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'Outrider' is an album by Jimmy Page. It is his only solo studio album and the first time since 1969 he recorded with a record label other than Atlantic Records/Swan Song Records. Page recorded the music at his personal studio The Sol. Robert Plant guests on one track, "The Only One", while John Bonham's son Jason plays drums. It was originally intended to be a two album release. However, during the early recording stages of the album, Page's house was broken into and amongst the items stolen were the demo tapes which had been recorded up to that point.
Performers: Robert Plant (Vocals) [] Jimmy Page (Guitar)

TheBigBlack Review (13 July 2024) With riffs and a tone that were distinctively Jimmy Page, the great virtuoso's first true solo album 'Outrider' burst onto the hard rock scene in 1988 only a few shorts months after he featured all over Led Zeppelin band mate Robert Plant's return to rock on 'Now And Zen'. The buzz that appearance had generated only helped to build for this album, but ultimately the buzz wasn't justified. The album has a very modern blues feel, mostly aided by the vocals of John Miles on the two opening tracks. These launch the album well, but it is obvious very quickly that this is slicky produced product. Robert Plant returns the guesting favour and provides vocals to one track, 'The Only One', but sadly this is one of the tracks that suffers the most from the dated 80's production techniques. In fact most of the album is dripping in almost insipid reverb reflective of so many albums at the time, that it can only be from this period - stealing from it the opportunity to ever be seen as anything more than a product of its time. Instrumental 'Writes Of Winter' sounds like a barroom boogie, whilst the steel guitar on 'Emerald Eyes' is about the closest the album gets to his 1970s work. The final two tracks feature vocalist Chris Farlowe (who also performed vocals on Page's soundtrack to the film 'Deathwish II' back in 1982). These songs again head deep into blues territory, with 'Prison Blues' even being a slow song reminiscent of 'Since I've Been Loving You' in places, but never quite reaching that level of greatness. In fact the album as a whole never really reaches any level of the epic songwriting or guitar playing the public had hoped for from Page, and although it was big news at the time, it soon disappeared into department store bargain bins worldwide not long after.

Tracks:
(1/1) 1.	Jimmy Page - Wasting My Time [featuring John Miles] (04:28)
(1/1) 2.	Jimmy Page - Wanna Make Love [featuring John Miles] (05:20)
(1/1) 3.	Jimmy Page - Writes Of Winter (03:28)
(1/1) 4.	Jimmy Page - The Only One [featuring Robert Plant] (04:27)
(1/1) 5.	Jimmy Page - Liquid Mercury (03:04)
(1/1) 6.	Jimmy Page - Hummingbird [featuring Chris Farlowe] [Leon Russell cover] (05:23)
(1/1) 7.	Jimmy Page - Emerald Eyes (03:21)
(1/1) 8.	Jimmy Page - Prison Blues [featuring Chris Farlowe] (07:11)
(1/1) 9.	Jimmy Page - Blues Anthem (If I Cannot Have Your Love...) [featuring Chris Farlowe] (03:21)

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