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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Sailin' Shoes | |||
| 2. Hey Julia | |||
| 3. Sneakin' Sall Through The Alley - remix | |||
| 4. How Much Fun | |||
| 5. Give Me An Inch - remix | |||
| 6. Pressure Drop | |||
| 7. Trouble | |||
| 8. Which Of Us Is The Fool | |||
| 9. Spanish Moon | |||
| 10. Man Smart (Woman Smarter) | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. You Are In My System - remix | |||
| 2. Some Like It Hot - The Power Station | |||
| 3. Get It On (Bang A Gong) - The Power Station | |||
| 4. Addicted To Love - remix | |||
| 5. Hyperactive | |||
| 6. I Didn't Mean to Turn You On | |||
| 7. Sweet Lies - from the movie Sweet Lies | |||
| 8. She Makes My Day | |||
| 9. Early In The Morning | |||
| 10. Simply Irresistible | |||
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Product Description
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自らを文化的に象徴する息の長い楽曲を1曲でも作ることができたなら、たいていのポップスターは幸運かもしれない。けれども、ロバート・パーマーにとっては不運だった。スーツを完璧に着こなしたこの80年代の流行歌手は、脚線美を誇るファッション・モデルたちをバックに従えたMTVのビデオでの仮の姿によって、洗練されていると同時に、ヴァラティーに富んだキャリアの影がだいぶ薄くなってしまったのだ。だが、その「Addicted to Love」のビデオでしかパーマーのことを知らないならば、パーマーのことをまったく知らないと言ってほぼ間違いない。実際、それ以前の10年間にパーマーの見せたブルーアイド・ソウルのセンスは表面的なもので、その下には、ユーロ（「Give Me an Inch」）とシンセ（ゲイリー・ニューマンの「I Dream of Wires」）を取り入れたポップス、それにファンク、ニューオーリンズR&B、レゲエ、ロック、といったさまざまな要素が潜んでいた。けれども、スターぞろいのプロジェクト、パワー・ステーション（本作には「Some Like It Hot」や、思わず口ずさんでしまいそうなT.レックスのカヴァー曲「Bang A Gong」を収録）が商業的成功が約束されていながら、あまりにも短命に終わってしまったのは、そのせわしない創作意欲が原因のようだ。そして、「Simply Irresistible」とオルタネイティブ・ロック・ブームが実質的にパーマーのMTV時代の終わりを告げたのち、90年代の作品が、ソウル（マーヴィン・ゲイのメドレー「Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You」は聴き応えがある）や、感傷的な失恋歌、カリビアン音楽の影響、デルタ・ブルースといったパーマーのさまざまな側面を凝縮していたのも、おそらくその創作意欲ゆえかもしれない。本ベスト盤は、常にスタイルと内容がせめぎ合うパーマーのポップスを記録し、70年代中期から始まるその音楽遍歴をたくみにまとめ上げている。（Jerry McCulley, From Amazon.com）
From Amazon.com
Most pop stars are lucky if they can create one enduring piece of cultural iconography for themselves. Unfortunately for Robert Palmer, his MTV-forged persona as impeccably tailored 80s crooner backed by a band of leggy fashion models largely overshadowed a career that was as eclectic as it was accomplished. Those who know the singer only by his video for "Addicted to Love" arguably don't know Palmer at all. Indeed, during the previous decade his ostensibly blue-eyed soul sensibilities had actually encompassed funk, New Orleans R&B, reggae, rock, and pop both Euro ("Give Me an Inch") and synth Gary Numan's "I Dream of Wires"). But that creative restlessness also seems to be the reason his commercially promising stint in the all-star Power Station (represented here by "Some Like It Hot" and an infectious cover of T. Rex's "Bang A Gong") was so short-lived. And it's perhaps why, after "Simply Irresistible" and the surge of alternative rock essentially marked the end of his MTV prime, his 90s work variously retrenched Palmer in soul (including a rewarding medley of Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me"/"I Want You"), torch songs, Caribbean influences, and even Delta blues. This collection ably completes the musical circle Palmer began in the mid 70s, astutely chronicling pop's ongoing battle between style and substance along the way. --Jerry McCulley
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