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Robert Plant: Fate of Nations

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Label: Phonogram Ltd.
Released: 1993.05.27
Time:
 50:53
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.robertplant.com
Appears with: Led Zeppelin
Purchase date: 2001.07.24
Price in €: 10,99



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[1] Calling to You (Blackwell/Plant) - 5:48
[2] Down to the Sea (Jones/Plant) - 4:00
[3] Come into My Life (Blakcwell/Boyle/MacMichael/Plant) - 6:32
[4] I Believe (Johnstone/Plant) - 4:32
[5] 29 Palms (Blackwell/Boyle/Johnstone/Jones/Plant) - 4:52
[6] Memory Song (Mello Hello) (Boyle/Johnstone/Jones/Plant) - 5:23
[7] If I Were a Carpenter (Hardin) - 3:45
[8] coloumns of Snad (Plant) - 4:42
[9] Promised Land (Johnstone/Plant) - 4:56
[10] The Greatest Gift (Blackwell/Johnstone/Jones/MacMichael/Plant) - 6:54
[11] Great Spirit (Johnstone/MacMichael/Plant) - 5:26
[12] Network News (Blackwell/Plant) - 6:36

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Robert Plant - Vocals, Guitar, Background Vocals, Producer

Phil Johnstone - Organ, Piano, Harmonium, Electric Piano, Background Vocals, Performing Ensemble
Kevin Scott Macmichael - Guitar, Background Vocals, Harmony Vocals
Rainer Ptacek - Guitar, Steel Guitar
Richard Thompson - Guitar
Nigel Kennedy - Violin
Martin Allcock - Mandolin
Doug Boyle - Guitar
Francis Dunnery - Guitar
Nigel Eaton - Hurdy-Gurdy
Chris Hughes - Drums
Michael K. Lee - Drums
Pete Thompson - Drums
Charlie Jones - Bass
Chris Blackwell - Drums
Phillip Andrews - Keyboards
Oliver J. Woods - Guitar
Chris Huges - Drums
Oliver Jones - Guitar

Maire Brennan - Background Vocals
Julian Taylor - Background Vocals
John Flynn - Background Vocals
Steve French - Background Vocals

Chris Hughes - Producer
John Cornfield - Engineer
Ross Cullum - Engineer
Danton Supple - Engineer
Henry Binns - Engineer
Pete Lewis - Engineer
Jacquie Turner - Engineer
Dan Hersch - Remastering
Bill Inglot - Remastering
Mark O'Donoughue - Engineer
Raj Das - Remastering
Martin Allcock - Instrumentation
Lynton Maiff - String Arrangements
Bill Curbishley - Management
Cally - Cover Design
 

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1993 CD Es Paranza 92264
1993 CD Atlantic 92264
1993 CS Atlantic 92264



At first, Fate of Nations seems so light and airy that it slips away through the layers of acoustic guitars, violins, and keyboards. Upon further listenings, more textures appear, and the album gains a calm sense of tension and reflectiveness. It's also Plant's most personal record ever; he addresses the death of his son in the beautiful "I Believe." Simultaneously, Fate of Nations is a political album — "Great Spirit" and "Network News" are two of the most socially conscious songs Plant has ever written. Yet, the album is never heavy-handed and doesn't fall into sermonizing or sentimentality. Plant has always had a folkie heart; on Fate of Nations, he wears it on his sleeve.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine All-Music Guide, © 1992 - 2001 AEC One Stop Group, Inc.



Auf Soloalbum Nummer sieben hält Sänger Robert Plant die Erinnerung an seine Stammband wach - dank nimmermüder Stimme und einem allgegenwärtigen, schleppenden Brachialrhythmus. Andererseits aber emanzipiert sich Plant mit überraschend abwechslungsreichem und hervorragendem Song-Material vom Klischee des ewigen Hardrockers, Schmalzballade und Gitarrenpop inklusive. Chris Hughes produzierte glasklar; Richard Thompson, Maire Brennan und Nigel Kennedy hinterließen im Aufnahmestudio kleine, aber feine Gastgeschenke.

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Dem brachialen Rockgewitter, das sein ehemaliger Led-Zeppelin-Kollege Jimmy Page auf "Coverdale Page" abzieht, antwortet Zep-Sänger Robert Plant mit stilistisch variabler Filigranarbeit. Dem melodischen Folkpop "29 Palm", der hochdramatischen Ballade "Come Into My Life" und dem keltisch arrangierten "Colours Of A Shade" stehen das bluesige "The Greatest Gift" und der Donner-Rock von "Promised Land" gegenüber. Dieses Album ist ein Volltreffer, brillant gesungen und extrem spannend arrangiert.

** Interpret.: 07-09
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 L y r i c s


CALLING TO YOU

Beyond the river - over the sea
Some worthless last farewell that ever will be
It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you
It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you
Out in the blue now, just waiting to feed
A little breath of selflessness, adrift in all the greed
It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you
It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you

Long before the mountains cried to Adam and Eve
All the world we knew was fire - it still was a seed
Oh, a seed - you can hear it now
It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you
It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you

Where you gonna go? when you gonna stop?
Who stole the keys to the gates of the castle of love?

