Addictions: Volume 2 is the second compilation album by English singer-songwriter Robert Palmer, released by Island Records in 1992. The album features remixes of songs and singles Palmer recorded from 1974 to 1988.
Critical reception
Upon its release, David Quantick of NME felt the compilation would not repeat the success of its 1989 predecessor Addictions: Volume 1 as although "it too demonstrates Palmer's eclecticism, [it] is less interesting". He described it as a "slightly inessential album" with only "two top songs": the "charming smoky ballad" "She Makes My Day" and "I Dream of Wires", the latter of which Quantick considered "so odd that it makes 'Low' sound like Sonia". Stephen Thomas Erlewine was noted that "all [the] tracks are quite good" and the album overall "sound[s] great", but was disapproving of the fact that many of the tracks presented "ha[ve] been remixed, remade, or [feature] new vocal tracks", resulting in it failing to be an "accurate retrospective".
Track listing
Charts Chart (1992)PeakpositionAustralian Albums (ARIA)188
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