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Robert Plant: Pictures at Eleven

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: xxx Records
Released: 1982
Time:
 54:36
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.robertplant.com
Appears with: Led Zeppelin
Purchase date: 2008.01.12
Price in €: 9,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Burning Down One Side (Blunt/Plant/Woodroffe) - 3:55
[2] Moonlight in Samosa (Blunt/Plant) - 3:58
[3] Pledge Pin (Blunt/Plant) - 4:01
[4] Slow Dancer (Blunt/Plant) - 7:43
[5] Worse Than Detroit (Blunt/Plant) - 5:55
[6] Fat Lip (Blunt/Plant/Woodroffe) - 5:05
[7] Like I've Never Been Gone (Blunt/Plant) - 5:56
[8] Mystery Title (Blunt/Plant) - 5:16

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Robert Plant - Vocals, Producer, Design, Mixing

Robbie Blunt - Guitar, Assistant
Phil Collins - Drums
Paul Martinez - Bass
Cozy Powell - Drums
Raphael Ravenscroft - Saxophone
Jezz Woodroffe - Synthesizer, Keyboards, Assistant

Michael Hoppen - Design, Photography
Pat Moran - Engineer, Mixing
 

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


1982 LP Swan Song LS-8512-2
1990 CD Swan Song SS-8512-2
1990 CS Swan Song CS-8512
2007 CD Rhino 8122741582
2007 CD Rhino 75313

Plant's solo debut, 1982's PICTURES AT ELEVEN, hit #5 on Billboard®'s pop albums chart, and featured the talents of blues guitarist Robbie Blunt and Phil Collins on drums. Stand-out tracks include "Burning Down One Side," "Pledge Pin," and "Slow Dancer." Two bonus rarities include a live version of "Like I've Never Been Gone" and "Far Post."

Led Zeppelin fans dazed from the 1980 death of drummer JohnBonham and the breakup of the group shortly thereafter didn't have to wait long for Robert Plant's first solo album, 1982's PICTURES AT ELEVEN. Following in the more modern rock direction that Zep was headed on their final release IN THROUGH THE OUTDOOR, PICTURES AT ELEVEN remains one of Plant's best solo albums. By downplaying his former band's penchantfor stomping, guitar-based hard rock, Plant comes up with apretty original sound and direction overall - as proven by such highlights as "Moonlight in Samosa", "Slowdancer", and "Burning Down One Side". PICTURES AT ELEVEN signaled the return of Robert Plant, who spent the rest of the 1980s issuingsolid solo albums.



For his debut solo album, Robert Plant doesn't exactly succumb to everyone's expectations. With a less-potent vocal style, Plant manages to carry out most of the songs in smooth, stylish fashion while rocking out rather convincingly on a couple of others. He gets some pretty good help from guitarist Robbie Blunt, who truly comes to life on "Worse Than Detroit," and both Phil Collins and Cozy Powell give Plant enough of a solid background to lean his sultry yet surging rock voice against. Plant channels his energy quite effectively through songs like "Pledge Pin" and "Moonlight in Samosa," while the single "Burning Down One Side" is a creditable one, even though it failed to crack the Top 50 in both the U.K. and the U.S. The most apparent characteristic about the album's eight tracks is the fact that Plant is able to escape most of his past and still sound motivated. Without depending too much on his Led Zeppelin days, he courses a new direction without changing or disguising his distinct vocal style whatsoever. Pictures at Eleven peaked within the Top Five on both sides of the Atlantic, successfully launching Plant's solo career.

Mike DeGagne - All Music Guide



Led Zeppelin fans dazed from the 1980 death of drummer John Bonham and the breakup of the group shortly thereafter didn't have to wait long for Robert Plant's first solo album, 1982's PICTURES AT ELEVEN. Following in the more modern rock direction that Zep was headed on their final release IN THROUGH THE OUTDOOR, PICTURES AT ELEVEN remains one of Plant's best solo albums. By downplaying his former band's penchant for stomping, guitar-based hard rock, Plant comes up with a pretty original sound and direction overall - as proven by such highlights as "Moonlight in Samosa," "Slowdancer," and "Burning Down One Side." PICTURES AT ELEVEN signaled the return of Robert Plant, who spent the rest of the 1980s issuing solid solo albums.

CDUniverse.com



To one who's never felt much of an affinity for the musical genre which Led Zeppelin personified, this album comes as a surprise-and a relief. Plant possesses one of the most distinguishable vocal instruments in rock, and could easily have surrounded himself with heavy metal hacks for a bombastic-and no doubt highly commercial-solo release. Instead, he pulled together Phil Collins, bassist Paul Martinez and a subtly interesting keyboard/synth player named Jezz Woodruffe to produce an LP that relies as much on restraint as it does on power riffs. Though fans of the Page pyrotechnics may miss the fire (or indulgence) of the electric guitar master, Robbie Blunt does a credible job of complementing Plant's sturdy singing, and other touches (like the sax work on "Pledge Pin") make for varied, satisfying fare. Give Plant credit-while offending no Led Heads, he's shown the willingness to expand his horizons.

