So what is this strange-sounding new-music album, Shaken n Stirred, all about For starters, it sounds like hes been listening to the last couple of records by the Police and Talking Heads, and some of the new stuff coming over from Africa.Theres also a nod to the Middle Eastern influences that wafted through Zeppelin numbers like Kashmir.These nine numbers eschew most of the conventional rules that govern pop-song construction yet hew to an elaborate logic all their own.Themes wriggle in and out of the proceedings, the musicians fill the spaces with blasts of tonal coloration, and the songs are wont to lurch forward and backward and then turn on a dime for a sprint to the finish.
Easily Lead mates the propulsiveness of the Polices Synchronicity with Peter Gabriels odd bent for sound collage, and Plant briefly quotes a couple of Led Zep classics just for laughs. Another strong track is Kallalou Kallalou, in which guitarist Robbie Blunt steps out a bit in the mix to go one-on-one with Plant in a frenzied raveup as loopy and driven as the Zeppelin noise classic The Crunge. Unlike certain other acts, Plant has refrained from banking on the past. Please log in. For assistance, contact your corporate administrator. Its both baffling and hard now looking back to 1985 to think this was recorded and crafted in a studio and released. Its not essential listening and Now Zen from 1988 is a better return to form for Plant.
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