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Don't Explain is the tenth solo studio album by English singer Robert Palmer, released in 1990. During the course of its 18 tracks, Palmer displays rock, R&B, jazz and Bahamian influences. Several classic songs are covered, as well. The album peaked at number 9 in the UK and number 88 in the US.[4]

Don't Explain
Studio album by Robert Palmer
Released	5 November 1990
Recorded	Logic Studios (Milan, Italy)
Genre	Rock
Length	66:33
Label	EMI USA
Producer	Teo Macero, Robert Palmer
Robert Palmer chronology
Addictions: Volume 1 (1989) Don't Explain (1990) Addictions: Volume 2 (1992)
Singles from Don't Explain
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" Released: 22 October 1990 "You're Amazing" Released: November 1990 "Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You" Released: 24 December 1990 "Happiness" Released: April 1991 "Dreams to Remember" Released: June 1991

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Billboard	favourable[2]
New Musical Express	6/10[3]

In the UK the album was certified Gold by the BPI in November 1990.[5]

Track listing

1. "Your Mother Should Have Told You" (Robert Palmer, Guy Pratt) - 3:41
2. "Light-Years" (Divinyls, Robert Palmer) - 4:27
3. "You Can't Get Enough of a Good Thing" (Robert Palmer) - 4:08
4. "Dreams to Remember" (Otis Redding, Zelda Reading, Joe Rock) - 4:25
5. "You're Amazing" (Stephen Fellows, Alan Mansfield, Robert Palmer, Guy Pratt, Steve Stevens) - 3:49
6. "Mess Around" (Stephen Fellows, Robert Palmer) - 4:50
7. "Happiness" (Robert Palmer) - 2:52
8. "History" (Robert Palmer) - 4:32
9. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"; with UB40 (Bob Dylan) - 3:26
10. "Housework" (Stephen Fellows, Robert Palmer) - 3:12
11. "Mercy Mercy Me" (Marvin Gaye) / "I Want You" (Arthur "T-Boy" Ross, Leon Ware) - 5:59
12. "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday) - 2:28
13. "Aeroplane" (Robert Palmer) - 3:04
14. "People Will Say We're in Love" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein) - 2:20
15. "Not a Word" (Robert Palmer, Guy Pratt, Colin Vearncombe) - 4:18
16. "Top 40" (Mose Allison) - 2:40
17. "You're So Desirable" (Ray Noble) - 2:24
18. "You're My Thrill" (Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney) - 3:58

• N.B. The liner notes for the 1st US pressing (EMI/Capitol – CDP-7-93935-2) attribute the final song to Ned Washington & Burton Lane. While they co-wrote a song by that name, the one on Palmer's album is the Clare & Gorney composition made popular by Billie Holiday.

Personnel

• Robert Palmer – lead and backing vocals, guitar, drums
• Brent Bourgeois – keyboards, backing vocals (2, 3)
• Alan Mansfield – keyboards, drums
• William Bryant – acoustic piano, bass
• Dennis Budimir – guitar
• Alan Darby – guitar
• Eddie Martinez – guitar
• Saverio Porciello – guitar
• Steve Stevens – guitar
• Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar
• Frank Blair – bass
• Guy Pratt – bass
• Dony Wynn – drums, percussion
• Cyro Baptista – percussion
• Pino Pischetola – percussion
• Claudio Pascoli – saxophones
• Chuck Findley – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Demo Morselli – trumpet
• Luka Belak – violin
• Clare Fischer – clarinet, string and horn arrangements, conductor
• Gerald Vinci – concertmaster
• B.J. Nelson – backing vocals (2, 3, 4)
• Pamela Starks – backing vocals (9)
• UB40 – backing vocals (9)

Production

• Robert Palmer – producer (1–6, 9, 10, 17), co-producer (7, 8, 11, 13)
• Teo Macero – producer (7, 8, 11–16, 18)
• David Harper – executive producer
• Richard Cobble – production coordination
• Arne Frager – engineer
• Pino Pischetola – engineer
• Mike Fraser – mixing (1, 5)
• Eric "ET" Thorngren – mixing (2, 3, 4, 6–18)
• Henry Marquez – art direction, design
• Timothy Greenfield-Sanders – photography
• David King – stylist

Chart performance

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[16]	Gold	35,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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