Raising Sand |  | Creators: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss
Label: Rounder
Category: Music
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Rating:  624 reviews
Sales Rank: 197
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 619075
UPC: 011661907522
EAN: 0011661907522
ASIN: B000UMQDHC
Release Date: October 23, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Rich Woman | | • | Killing the Blues | | • | Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us | | • | Polly Come Home | | • | Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) | | • | Through the Morning, Through the Night | | • | Please Read the Letter | | • | Trampled Rose | | • | Fortune Teller | | • | Stick with Me Baby | | • | Nothin' | | • | Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson | | • | Your Long Journey |
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Product Description
CD, an unlikely duo of Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
Amazon.com
Perhaps only the fantasy duo of King Kong and Bambi could be a more bizarre pairing than Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Yet on Raising Sand, their haunting and brilliant collaboration, the Led Zeppelin screamer and Nashville's most hypnotic song whisperer seem made for each other. This, however, is not the howling Plant of "Whole Lotta Love," but a far more precise and softer singer than even the one who emerged with Dreamland (2002). No matter that Plant seems so subdued as to be on downers, for that's one of the keys to this most improbable meeting of musical galaxies--almost all of it seems slowed down, out of time, otherworldly, and at times downright David Lynch-ian, the product of an altered consciousness. Yet probably the main reason it all works so well is the choice of producer T Bone Burnette, the third star of the album, who culled mostly lesser-known material from some of the great writers of blues, country, folk, gospel, and R&B, including Tom Waits, Townes Van Zandt, Milt Campbell, the Everly Brothers, Sam Phillips, and A.D. and Rosa Lee Watson. At times, Burnette's spare and deliberate soundscape--incisively crafted by guitarists Marc Ribot and Norman Blake, bassist Dennis Crouch, drummer Jay Bellerose, and multi-instrumentalist Mike Seeger, among others--is nearly as dreamy and subterranean as Daniel Lanois's work with Emmylou Harris (Wrecking Ball). Occasionally, Burnette opts for a fairly straightforward production while still reworking the original song (Plant's own "Please Read the Letter," Mel Tillis's "Stick with Me, Baby"). But much of the new flesh on these old bones is oddly unsettling, if not nightmarish. On the opening track of "Rich Woman," the soft-as-clouds vocals strike an optimistic mood, while the instrumental backing--loose snare, ominous bass line, and insinuating electric guitar lines--create a spooky, sinister undertow. Plant and Krauss trade out the solo and harmony vocals, and while they both venture into new waters here (Krauss as a mainstream blues mama, Plant as a gospel singer and honkytonker), she steals the show in Sam Phillips' new "Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us," where a dramatic violin and tremulous banjo strike a foreboding gypsy tone. When Krauss begins this strange, seductive song in a voice so ethereal that angels will take note, you may stop breathing. That, among other reasons, makes Raising Sand an album to die for. --Alanna Nash
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 Raising Sand February 8, 2010
Lenora P. Moore (Lakewood, CO)
Perfect harmony and balance! The kind of mellow music I can relax to and enjoy every word or fall asleep to and count on having pleasant dreams.
1 Million Stars!!! February 8, 2010
aka Bailey
The CD came to me in perfect condition, as advertised. The CD itself is AMAZING. I've been playing it on repeat since I purchased it. I highly recommend that you buy a copy for not only yourself, but for everyone that you care about as well.
 blue grass happens to you January 30, 2010
H. Spijkerman (Oldenzaal Holland)
It was a great idea of Robert Plant en Alison Krauss to make this album together. It is a brilliant example of blue-grass music. These voices matching perfectly. No.6 is my favorite song, greatfull.
raising sand January 26, 2010
David L. Black
Excellent cd. It shows you a side of Robert Plant and Allison Kraus that is truly enjoyable.
Raising Sand January 24, 2010
Janice (Ocala, FL)
If you saw the Cross Roads special on television, you'll love this recording. A good mix of the beauty of Alison Krauss' voice and the gravel sounds of Robert Plant.
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