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'@@ -1,0 +1,1 @@ +ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS: Raise the Roof (Warner) <br>Verdict: Rattles the rafters<br>Rating: <br>ELBOW: Flying Dream 1 (Polydor)<br>Verdict: Bruised but buoyant<br>Rating: <br>STING: The Bridge (Polydor)<br>Verdict: Covers the waterfront <br>Rating: <br>Fifty years ago this month, Robert Plant was centre stage on an album regarded as a high-water mark for classic rock.<br>The untitled LP that became known as Led Zeppelin IV was a tour de force that sold over 37 million copies and cemented Plant's image as a hollering, golden-haired rock god on tracks such as Stairway To Heaven.<br>It still inspires new generations of musicians today.<br>You would forgive him if he'd used the occasion to wallow in nostalgia.<br><br>He could have curated an anniversary reissue, or [http://WhiskeyYourWay.com WhiskeyYourWay.com] overseen a tribute LP. <br>He has little time for the heritage market, [http://khulnaroyalbengals.com khulnaroyalbengals.com] though. Instead, he is one of the musicians brave - or foolhardy - enough to release a new album on the same day as Adele's 30.<br>In that, he's joined by Manchester band Elbow and Sting.<br><br>None are in direct competition with Adele, of course. <br>They are all well-established acts who might even feel they could benefit from the nation's focus on new music this weekend. <br>It's just as likely, though, that they've simply been caught on the misty mountain hop.<br>Plant's album, Raise The Roof, is his second collaboration with Illinois bluegrass star Alison Krauss. <br> Robert Plant's album, Raise The Roof, [http://CoachingByNinaRubin.com CoachingByNinaRubin.com] is his second collaboration with Illinois bluegrass star Alison Krauss<br>Their first, 2007's Raising Sand, was a collection of blues and country covers that sold 600,000 in the UK and scooped album of the year at the Grammys.<br>Attempts to record an immediate sequel fell flat, but the unlikely duo are back in perfect harmony.<br>With T Bone Burnett again producing, the new record doesn't veer far from a familiar template. <br>Accompanied by top session players, Plant, 73, and Krauss, 50, cover an array of juke-joint rock'n'roll songs and little-known blues and soul numbers.<br><br>If it ain't broke...<br>It works best when they sing in unison. Famous for belting it out in Led Zep, Plant has rightly stressed that he's not a one-trick pony. <br> Accompanied by top session players, Plant, 73, and Krauss, 50, cover an array of juke-joint rock'n'roll songs and little-known blues and soul numbers.<br><br>If it ain't broke... It works best when they sing in unison<br>He sings with real tenderness here, but even his 'quiet' voice is still the antithesis of his partner's otherworldly, faraway tones. Krauss calls it 'romance in contrast', and it works a treat on a number of songs.<br>Searching For My Love, a 1960s hit for saxophonist Bobby Moore and his band, The Rhythm Aces, is a case in point. <br>The duo are also joined, to great effect, by Lucinda Williams on Can't Let Go, a rockabilly tune first sung by Williams in 1998.<br>Alison takes the lead - with Robert on ghostly harmonies - on the Everly Brothers' The Price Of Love, as the pair turn a jaunty 1960s pop hit into something darker, while Plant comes to the fore on You Led Me To The Wrong, a grim murder ballad in which the protagonist faces death row after shooting the lover of his cheating bride-to-be.<br>The one significant upgrade from Raising Sand is the inclusion of two British folk songs. <br>Plant takes the lead on Go Your Way, originally by Anne Briggs, while Krauss's take on Bert Jansch's It Don't Bother Me shows she can sing folk as well as bluegrass.<br>Rather than replicate the earthy feel of the old songs they cover, the reunited duo impart their own sheen. <br>Raise The Roof doesn't quite live up to its title - Gently Rattles The Rafters would be more appropriate - but, [http://lisa-chaney.com http://lisa-chaney.com/] at its best, it's another beguiling mix of the ancient and modern.<br> RELATED ARTICLES <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br>  Elbow have always loved the slow-burn. 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