Robert Plant - Pictures At Eleven [Swan Song SS 8512] (28 June 1982)

Released: 28 June 1982
Country: US
Label: Swan Song
Catalog: SS 8512
Genre: Rock

Item# SR-SWSS8512
Ratings: C=VG+; LP=VG+


T R A C K L I S T:
01 Burning Down One Side
02 Moonlight In Samosa
03 Pledge Pin
04 Slow Dancer
05 Worse Than Detroit
06 Fat Lip
07 Like I've Never Been Gone
08 Mystery Title




Pictures At Eleven
Robert Plant


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Album Review

Mike DeGagne [allmusic.com]

For his debut solo album, Robert Plant doesn't exactly succumb to everyone's expectations. With a less-potent vocal style, Plant manages to carry out most of the songs in smooth, stylish fashion while rocking out rather convincingly on a couple of others. He gets some pretty good help from guitarist Robbie Blunt, who truly comes to life on ''Worse Than Detroit,'' and both Phil Collins and Cozy Powell give Plant enough of a solid background to lean his sultry yet surging rock voice against. Plant channels his energy quite effectively through songs like ''Pledge Pin'' and ''Moonlight in Samosa,'' while the single ''Burning Down One Side'' is a creditable one, even though it failed to crack the Top 50 in both the U.K. and the U.S. The most apparent characteristic about the album's eight tracks is the fact that Plant is able to escape most of his past and still sound motivated. Without depending too much on his Led Zeppelin days, he courses a new direction without changing or disguising his distinct vocal style whatsoever. Pictures at Eleven peaked within the Top Five on both sides of the Atlantic, successfully launching Plant's solo career.