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| Artist: Robert Plant And Alison Krauss
Label: Decca
Category: Music
List Price: £16.99
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Rating:  116 reviews
Sales Rank: 119
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 57
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 028947802051
EAN: 0028947802051
ASIN: B000Y932GQ
Release Date: October 29, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Interesting, but flawed February 14, 2008
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
The problem I have with this album is that it does not do exactly what it says on the tin. On the strength of the reviews the content should be something special, but to my ears what I found is flawed. Being of a generation that grew up with Led Zep, and having been an enthusiastic follower of Ms Krauss's work for some years I can compare their previous work to this. The harmonies were supposed to be `exquisite' but they are in truth hardly adequate when compared to what Alison Krauss has achieved. If you are really into interesting harmonies, listen to Crosby, Still and Nash. Robert Plant's voice rarely gets out of second gear, but he does well to blend with the purity of his colleague's high lyrical voice. Added to this is a rather eccentric selection of songs and some slightly dodgy production by T Bone Burnett. The voices are all but drowned out by the bass and drums on the first two tracks. If you really want to promote the harmonies you have to push them right out front, not hide them behind the rhythm section. The highlight for me was the Tom Wait's song with the combination of gamelan clangs and Alison's voice. Let us hope that this album brings some more people into listening to the best of new Country, like Ryan Bingham as well as to Alison Krauss's back catalogue.
 Very Disappointing February 11, 2008
4 out of 13 found this review helpful
With two of the greatest, lyricists / songwriters around this album should have been a certain winner. Unfortunately it was a complete let down. The production is relatively poor with top end tinny and the bottom end blowing your speakers out (similar to the production on Metallica's '..And Justice For All'). The lyrics are average and the scores are shocking. I cannot believe how talent such as this has failed so badly.
Why all the fuss ? February 7, 2008
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
My advice will sound arrogant but SKIP all the 5 star reviews (it's not that good!), SKIP the 1 star reviews (it's not that bad!,)-the reviewers giving 4 stars down to 2 have got this album pretty well sussed.Producer T Bone Burnett does not produce an attractive sound for the vocalists to work with, horrible tremelo guitar and indeterminate drum sounds that do nothing for the songs.Bearing in mind where Krauss is coming from, and the obvious versatility shown here by Plant this CD would have been better if it were acoustic.The songs are quite ordinary,with pleasant harmony but then Alison Krauss can probably do this in her sleep.So what's the big deal ? To me this smacks of "THE EVENT" where the cult of celebrity takes precedence over the work being produced.There are NO outstanding songs here,and nothing on it compares favourably with her duet "Whiskey Lullaby" (with Brad Paisley) from last year.If you want Alison Krauss at her best then go for "Forget About It",or her live DVD with her band Union Station. I have no problem with Plant singing country (one or 2 of Zepp's later efforts were country-tinged)but this project sounds monotonous, and barely worthy of further mention !
So relaxing... February 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A beautifully relaxing CD. Great cover versions. These two are really well matched to record together. If you like to listen to something mellow then you should buy this, for sure.
 This should be called Raising StANDards February 2, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Some eyebrows were raised when this album was announced. Bluegrass meets old rocker. I havent listened to much Plant and came to this more from a Country side of things. I have the excellent Knopfler / Emmylou Harris 'Roadrunning' album so the concept was not a problem. The result is more than the sum of its parts, a rootsy album thats neither rock nor bluegrass (although some songs do have a country feel). Its an absolutey stunning album, with superb versions of these songs. Excellent. If this is what happens when these talents are brought together, keep them coming and bring me some more!!
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