Through The Morning, Through The Night, I want to listen to this album. (Raising Sand - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss)

Member Name: FlickeringEmber

Product:	Raising Sand - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Date:	21/01/09 (134 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Many

Disadvantages: None

I bought this album because I loved Led Zeppelin and much of Robert Plant's solo work and because it kept being recommended to me by Amazon. I was a little put off at first as I know Alison Krauss is a country singer and it's not a genre of music I am so keen on or familiar with, but this gamble really paid off.

It's a brilliant album. It almost feels as if I shouldn't be listening as it sounds so intimate and gentle between the two of them as they sing, much as Mojo magazine said. The only song I'd heard before buying this was Gone Gone Gone, which was upbeat and catchy. The rest of the album is more mellow and very relaxed and relaxing.

Every track is wonderful and thoroughly easy and enjoyable to listen to. It sounds as if it wouldn't be out of place back in the 1950s, but also as fresh and modern as it actually is, having been released in 2007.

This reminds me a little of Johnny Cash and Neil Young with the more blues/folk take on country music which makes it a bit more mainstream and accessible.

Summary: A great album