Marianne Meyer - © 2008 CMJ Network, Inc.
 

 L y r i c s


Burning Down One Side

Slipped through the window by the back door
caught short in transit with my love
jumped up, fell back, cut off from romance,
How could I fall without a shove
Tip-toed like thunder on my feelings
you rock gently with your sighs
My knees are weak; my head is reeling
consumed by the fire in your eyes
Stepped in and shattered my defences,
just playing hookey with my heart
slipped through my window by the back door
and took the keys to my poor heart, yes my poor heart
try as I might, try as I may, yes I'll try anything to make you stay
cause I need your love, yes I need you love, yes I need your love
oh I need you love,
I'm looking high I'm looking low,
Can't find where did my baby, gotta find out why she ranaway
I don't know where did my baby stay,
try as I might try as I may,
yes I'll try anything to make you stay
Fire down the Boulevard d'Amour,
shot through the neon in the night
Hot foot through alleys check the door ways
try that old parking lot on Ninth
There's three course kissing in the same place,
but that don't help me out no more,
I've been away so long and dreaming,
little girl ain't I seen you before


Moonlight In Samosa

Time and again I see you walking down the street
over and over just like before
once in awhile you stop and say hello to me
just like you used to before,
time and again, it's like we were in love and then
over and over nobody keeping score
once in a while I think you noticed when I smile,
that love still lingers in my eyes
It can't go wrong, it can't go wrong, it lingers on, it lingers on
Day after day I turn it over in my mind, dream after dream it's hard
to tell you how I find, out of the blue I'm suddenly so close to you
despite the years that I've been gone
Will you stop will you wait a minute please remember, can you stop,
Can you just give me, one minute to explain
I will not cause a fuss, I will not rock it,
believe me darling, oh what is what was it's all the same


Pledge Pin

Watch them go cause one be one they rise to fall
hearts in tow it's just a game she's only having fun
she laughs and turns away surprised she mocks it all the same
tonight's the loss tomorrow's gain and in the end it's so
Stand in line cause one by one they march in time
In the wings I stand and watch these foolish things go by,
just preparing for the play aloof she moves
the confidante, with practive steps the memory dance she executes her role oh
As the cavalcade begins to thin, do you stop and look around,
free to choose but not to win you're just too late
you show is at an end. now your the victim of your game
through your fingers watch them slip,
familiar rules just hit and miss for the one who never shows


Slow Dancer

Slow Slow dancer, ooh, no answers, for you, new moves to see
Oh, fast talkers in dark corners, for you, new words to hear
Oh, sly glances, oh half chances, for you, the eye that sees
When the sun slips from the day and the coolness brings relief
There's no torment 'neath the stars in the stillness of the night
When the swirling has to cease behind the safety of the veil
Ooh yeah
Now In high places, darkened faces, so indifferent in days to be
Oh lost race, no losers, only winners return to see
New order can't be altered when the eyes refuse to see
When the sun slips from the day and the coolness brings relief
There's no torment 'neath the stars in the stillness of the night
(Ah-ah ah-ah)
When the swirling has to cease behind the safety of the veil
(Ah-ah)
Ah-ah ah ah-ah
Ah-ah ah ah-ah
Now now now!
Soft soft spoken, never could be broken, awaiting the call that frees
Slow burning, turn with yearning, complacence burns down on me
Hearts leaping, hopes been reaching to the heights, to the heights,
the signs to see
Oh baby,
?? I should say now, baby baby baby
oh baby baby baby
In the darkness
Oh Lord, so good, oh Lord, so fine
In the darkness, in the darkness, yes, yes yes yes
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
Don't you wanna go
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
No no no no no don't you wanna go
Don't you wanna go
Ah-ah, ah-ah, feels good, oh yes
Please, please, please
So good, so good, so good my baby


