Jimmy Page, Robert Plant - Walking Into Clarksdale
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Free Music Review: Walking Into Clarksdale, a true gem
Hit: 5 Stars
The first time you listen to this CD, it may not be what you are expecting. The secret to really discovering "Walking Into Clarksdale" is a pair of headphones and no distractons. After a serious listen, you might tend to scoff at the reviews in the mainstream media(like I did). Robert Plant sings with an Eastern style warble - not out of tune - just something, that in America, never really seemed to become popular. Page sprinkles the tracks with great guitar licks here and there, but you have to pay attention at times to find them. Some of these songs were done in one take, without a ton of studio polishing, which I find, in this day and age, to be a very brave venture. It allows the raw and fresh sounds of those very first takes to shine through and show us who they are today. Page and Plant made this CD for themselves, the way they wanted to; which is something that their former band, Led Zeppelin was known for. There is a lot going on in this CD, you just have to really open your ears to it. Every track is a gem in its own right.Free Music Review: Not a Zeppelin Album (Thank God!)
Hit: 5 Stars
Led Zeppelin was a tremendous band, perhaps the most creative and influential in hard rock history, but they had their swan song twenty years ago. So when 'Walking into Clarksdale' first comes through the speakers, keep in mind that Page and Plant have grown and evolved, both personally and musically, for two decades! How very boring it would be if they had simply slapped on "Whole Lotta Love Part II", made their money, and gone home. Instead, Jimmy and Robert challenge their audience with minimalistic arrangements and genre-twisting songs. The only song that falls flat, "Burning Up", is indeed every bit the classic rock retread that a lot of reviewers here seem to be pining for, but other than that, the album succeeds marvelously as a profound yet intimate presentation of Page & Plant's continued evolution. 'Walking into Clarksdale' is easily one of the ten best albums of the 1990s.Free Music Review: A Complete turn around from past efforts
Hit: 5 Stars
Walking Into Clarksdale is by no means Led Zeppelin but it does contain 12 great tracks. Jimmy Page's guitar work sounda as good as it ever did and Plants voice (slightly different) is still teriffic. The first track "shining in the light" couldnt be a better way to open the cd. It deffinately shows how the rest of the cd will be. Another standout track is "Most High". it combines melodic keyboards with a catchy guitar riff and good vocals from Plant. If your a Zeppelin fan, the song that most resembles their preveious work is "When The World Was Young". it starts of slow but builds up into a great song. The album was put together well (reagrdles of what others think) and over all it is another great album from the greatest duo aroundFree Music Review: Zep sound or not, A Great Recording on its own merit!
Hit: 5 Stars
I really enjoyed this Disc! After listening to it a number of times I thought, what a fantastically musical album. I do not understand why people continue to want or expect Page & Plant to keep sounding like they did in the 70s. They're older, times are different, and the music is going to be a little different! Jimmy's playing is Great and Fresh, no reason why age would effect string bending. Robert sings with a little more maturity and less in the way of 10 sesond wails. I'll be honest, I didn't even listen to the lyrics until the 4th or 5th time, the music simply drew me in for an hour long ride. Why compare to Zeppelin? They already did that bit, this is a Great album period! Jimmy - Never Stop Playing!Free Music Review: Walking back to Success!
Hit: 5 Stars
Great quality songs and well balanced rythm. This CD brings again Jimmy Page and Robert Plant to the top quality music as they did with Led Zeppelin. After No Quarter, this is truly a solid album, Plant with a softer, but powerfull voice and Page with great guitar moments. Songs like Most High, When the World Was Young, Heart in your Hand reminds us that there's still good music over there. The last song, Sons of Freedom is very Led Zeppelin style, although you should forget about Led in this album, this is Page & Plant. Combining several styles of music they did a great job mixing exotic sounds from arabia with rock and blues. All in very high quality sound. One of the best albums I bought this year. Great!