Drive (2003)

About this title: For lack of a better word, Drive might be termed Robert Palmer's blues album. Some of the songs are in the strict blues form, and the approach to the arrangements tends toward spare, acoustic elements. In his liner notes, Palmer cites as inspirations an invitation to participate in a Robert Johnson tribute album and the offer to provide the soundtrack to a film set in the deep South in the 1940s and '50s. But, of course, it's not that simple. Spare the arrangements may be, but they are also precise, especially in terms of the rhythms, in a way their models never were. Palmer is a stickler for ... read more

Tracks:

1. Mama Talk to Your Daughter [Lenoir]
2. Why Get Up? [Carter/Ellsworth]
3. Who's Fooling Who? [Price/Walsh/Barri]
4. Am I Wrong? [Mo']
5. TV Dinners [Beard/Gibbons/Hill]
6. Lucky [Carlton/Palmer]
7. Stella [Francisco]
8. Dr. Zhivago's Train [Dunger]
9. Ain't That Just Like a Woman [Demitrius/Moore]
10. Hound Dog [Lieber/Stoller]
11. Crazy Cajun Cake Walk Band [Ford/Vegas/Vegas]
12. I Need Your Love So Bad [Mertis]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.