Heavy Nova (album)

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Heavy Nova is a 1988 album by Robert Palmer. It followed his very popular album Riptide. Heavy Nova continued his popularity with the single, "Simply Irresistible", which spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the U.S. The name Heavy Nova derives from Palmer's love of both heavy metal and bossa nova rhythms.

The album was recorded at Logic Studios (Milan, Italy) and Compass Point Studios (Bahamas).

Track listing

All songs by Robert Palmer except where noted.

1. "Simply Irresistible" – 4:14
2. "More Than Ever" – 3:25
3. "Change His Ways" – 2:56
4. "Disturbing Behaviour" – 3:45
5. "Early in the Morning" (Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor, Charlie Wilson) – 4:42
6. "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:32
7. "She Makes My Day" – 4:23
8. "Between Us" – 4:49
9. "Casting a Spell" – 3:57
10. "Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming" (Jay Gruska, Michael Omartian, Bruce Sudano) – 3:46

Personnel

• Robert Palmer - vocals
• John Grey - Guitar, Percussion
• Mike Nicholson - Engineer
• Dennis Budemir - Guitar
• Eddie Martinez - Guitar
• Luka Belak - Violin
• Clare Fischer - strings
• Garth Hudson - Accordion, Keyboards
• Tom "T-Bone" Wolk - Accordion
• Chuck Findley - Trumpet
• Richard Gibbs - Keyboards
• Jeff Bova - Keyboards
• William Bryant - Keyboards
• Frank Blair - Bass
• Barry "Sun John" Johnson - Bass
• Dony Wynn - drums
• Ricky Fataar - Drums
• Dom Um Romão - Percussion, Background Vocals
• Robyn Lobe - Percussion