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Raising Sand

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by: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Release Date October 23, 2007
I can respect Robert Plant for his work with Led Zeppelin (nearly 40 years ago) and Alison Krauss is a major talent with the Union Station but this just does not work. The production by T Bone Burnett is good but the material is poor and boring. It neither one thing (Rock) nor another (Country/Bluegrass). Having read the reviews beforehand I borrowed this CD from my library prepared for a probable disappointment and it certainly lived up to that.

CD-Charts Position 2
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Raising Sand

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by: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

Release Date October 29, 2007
I can respect Robert Plant for his work with Led Zeppelin (nearly 40 years ago) and Alison Krauss is a major talent with the Union Station but this just does not work. The production by T Bone Burnett is good but the material is poor and boring. It neither one thing (Rock) nor another (Country/Bluegrass). Having read the reviews beforehand I borrowed this CD from my library prepared for a probable disappointment and it certainly lived up to that.

CD-Charts Position 3
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Raising Sand [VINYL]

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by: Robert Plant Alison Krauss

Release Date November 19, 2007
I can respect Robert Plant for his work with Led Zeppelin (nearly 40 years ago) and Alison Krauss is a major talent with the Union Station but this just does not work. The production by T Bone Burnett is good but the material is poor and boring. It neither one thing (Rock) nor another (Country/Bluegrass). Having read the reviews beforehand I borrowed this CD from my library prepared for a probable disappointment and it certainly lived up to that.

CD-Charts Position 4
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Walking Into Clarksdale [CASSETTE]

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by: Page & Plant

Release Date April 20, 1998
I can respect Robert Plant for his work with Led Zeppelin (nearly 40 years ago) and Alison Krauss is a major talent with the Union Station but this just does not work. The production by T Bone Burnett is good but the material is poor and boring. It neither one thing (Rock) nor another (Country/Bluegrass). Having read the reviews beforehand I borrowed this CD from my library prepared for a probable disappointment and it certainly lived up to that.

CD-Charts Position 5
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Walking Into Clarksdale

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by: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant

Release Date August 20, 2008
I can respect Robert Plant for his work with Led Zeppelin (nearly 40 years ago) and Alison Krauss is a major talent with the Union Station but this just does not work. The production by T Bone Burnett is good but the material is poor and boring. It neither one thing (Rock) nor another (Country/Bluegrass). Having read the reviews beforehand I borrowed this CD from my library prepared for a probable disappointment and it certainly lived up to that.

CD-Charts Position 6
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Walking Into Clarksdale [VINYL]

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by: Page & Plant

Release Date April 20, 1998
I can respect Robert Plant for his work with Led Zeppelin (nearly 40 years ago) and Alison Krauss is a major talent with the Union Station but this just does not work. The production by T Bone Burnett is good but the material is poor and boring. It neither one thing (Rock) nor another (Country/Bluegrass). Having read the reviews beforehand I borrowed this CD from my library prepared for a probable disappointment and it certainly lived up to that.

CD-Charts Position 7
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Walking Into Clarksdale

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by: Page & Plant

Release Date April 20, 1998
After the brilliant "No Quarter", Page and Plant joined together again to make a real masterpiece. The songs are powerful, "Most High" is my favorite, but "When the World was young" or "Blue Train" are among the best too. A very good effort that shows that old-rock legends still live and survive among so many trash music out there. Very creative music, a must for Page/Plant fans.

CD-Charts Position 8
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Walking Into Clarksdale

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by: Robert Plant Jimmy Page

Release Date June 18, 1999
There is a good album in here struggling to get out of the straightjacket imposed on it by Steve Albini, who dampens everything down with a hideous spongy bottom-end production that makes this record sound like it was recorded in a padded cell. I had to look at the credits to realise there was a drummer and bassist present; both sound like they were banished to the studio car park, to keep them out of the sight of the two rock gods whilst they got on with the business of talking about the good old days.

The mighty Most High transcends most of the rest of this material; but Blue Train and When We Were Young are also fine songs. However there are also a couple of duds: House Of Love and the ultimate throwaway Burning Up.

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CD-Charts Position 9
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Walking Into Clarksdale

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by: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant

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There is a good album in here struggling to get out of the straightjacket imposed on it by Steve Albini, who dampens everything down with a hideous spongy bottom-end production that makes this record sound like it was recorded in a padded cell. I had to look at the credits to realise there was a drummer and bassist present; both sound like they were banished to the studio car park, to keep them out of the sight of the two rock gods whilst they got on with the business of talking about the good old days.

The mighty Most High transcends most of the rest of this material; but Blue Train and When We Were Young are also fine songs. However there are also a couple of duds: House Of Love and the ultimate throwaway Burning Up.

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CD-Charts Position 10
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Walking Into Clarksdale [VINYL]

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by: Page & Plant

Release Date July 10, 1998
After the brilliant "No Quarter", Page and Plant joined together again to make a real masterpiece. The songs are powerful, "Most High" is my favorite, but "When the World was young" or "Blue Train" are among the best too. A very good effort that shows that old-rock legends still live and survive among so many trash music out there. Very creative music, a must for Page/Plant fans.