Old Enough to Forget

At first glance you'd think this was a release by Julio Iglesias, but you'd be wrong. I'm not an expert in all things Palmer, but I've been a fan of sorts since first hearing him kill it covering Moon Martin's "Bad Case of Loving You" when I was in high school. While I never listened to this album in its entirety until now, I did have the excellent compilation Addictions Vol. 1 (I never did get the second one, as the first hit all the high points for me) and recently found a copy of 1979's Secrets (which I enjoyed, and may revisit here at some point - or not), so I was prepared to hear some odd musical choices that were sort of his thing. He always seemed like a rather handsome class clown who was out there to have fun and do what he wanted. Robert Palmer was riding a wave, coming off the rather surprisingly good Power Station album, and he would use the bump in notoriety to his advantage. When Riptide came out in 1985 he was primed and ready to go. Y...