The Island Records Years

Compilation by Robert Palmer

Released 17 February 2023

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Tracklist

CD 1: Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley
1
Sailin’ Shoes
2:42
4.5 ★
2
Hey Julia
2:24
4.0 ★
3
Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley
4:25
4.0 ★
4
Get Outside
4:42
3.0 ★
5
Blackmail
2:36
3.0 ★
6
How Much Fun
3:05
4.5 ★
7
From a Whisper to a Scream
3:34
3.0 ★
8
Through It All There’s You
12:19
3.0 ★
9
Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley (single mix)
3:25
10
Epidemic
2:36
11
Blackmail (alternate take)
3:53
12
Get Outside (alternate take)
6:00
CD 2: Pressure Drop
1
Give Me an Inch
3:18
2
Work to Make It Work
4:05
3
Back in My Arms
3:30
4
River Boat
3:44
5
Pressure Drop
5:23
6
Here With You Tonight
4:48
7
Trouble
3:00
8
Fine Time
5:45
9
Which of Us Is the Fool?
3:21
10
Willin’ (demo)
3:54
11
Hope We Never Wake (demo)
2:42
CD 3: Some People Can Do What They Like
1
One Last Look
4:23
2
Keep in Touch
3:07
3
Man Smart, Woman Smarter
2:36
4
Spanish Moon
6:02
5
Have Mercy
3:53
6
Gotta Get a Grip on You
4:01
7
What Can You Bring Me
3:45
8
Hard Head
4:29
9
Off the Bone
2:20
10
Some People Can Do What They Like
4:09
CD 4: Double Fun
1
Every Kinda People
3:20
4.0 ★
2
Best of Both Worlds
3:59
3
Come Over
4:10
4
Where Can It Go?
3:21
5
Night People
4:17
6
Love Can Run Faster
4:07
7
You Overwhelm Me
3:11
8
You Really Got Me
4:27
9
You’re Gonna Get What’s Coming
4:33
CD 5: Secrets
1
Bad Case of Lovin’ You (Doctor, Doctor)
3:12
4.6 ★
2
Too Good to Be True
2:59
3
Can We Still Be Friends
3:39
1.0 ★
4
In Walks Love Again
2:46
5
Mean Ol’ World
3:36
6
Love Stop
2:59
7
Jealous
3:16
5.0 ★
8
Under Suspicion
3:23
9
Woman You’re Wonderful
4:00
10
What’s It Take
3:28
3.0 ★
11
Remember to Remember
3:30
12
Bad Case of Lovin’ You (Doctor, Doctor) (12″ mix)
3:11
CD 6: Clues
1
Looking for Clues
4:52
4.0 ★
2
Sulky Girl
4:07
3
Johnny and Mary
3:59
4.5 ★
4
What Do You Care
2:48
5
I Dream of Wires
4:33
4.0 ★
6
Woke Up Laughing
3:34
7
Not a Second Time
2:48
5.0 ★
8
Found You Now
4:36
9
Good Care of You
3:40
10
Johnny and Mary (alternate take)
4:10
11
What Do You Care (alternate mix)
3:42
CD 7: Maybe It’s Live
1
Sneakin’ Sally Thru the Alley
4:07
2
What’s It Take
2:54
3
Best of Both Worlds
3:07
4
Every Kinda People
4:18
5
Bad Case of Lovin’ You (Doctor, Doctor)
4:05
6
Some Guys Have All the Luck
3:09
4.4 ★
7
Style Kills
4:17
8
Si Chatouilleux
4:34
9
Maybe It’s You
3:43
10
What Do You Care
2:20
CD 8: Pride
1
Pride
3:38
2
Deadline
3:52
3
Want You More
3:27
4
Dance for Me
3:34
5
You Are in My System
4:27
6
It’s Not Difficult
3:36
7
Say You Will
3:44
8
You Can Have It (Take My Heart)
3:06
9
What You Waiting For
3:43
10
The Silver Gun
5:39
11
You Are in My System (12″ mix)
4:58
12
Ain’t It Funky (Si Chatouilieux, extended version)
6:51
13
Pride (12″ mix)
5:18
14
Parade of the Obliterators (B‐side of Pride)
6:54
15
You Can Have It (Take My Heart) (12″ mix)
4:47
16
You Are in My System (instrumental mix)
7:13
17
Deadline (12″ mix)
3:54
CD 9: Riptide
1
Riptide
2:28
2
Hyperactive
5:10
3
Addicted to Love
5:50
4
Trick Bag
3:05
5
Get It Through Your Heart
2:53
6
I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On
3:45
7
Flesh Wound
3:46
8
Discipline of Love
6:06
9
Riptide (reprise)
2:11
10
Discipline of Love (12″ mix)
4:48
11
Riptide Medley
4:39
12
Sweet Lies (from “Sweet Lies” Soundtrack)
5:35
13
Let’s Fall in Love
4:00
14
I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On (12″ mix)
4:22
15
No, Not Much (live on “The Tube”/1985)
2:49
16
Trick Bag (live on “The Tube”/1985)
2:44
17
Les planches
4:20

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Addictions, Volume 1 1989

Release credits

Alex Sadkin
engineer [3], mix [3]
Benjamin Armbrister
assistant [1]
Dony Wynn
drums (drum set) [1]
Eddie Martinez
guitar [1]
Eric Thorngren
remixer [1]
Jack Nuber
engineer [6], mix [6]
Jack Waldman
keyboard [1]
Karl Pitterson
mix [1], recording [1]
Ken Mazur
guitar [6]
Kendal Stubbs
assistant [1]
Kenny Mazur
guitar [1]
Pierre Brock
electric bass guitar [1]
Robert Palmer
producer [4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 4.7, 4.9, 7.6, 8.8, 5.1-11, 6.1-8], vocal [1]
Steve Robbins
keyboard [1]
Steve Smith
producer [2.1-9, 3.1-10, 1.1-8]
Tom Moulton
producer [2, 4, 6, 8]

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The Island Records Years
9x CD
17 February 2023