Customer Reviews
A dreadful waste of talent - and music buyer's money! - By: Father tyme, 22 Jun 2008 
Sadly someone obviously suggested to Robert Plant that this would be a good idea....recording a (mostly) countryesque album with Alison Krauss. They were wrong!! I have no problem with Plant (or anyone else for that matter) trying new things, but please..... this was a bad idea that should have stayed just that.... an idea!! Why on earth so many people feel the need to heap praise on this album is beyond me - it has no redeming qualities to my ears whatsoever - even if Robert Plant is involved.......come to think of it that old story of the Emporer's new clothes comes to mind!!
Dark, sexy Americana - By: Satine, 09 Jun 2008 
When two of the most distinctive & transfixing voices came together, the result was always going to be interesting but the New Orleans genius T Bone Burnett has picked some fabulous & hypnotic songs which work perfectly. From the siren gypsy call of Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us to the raw power & pain of Nothin, to the bluesy Fortune Teller, this album gets under your skin & into your bloodstream. Absolutely bewitching. And if you can get to see Robert & Alison live, do whatever it takes to get tickets - they just glow onstage & the songs pack even more of a punch live.
musical candy! - By: Bj Lucas, 17 May 2008 Alison Krauss & Robert Plant get together for a unique album that just gets better as it goes on. Of worthy note is 'just read the letter' To my mind it was such an unlikely partnership but it really works & country/ rock never sounded so good together a worthy addition for any collection.
Disappointing - By: Nick Wagg, 08 May 2008 
As a long time fan of both Alison Krauss & Led Zeppelin, I was delighted to receive this album as a present. However, despite the obvious musicianship of both singers & their fine accompanists, Robert & Alison sound like two soloists rather than a duet to me, turning what might have been quite interesting material into something rather boring.
Voices - By: Mr. M. J. Cole, 27 Apr 2008 
Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss is a special recording. Here is a collection of a baker's dozen haunting & atmospheric slices of Americana, enhanced by sparse production & exquisitely understated musicianship. The Plant fellow is on restrained form & the numbers benefit from his tender & thoughtful interpretations. Krauss possesses a beautiful voice, its clarity reminding me a little of - don't mock - sixties song thrush Mary Hopkin. Both voices complement each other splendidly & some of the harmonies are ethereal, subtle & rather magical. Not one note is wasted; every second is exceptional. A pleasure.
