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Robert Palmer - Maybe It's Live (1982) 1993 Karussell Release

Date: 1 Jul 2012 18:22:08

Maybe It's Live is Robert Palmer's seventh solo album, released in 1982. It combines six live tracks of old songs with four new songs recorded in the studio, including "Some Guys Have All the Luck", which was a hit for Palmer in the UK., peaking at #16 on the UK chart. Live tracks recorded at the Dominion Theatre, London, October 11, 1980.

Following on the heels of his commercially and critically acclaimed Clues Robert Palmer had the world on his plate. No surprise then he'd be torn about what course to pursue next: a live album of his tour or put out some of the material that didn't make it to "Clues"? "Maybe It's Live" attempts to do both things to varying degrees of success. That's not to say "Maybe It's Live" sucks, but in trying to be all things to all people it fails to do either well. As a live album you desperately want to hear more of the live shows. The live versions here are outstanding; especially "Best of Both Worlds" and "Bad Case of Loving You", and all aptly demonstrate how good Palmer was live. Like me, listeners just won't want the live show to end, but sadly it does, abruptly shifting into the studio tracks. That wasn't so abrupt when on vinyl where you had to flip the record, but on CD or a cassette it became far more jarring and abrupt. The studio tracks here were tracks omitted from "Clues" or tracks Palmer was working on for what became 1983's Pride and clearly hint at the direction Palmer was about to go in. "Some Guys Have All The Luck" is so deconstructed here it bears almost no similarity to the version Rod Stewart did a year later on his record Camouflage (which also was a huge hit). "Maybe It's You" harkens back to Palmer's earlier rock roots and just adds to the disjointed schizophrenic feel of the record.

The "neither fish nor fowl" approach temporarily stalled Palmer's career in the US; something not exactly helped with the off-putting original cover artwork. Palmer wouldn't get back on-track until the Power Station and his own Heavy Nova. As a result "Maybe It's Live" is mostly for hardcore fans and has only intermittently been available on CD in its original form. Ideally it should have been a full-on live LP/CD and that tentativeness is what made it something of a stiff at the time. For the adventurous however it is worth tracking down. Reviewed by Todd Bartholomew amazon.com

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Robert Palmer / Maybe It's Live

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All songs by Robert Palmer except where noted:

01. Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley (Allen Toussaint) – 4:07
02. What's It Take? – 2:54
03. Best of Both Worlds – 3:06
04. Every Kinda People (Andy Fraser) – 4:17
05. Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) (Moon Martin) – 4:04
06. Some Guys Have All the Luck (Jeff Fortgang) – 3:09
07. Style Kills (Gary Numan, Robert Palmer) – 4:16
08. Si Chatouillieux – 4:34
09. Maybe It's You (David Ian Ainsworth, Danny Wilde) – 3:43
10. What Do You Care – 2:20

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 recorded at the Dominion Theatre, London, October 11, 1980

Original Album Released: April 1982
Karussell Limited CD Released: May 27, 1993

Personnel

Robert Palmer - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
Adrian Belew - guitar
Danny Wilder - bass
Chris Bishop - bass
Michael Dawe - drums
Alan Mansfield - guitar, keyboards
Kenny Mazur - guitar
Jack Waldman - keyboards
Donny Wynn - drums

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Official DR value: DR11

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