So you're gonna - it's for your honour - it's gonna be done

It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you
It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you

Who you gonna call? what you gonna say?
Standing in the shadows as the world's just fadin' away
It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you
It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you

Who you gonna call? when you gonna stop?
Who stole the keys to the gates of the castle of love?
It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you
It's calling to you, calling to you, calling to you

Who you gonna call? what you gonna say?
Standing in the shadows as the world's just fadin' away
Just fadin' away, just fadin' away --


DOWN TO THE SEA

Carry me down to the sea
Carry me down where they're waiting for me
That's where I want to be - that's where it all comes around
Watching the ships pass by me
Friendships and small ships and hardships and dreams
That's where I want to be - here where it all comes around
Oh, my head is in the sand
All my life passing by
All of my days I have seen
All of the tears and the laughter and dreams
Moving before me - waves and the ocean and sea
Life is a big tambourine
The more that you shake it the better it seems
This is my wisdom - these are just words from the sea
Oh, my head is in the sand
All my days passing by

When I get older - settling down
Will you come down to the sea?

Carry me down to the sea again
Carry me down to the sea again --


COME INTO MY LIFE

Hopes drift in higher places
It's easier above the gloom
Among the hollow faces
I know you're there - it must be soon
And I must straighten up - review my disposition
Pour the hope back in my eyes
I thought I'd lost so long ago
Come into my life - here where nothing matters
Come into my life and roll away the gloom
Come into my life - here where nothing matters
Come into my life and roll away the gloom

Always a love and beauty
A lover's sighs content too soon
Somewhere behind her heartbeat
A breath of kindness hints of gloom
So I must straighten up - review my disposition
Pour the hope back in my eyes
I thought I'd lost so long ago

Come into my life [etc repeated]

Oh, when you get there - you know I wanna be there
When you get there - well, you know I wanna be there
I wanna be there - I wanna be there

Come into my life [etc repeated]

Hopes drift in higher places
It's easier above the ground, you know
Hopes are drifting - hearts been lifting
Somebody somewhere no, done you wrong - I don't know
Come on, come on, come on, baby
Come on, come on, come on, baby


I BELIEVE

Tears, tears at the water's edge
Hey little sister, there is laughter instead
Tears for the teacher, from the eyes, from the soul
This restless spirit takes a long way back home
Like the wind, you are free
Just a whisper - I hear you, so talk to me
Oh, I believe, eye to eye
Say brother, sister, see your brothers in the sky
Neighbour, neighbour, don't be so cold
It's only glory from the story I'm told

Oh, I believe, eye to eye [etc repeated]

Big fire, on top of the hill
A hopeless gesture and last farewell
Tears from your mother, from the pits of her soul
Look at your father - see his blood run cold
Like the wind, you are free
Just a whisper - I hear you, so talk to me

I believe, eye to eye
Say brother, sister, see your brothers in the sky
Neighbour, neighbour, don't be so cold
With so much glory from the story untold

I believe, eye to eye [etc repeated]


29 PALMS

A fool in love - a crazy situation
Her velvet glove knocks me down and down, down, down
Her kiss of fire - a loaded invitation
Inside her smile she takes me down and down, down, down
Her moves look good - a touch of desperation
From where I stood she turned my head around, round and round

It comes kinda hard when I hear your voice on the radio
Taking me back down the road that leads back to you
Twentynine Palms - I feel the heat of your desert heart
Taking me back down the road that leads back to you

Oh, I'm burning in love - a strange infatuation
What a cold, cold touch - what must I do, do, do, do?
The heat and the dust increase my desolation
In God we trust - always for you and you and you

It comes kinda hard when I hear your voice on the radio
Leading me back down the road that leads back to you
Twentynine Palms - I feel the heat of your desert heart
Leading me back down the road that leads back to you

It comes kinda hard [etc repeated]


MEMORY SONG (HELLO HELLO)

On my mind - all my talk
From the lips of so many, memory songs
Prince of cool - are you lost without a crew?
Stars still shine - winds will howl
Oh my friend, I sense you now
Strange - so very strange
On my mind - all my talk
From the lips of so many, memory songs
Prince of cool - are you lost without the crew?
Beneath divided, we had our day
But hell provideth, it's sad to say

Hello, hello, hello
I saw you once before
In my dreams you've come to call
You are my friend - you are my friend
You touch my soul

You touch my soul
Hello, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hello
So strange - so very strange
You are my friend - you are my friend


IF I WERE A CARPENTER

If I were a carpenter and you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway? would you have my baby?
If a tinker were my trade, would you still find me?
Carrying the pots I made - following behind me
Save my love through loneliness - save my love through sorrow
I give you my only-ness - give me your tomorrow
If I worked my hands in wood, would you still love me?
Answer me, babe: "yes I would - I'd put you above me"
If a miller were my trade, at a mill wheel grinding
Would you miss your colour box - your soft shoes shining
Save my love through loneliness - save my love through sorrow
I give you my only-ness - come give me your tomorrow

If I were a carpenter and you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway? would you have my baby?
Would you marry me anyway? would you have my baby?


