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| Artist: Robert Plant And Alison Krauss
Label: Decca
Category: Music
List Price: £16.99
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Rating:  114 reviews
Sales Rank: 150
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 57 Minutes
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
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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 Dark, sexy Americana June 9, 2008
Satine (London, UK)
When two of the most distinctive and transfixing voices came together, the result was always going to be interesting but the New Orleans genius T Bone Burnett has picked some fabulous and hypnotic songs which work perfectly. From the siren gypsy call of Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us to the raw power and pain of Nothin, to the bluesy Fortune Teller, this album gets under your skin and into your bloodstream. Absolutely bewitching. And if you can get to see Robert and Alison live, do whatever it takes to get tickets - they just glow onstage and the songs pack even more of a punch live.
musical candy! May 17, 2008
Bj Lucas (England)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant get together for a unique album that just gets better as it goes on. Of worthy note is 'just read the letter' To my mind it was such an unlikely partnership but it really works and country/ rock never sounded so good together a worthy addition for any collection.
 Voices April 27, 2008
Mr. M. J. Cole (Gloucester UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Raising Sand by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss is a special recording. Here is a collection of a baker's dozen haunting and atmospheric slices of Americana, enhanced by sparse production and exquisitely understated musicianship. The Plant fellow is on restrained form and the numbers benefit from his tender and thoughtful interpretations. Krauss possesses a beautiful voice, its clarity reminding me a little of - don't mock - sixties song thrush Mary Hopkin. Both voices complement each other splendidly and some of the harmonies are ethereal, subtle and rather magical. Not one note is wasted; every second is exceptional. A pleasure.
Rich dark vibe April 15, 2008
M. G. Wilson (Eastbourne)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Duets are hard to pull off. Even Marvin could not always get it right. Recent pairings that might be compared to the odd couple that is Krauss and Plant - Ryan Adams with Norah Jones, Mr and Mrs Steve Earle - have been disastrous. So it's a great relief to report that right from the first you know it's going to be all right - rock's oddest couple sound great together, harmonising over the sinuous groove of 'Rich Woman'. br / br /There's an unhealthy obsession with relationships stretched to breaking point: broken by foolishness or pride, by unfaithfulness and ulitmately by death. 'Please Read The Letter' is a dark tale of an unravelling relationship that sticks in the mind, and has you humming it to yourself like a good old pop song. 'Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson' has Krauss singing 'Once I Had Myself A Good Woman' over another great 50s riff. This is an album with a definite vibe: it's as though music had jumped from the fifties straight to the noughties, missing out the four decades in between. From 'Rich Woman' with its big swampy guitar and drums, to the chooglin' r'n'r guitar riff of 'Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)' and the hillbilly gospel of closer 'Your Long Journey'. br / br /Although billed as Plant and Krauss, the influence of producer T Bone Burnett is surely sufficient to warrant joint billing, getting great performances from his two leads, contributing guitar to most tracks, and creating that vibe.
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