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Raising Sand - Robert Plant And Alison Krauss
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87 out of 100

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8.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 70 Ratings

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  • Summary: The Led Zeppelin singer pairs up with Bluegrass singer Alison Krauss.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Mojo
    100
    The most remarkable collaboration since Norah Jones and the Foo Fighters is also one of the best albums of the year. [Nov 2007, p.92]
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  2. Uncut
    100
    The pairing of the wily old tomcat and the classy country thrush turns out as magically in reality as it seemed unlikely on paper.
  3. NOW Magazine
    60
    So even though Burnett has assembled a crack acoustic support unit to play the choice material he's selected from Gene Clark, Townes Van Zandt and the Everly Brothers, without that magical X factor you've got nothing but two good vocalists trying to stay out of each other's way.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 37
  3. Negative: 2 out of 37
  1. JonM.
    10
    Beautiful...fresh...earthy...ethereal...the best "new" sound I've heard in years.
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  2. TondeVries
    5
    Boring, wrong combination.
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  3. JayT.
    2
    After two sublimely inventive albums that married progression to musical roots in ways few artists can, Plant decides to embrace the conservative and decades ago overdone. It's both embarrassing and sad, but also very telling that it seems to score higher than any of his truly adventurous solo work.… Expand
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