Riptide (studio album) by Robert Palmer

Riptide by Robert Palmer
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 17,277th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 41 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (197th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,344th)
Award Best albums of all time (17,277th)

Robert Palmer bestography

Riptide is ranked 4th best out of 23 albums by Robert Palmer on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Robert Palmer is Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley which is ranked number 10472 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 111.

Robert Palmer album bestography « Higher ranked (14,510th) This album (17,277th) Lower ranked (27,364th) »
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Riptide track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 41 votes)
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12/06/2023 12:09 fabm0  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 5,97759/100
 
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01/27/2023 12:26 TonySayers61  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 16,19665/100
 
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01/07/2023 12:42 Moondance  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 17,49272/100
 
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06/21/2022 20:15 MetalMan67  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 4,76171/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.1/100, a mean average of 70.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.6.

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From 04/10/2019 15:07
The title of "Addicted to Love" was very fitting. Also features a re-working of the Terry Lewis/Jimmy Jam production team's "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On" which was originally essayed by R&B recording artist Cherrelle.
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Riptide has 3 solid songs in addicted to love, didn't mean to turn you on and hyperactive. These songs especially addicted received tremendous airplay back in the day. Really didn't do well in non English speaking countries like California
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