Riptide
by Robert Palmer

Riptide by Robert Palmer
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 15,923rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 46 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (194th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (2,140th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,923rd)

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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 12086 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 97.

Robert Palmer album bestography « Higher ranked (14,947th)
Some People Can Do What They Like
This album (15,923rd)
Riptide
Lower ranked (23,366th) »
Double Fun

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Riptide rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 15,923rd | 1980s rank: 2,140th | 1985 rank: 194th

Riptide collection

Riptide ratings

Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 46 votes)
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From 04/10/2019 15:07 | #234722
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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From 09/01/2016 03:58 | #173935
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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