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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.

Maybe It's Live
Live album by Robert Palmer
Released	April 1982
Recorded	October 11, 1980
Venue	Dominion Theatre, London
Genre	Rock
Length	36:30
Label	Island
Producer	Robert Palmer
Robert Palmer chronology
Clues (1980) Maybe It's Live (1982) Pride (1983)
Singles from Maybe It's Live
"Some Guys Have All the Luck[1]" Released: January 1982

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

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)
• Donny 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

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