''Maybe It's Live'' is a

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th centur ...

Robert Palmer Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) was an English singer and songwriter. He was known for his powerful and soulful voice, sartorial elegance and stylistic explorations, combining soul, funk, jazz, rock, pop, regga ...

, 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 "Some Guys Have All the Luck" is a song written by Jeff Fortgang. It has been a top 40 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 twice, as the original by the Persuaders in 1973 reaching No. 39. In 1982, it was covered by Robert Palmer, which was a hit ...

", which was a hit for Palmer in the UK, peaking at No. 16 on the UK Singles Chart. The album peaked at No. 23 in Sweden and No. 92 in the Netherlands.

Track listing

All songs by

except where noted. # "Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley" (

Allen Toussaint Allen Richard Toussaint (; January 14, 1938 – November 10, 2015) was an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer. He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the end of the century, descr ...

) — 4:07 # "What's It Take?" — 2:54 # " Best of Both Worlds" — 3:06 # "Every Kinda People" (

Andy Fraser Andrew McIan Fraser (3 July 1952 – 16 March 2015) was an English musician and songwriter, best known as the bassist and co-composer for the rock band Free, which he helped found in 1968 when he was 15. He also founded the rock band Sharks af ...

) — 4:17 # "

Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" is a 1978 song, written and originally recorded by Moon Martin and sung a year later by Robert Palmer. The song became one of Palmer's definitive hits. Background Moon Martin originally recorded the son ...

" (

Moon Martin John David "Moon" Martin (October 31, 1945 – May 11, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Early years Born in Altus, Oklahoma, United States, he was originally a rockabilly artist as a member of the Oklahoma-based band The ...

) — 4:04 # "

" (Jeff Fortgang) — 3:09 # "Style Kills" (

Gary Numan Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He entered the music industry as frontman of the New wave music, new wave band Tubeway Army. After releasing two st ...

) — 4:16 # "Si Chatouilleux" — 4:34 # "Maybe It's You" (David Ian Ainsworth, Danny Wilde) — 3:43 # "What Do You Care" — 2:20 Tracks #1–5 & 10 recorded live.

Personnel

* Robert Palmer — vocals; bass on "Style Kills" and "Si Chatouillieux"; drums, keyboards and guitar on "Si Chatouillieux" * Alan Mansfield — guitar (1–5, 7, 10), keyboards (1–6, 9, 10) * Chris Bishop — bass (1–6, 10) *

Jack Waldman Jack Waldman (September 6, 1952 – May 17, 1986) was an American jazz and rock musician, composer, producer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. Waldman was best known for his studio work and performances with singer Robert Palmer, and also wo ...

— keyboards (1–6, 9, 10) * Michael Dawe — drums (1–5, 10) * Dony Wynn — drums (6, 7, 9) *

Adrian Belew Robert Steven "Adrian" Belew (born December 23, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. A multi-instrumentalist primarily known as a guitarist and singer, he is noted for his unusual approach to the instrument, his ...

— guitar on "Si Chatouillieux" * Kenny Mazur — guitar on "Some Guys Have All the Luck" * Danny Wilder — bass and guitar on "Maybe It's You" *

— keyboards on "Style Kills" ;Production * Produced and Arranged by Robert Palmer * Executive Producer — David Harper * Engineers —

Rhett Davies Rhett Davies (born 1949 in London) is an English record producer and engineer. Davies' father was the trumpet player Ray Davies. Davies became a studio engineer at Island Records in the early 1970s. One of his first recording sessions was for B ...

and Jack Nuber * Assistant Engineer — Harold Dorsett * Mixed by Jack Nuber at

Compass Point Studios Compass Point Studios was a music recording studio in the Bahamas, founded in 1977 by Chris Blackwell, the owner of Island Records. The concept of the studio was of a recording facility supported by in-house sets of artists, musicians, producers ...

(New Providence, Bahamas). * Mastered by

Ted Jensen Ted Jensen (born September 19, 1954) is an American mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings, including the Eagles' '' Hotel California'', Green Day's '' American Idiot'' and Norah Jones' ''Come Away with Me''. Early life ...

at Sterling Sound (New York, NY). * Photography and Design — Graham Hughes * Sculpture — Paul Wunderlich

Charts

References

{{Authority control Robert Palmer (singer) albums Albums produced by Robert Palmer (singer) 1982 live albums Island Records live albums