Robert Palmer
Pressure Drop

THE REVIEW

Her name is Geraldine Edwards, in case you were wondering. Bare from the shoulders, she is the one who adds a lot of allure to the cover of "Pressure Drop," the second solo work by Palmer dated 1975. A very fascinating cover, the back perhaps even more so, but for this, you should rummage a bit in the markets because finding this LP is not that simple.

The second work, then, follows the brilliant debut of the previous year and continues on the same line. Backing band the Little Feat of Lowell George, some covers, and original tracks for an album with a good groove with very slight concessions to a very subtle disco ("Give Me An Inch", "Which Of Us Is The Fool"), but for the rest very devoted to the typical warm soul sounds loved by Robert, "Work To Make It Work", "River Boat", the delightful "Fine Time", and the reggae cover "Pressure Drop". A very warm LP, as much of this artist's production is, too little remembered; the androgynous models of "Addicted To Love" are still light-years away, as are MTV and the heavy rotation of the '80s, in the '70s Palmer is one of the leading exponents of blue-eyed soul and his records are a splendid testimony of his artistic soul.

"Pressure Drop" remains an excellent product to enliven chilly evenings, just like the subsequent and once again very successful "Some People Can Do What They Like" from '76, work that is also hot right from the cover photo, as per the good tradition marked by Palmer.