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- Summary: 14 years after 2007's Raising Sand, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss reunite for their second full-length collaboration, with T-Bone Burnett also returning to produce.
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- Record Label: Rounder
- Genre(s): Country, Folk
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Positive: 15 out of 15
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Mixed: 0 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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Nov 16, 2021Each song seems subtle, even sparse, but with repeated listens the complexity of the arrangements starts to astound. [Jan 2022, p.14]
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Dec 14, 2021While a little less grace and a little more grit could have benefitted their second pairing, Robert Plant and Allison Krauss’ “Raise the Roof” is nice and rough in all the right places.
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Nov 17, 2021There is not a whiff of a cynical retread of old tricks during Raise the Roof, which manages the trick of coming across both sophisticatedly polished and winningly raw and in-the-moment.
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Nov 16, 2021It's another record to follow deep into the bayou, chasing the will-o-the-wisp harmonies. [Dec 2021, p.70]
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Nov 17, 2021Perhaps the most appealing part of the album is that regardless of what sound, style or location these songs came from—British folk, New Orleans soul, Bakersfield country—they sound cohesive and of a piece in the hands of Plant and Krauss. In other words, the singers make these songs sound like their own.
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Dec 7, 2021Maybe after the stresses and strains of the past couple of years we need a familiar embrace to soothe away our pain. Raise The Roof fits the bill, even if it might win fewer prizes for originality than its predecessor.
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Nov 18, 2021With clever song selection and excellent execution, Raise the Roof turns the spotlight on craft. It might not quite match its predecessor, but it sounds too confident to worry about that.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 1 out of 3
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Nov 19, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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