Worse Than Detroit

Operator, give me Central Central
Help me try to get my baby on the line
Information, hear me calling, calling
Find that number, give it to me one more time
It's been so long since I saw her
Anything I'd give to hear the little girl of mine
Whatever it takes, got to make it, make it
Please connect me now before I lose my mind
Because I don't know, no I don't know what I'm gonna do
No I don't know, no I don't know what I'm gonna do
Tastes so good, sweet as honey, honey
All she carries is impossible to use
It's built for speed man, watch her coming, coming
Moves so fast in someone else's shoes
Looks so fine lord, watch them running
Anything she wants you feel obliged to do
Keep your hands in your pockets
She can shift more gold than the king of Peru
But I don't know, no I don't know what I'm gonna do
No I don't know, no I don't know what I'm gonna do
Somebody, somebody, somebody, somebody yeah
Somebody, somebody, somebody, somebody yeah
Man drinks whisky, drive him crazy in time
Woman sits and cries as day will follow day
Man need lovin', keep him happy sometime
Woman gets some when the honeydripper's on his way
But I don't know, no I don't know
What I'm gonna do
But I don't know, but I don't know
No I don't know, no I don't know, no I don't know
Yes, no, yes, no, yeah yeah yeah
yeah-yeah yeah-yeah yeah-yeah
yeah-yeah yeah-yeah yeah-yeah
She can do it, she can do it, she can do it babe
Oh, yes, she's sweet as honey, sweet as honey
Sweet as honey, ooh yeah
She's sweet as honey - oh yeah!


Fat Lip

I can't believe it, it happens each day
It's ill conceived, just throw it away
To watch the waiting time slipping away
It won't be long now
I hold the moment, the hour is sublime
It's hard believing, dancing with time
To watch the waiting time slipping away
It won't be long now
Down at the landing when the boats come in, people stand in line
Close by the water where the fishes swim, round and round to pass the time
But you know it's gonna get there
Around and around it's gonna spin
Out at the airport where the planes come in, people buzzing like flies
Out at the airport where the planes come in, see the hours go flashing by
But you know it's gonna get there
Around and around it's gonna spin
Down at the station where the trains come in, never make it on time
Down at the station where the trains come in, see my friends all walk the line
But you know they're gonna get there
Around and around they're gonna spin
View it all with suspicion, view it all and despise
View it all with suspicion, view it all with my eyes


Like I've never Been Gone

I'll see you baby, when the ice has broken
When the rain stops falling down
I'll be waiting for you, baby when your time has come
And your face no longer frowns
I caught a taste of springtime on your lips
I saw the sunlight in your eyes
I wake to find you smiling with the dawn
Just reminders of the time
I feel your breath, I look around but you're gone
I see the place where you were lying
I caught a taste of springtime on your lips
I see the sunlight in your eyes - ooh
It's been so long, it's been so long, so long, since you've been gone
I look away, I can see that you're gone
I guess I'm standing here alone
Across the sea, I see the bluebirds on high
In the wildest places too
Above the ground the wind is calling out to me
Oh, lead me back to you
I caught a taste of springtime on your lips
I can still see the sunlight in your eyes, in your eyes
It's been so long, it's been so long, so long, since you've been gone
I look away, I can see that you're gone
I guess I'm standing here alone
Well I'll see you baby, when the ice has broken
When the rain stops falling down
I'll be waiting for you, baby when your time has come
And your face no longer frowns
And I caught a taste of springtime on your lips
I saw the sunlight in your eyes, in your eyes
Oh oh, yes, I can I can I can
Yeah, I can see, I can see
I can see that ... true, yes, oh baby
Just like, just like I've never been gone
It's just like, just like I've never been gone
Babe, just like I've never been gone
   

Mystery Title

Had to leave in a hurry, couldn't wait to get away
It's not a case of being sorry, it's the price I have to pay
And confidentially I think it's sad but there's nothing I can do
If the road leads to the highway, well I'm hot and I've got to move
Ah-ha I've got to move
Got to change my arrangements, had the word I'm on my way
I couldn't stand it much longer, got the move, I'm on my way
I didn't mean to let you down but there's nothing I can do
If the road leads to the highway, well I'm hot and I've got to move
I'm hot and I've got to move
Talk of strain in relations, of the days of being confused
You told me never to worry, I'll never ask you to choose
Categorically I have to say it's as much as I can do
To sit around here waiting, when I'm hot and I've got to move
Oh, sometimes it's lonely oh but it's the only
Way I know and the road is leading me on
Ooh baby, I've got to move, yes
Oh, now baby baby, I've got to leave
And when I think back I smile and know that
Win or lose it's the road that's calling me on
Ooh, baby baby I've got to move, yes
Ooh, baby baby I've got to move, yeah
There's a man in a suitcase standing in a darkened room
Message light is burning, and the blinds are always drawn
It's been a while since the last time, never should come back to soon
Behind, the door is slamming, when he's hot he's got to move
When he's hot he's got to move
Yes, he's got to move
Yes, I've got to leave, yeah
Sometime, I've got to leave, yeah
That's right, yes, that's right, yes that's right
Ooh, yes, you know it's right, you know it's right,
You know it's right, you know it's right
 

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