Some People Can Do What They Like

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Some People Can Do What They Like is the third solo album by Robert Palmer, released in 1976. It includes "Man Smart, Woman Smarter" which peaked at number 63 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart and number 46 in the UK in 1977. The album peaked at number 68 in the US. The album was dedicated to Mongezi Feza. The model on the front cover, engaging Palmer in a game of strip poker, is Playboy magazine's April 1976 Playmate of the Month, Denise Michele.

Track listing

1. "One Last Look" (Bill Payne, Fran Tate) – 4:22
2. "Keep in Touch" (Robert Palmer) – 3:25
3. "Man Smart (Woman Smarter)" (David Kleiber) – 2:35
4. "Spanish Moon" (Lowell George) – 5:58
5. "Have Mercy" (Don Covay) – 3:50
6. "Gotta Get a Grip on You (Part II)" (Robert Palmer, Alan Powell) – 3:57
7. "What Can You Bring Me" (James Gadson) – 3:43
8. "Hard Head" (John Watson) – 4:30
9. "Off the Bone" (Phill Brown, Robert Palmer, Steve Smith) – 2:18
10. "Some People Can Do What They Like" (Robert Palmer) – 4:09

Personnel

• Robert Palmer – vocals
• Chuck Rainey – bass
• Paul Barrere – guitar, background vocals
• Chilli Charles – timbales
• Pierre Brock – bass
• Greg Carroll – harmonica
• Sam Clayton – percussion, background vocals
• Robert Greenidge – steel drums & pans
• Freddie Harris – guitar
• Richard Hayward – drums
• Carol Kaye – guitar
• Jody Linscott – percussion, Conductor
• Jeff Porcaro – drums
• Bill Payne – keyboards, background vocals
• James Allen Smith – keyboards
• Freddie Wall – guitar
• "Spider" Webb – drums
• William D. "Smitty" Smith – keyboards
• Arthur Smith – ocarina, penny whistle

• Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC

See also

• List of albums released in 1976