the principle of moments

Robert Plant found the perfect balance with the experimental expressiveness and reflective tension of this mystical new wave rock hybrid.  With the success of his solo debut 'Pictures at Eleven', Plant decided to stick with the same group of musicians for the followup.  'The Principle of Moments' was produced by Robert Plant, Benji LeFevre, and Pat Moran at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales with Robert Plant on vocals; Robbie Blunt on guitars; Paul Martinez on bass guitar; Jezz Woodroffe on keyboards; Phil Collins and Barriemore Barlow on drums; Bob Mayo on guitars, keyboards, and backing vocals; and John David and Ray Martinez on backing vocals.  

'The Principle of Moments' whirled to forty-one in Sweden, ten in Australia, eight in the US, seven in the UK, and number one in New Zealand.  Plant revealed the meaning behind the title:    "The principle of moments is a law of physics related to equilibrium...balance and I think it's probably taken me a while maybe I'm just beginning to understand what equilibrium and balance is. I don't think anyone who does what I do has total sort of control of equilibrium and balance but I think I've got it more or less sorted out.  I'm more or less the master of my own ship and that helps a lot...I'm far more in control of my life...When a body is in equilibrium under the action of a number of forces the sum of the clockwise moments about the fulcrum or at any point are equal to the sum of the anti clockwise moments about that fulcrum or that same point...I remember that from when I was about twelve; so there must be someone out there who understands it too. Just balance: keep it all together."






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"In the Mood" 













"Horizontal Departure" 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kFpBF-96fE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAklCyI5oLs







"Big Log"


My love is in league with the freeway
It's passion will rise as the cities fly by
And the tail lights dissolve in the coming of night
And the questions and thousands take flight
My love is miles in awaiting
The eyes that just stare and the glance at the clock
In the secret that burns and the pain that won't stop
And it's fueled with the years
Leading me on (leading me on)
Leading me down the road
Driving me on (driving me on)
Driving me down the road
My love is exceeding and women
Red eyed and fevered with the hum of the miles
Distance and longing and my thoughts do collide
Should I rest for a while and decide
Your love is cradled in knowing
Eyes in the mirror still expecting their prey
Sensing too well when the journey is done
There is no turning back
No
There is no turning back
On the run
My love is in league
With the freeway
Oh with the freeway
And the coming of the night time
My love
My love
Is in league with the freeway

'The Principle of Moments' 
full album:



all songs written by Robert Plant, Robbie Blunt, except where noted.

Side One
"Other Arms" 4:20
"In the Mood" (Plant, Blunt, Paul Martinez) – 5:19
"Messin' with the Mekon" (Plant, Blunt, Martinez) – 4:40
"Wreckless Love"  5:18
Side Two
"Thru' with the Two Step" (Plant, Blunt, Martinez) – 5:33
"Horizontal Departure" (Plant, Blunt, Martinez, Jezz Woodroffe) – 4:19
"Stranger Here... Than Over There" (Plant, Blunt, Martinez, Woodroffe) – 4:18
"Big Log" (Plant, Blunt, Woodroffe) – 5:03

raising sand

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss found unlikely success with this mesmerizing and eclectic melding of folk, blues, rockabilly, bluegrass, country, and rock. 'Raising Sand' was produced by T-Bone Burnett with sessions that took place at Sound Emporium in Nashville, Tennessee; Electro Magnetic Studios and The Village Recorder in Los Angeles; and Sage & Sound in Hollywood. The album features Robert Plant on vocals and Alison Krauss on vocals and fiddle; with Riley Baugus on banjo; Jay Bellerose on drums; Norman Blake on acoustic guitar; T-Bone Burnett on acoustic, electric, and six-string bass guitar; Dennis Crouch on acoustic bass; Greg Leisz on pedal steel guitar; Marc Ribot on acoustic guitar, banjo, dobro, and electric guitar; Mike Seeger on autoharp; and Patrick Warren on keyboards, pump organ, and toy piano.

The collaboration between the rock icon and country star seemed strange to many. Krauss remembers:   “When I first met him, at a Leadbelly tribute, I saw that big hairdo, I said 'Robert,’ he turns around, he’s got these glasses on, and he goes 'There you are.’ And the first thing he starts talking about is Ralph Stanley. He’s very passionate about music. We were riding around making the record and he goes, 'Do you think something’s wrong with me? My kids say, 'We want a real dad, can’t you be a normal dad?’ and I’m like, 'They’re going to be waiting a long time.’ He’s like 'Listen to this, this Egyptian singer, can you believe it, blaaaah…’ Just crazy.That’s a really infectious, wonderful thing to be around.”

'Raising Sand' went to number forty-five in Australia; thirty-three in Switzerland; twenty-six in Germany; five in Canada; three on Australia's country chart; two in Sweden, the UK, the US, and the US country chart; and number one in Norway and on the US rock album chart. In the US, it made its debut at number two. 'Raising Sand' went on to win Grammy awards for all of the catagories for which it was nominated: Album of the Year; Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album; Record of the Year (for "Please Read the Letter"); Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals (for "Rich Woman"); and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals (for "Killing the Blues").   Plant admits:   "With all small pools of beautiful music, there is a sort of sacrosanct, almost hallowed, area, of where the audience and musician become one in this closely guarded secret. It’s bullshit, absolute bullshit. Music is for every single person that walks the planet. In the end, if it gets you, it gets you. So terminology, terms, parentheses, I think that they’re irrelevant. I think what happened was Alison and I made some great records with a producer who was right on the top of his gig, and some great people were playing around him. And the songs were chosen really, really well. I wanted to bring in some smoky sort of stuff I thought I could never get at with anybody else. But I think the great thing is that there’s a promising and more and more progressive marriage between artists under a flag like that."









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'Raising Sand' 
full album:




1. "Rich Woman" Dorothy LaBostrie, McKinley Millet 4:04
2. "Killing the Blues" Roly Jon Salley 4:16
3. "Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us" Sam Phillips 3:26
4. "Polly Come Home" Gene Clark 5:36
5. "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)" The Everly Brothers 3:33
6. "Through the Morning, Through the Night" Gene Clark 4:01
7. "Please Read the Letter" Charlie Jones, Michael Lee, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant 5:53
8. "Trampled Rose" Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits 5:34
9. "Fortune Teller" Allen Toussaint 4:30
10. "Stick With Me Baby" Mel Tillis 2:50
11. "Nothin'" Townes Van Zandt 5:33
12. "Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson" Milton Campbell 4:02
13. "Your Long Journey" Doc Watson, Rosa Lee Watson 3:55