I know it's been out a couple of months but has anyone else picked this up? I've been disappointed with Plant's solo career but this set is really something else. Hard rock and ambient at the same time with some really strong songs. Tin Pan Alley is really damn good. Anyone else digging it?

wallysafford said:

So far, I've heard a couple cuts from the album on my Launchcast player and its pretty cool. I looking forward to hearing the rest of the album.

I really like it. There are maybe two songs on it that I don't like so much, but overall I listen to it a lot.

Plus, I saw him a few weeks ago in concert and he did a few tracks from this album. The live version of "The Enchanter" at the encore right before "Whole Lotta Love" was amazing!

The rest were all Zep songs though.

I really like this album. It's kind of mellow, but still has a good blues/rock feel, mixed with some world-music sounds.
But I've almost always liked Plant solo. "Manic Nirvana" was a great rock record (well, the first two-thirds), and what was the other one? "Long cool one"? That was great!

eugnj420 said:

Tall cool one.

eugnj420 said:

If you've seen Robert Plant in his tight jeans, you know he's not singing about anything long.

is it anything like the covers album he did a couple of years ago?

Milty said:

I don't think so, but I've never heard that one.

Good album, overall. It is my first Plant solo album. It's a little bit like Page/ Plant's largely excellent 'No Quarter' album, tho not quite as good perhaps.

Read a funny article in a magazine a while back, when Jimmy Page was asked if he had heard 'Mighty Rearranger'. He said no he hadn't, to which the interviewer replied, 'Sounds like you're on it in places.'

He's not, but one of the 2 guitarists sounds like he's channelling Jimmy at times!

Fave tracks so far - The Enchanter & Mighty Rearranger.

When's Jimmy gonna get a new solo (or even Page/ Plant/ John Paul, if they put away the handbags) thang out??

Miles said:

Yeah, I've had several people (who know I'm a huge Zeppelin fan) ask me if it's Jimmy playing on Robert's album after they heard a couple of tracks off it.

Jimmy's been talking recently about work on a new album, but who knows when it will be released. I know that he recorded a song for a tribute album to Jerry Lee Lewis, but there are a ton of other artists on that one as well. That's not out yet either. And JPJ contributed on the new Foo Fighters album. (which I don't yet have)