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For a couple of years in the mid- to late 1980s, it sure must have felt good to be Robert Palmer. After building a solo career gradually for a decade, Palmer found himself reaping the benefits. Though Palmer had just achieved success with RIPTIDE producer Bernard Edwards, he opted to produce the follow-up to that platinum-selling record, HEAVY NOVA, himself.
Some songs are emphatically in the vein of Palmer's '80s solo work with Power Station, but there's an adult pop sensibility here also, that's more VH1 than MTV. He sings his first torch song (the touching "It Could Happen to You"), yodels on the Wimoweh-esque "Change His Ways," and shows he can still get real laid-back on the country-flavored "Disturbing Behavior." Nevertheless, stomping drums, plucked bass, and synth textures dominate on such funky tracks as "Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming" and "Simply Irresistible." The single "She Makes My Day" sold well, and "Simply Irresistible" did even better.
Recorded at Logic Studios, Milan, Italy and Compass Point Studios, Bahamas.
Personnel: Robert Palmer (vocals); John Grey (guitar, percussion); Dennis Budemir, Eddie Martinez (guitar); Luka Belak (violin); Clare Fischer (strings); Garth Hudson (accordion, keyboards); T. Bone Wolk (accordion); Chuck Findley (trumpet); Richard Gibbs, Geoff Bova, William Bryant (keyboards); Frank Blair, Barry "Sun John" Johnson (bass); Dony Wynn, Ricky Fataar (drums); Dom Um Romao (percussion, background vocals); Robyn Lobe (percussion).
Robert Palmer Heavy Nova Songs | 1. | Simply Irresistible |
| 2. | More Than Ever |
| 3. | Change His Ways |
| 4. | Disturbing Behavior |
| 5. | Early in the Morning |
| 6. | It Could Happen to You |
| 7. | She Makes My Day |
| 8. | Between Us |
| 9. | Casting a Spell |
| 10. | Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming |
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Heavy Nova Music Review Average Rating: (3 out of 5 stars)  Heavy Nova Solid Effort By Palmer
Heavy Nova, Robert Palmer's ninth solo album, finds the singer attempting to satisfy all the various nitches of his ecclectic career. The dance friendly, guitar heavy hard rock that vaulted the singer to the top of charts in the mid 80's is aptly represented with "More Than Ever" (complete w/ a frenetic pounding percussion and guitar solo) and "Simply Irresistibe", the latter being one of the singer's biggest hit singles in the US. Palmer's afection for romantic standards is shown on his cover of Peggy Lee's classic "It Could Happen To You" and on the original composition "She Makes My Day" (the album's biggest hit in the UK). Meanwhile, Palmer finds time to embrace of more R&B friendly side w/ a cover of Jermaine Jackson's "Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming" and slightly more hard rocking, edgy version of the Gap Band's "Early In The Moring" (an excellent cut and another US hit single). The juxtaposition of such different musical styles seems harsh at times, although once you get through the initial sock of the mood change each segment of the album has strength. There are a few throw away cuts that detract from the overall quality ("Disturbing Behavior" being the most obvious with it's overly simplistic lyric repeated constantly throughout the arrangement)of the album, but the material that is good is very good. Palmer even shows a sense of humor with an African influenced arrangement on "Change His Ways", a comical novelty song in which he clearly has fun (he even yodels!) while not taking himself too seriously. Overall this is a solid if not spectacular effort, a step behind Palmer's more challenging work on his 70's albums but still a good buy.
Submitted by ThomasMLeonard2003 (Pittsburgh, PA)
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