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Can one of the greatest voices in rock, after selling millions of records (300), with one of the greatest (if not the greatest) rock bands in history, and having thus entered history, feel the urge at 57 years old to get back in the game with an album all his own, with the fear of always being remembered for the times that were???
He can if this person is named Robert Plant, and he makes an album like "Mighty Rearranger"; in 2005 I bought this record more out of curiosity than anything else, convinced that I would later regret it, and instead, listening to it, I immediately realized (and it doesn't happen often) that Robert had hit the mark, after albums in which he alternated new pieces with covers of famous songs: the first track "Another Tribe", a short piece that starts with percussion and acoustic guitar, with Plant singing "another god another mother" or, moving on to "Shine It All Around", a piece dominated by a nice bass groove with Robert's splendid voice ascending to his mythical falsetto and beautiful distorted guitars. "Freedom Fries" is a rock piece that could easily fit in a Led album. Then comes "Tin Pan Valley," a track I find the best in the album with a hypnotic keyboard riff and Robert's old-style vocal outbursts, a beautiful track. "All the King's Horses" is a high-class country track with a nice guitar solo in Frusciante style, then moving to "The Enchanter" which feels like it came out of a session of "In Through the Out Door" (which I liked contrary to many) "Takamba" starts and finishes with a sitar or something similar before adding drums, bass, and guitars, turning it into a great rock piece. For "Dancing in Heaven", the same idea as "Enchanter", and to me, these two songs make me think of what the Led sound would be like today. The album continues superbly with the penultimate track "Mighty Rearranger" which deserves mention, to close the album with a sort of bootleg blues voice and percussion before ending with a reprise of "Shine It All" which more than ever showcases Robert's talent and what he would do today.
A demonstration of depth and class in my opinion, to conclude I'd like to remember what Jimmy Page said the first time he heard him sing: "just listening to him made me nervous and it still does today as if it were a primordial moan."
Until next time, I hope I did better this time, and above all, I hope you like the album,
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