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Rating: Robert Palmer's discography absolutely needs to be rediscovered and brought back to light. Everyone remembers the video for "Addicted To Love" or the even more popular and much copied "Simply Irresistible" from 1988, taken from the good "Heavy Nova." If we go further back in time, the memory begins to falter because in Italy his '70s works are practically almost unknown, not to mention Vinegar Joe, which fade into memory.
Palmer has always played very ironically with his undeniable charm and seductive power, a blue-eyed soul man but also a musician and composer open to the most diverse crossovers without too much thought. If on the back of his second LP, "Pressure Drop" from '75, he looked flirtatiously at the naked backside of the girl who leans out from the balcony, in this "Double Fun" from '78 he immediately lets us know what his fun is, double obviously, at the edge of a pool. But these are just nuances, small appearances that conceal an album of remarkable charm in which the most varied genres from reggae to soul are mixed. If "Every Kinda People" is the most known track, "Best Of Both Worlds" is the boldest and "You Really Got Me" the most gritty. "Where Can It Go" is a rare foray into contemporary disco, very fitting for Robert's warm voice, "Love Can Run Faster" is pure sparkling reggae and Palmer confirms himself as one of the best white interpreters of the genre. The closing is more rock, "You're Gonna Get What's Coming" is simply overwhelming. An infinite number of musician friends, both white and black, participate in a perfect mix.
The following "Secrets" from '79 will once again confirm Palmer's multicolored creativity at excellent levels.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Every Kinda People (03:19)
Said the fight to make ends meet
Keeps a man upon his feet
Holding down his job
Trying to show he can't be bought
Ooh, it takes every kinda people
To make what life's about, yeah
Every kinda people
To make the world go 'round
Someone's looking for a lead
In his duty to a king or to a creed
Protecting what he feels is right
Fights against wrong with his life
There is no profit in deceit
Honest men know that
Revenge does not taste sweet
Whether yellow, black or white
Each and every man's the same inside
Ooh, it takes every kinda people
To make what life's about, yeah
It takes every kinda people
To make the world go 'round
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
You know that love's the only goal
That could bring a peace to any soul
Hey, and every man's the same
He wants the sunshine in his name
It takes every kinda people
To make what life's about, yeah
It takes every kinda people
To make the world go 'round
Mmm, every kinda people
To make what life's about
It takes every kinda people
To make the world go 'round
02 Best of Both Worlds (03:59)
We want the best of both worlds
We want it slow and hot
We like to taste revenge, yeah
But we can’t waste the shot
We want to see from both sides
We like it cool and fast
We want to get it over
We like to make it last
Keep it on
It’s getting closer
The best of both worlds
Double fun
We’ll make the most, girl
To get the best of both worlds
We must obey the law
What good’s a place to stand up
Without a place to fall?
Two and one
Fast and slow girl
The best of both worlds
Double fun
I’d like to now propose a toast
To the best of both worlds
I think about the war that is no fight at all
I think about the peace that is a fight for all
The best of both worlds
Keep it on
Fast and slow girl
The best of both worlds
Tight as a drum, loose as a gun holster
Yeah, it’s getting closer
Why do we waste our breath, child
On what we like the most
Seeing as we’ve wound up here
We ought to do them both
Back and forth
We get the most
Yeah, the best of both worlds
South and north
I’d like to now propose a toast
To the best of both worlds
Two and one
Fast and slow girl
The best of both worlds
Double fun
We’ll make the most girl to get the best of both worlds
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