Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar

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Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar
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Studio album by Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters
Released 8 September 2014 (2014-09-08)
Recorded Helium Studios, Wiltshire; Real World Studios, nr Bath; Contino Rooms, London
Genre Folk rock, worldbeat, psychedelic rock
Length 49:30[1]
Label Nonesuch/Warner Bros.
Producer Robert Plant
Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters chronology
Sensational Space Shifters (Live in London July '12)
(2012)Sensational Space Shifters (Live in London July '12)2012		 Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar
(2014)

Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar (rendered as Lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar on the album cover) 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 name of the band is not credited on the front cover.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars[4]
The Guardian 4/5 stars[5]
Mojo 4/5 stars[6]
Paste 9.3/10[7]
Pitchfork Media 7.0/10[8]
PopMatters 6/10 stars[9]
Record Collector 4/5 stars[10]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[11]
Uncut 9/10[12]

Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar was received favourably 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. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Little Maggie"   Traditional, arranged by Robert Plant, Justin Adams, John Baggott, Billy Fuller, Dave Smith, Liam "Skin" Tyson 5:06
2. "Rainbow"   Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Tyson 4:18
3. "Pocketful of Golden"   Plant, Adams, Baggott, Juldeh Camara, Fuller, Smith, Tyson 4:12
4. "Embrace Another Fall"   Plant, Adams, Baggott, Camara, Fuller, Smith, Tyson 5:52
5. "Turn It Up"   Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson 4:06
6. "A Stolen Kiss"   Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Tyson 5:15
7. "Somebody There"   Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson 4:32
8. "Poor Howard" (‡) Plant, Adams, Baggott, Camara, Fuller, Smith, Tyson 4:13
9. "House of Love"   Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson 5:07
10. "Up on the Hollow Hill (Understanding Arthur)"   Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Tyson 4:35
11. "Arbaden (Maggie's Babby)"   Plant, Adams, Baggott, Camara, Fuller, Smith, Tyson 2:44


^‡ – derived from the Lead Belly song "Po' Howard" (Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax, Alan Lomax).

Sources:[2][13]

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:[14]

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] 22
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[16] 11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] 15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[18] 6
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[19] 6
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[20] 3
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[21] 15
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[22] 4
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23] 10
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[24] 2
Italian Albums (FIMI)[25] 10
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[26] 7
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[27] 2
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[28] 4
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[29] 30
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[30] 6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] 6
UK Albums (OCC)[32] 2
US Billboard 200[33] 10
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[34] 15
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[35] 4
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[36] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
US Billboard Rock Albums[37] 61

References

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  28. ↑ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
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  32. ↑ "Robert Plant | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 19 September 2014.
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  34. ↑ "Robert Plant – Chart history" Billboard Digital Albums for Robert Plant. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
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  36. ↑ "Robert Plant – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Robert Plant. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
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