Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar
Studio album by
Robert Plant
Released8 September 2014 (2014-09-08)
RecordedHelium Studios, Wiltshire
Real World Studios, nr Bath
Contino Rooms, London
Genre
Length50:00[1]
LabelNonesuch/Warner Bros.
ProducerRobert Plant
Robert Plant chronology
Sensational Space Shifters (Live in London July '12)
(2012)		 Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar
(2014)		 Carry Fire
(2017)

Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar (stylized as lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar) is the tenth solo album by English rock singer Robert Plant. It was released on 8 September 2014 on Nonesuch/Warner Bros. Records.[2][3] It was also Plant's first studio album with his backing band the Sensational Space Shifters, although the band is not credited on the front cover.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
The Guardian[6]
Mojo[7]
Paste9.3/10[8]
Pitchfork Media7.0/10[9]
PopMatters[10]
Record Collector[11]
Rolling Stone[12]
Uncut9/10[13]

Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar received acclaim by the majority of music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from a selection of critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 23 reviews. The album was named one of the 50 best albums of 2014 by NPR Music.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Little Maggie"Traditional, arranged by Robert Plant, Justin Adams, John Baggott, Billy Fuller, Dave Smith, Liam "Skin" Tyson5:06
2."Rainbow"Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Tyson4:18
3."Pocketful of Golden"Plant, Adams, Baggott, Juldeh Camara, Fuller, Smith, Tyson4:12
4."Embrace Another Fall"Plant, Adams, Baggott, Camara, Fuller, Smith, Tyson5:52
5."Turn It Up"Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson4:06
6."A Stolen Kiss"Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Tyson5:15
7."Somebody There"Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson4:32
8."Poor Howard" (‡)Plant, Adams, Baggott, Camara, Fuller, Smith, Tyson4:13
9."House of Love"Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson5:07
10."Up on the Hollow Hill (Understanding Arthur)"Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Tyson4:35
11."Arbaden (Maggie's Babby)"Plant, Adams, Baggott, Camara, Fuller, Smith, Tyson2:44


^‡ – derived from the Lead Belly song "Po' Howard" (Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax, Alan Lomax); also incorporates lyrics and melody from "Wah Wah", from the album No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded.[14]

Sources:[2][15]

Personnel

Musicians
  • Robert Plant – vocals, production
  • The Sensational Space Shifters (as backing band):
    • Justin Adams – bendirs, djembe, guitars, tehardant, background vocals
    • Liam "Skin" Tyson – banjo, guitar, background vocals.
    • John Baggott – keyboards, loops, moog bass, piano, tabla, background vocals
    • Juldeh Camara – kologo, ritti, Fulani vocals
    • Billy Fuller – bass, drum programming, omnichord, upright bass
    • Dave Smith – drum set
  • Julie Murphy – vocals on "Embrace Another Fall"
  • Nicola Powell – background vocals on "Poor Howard"
Production
  • Tim Oliver – recording, mixing
  • Tim Holmes – recording
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Brett Kilroe and Geoffrey Hanson – art direction

Source:[16]

Charts

References

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  5. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Robert Plant / Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters Lullaby and … The Ceaseless Roar". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
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