Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar
by Robert Plant
  • Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Release Date: Sep 9, 2014
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 32 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 32
  3. Negative: 2 out of 32
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  1. exodus9237
    Sep 9, 2014
    9
    Excellent. Robert Plant demonstrates that he's one of the best in the business with a very eclectic and satisfying album. From the piano oriented A Stolen Kiss to the rocker Turn It Up, every song forms part of a whole that Plant crafted very consciously.
  2. Thekeith
    Sep 15, 2014
    4
    It's tough for me to accept the reality that is Robert Plant , now. I expect more from him. This album is an effortless journey into a slumber, where me, the listener keeps hoping for a slight jolt of excitement from one of the masters of the past. Nope. It's exactly what it claims to be, a Lullaby, but with an absent "Roar" there's no "Roar" here. It's all Lullaby, and that's fine.It's tough for me to accept the reality that is Robert Plant , now. I expect more from him. This album is an effortless journey into a slumber, where me, the listener keeps hoping for a slight jolt of excitement from one of the masters of the past. Nope. It's exactly what it claims to be, a Lullaby, but with an absent "Roar" there's no "Roar" here. It's all Lullaby, and that's fine. I felt let down. Like a first date with a girl that brags about her oral skills, only to find she was literally referring to her speaking skills. There was no oral fun.
    This is like that date. You are all ready for "Robert Plant" the elder statesman of rock, but you get Robert Plan the elder statesman of elder. I don't know if I will play this one again, until I too become elder, much elder.    … Expand
  3. jyo_tirmaya
    Sep 11, 2014
    9
    A little more on the lullaby side and not veering much into a ceaseless roar. However, this is an album which has something of a classic written all over it because whatever he is trying to convey is done with a quiet sort of grace. I like it much better than his work with Allison Krauss - that album having a sort of way of making one tire of it. This album has all sorts of interestingA little more on the lullaby side and not veering much into a ceaseless roar. However, this is an album which has something of a classic written all over it because whatever he is trying to convey is done with a quiet sort of grace. I like it much better than his work with Allison Krauss - that album having a sort of way of making one tire of it. This album has all sorts of interesting things to discover. It might need more than one or two plays to appreciate it more fully.… Expand
  4. Muddsjr
    Sep 10, 2014
    8
    summed up, I wouldn't quite say this album is a masterpiece. I find, although the album has no bad tracks on it, some of the songs on the second half of the album are a little weaker. Otherwise i would happily say this was among some of Plant's best work.
    If I was to be honest, i wouldn't say i was that bothered whether Led Zeppelin reformed or not, because there's the great and most    summed up, I wouldn't quite say this album is a masterpiece. I find, although the album has no bad tracks on it, some of the songs on the second half of the album are a little weaker. Otherwise i would happily say this was among some of Plant's best work.
    If I was to be honest, i wouldn't say i was that bothered whether Led Zeppelin reformed or not, because there's the great and most influential music they came out with then, and there's also some of the great, immensely enjoyable works of the Zeppelin vocalist now, years later.
    its called moving on, people, and wanting to be known for something perhaps a little different.    … Expand
  5. ydnar4
    Oct 3, 2014
    8
    Robert Plant, who made a name for himself as the singer of Led Zeppelin really has paid his dues in the music industry and he can pretty much do whatever he wants with his new music. This is the first album I have ever heard in it entirety from Plant's solo career. It shows a wide variety of influence and it displays a lot of music that I would not have checked out otherwise. You can'tRobert Plant, who made a name for himself as the singer of Led Zeppelin really has paid his dues in the music industry and he can pretty much do whatever he wants with his new music. This is the first album I have ever heard in it entirety from Plant's solo career. It shows a wide variety of influence and it displays a lot of music that I would not have checked out otherwise. You can't expect Led Zeppelin if you buy this album but I think most fans know that by now. Lullaby and.... The Ceaseless Roar is a very good album and it really turns me on to Robert Plant's solo work. I now understand why he is so reluctant to go out and tour with Zeppelin and that is because he is experimenting with other areas of music and doing a damn good job of it. I highlight the tracks Little Maggie, Rainbow, Turn It Up and A Stolen Kiss.… Expand
  6. AxeT
    Jul 21, 2015
    8
    While not quite as good as his last album, this delivers in the forward momentum charge to do new music rather than rely on the epic past like so many other great legends of his generation have done. The expected world music influences and flourishes abound, particularly Arabic in this eclectic mix.
  7. RoxanneWalsh
    Apr 16, 2021
    9
    All his solo albums have shown a restless and exploring soul who was searching for something through his music. To follow him has always been interesting. Has he found it now? If not, he makes the listener feel that he is maybe as close as he can get.
    This is the perfect fusion of his different influences regardless of whether they come from different regions of the world or from    All his solo albums have shown a restless and exploring soul who was searching for something through his music. To follow him has always been interesting. Has he found it now? If not, he makes the listener feel that he is maybe as close as he can get.
    This is the perfect fusion of his different influences regardless of whether they come from different regions of the world or from different periods of his life. He merges everything into little gems that you can inspect from any side to see (hear) them sparkle. Each new listening to the album will reveal another aspect, this is music to keep and revisit in different moods, it is deep and rich in nuances.    … Expand

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Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Dec 18, 2014
    80
    It's one in which Plant makes precious few concessions to what's expected of him, and it's all the richer for it. [Sep 2014, p.92]
  2. PopMatters
    Sep 22, 2014
    60
    On Lullaby, the vocalist and songwriter certainly makes good on that declaration, his refreshing lack of desperation taking shape in a melting pot of Americana, new age and electronic music.
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  3. Record Collector
    Sep 17, 2014
    80
    It’s an ethereal, atmospheric set, though the busyness of the band has the occasional tendency to swamp the songs, the singer’s emotive power at its most affecting on the stripped-bare stately piano ballad A Stolen Kiss.
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