Maybe It's Live

Maybe It's Live
Live album by
Robert Palmer
ReleasedMarch 1982
Recorded11 October 1980
VenueDominion Theatre, London
GenreRock
Length36:30
LabelIsland
ProducerRobert Palmer
Robert Palmer chronology
Clues
(1980) 		Maybe It's Live
(1982) 		Pride
(1983)
Singles from Maybe It's Live
  1. "Some Guys Have All the Luck[1]"
    Released: January 1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

Maybe It's Live is a live album by Robert Palmer, 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", which was a hit for Palmer in the UK,[2] peaking at No. 16 on the UK Singles Chart.

The album peaked at No. 23 in Sweden and No. 92 in the Netherlands.[4]

Track listing

All songs by Robert Palmer except where noted.

  1. "Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley" (Allen Toussaint) — 4:07
  2. "What's It Take?" — 2:54
  3. "Best of Both Worlds" — 3:06
  4. "Every Kinda People" (Andy Fraser) — 4:17
  5. "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" (Moon Martin) — 4:04
  6. "Some Guys Have All the Luck" (Jeff Fortgang) — 3:09
  7. "Style Kills" (Gary Numan, Robert Palmer) — 4:16
  8. "Si Chatouilleux" — 4:34
  9. "Maybe It's You" (David Ian Ainsworth, Danny Wilde) — 3:43
  10. "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 — keyboards (1–6, 9, 10)
  • Michael Dawe — drums (1–5, 10)
  • Dony Wynn — drums (6, 7, 9)
  • Adrian Belew — guitar on "Si Chatouillieux"
  • Kenny Mazur — guitar on "Some Guys Have All the Luck"
  • Danny Wilder — bass and guitar on "Maybe It's You"
  • Gary Numan — keyboards on "Style Kills"
Production
  • Produced and Arranged by Robert Palmer
  • Executive Producer — David Harper
  • Engineers — Rhett Davies and Jack Nuber
  • Assistant Engineer — Harold Dorsett
  • Mixed by Jack Nuber at Compass Point Studios (New Providence, Bahamas).
  • Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
  • Photography and Design — Graham Hughes
  • Sculpture — Paul Wunderlich

Charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) 32
United States (Billboard 200) 148

References

  1. ^ "Robert Palmer - Some Guys Have All The Luck". 45cat.com. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b Maybe It's Live at AllMusic
  3. ^ "Robert Palmer: Maybe It's Live : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Album artist 453 - Robert Palmer". Tsort.info. Retrieved 1 March 2012.