Robert Plant's new album, lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar, has already begun to receive rave reviews in the UK. The album has earned four stars from Q and Mojo and nine out of ten in Uncut. Q says "he’s produced his best solo album yet … a beautifully moving, soul-stirring, bravely genre-blurring album." Mojo, calling it "a rewarding, often touching listen," makes it Album of the Month, as does Uncut, which says it is "a record that deftly aligns the chakras of Plant’s storied career while also being a bold act of reinvention ... His uniqueness has never been more apparent."
Robert Plant's new album, lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar, will be released in just two weeks, due out September 9 in North America on Nonesuch/Warner Bros. Records and the day before in the UK, where it has already begun to receive rave reviews. The album has earned four stars from Q and Mojo and has been rated nine out of ten in Uncut.
Q magazine reviewer Tom Doyle, in his four-star review, says Plant's "admirable, perma-seeking musical spirit yields results—his post-Zeppelin catalogue features no duffers, and with lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar, he’s produced his best solo album yet … a beautifully moving, soul-stirring, bravely genre-blurring album."
Mojo has made lullaby and ... The Ceaseless Roar its Album of the Month. Reviewer James McNair, in his four-star review of Plant's new album, says: "With lullaby… his tricky metamorphoses from Golden God to dignified elder statesman is now complete, and the last stages of that transformation make for a rewarding, often touching listen." You'll find the complete review and an interview with Plant in the latest issue of the magazine.
McNair also spoke with Plant for an in-depth interview in the Independent's Radar supplement on Saturday. In the article, the writer adds: "Though there’s a genre-hopping, intercontinental bent to the music, lyrically the record is a reflective and deeply personal work about coming home." You can read the article at independent.co.uk.
Uncut makes lullaby and ... The Ceaseless Roar its Album of the Month as well, giving it a nine out of ten. It is "a record that deftly aligns the chakras of Plant’s storied career while also being a bold act of reinvention," writes reviewer Neil Spencer.
Produced by Plant, the album is his label debut and features 11 new recordings, nine of which are original songs written by Plant with his band, The Sensational Space Shifters.
"While Plant justly gives fulsome praise to his musicians, all of them playing at the top of their game, the spirit that permeates lullaby… is his," says Spencer. "Beyond the clever production and judicious musical blend is a sensibility and a voice and songs that find Plant still on his quest, still grappling with the intricacies of love, still seduced by distant, misty mountains. His uniqueness has never been more apparent."
Read the review in this month's issue of Uncut.
To reserve a copy of lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar and download the album tracks "Rainbow" and "Pocketful of Golden" now, head to iTunes and to robertplant.com, where CD and vinyl pre-orders also include an exclusive print and a free MP3 download of the complete album available on release day.
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