― John Darnielle, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
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― dleone, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
While I generally don't believe in guilty pleasures I've always felt sheepish about being interested in Robert Plant's solo stuff. Reviews of the new one sound pretty intriguing; almost bought it today. Hence the question.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
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― John Darnielle, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Incidentally the drummer is the guy who's on the live Portishead record (and some of the studio stuff), he's really excellent.
― Jordan, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 14 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
the new one with Alison Krauss will probably finally get him a Grammy
― J0hn D., Sunday, 16 September 2007 14:37 (sixteen years ago) link
His voice sounds great!
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 16 September 2007 15:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Let me put a very kind word for Shaken 'n' Stirred, which has great watery, synthy art-pop.
Well that's wonderful of you to mention it, Alfred. I love love love the single, but as an album it didn't do much for me, I'm afraid.
― Bimble, Sunday, 16 September 2007 15:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, Raising Sand with Alison Krauss is pretty sweet. Their harmonies do it for me.
― Capitaine Jay Vee, Sunday, 16 September 2007 17:00 (sixteen years ago) link
I reviewed the Rhino box last year and was pretty pleasantly surprised. I'm definitely gonna check out this new thing with Krauss, even though she doesn't do anything for me.
― unperson, Sunday, 16 September 2007 19:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Is there a thread for the NEW new Robert Plant album somewhere, Band of Joy? Seems to be our man's covers album, which I guess isn't too offbeat, but what surprised me is there seems to be two COUNTEM TWO covers of Low songs ("Monkey" and "Silver Rider") in addition to the countrified/rootsy stuff you'd expect from an album produced by Buddy Miller.
Any thoughts?
― Sean Carruthers, Saturday, 18 September 2010 23:28 (thirteen years ago) link
he's been doing a lot of covers the past few albums. he's also been reliably fuckin awesome this whole century, dreamland (the one that inspired this thread) turned out to be amazing imo. I have grabbed the new one from emusic but haven't listened yet
― aerosmith: live at gunpoint (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Saturday, 18 September 2010 23:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I like it, but it seems a bit samey in tempo and feel and thus drags more than it should. I'm finding it works better in a mix with other stuff than on its own. After a few listens I wouldn't rate it as high as Dreamland or Mighty Rearranger or Raising Sand, but those were all very, very good. Those all got better given time and I expect this will as well.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 19 September 2010 00:11 (thirteen years ago) link
i already mentioned that i didn't see a point to his low covers; now i actually think they're bad. but the rest of band of joy is good.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 19 September 2010 03:38 (thirteen years ago) link
didn't see a point to his low covers; now i actually think they're bad
i don't know anything about Low, but I really disagree w/the above. I liked both of these tunes on the album, and thought they fit into the album pretty seamlessly. Now knowing they're Low covers makes me curious about the originals, which seems like a good result of a cover to me!
― Dominique, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I had the same reaction to the Low covers for the same reason. "Silver Rider" is probably my favorite track on the album.
I would have loved to have heard more of Patty Griffin, but I can see why he'd want to avoid making this Plant/Krauss #2.
― Brad C., Tuesday, 19 October 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Now knowing they're Low covers makes me curious about the originals, which seems like a good result of a cover to me!
well, that is a good result, and maybe your having heard the plant cover first will make you prefer it to the original (i.e., ymmv). but, to me, the plant covers are so inferior to those originals that it's stunning (and again, i like robert plant, and i like his new album).
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 19 October 2010 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
new one sounds pretty cool
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 8 January 2011 11:58 (thirteen years ago) link
actually -- I haven't even really digested 'Band of Joy' yet
but i totally dig his Los Lobos cover
love the fact that the Los Lobos thing was a video in Chicago's 'little village' neighborhood -- that was great intel and execution.
I am going to see the man exactly two weeks from tonight.
not sure why he is skipping Chi town on his tour, but no big deal -- I'll jump the easy Amtrak to Ann Arbor and check him w/ my bro in AA
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 8 January 2011 12:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't know why but it hasn't clicked for me yet and I've tried a bunch of times...weird because it's using the blueprint from the Alison Krauss record, which is gorgeous. Maybe a production thing? Just doesn't sound as warm.
I'm sure the show will be great.
― Hadrian VIII, Saturday, 8 January 2011 13:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Favorite track on the new one is "Harm's Swift Way," which apparently was the last song (lyrics) Townes Van Zandt ever wrote. I love Patty Griffin's vocals all over this album, but she's especially good there.
The album itself is a bit of a let down after the Alison Krauss record.
― Indexed, Sunday, 9 January 2011 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
no one talks about the new one here?
it's pretty good.
― nostormo, Friday, 5 September 2014 23:51 (nine years ago) link
I'll probably get it.
Out next week.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 6 September 2014 00:03 (nine years ago) link
Kind of amazing how well his range has held up. Noticed in that clip from a few years back of neo-Zep playing "Levee" with Neil Young that he actually sings the song in a *higher* key than he did on the record.
Anyway, the new album is nice. Sounds like a solid Sinead O'Connor album.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 14:24 (nine years ago) link
Produced it himself too.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 14:45 (nine years ago) link
Heard him interviewed on NPR. Read elsewhere that one song is about his recent breakup with Austin singer Patti Griffin.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link
Was down the HMV when they stopped played that awful Banks album and stuck on Plant's (better sonics), I much prefer it to the Holy Joy rekkid
― geordie racer, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
Liking the new one a lot too.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 02:08 (nine years ago) link
I love it.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 02:11 (nine years ago) link
yeah it's great. made me go back and revisit a few I'd missed, which were pretty good too. who needs zeppelin?
― akm, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 03:53 (nine years ago) link
Story going around now that Plant literally ripped up a $800 milion LZ reunion contract.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 November 2014 14:37 (nine years ago) link
who knew that Plant would end up being such a total don??
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 10 November 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link
It's been denied by his publicist.
― goth colouring book (anagram), Monday, 10 November 2014 15:03 (nine years ago) link
New song is awesome sounds like something off of Raisig Sand
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Saturday, 19 August 2017 20:05 (six years ago) link
Xpost - even if the ripping up the contract is a fake story, it is pretty incredible in this day and age the money he's left on the table.
I wouldn't doubt a full LZ world tour he could get close to that upfront
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 19 August 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
This new song sounds like some mystic folk rock, quite interesting...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OPKSZyRPFQ
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 16 October 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
hearing a lot of Indian influence in there too, kinda Zep III vibes
― Dominique, Monday, 16 October 2017 20:34 (six years ago) link
I've been listening to it on Spotify over the last couple of days. I really like this album. I think the title track is the best song. There are definite Middle Eastern influences on "Carry Fire", including an electric oud, I think? Where were you hearing Indian influences?
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Monday, 16 October 2017 20:39 (six years ago) link
maybe not Indian? but the rhythm of the track alex linked, that &-of-2 and 4 beat I thought I had heard in Indian music
― Dominique, Monday, 16 October 2017 20:53 (six years ago) link
Plant has been on one hell of a roll the last decade. I love this record.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 October 2017 21:11 (six years ago) link
This one bored me after the third tune. Wanted to like it.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 16 October 2017 23:22 (six years ago) link
this latest album is great. i feel like i should dig deep and pick up his recent albums, everything i've heard from them is amazing. only one i own is Raising Sand.
― omar little, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 16:44 (six years ago) link