COLOURS OF A SHADE

The day was old - the light was dim - as I stepped through the door
And all my friends were gathering, that day that I recall
I shivered and shook - Lord I stood, just waiting to chase the fall
I wondered how my time would be when spring comes round once more
I face the wind - I have no choice - but you must guard the heart
And cast adrift from those I love, alone I drag my heart
Against the cry of "why?" I turn my back to go
But out beyond the tears somewhere - someone I need to know

It's only love, in the colours of the shade
It's only love, in the colours of the shade
It's only love

Old photographs were fading dim - my seed will tell it all
And by the fathers' fathers' hands such pain on all was raw
They read the signs without surprise of how they knew it well
And in the mirror still I see the man who came from hell

It's only love and the colours of the shade
It's only love, in the colours of the shade
It's only love, in the colours of the shade
It's only love - it's only love


PROMISED LAND

Oh baby - can't eat, can't sleep, can't understand a love song
Drive me crazy, 'cause my feet won't quit as I go slidin' in the sweet zone
Round round like you want me to do
Down down like you're beggin' me to
The floor's small and the wall's too steep
I can kiss your mouth when I go to sleep
Oh, baby, got those personal moves so deep inside my move groove
I go crazy - my head won't quit as I crawl inside your love groove
Down down like you want me to do
Round round like you're beggin' me to
The floor's small and it's much too steep
I can kiss your mouth when I go to sleep

I feel alright, 'cause my little girl wants to dance all night
What can I do - I know my little girl wants to dance with you

Oh darling - come on baby, come on and mess with me
Oh woman, I'll make it up to you, if you just drive me wild, child
Down down like you want me to do
Round round like you're daring me to
The floor's small and the wall's too steep
I can kiss your mouth when I go to sleep

I feel alright, 'cause my little girl wants to dance all night
What can I do - I know my little girl wants to dance with you
I feel alright - my little girl wants to dance all night
What can I do - I know that girl wants to dance, dance, dance

Round round like you want me to do
Down down you're beggin' me to
The floor's small and much too steep
I can kiss your mouth as I go to sleep

I feel alright, 'cause my little girl wants to dance all night
All my life - you know my little girl she wants to dance, dance, dance
I feel alright - my little girl she wants to dance all night
What can I do - my little girl wants to dance


THE GREATEST GIFT

Everything I do - yes I do for my love
Every place I go - she is on my mind
I would give the world - my soul - to discover
Send me just a sign - angel on my mind
And if I should dream, I could dream of no other
Out here in the deep hear my body crying
Heaven knows the fire that I hide under cover
Glorify this fool - angel on my mind, on my mind

This is the greatest gift that I can bring to you
I feel the world that moves inside
This is the moment I have dreamt of all my life
Reach out and touch, and you will find

Why am I crazy? who is fooling with the order?
I am strong - I will not fade - I will survive
Look in my eyes - you'll see my heart - I will recover
Send me just a sign - angel on my mind, on my mind

This is the greatest gift [etc repeated]


GREAT SPIRIT

(Great Spirit come - Great Spirit come)
Who has chased away the moonbeams?
Who has pulled a blanket across the sky?
Who will sing in celebration?
Throughout this land that's bound to die
Oh - that's bound to die
(Great Spirit come - Great Spirit come)
Who will put an end to all this sadness?
Who hears the Earth that cries beneath the burning rain?
All truth reduced to piles of greed and madness
The accident remains the same
It remains the same

(Great Spirit come - Great Spirit come)
Robbery and evil and the stealing
From the body and the mind for the healing
Of the spirit and the pride and the will of the land
(Grace and courage - honesty and love)
There's evil, there's evil, there's evil going on

(Great Spirit come - Great Spirit come)
I love my brother - I must share the seed
That falls through fortune at my feet
The fate of nations and of all their needs
Lies trapped inside these hearts of greed

(Great Spirit come - Great Spirit come)
Great Spirit come - come on, come on
(Great Spirit come - Great Spirit come)
(Grace and courage - honesty and love)
Great Spirit come - come on, come on
It's the will of the land
(Great Spirit - Great Spirit)
The will of the land
We'll sing in celebration --


NETWORK NEWS

Guns, death and noise
Sand, oil and blood
Frontiers drawn on paper
No consideration made for
The poor creature who is living
By the grace of God just giving
He's live on network news
Live on network news
Flags, princes, kings
Patriotic tools
As freedom lies in twisted heaps
Whose final breath his soul to keep
Whose greatest fall - the endless sleep
Whose dying wish to reach next week
A bloody star on network news
A bloody star on network news

Tanks, boats and planes
Fire, pain and lies
Environmental terrorists
Tease propaganda's paper fist
Whose trade is all the truth that fits
Who often lies but never sits
But on the fence it's network news
Yes, on the fence it's network news

The lion and the serpent parade out in the sun
All order, flex and gesture
All hail - the techno infidel has come
With satellite bravado and infra-red texture

Beyond these days in time to come
Whose fate is it to measure?
Upon these sands such damage done
To spoil God's finest treasure

Beyond these days [etc repeated]

Guns, death and noise
Sand, oil and blood
Guns, death and noise
Sand, oil and blood

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