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Title: A slight change of direction for Plant
Review: This album marks a departure from his the kind of music Plant was putting forth on his first two solo discs. It is very cleanly recorded with very restrained, almost fragile, instrumentation in parts. The poppier direction of some of the tunes and the increased use of atmospherics via keyboards may not please all the fans of his earlier solo pieces but the quality of the backing musicians means that, for me at least, things still hang together quite well.In terms of actual songs, personal faves would be Heaven Knows, Ship of Fools and the stop/start Helen of Troy. This record is a testament to Plants refusal to stand still and his evolution as an artist with integrity and the ability to come up with consistently good material.A worthy release any Plant fan should get themselves acquanted with.
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