Robert Plant/Alison Krauss: Raising Sand

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Track List

1. Rich Woman
2. Killing The Blues
3. Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us
4. Polly Come Home
5. Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
6. Through The Morning, Through The Night
7. Please Read The Letter
8. Trampled Rose
9. Fortune Teller
10. Stick With Me Baby
11. Nothin’
12. Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson
13. Your Long Journey

Genre

Blues

Description

Being a fan of Led Zeppelin and the work of Robert Plant, I was curious about his recent pairing with Alison Krauss. Having not followed the bluegrass scene or Krauss’ career, I really like what both Plant and Krauss have accomplished with this album. If you are a radio listener, you have probably already heard the song “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” playing often. I like it too. “Trampled Rose” is a track where Krauss’ shines on the album for me. Great song. “Fortune Teller”, “Stick With Me Baby”, and “Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson” are also great tracks to check out as well. While these are all great tracks, the album as a whole also gels really well. Good mood music. The only track that I am disappointed about is “Please Read The Letter”. I never really enjoyed it when I first heard it off the “Robert Plant/Jimmy Page: Walking Into Clarksdale” album and doesn’t move me on this album either. Overall, a good album to add to your collection.

“Stick With Me Baby” Music Video

Actually, this is audio only but is a great song to listen to:

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Interview

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Robert Plant: Nine Lives

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Nine Lives is a box set of nine CDs and one DVD that includes twenty music videos and one sixty minute interview that spans Robert Plant’s career since the dissolution of the famous classic rock band Led Zeppelin. Upon picking up the box set you are greeted with excellent cover art:

© Robert Plant

…and it continues on the back:

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It does not stop there as there is a sixty page booklet that provides more background on Robert Plant in addition to what you will view in the DVD interview. The booklet also sheds light on each of the nine albums as well. I found it very interesting to see that Phil Collins played drums the very first two albums of his solo career, Paul Shaffer played the piano on The Honeydrippers album, and even Jimmy Page made appearances on the The Honeydrippers and Now and Zen albums.

Having been a Led Zeppelin fan since my mid-teen years, I found this to be an amazing treasure. Something which I have totally missed out on until now. I do have other works by former members of Led Zeppelin such as:

• No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded
• Jimmy Page and Robert Plant: Walking into Clarksdale
• Coverdale Page

…but I have never followed closely what Robert Plant has done in his solo career. I am blown away by the amount of content and the shear diversity of it all. I have to admit that there is some questionable material. Especially his earlier works where he uses synthesizers heavily. Even his music videos are hilarious to watch. He definitely embraced the medium but I think he missed the boat on just what you can do with video. No matter, his voice is legendary and so is some of his later works as they really show his breadth of musical prowess.

The following is the list of albums contained in the box set complete with track listings:

Pictures at Eleven (1982)

1. Burning Down One Side
2. Moonlight In Samosa
3. Pledge Pin
4. Slow Dancer
5. Worse Than Detroit
6. Fat Lip
7. Like I’ve Never Been Gone
8. Mystery Title
9. Far Post [Previously Unreleased]
10. Like I’ve Never Been Gone [Live]

The Principle of the Moments (1983)

1. Other Arms
2. In The Mood
3. Messin’ With The Mekon
4. Wreckless Love
5. Thru With The Two Step
6. Horizontal Departure
7. Stranger Here…Than Over There
8. Big Log
9. In The Mood [Live]
10. Thru With The Two Step [Live]
11. Lively Up Yourself [Live]
12. Turnaround [Previously Unreleased]

The Honeydrippers: Volume One (1984)

1. I Get A Thrill
2. Sea Of Love
3. I Got A Woman
4. Young Boy Blues
5. Rockin’ At Midnight
6. Rockin’ At Midnight [Previously Unreleased]

Shaken ‘n’ Stirred (1985)

1. Hip To Hoo
2. Kallalou Kallalou
3. Too Loud
4. Trouble Your Money
5. Pink And Black
6. Little By Little
7. Doo Doo A Do Do
8. Easily Lead
9. Sixes And Sevens
10. Little By Little [Remix]

Now And Zen (1988)

1. Heaven Knows
2. Dance On My Own
3. Tall Cool One
4. The Way I Feel
5. Helen Of Troy
6. Billy’s Revenge
7. Ship Of Fools
8. Why
9. White, Clean And Neat
10. Walking Towards Paradise
11. Billy’s Revenge [Live]
12. Ship Of Fools [Live]
13. Tall Cool One [Live]

Manic Nirvana (1990)

1. Hurting Kind (I’ve Got My Eyes On You)
2. Big Love
3. SSS & Q
4. I Cried
5. She Said
6. Nirvana
7. Tie Dye On The Highway
8. Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night
9. Anniversary
10. Liars Dance
11. Watching You
12. Oompa (Watery Bint)
13. One Love
14. Don’t Look Back

Fate of Nations (1993)

1. Calling To You
2. Down To The Sea
3. Come Into My Life
4. I Believe
5. 29 Palms
6. Memory Song (Hello Hello)
7. If I Were A Carpenter
8. Promised Land
9. The Greatest Gift
10. Great Spirit
11. Network News
12. Colours Of A Shade [Previously Unreleased)
13. Great Spirit [Acoustic Mix]
14. Rollercoaster [Previously Unreleased]
15. 8:05 [Previously Unreleased]
16. Dark Moon [Acoustic Mix]

Dreamland (2002)

1. Funny In My Mind (I Believe I’m Fixn’ To Die)
2. Morning Dew
3. One More Cup Of Coffee
4. Last Time I Saw Her
5. Song To The Siren
6. Win My Train Fare Home (If I Ever Get Lucky)
7. Darkness, Darkness
8. Red Dress
9. Hey Joe
10. Skip’s Song
11. Dirt In A Hole
12. Last Time I Saw Her [Remix]

Mighty Rearranger (2005)

1. Another Tribe
2. Shine It All Around
3. Freedom Fries
4. Tin Pan Valley
5. All The King’s Horses
6. The Enchanter
7. Takamba
8. Dancing In Heaven
9. Somebody Knocking
10. Let The Four Winds Blow
11. Mighty Rearranger
12. Brother Ray
13. Red, White And Blue
14. All The Money In The World
15. Shine It All Around [Girls Remix]
16. Tin Pan Valley [Girls Remix]
17. The Enchanter [Unkle Reconstruction]

Genre

Rock

Parting Thoughts

This is definitely a box set worth picking up for the Led Zeppelin enthusiasts or for those who love listening to artists that constantly change and keep expanding their horizons. Pop in a disk or two in your sound system, lie back on the couch, and enjoy the music!

© Robert Plant

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