Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar
2014 studio album by Robert Plant
Lullaby and...The Ceaseless Roar | ||||
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Studio album by Robert Plant | ||||
Released | 8 September 2014 (2014-09-08) | |||
Recorded | Helium Studios, Wiltshire Real World Studios, nr Bath Contino Rooms, London | |||
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Length | 50:00[1] | |||
Label | Nonesuch/Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Robert Plant | |||
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Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar (stylized as lullaby and…The Ceaseless Roar) is the tenth solo album by English rock singer Robert Plant. It was released on 8 September 2014 on Nonesuch/Warner Bros. Records.[2][3] It was also Plant's first studio album with his backing band the Sensational Space Shifters, although the band is not credited on the front cover.
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 81/100[4] |
Review scores | |
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Paste | 9.3/10[8] |
Pitchfork Media | 7.0/10[9] |
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Uncut | 9/10[13] |
Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar received acclaim by the majority of music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from a selection of critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 23 reviews. The album was named one of the 50 best albums of 2014 by NPR Music.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Little Maggie" | Traditional, arranged by Robert Plant, Justin Adams, John Baggott, Billy Fuller, Dave Smith, Liam "Skin" Tyson | 5:06 |
2. | "Rainbow" | Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Tyson | 4:18 |
3. | "Pocketful of Golden" | Plant, Adams, Baggott, Juldeh Camara, Fuller, Smith, Tyson | 4:12 |
4. | "Embrace Another Fall" | Plant, Adams, Baggott, Camara, Fuller, Smith, Tyson | 5:52 |
5. | "Turn It Up" | Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson | 4:06 |
6. | "A Stolen Kiss" | Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Tyson | 5:15 |
7. | "Somebody There" | Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson | 4:32 |
8. | "Poor Howard" (‡) | Plant, Adams, Baggott, Camara, Fuller, Smith, Tyson | 4:13 |
9. | "House of Love" | Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson | 5:07 |
10. | "Up on the Hollow Hill (Understanding Arthur)" | Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Tyson | 4:35 |
11. | "Arbaden (Maggie's Babby)" | Plant, Adams, Baggott, Camara, Fuller, Smith, Tyson | 2:44 |
- ^‡ – derived from the Lead Belly song "Po' Howard" (Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax, Alan Lomax); also incorporates lyrics and melody from "Wah Wah", from the album No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded.[14]
Sources:[2][15]
Personnel
- Musicians
- Robert Plant – vocals, production
- The Sensational Space Shifters (as backing band):
- Justin Adams – bendirs, djembe, guitars, tehardant, background vocals
- Liam "Skin" Tyson – banjo, guitar, background vocals.
- John Baggott – keyboards, loops, moog bass, piano, tabla, background vocals
- Juldeh Camara – kologo, ritti, Fulani vocals
- Billy Fuller – bass, drum programming, omnichord, upright bass
- Dave Smith – drum set
- Julie Murphy – vocals on "Embrace Another Fall"
- Nicola Powell – background vocals on "Poor Howard"
- Production
- Tim Oliver – recording, mixing
- Tim Holmes – recording
- Tchad Blake – mixing
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- Brett Kilroe and Geoffrey Hanson – art direction
Source:[16]
Charts
Weekly charts
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References
- ^ "Lullaby and...The Ceaseless Roar". Amazon Germany.
- ^ a b "Robert Plant announces new album and UK tour". NME. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ "Robert Plant's "lullaby and...The Ceaseless Roar" Out September 9 on Nonesuch / Warner Bros. Records; Pre-Order Now". Nonesuch Records. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ "Lullaby and...the Ceaseless Roar by Robert Plant". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Robert Plant / Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters Lullaby and … The Ceaseless Roar". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (5 September 2014). "Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters: Lullaby and … the Ceaseless Roar – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ^ McNair, James (October 2014). "Black Country communion: Robert Plant Lullaby And … The Ceaseless Roar". Mojo. p. 84.
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- ^ Sweeney, Joe (22 September 2014). "Robert Plant: Lullaby and … the Ceaseless Roar". PopMatters. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ^ Staunton, Terry (October 2014). "Robert Plant – Lullaby and … The Ceaseless Roar". Record Collector. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ^ Hermes, Will (9 September 2014). "Robert Plant Lullaby and … The Ceaseless Roar". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
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External links
- Lullaby And...The Ceaseless Roar at Discogs (list of releases)
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