Saving Grace
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100
Surrounded by a talented bunch of like-minded musicians, who serve his vocal brilliance and love of well-crafted traditional music with sensitivity and brio, he has pulled off yet another excellent album.
8mo
90
While the blues, folk and country moments are excellent, the most striking offering on Saving Grace is its most primal, namely their savage version of Low's "Everybody's Song" ... It's hard to see a limit to their powers, such is their skill with both sweet and the sour, the delicate and the bruising.
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9mo
90
While there are fleeting, unintended nods to Zeppelin, Saving Grace is its own creation. Plant has shed the weight of his rock legacy here, committing instead to a band that thrives on restraint, reinterpretation, and shared storytelling.
8mo
85
His days as a heavy metal frontman are behind him, but there’s much bluster and roar to be heard in this somber selection of covers.
8mo
80
A testament to the joy of making music, this is a true ensemble piece where every voice and every instrument serves the songs.
8mo
80
If you were to stumble into a pub somewhere in Wales late on a rainy evening, Robert Plant’s Saving Grace is precisely what you’d want to hear.
7mo
80
For the most part ... it's a more subtle record with a comfortable, stripped-down feel that adds new shades to Plant's global folk fusion.
8mo
80
‘Saving Grace’ is intimate, emotional and transcendental, a warm mosaic of blues, alt-country and folk storytelling that reawakens the spirit of roots music that has been sympathetically reimagined through the clarity of a modern lens.
8mo
80
Across 10 intimate songs deftly ornamented by guitarists Matt Worley and Tony Kelsey and cellist Barney Morse-Brown, magic happens.
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8mo
80
Saving Grace may sound organic, but make no mistake; this carefully curated mix of British and American influences, both ancient and modern, clearly bears Plant’s personal stamp.
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9mo
80
Plant's journey continues ever on, and it's one worth falling in step with.
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9mo
80
If you want tunes that are more in line with Led, feel free to pick up one of the copycats, but for me, Plant will always be better when he’s following his muse.
8mo
Notably a bit less washed up and ‘wet fart’ than I expected, with some genuinely nice harmonies sprinkled throughout this thing. Boomer dads everywhere rejoice- at once!
At this point in his career plant could be sat on a beach with his feet up, yet he still graces us with passion projects. This is a good one, barrel-aged, dirty, roots rocks which projected southern gothic vibes. Enjoyed this one, good album.
After all those years, Robert Plant has developed a special relationship with the folk-blues tradition, which he can manipulate at his own will and at his occasional mood and that's what he does with "Saving Grace".
A collection of really nicely-arranged and well-performed american roots tunes with some celtic flare. Not phenomenal but really good, especially considering the point in Plant's career this comes at.
Low 7
After all those years, Robert Plant has developed a special relationship with the folk-blues tradition, which he can manipulate at his own will and at his occasional mood and that's what he does with "Saving Grace".
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Track List
| 1 | Chevrolet 2:38 | 69 |
| 2 | As I Roved Out 6:10 | 69 |
| 3 | It's A Beautiful Day Today 3:41 | 65 |
| 4 | Soul Of A Man 4:43 | 63 |
| 5 | Ticket Taker 3:40 | 67 |
| 6 | I Never Will Marry 3:34 | 67 |
| 7 | Higher Rock 3:42 | 73 |
| 8 | Too Far From You 4:57 | 67 |
| 9 | Everybody's Song 4:16 | 72 |
| 10 | Gospel Plough 4:27 | 65 |
Total Length: 41 minutes
