Raising Sand (CD)

• Category:  Music  »  Rock & Pop  »  General Rock & Pop
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: October 23, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• UPC: 011661907522
• WAPI (Tower ID): 111347987
• Average Customer Review:    (2 customer reviews)
• Tower.com Sales Rank: #40 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #25 in Rock & Pop (See Top 100 Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
• #22 in General Rock & Pop (See Top 100 General Rock & Pop Bestsellers)

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Rolling Stone (p.85) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Skilled and inspired....[With] relaxed, smoky harmonies and reverbed midtempo rockabilly..."
Rolling Stone (p.112) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Top Albums of the Year 2007" -- "They harmonize with natural worry and warmth against a midnight Mississippi chill..."
Entertainment Weekly (p.65) - "They ultimately meet in a roots-rock commonwealth....[E]xercises in sublime harmony..." -- Grade: A-
Uncut (p.115) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "The partners' close harmonies are especially ravishing -- intimate as Gram & Emmylou on Gene Clark's 'Through The Morning, Through The Night'..."
Down Beat (p.62) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Doc Watson's 'Your Long Journey' finds Plant and Krauss attaining a state of grace, their shared spiritual strength interlocked with sorrow over a loved one's death."
No Depression (p.92) - "Their harmonies couldn't be more fetching on 'Killing The Blues'....The emotional landscape of RAISING SAND stretches far and wide."

Those who find the pairing of '70s rock god Robert Plant with contemporary bluegrass queen Alison Krauss unlikely have probably not been paying attention to Plant's latter-day work, which is full of intimate, acoustic-flavored balladry. While the organic-sounding, low-key Plant/Krauss collaboration, RAISING SAND, is a far cry from Led Zeppelin's stadium rock, it offers up some hauntingly moody textures that should appeal to "Battle of Evermore" admirers.

Consisting mostly of sagely chosen cover tunes, the album finds Plant and Krauss bringing their warm-but-eerie harmonies to everything from Townes Van Zandt's nihilistic folk poetry ("Nothin'") to the crumbled beauty of latter-day Tom Waits ("Trampled Rose"). Determined not to rest on their laurels or cater to expectations, the 59-year-old icon and his junior partner craft a subtle and intriguing sound built on their shared love of folk forms and gift for interpretation, bringing to light esoteric gems by late Byrds visionary Gene Clark and the Everly Brothers along the way as well.

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand

This collaboration between Robert Plant and Alison Krauss sold approximately 112 000 copies in the first week alone! Since this monumental first week, Raising Sand, produced by the legendary T Bone Burnett, has steadily hovered at the top of the charts. Furthermore, the "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)" single won the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals at the 50th Grammy Awards. The combination of vocal flexibility and a plethora of musical innovations make this a complete album.

Favorite songs: "Gone Gone Gone(Done Moved On", "Killing The Blues".

- Thom, Tower Pulse 01/20/2008

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