Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) - Shaken 'N' Stirred (1985)

Year: 20 May 1985 (CD ????)
Label: Es Paranza Records (US), A2-90265
Style: Rock, Pop Rock
Country: West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England (20 August 1948)
Time: 41:59
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 269 Mb

This couldn’t be the same goldenhaired lemon squeezer who fronted Led Zeppelin, could it? The fingerprints identify him as that Robert Plant, erstwhile rock god and latter-day solo artist and Honeydripper. So what is this strange-sounding new-music album, Shaken ‘n’ Stirred, all about? For starters, it sounds like he’s been listening to the last couple of records by the Police and Talking Heads, and some of the new stuff coming over from Africa. There’s also a nod to the Middle Eastern influences that wafted through Zeppelin numbers like “Kashmir.”
Самое обнадеживающее, что сам Плант, похоже, совершенно не считает это чрезмерно важным. В «Doo Doo a Do Do» слышны наложения вокализов 50-х годов с их шубопами и ша-ла-ла, уютно вплетающиеся среди жужжащих синтезаторов и перекрестных ритмов. Какой посыл? «Ммм, это новый вид мамбо», поет Плант. «Easily Lead» сочетает энергичность «Synchronicity» группы The Police с необычной склонностью Питера Гэбриэла к звуковым коллажам, а Плант на короткое время цитирует пару классических треков Led Zeppelin просто ради шутки. Еще один сильный трек — «Kallalou Kallalou», где гитарист Робби Блант немного выходит на первый план, вступая в дуэт с Плантом в бешеной разлегке, столь же безумной и драйвовой, как классический шумовой трек Zeppelin «The Crunge».
(full version: rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/shaken-n-stirred-88799/) Review by Parke Puterbaugh. July 18, 1985.

01. Hip To Hoo (04:51)
02. Kallalou Kallalou (04:18)
03. Too Loud (04:10)
04. Trouble Your Money (04:15)
05. Pink And Black (03:47)
06. Little By Little (04:45)
07. Doo Doo A Do Do (05:10)
08. Easily Lead (04:38)
09. Sixes And Sevens (06:00)

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Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) - Manic Nirvana (1990)

Year: 19 March 1990 (CD 1990)
Label: Es Paranza Records (U.S.), 7 91336-2
Style: Hard Rock, Rock
Country: West Bromwich, England (born August 20, 1948)
Time: 49:37
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 323 Mb

Manic Nirvana is the fifth studio album by former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, released March 19, 1990 on Es Paranza Records. The lead single, "Big Love", reached #35 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and its follow-up, "Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)", held #1 on the same chart for six consecutive weeks. The vinyl release had 10 songs (five per side) rather than 11, omitting "She Said".

Robert Plant made big news on 1988’s NOW AND ZEN as he, for practically the first time in his solo career, seemed to fully embrace the legacy of Led Zeppelin. It was something he had studiously avoided on previous records, though, to be honest, on songs like “Burning Down One Side” from his first solo album, or “Other Arms” from his second, he couldn’t help but put a little lemon squeeze into the mix. SHAKEN ‘N’ STIRRED (1985), though, had been devoid of much that could even be called bluesy, replaced by a strange coldness that surprised even his most devoted fans.

No, NOW AND ZEN brought back something Plant had lacked, in part by getting Jimmy Page involved on “Heaven Knows” and “Tall Cool One,” and even sampling Zeppelin riffs and vocals on the latter song, a gimmick that made it a hit, and enabled Plant to sell three million copies of the album. It can be argued, though, that it wasn’t until 1990’s MANIC NIRVANA that everything truly came together – where Plant was able to channel his past and incorporate it into a heavy but complex contemporary sound, where he was able to take his blues and move forward with them, to excellent effect.

From the guitar figure that starts "Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)” – a sort of declaration of the big rock to come – MANIC NIRVANA crackles with an urgency Plant hadn’t been much interested in mustering with his previous few records. The guitar cuts through some of the more superfluous production tricks (the hand-clappy percussion in particular), cracking the song open so Plant can open up. The “talk about love” pre-chorus also gives him the opportunity to slide into his upper register, which is another welcome sign.

Guitarist Doug Boyle piles on the riffs – the chugging figure on “Nirvana,” the Page-like blast on “Tie Dye on the Highway,” the bluesy slide on “S S S & Q” – and Plant matches them with the swagger in his voice. It’s not that he yields completely to the six-string pyrotechnics; the synth-heavy “Anniversary” gives him space to stretch and give in to the song’s inherent drama (though it also contains Boyle’s best solo on the record, so there’s that). “Liar’s Dance,” conversely, peels back the production, providing Plant with room to go deep into the blues, a circumstance he clearly relishes.

By the time the spacy, quasi-psychedelic “Watching You” fades out and Plant has screamed, moaned and sung his fill, you realize what kind of a trip he’s taken you on, and you’re happy to have gotten to ride along. MANIC NIRVANA is Robert Plant at his post-Zeppelin best, embracing his past and present in a titanic rock sound that’ll crack your windows and rattle your walls, if you let it. And you really should.

(rhino.com/article/the-one-after-the-big-one-robert-plant-manic-nirvana)

01. Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes On You) (04:11)

02. Big Love (04:35)

03. S S S & Q (04:38)

04. I Cried (04:54)

05. She Said (05:13)

06. Nirvana (04:30)

07. Tie Dye On The Highway (05:16)

08. Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night (04:17)

09. Anniversary (05:02)

10. Liars Dance (02:34)

11. Watching You (04:21)

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