don't Explain (1990) Ridin' High (1992) Honey (1994)

Ridin' High is an album by the British musician Robert Palmer. It was his eleventh solo studio album, released 1992 and reached number 32 in the UK Albums Chart and number 173 on the US Billboard 200. The album featured the minor hit "Witchcraft". The album featured three tracks from Palmer's Don't Explain album two years earlier.^[1]

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, J. Watson) – 3:05

Chart performance

Chart (1992)	Peak position	Total weeks
UK Albums Chart[2]	32	3
US Billboard Hot 200[3]	173	1

Personnel

• Robert Palmer – vocals, co-producer; also piano (track 10)^[4]
• Clare Fischer – arranger and conductor
• Teo Macero – producer
• David Harper – executive producer
• Morris Repass – orchestra manager
• Johnny Winter – guitar, vocals (track 16)
• Carnie Wilson – vocals (track 5)
• Larry Bunker – drums (tracks 1–3, 7–9, 11–13, 15)
• James Madison – drums (tracks 5, 16)
• Dony Wynn – drums (tracks 6, 14)
• Mauro Spina – drums (track 10)
• Chuck Domanico – bass (tracks 1–3, 7–9, 11, 13), ukulele
• Lincoln Goines – bass (tracks 5, 16)
• Frank Blair – bass (tracks 6, 14)
• Guy Pratt – bass (tracks 6, 10)
• Andrew Simpkins – bass (tracks 12, 15)
• Dennis Budimir – guitar, ukulele (tracks 1–3, 5, 7–9, 11–15)
• Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar (tracks 2, 11)
• Saverio Porciello – guitar (tracks 6, 10)
• Jay Berliner – banjo (track 8)
• Derek Smith – piano (tracks 1–3, 5, 7–9, 11–13, 15, 16)
• Alan Mansfield – piano (track 6)
• William Bryant – keyboards (track 14)
• Warren Luening – trumpet (tracks 1, 5, 11)
• Lew Soloff – trumpet (track 8)
• Demo Morselli – trumpet (tracks 12)
• Chuck Findley – trumpet (track 14)
• David Bergeron – trombone (track 8)
• Richard Gibbs – trombone (track 14)
• Phil Bodner – clarinet (track 8)
• John Bilezikjian – oud, dumbek (track 4)
• Earl A. Dumler – oboe (track 4)
• Cyro Baptista – percussion (track 6)
• Arnie Frager – engineer
• Pino (Pinaxa) Pischetoia – engineer
• Glen Kolotkin – engineer
• Pino (Pinaxa) Pischetoia – mix engineer
• Eric "ET" Thorngren – mix engineer (tracks 3, 9)

References

1. "UK Singles & Albums Chart Archive". Chart Stats. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
2. "UK Singles & Albums Chart Archive". Chart Stats. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
3. "Music News, Reviews, Articles, Information, News Online & Free Music". Billboard.com. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
4. "'Ridin High' Track Listing & Personnel". RobertPalmer.com. Retrieved 5 February 2013. This source applies to entire section.

External links

• Keith Tuber: "Robert Palmer Mellows Out," Orange Coast Magazine (Jan 1993)