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Pride is the seventh studio album by English singer Robert Palmer, released in April 1983 by Island Records. The album peaked at No. 37 in the UK Albums Chart. The album also peaked at No. 12 in France, No. 15 in the Netherlands and No. 36 in Sweden.




Critical reception


In a contemporaneous review, The Globe and Mail found that Palmer "has created a synthesis of English mainstream pop and heavy black rhythms, utilizing various combinations of more roots-oriented West Indian music such as calypso and soca, the almost-tribal rhythms of such West African musicians as King Sunny Ade, and to a lesser degree, the more familiar patterns of urban American funk." A retrospective review concluded that "[the] suave British musician's 1983 project added a new, contemporary funk edge to his musical palette", and noted that the album, "once again self-produced, showed a typically eclectic range of styles". Another reviewer found that "The Silver Gun”, which is sung in Urdu, is "a very haunting and bizarre track, which displays the incredible versatility of Robert Palmer’s voice."




2011 reissue


Pride was reissued in 2011 by Culture Factory USA, an independent label that specialises in cult artists. The reissue CD was packaged in a miniature replica of the original vinyl packaging, has replica of the original Island records label, and is black so as to resemble vinyl. It was limited to 3,000 copies and did not have any additional outtakes or bonus tracks.




Track listing


All songs written and composed by Robert Palmer, except where noted.




Personnel


Robert Palmer – vocals, keyboards, guitars, arrangements
Rupert Hine – keyboards
Alan Mansfield – keyboards, guitars
Jack Waldman – keyboards
David Frank – keyboards (5)
Frank Blair – bass guitar
Michael Dawe – drums
Dony Wynn – drums
Bill Bonaparte – steel drums




= Production

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David Harper – executive producer
Robert Palmer – producer
Jack Nuber – engineer, mixing at Soundworks (New York, NY)
Paul Jarvis – engineer (5), technician
Dominique Blanc-Francard – mixing at Continental Studio (Paris, France)
Kendall Stubbs – technician
Translab (Paris, France) – mastering location
Bert Kitchen – cover painting




Charts






See also


List of albums released in 1983




References






External links


Pride at Discogs (list of releases)

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