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- Summary: The Led Zeppelin singer pairs up with Bluegrass singer Alison Krauss.
- Record Label: Rounder
- Genre(s): Folk
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Positive: 19 out of 20
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Mixed: 1 out of 20
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Negative: 0 out of 20
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MojoThe 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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Entertainment WeeklyThese aren't "duets" but exercises in sublime harmony. [2 Nov 2007, p.65]
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A deeply special album, and one you hope enough people will allow to get under their skin.
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Though Alison Krauss and Robert Plant make strange bedfellows indeed, the result is an engrossing, powerfully evocative collection.
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Key to the magic is the delicious harmony vocals of the unlikely duo, best-displayed on the swaying 'Killing the Blues,' given trad-country depth by steel pedal ace Greg Leisz.
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Raising Sand is the stuff of which music lovers' dreams are made: an unexpected collision of two distinct but complementary worlds that transcend the sum of their parts to create something unique and mesmerizing.
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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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Positive: 31 out of 38
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Mixed: 4 out of 38
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Negative: 3 out of 38
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JonM.Jan 24, 2008Beautiful...fresh...earthy...ethereal...the best "new" sound I've heard in years.
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BoB.Dec 1, 2007Simply Stunning!
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CeceliaC.Dec 30, 2007
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madslOct 29, 2007
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ChrisM.Jan 24, 2008Interesting and more than a little challenging, great combination but I can see why its a little to laid back for some.
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VanceH.Nov 26, 2007
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MicheleSNov 21, 2007
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