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[Album]
21 April 1998
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'Walking Into Clarksdale' is a studio album by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. The album was recorded and mixed by Steve Albini at Abbey Road Studios. The album debuted on the Billboard's Billboard 200 album chart at No. 8, while reaching No. 3 on the U.K. Album Chart. The single "Most High" was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1999, and reached No. 1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and No. 26 in the U.K. The title of the album refers to Clarksdale, Mississippi, a town in the Mississippi Delta considered to be the birthplace of blues music.
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TheBigBlack Review
(18 May 2024)
An album by half of Led Zeppelin almost 20 years after their break up was an exciting prospect for rock fans. Although quite prolific in Zeppelin's heyday, Jimmy Page had become quite a lowkey figure by this point, with only a range of ephemeral projects that could be counted on one hand under his belt. Robert Plant on the other hand had been very productive with his solo career, but had tried very hard to break free from his 'golden god' past. Opening with the subdued 'Shining In The Light', the album immediately feels like it is trying to shake off the shackles of it's past, but it isn't long before the big choruses kick in - and the guitar phrasings of Page and the vocals of Plant lock together in that familiar way. 'When The World Was Young' feels like a modern sequel to 'Ten Years Gone', even when trying not to make comparisons with the past. None of this is bad in any way, as it showed that although the duo was looking to the future, they also knew there was no escaping their massive legacy. 'Please Read The Letter' (later re-recorded by Plant with Alison Krauss as a country crooner) adds some nice muscle, whilst 'Most High' features some subtle Indian motifs linking the album to the No Quarter sessions of four years prior. 'Heart In Your Hand' offers a western-styled reprieve from the rock. Plant's vocals are sometimes strained (most notably on 'Upon A Golden Horse'), and the extra instrumentation on tracks like 'Most High' start to touch a raw nerve after a few reptations, but these are really the only downsides of the album. Everything slows towards the end, but ends with the punchy 'Sons Of Freedom'. Admittedly, not every song is memorable - but those that do stand out are earworms that demand you listen again and again. It is a shame that the two men working together ended here, as the album feels like the start of what could have been a wonderful journey now that the ghosts of the past had been exorcised. |
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Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - Shining In The Light (04:01)
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Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - When The World Was Young (06:13)
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Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - Upon A Golden Horse (03:52)
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Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - Blue Train (06:45)
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Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - Please Read The Letter (04:22)
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Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - Most High (05:36)
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Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - Heart In Your Hand (03:51)
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Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - Walking Into Clarksdale (05:18)
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Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - Burning Up (05:22)
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Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - When I Was A Child (05:46)
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Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - House Of Love (05:36)
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Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - Sons Of Freedom (04:08)
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