ROBERT PLANT

ROBERT PLANT
NINE LIVES (2006)
REMASTER
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The colossal legend of Led Zeppelin looms so mightily over the history of rock that it's sometimes easy to overlook thefact that Robert Plant has had a solo career that's outdistanced Zep in terms of longevity and output. NINE LIVES, a 10-disc box set, presents Plant's solo work in its entirety. Each of Plant's nine solo albums is included, and each is complemented by live tracks and a bonus DVD (not ripped here).
Listening to the whole of Plant's catalogue, what impresses most is its variety and range. Beginning with 1982's PICTURES AT ELEVEN andcontinuing through 2005's MIGHTY REARRANGER, NINE LIVES offers up atmospheric grooves, 1950's-style pop, synth-driven new wave, Middle Eastern drones, straight blues, and a healthy dose of post-Zeppelin thunder. Plant's voice morphs too, from dispassionate popster to banshee wailer to retro croonerand elsewhere, never letting the shadow of his former band determine his stylistic choices. Beautiful packaging and a comprehensive booklet sweeten the deal, making this a must for collectors or anyone looking to explore Plant's work in depth.

DISC 1:
PICTURES AT ELEVEN (1982)
1. Burning Down One Side
2. Moonlight in Samosa
3. Pledge Pin
4. Slow Dancer
5. Worse Than Detroit
6. Fat Lip
7. Like I've Never Been Gone
8. Mystery Title
Bonus Tracks
9. Far Post
10. Like I've Never Been Gone (Live)

DISC 2:
THE PRINCIPLE OF MOMENTS (1983)
1. Other Arms
2. In the Mood
3. Messin' With the Mekon
4. Wreckless Love
5. Thru With the Two Step
6. Horizontal Departure
7. Stranger Here Than Over There
8. Big Log
Bonus Tracks
9. In the Mood (Live)
10. Thru With the Two Step (Live)
11. Lively up Yourself (Live)
12. Turnaround

DISC 3:
THE HONEYDRIPPERS, VOLUME ONE (1984)
1. I Get a Thrill
2. Sea of Love
3. I Got a Woman
4. Young Boy Blues
5. Rockin' at Midnight
Bonus Track
6. Rockin' at Midnight (Live)

DISC 4:
SHAKEN'N'STIRRED (1985)
1. Hip to Hoo
2. Kallalou Kallalou
3. Too Loud
4. Trouble Your Money
5. Pink and Black
6. Little by Little
7. Doo Doo a Do Do
8. Easily Lead
9. Sixes and Sevens
Bonus Track
10. Little by Little (Long Remixed Version)

DISC 5:
NOW AND ZEN (1988)
1. Heaven Knows
2. Dance on My Own
3. Tall Cool One
4. The Way I Feel
5. Ship of Fools
6. Helen of Troy
7. Billy's Revenge
8. Why
9. White, Clean and Neat
10. Walking Towards Paradise
Bonus Track
11. Billy's Revenge (Live)
12. Ship of Fools (Live)
13. Tall Cool One (Live)

DISC 6:
MANIC NIRVANA (1990)
1. Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)
2. Big Love
3. S S S & Q
4. I Cried
5. She Said
6. Nirvana
7. Tie Dye on the Highway
8. Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night
9. Anniversary
10. Liars Dance
11. Watching You
Bonus Tracks
12. Oompa (Watery Bint)
13. One Love
14. Don't Look Back

DISC 7:
FATE OF NATIONS (1993)
1. Calling to You
2. Down to the Sea
3. Come Into My Life
4. I Believe
5. 29 Palms
6. Memory Song (Hello, Hello)
7. If I Were a Carpenter
8. Promised Land
9. The Greatest Gift
10. Great Spirit
11. Network News
Bonus Tracks
12. Colours of a Shade
13. Great Spirit (Acoustic mix)
14. Rollercoaster (Demo)
15. 8:05
16. Dark Moon (Acoustic)

DISC 8:
DREAMLAND (2002)
1. Funny in My Mind (I Believe I'm Fixin' to Die)
2. Morning Dew
3. One More Cup of Coffee
4. Last Time I Saw Her
5. Song to the Siren
6. Win My Train Fare Home
7. Darkness, Darkness
8. Red Dress
9. Hey Joe
10. Skip's Song
Bonus Tracks
11. Dirt in a Hole
12. Last Time I Saw Her (remix)

DISC 9:
MIGHTY REARRANGER (2005)
1. Another Tribe
2. Shine It All Around
3. Freedom Fries
4. Tin Pan Valley
5. All the King's Horses
6. The Enchanter
7. Takamba
8. Dancing in Heaven
9. Somebody Knocking
10. Let the Four Winds Blow
11. Mighty Rearranger
12. Brother Ray
Bonus Tracks
13. Red, White and Blue
14. All the Money in the World
15. Shine It All Around (Girls remix)
16. Tin Pan Valley (Girls remix)
17. The Enchanter (Unkle Reconstruction)