RE: Favorite Robert CD/Album

[Marlowe <greytowers@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wow, I agree with all of this!


--- Steve Thomson <Steve.Thomson@xxxxxx> wrote:
> As an overall album, I thought Pictures at Eleven
> was Robert' best and most
> honest work. He was in good voice. He'd lost the
> gruff, midrange barking
> tone that plagued so much of ITTOD and was
> developing a rich, confident
> midrange. His songwriting was branching out, but he
> still had a sense of
> melody and overall song presentation that marked
> Zeppelin's work. The rest
> of his solo albums were either half good, half bad
> (Principle, Now and Zen,
> Nirvana, and Fate) or generally horrible with only
> one or two redeeming
> tracks (Shaken, Dreamland). Shaken's
> mambo/samba/quirky fetish was painful!
> Throughout his albums, such throw away tracks as
> Billy's Revenge, Helen of
> Troy, Why, Big Love, She Said ruined so many
> listening sessions. In
> addition, he should be sentenced to 40 lashes for
> inflicting the three-pack
> line-up of wretchedness that is The Greatest Gift,
> Great Spirit, and Network
> News! Absolute ca-ca of monumental proportions! The
> beginning of that album
> was wonderful, the middle not bad, but my God were
> those last three
> stinkers!
> 
> As for your Page solo albums, a couple of people
> commented, but most of us
> were caught up in dealing with that assertion about
> his allegedly
> "tragically little" post-Zeppelin output! The Death
> Wish II soundtrack had
> many strong riffs but needed a backing band and a
> reasonable singer to give
> it spunk. The first Firm album was highly underrated
> whereas the second one
> was almost as bad as Plant's Dreamland. Jugula was
> an interesting and
> complex album that's marred by Harper's nasal voice
> and quirky nature.
> Outrider was like Death Wish II, in need of a stable
> singer and a backing
> band with the right oomph (face it, Jason was just a
> kid then, plus he just
> didn't inherit his dad's sense of timing or
> dynamics). Coverdale/Page was a
> tremendous album, probably Page's best post-Zeppelin
> work in terms of an
> overall guitar performance on new music. Coverdale
> was his typical self and
> the backing band was boring as heck, but the guitar
> work was layered and
> intricate. Unledded was a nice triumph for Page but
> by then Plant's voice
> was sounding almost senior-citizen (I don?t know
> what he did to himself
> during the summer of 1994 because for the Alexis
> Korner stage debut of
> Page/Plant, he was in fine voice). WIC suffered from
> the same bad singing
> plus the rhythm section really suffered given that
> they didn't have Jones
> and Bonham performances to copy or emulate. The
> Crowes performances were
> excellent but I'm not a fan of Chris Robinson's
> singing style.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-zeppelin@xxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-zeppelin@xxxxxxxx]On Behalf
> Of Vilma
> Sent: March 25, 2005 2:48 PM
> To: FBO Zep List
> Subject: Favorite Robert CD/Album
> 
> 
> Just wondering what most of you consider to be your
> most favorite Robert
> Album/CD.
> 
> My vote: Fate Of Nations followed closely by Now and
> Zen... I'm hoping
> Mighty Rearranger comes close to that or supersedes
> it.
> 
> I noticed not many people wanted to say what their
> favorite Jimmy Page solo
> album was just wanted to get an idea what most fans
> considered his best.
> 
> Zepgirly~
> 
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