Carry Fire is the eleventh solo studio album by English rock singer, songwriter and musician Robert Plant, released on 13 October 2017 on Nonesuch/Warner Bros. Records.[4][5][6] It is the second studio album on which Plant is backed by the Sensational Space Shifters.[1][2][3]
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Released | 13 October 2017 (2017-10-13)[1][2][3] | |||
Recorded | The Attic Studio, Bristol The Bee Barn, Bala Billy Fuller's Home Studio, Bristol Black Earth Studios, Bath Real World Studios, Box, Wiltshire, England Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales | |||
Genre | Americana | |||
Length | 48:58 | |||
Label | Nonesuch/Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Robert Plant[3] | |||
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Metacritic | 84/100[7] |
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Clash | 8/10[10] |
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Exclaim! | 7/10[12] |
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Paste | 7.8/10[15] |
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Carry Fire received positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 84/100 based on 15 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[7] The album was selected as the 37th best album of 2017 by Rolling Stone magazine.[20] The album was honoured as the best selling UK Americana album at the 2018 UK Americana Awards.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The May Queen" | Robert Plant, Justin Adams, John Baggott, Billy Fuller, Liam Tyson | 4:14 |
2. | "New World..." | Plant, Baggott, Fuller, Dave Smith, Tyson | 3:29 |
3. | "Season's Song" | Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Tyson | 4:19 |
4. | "Dance with You Tonight" | Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson | 4:48 |
5. | "Carving up the World Again... A Wall and Not a Fence" | Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Tyson | 3:55 |
6. | "A Way with Words" | Plant, Adams, Baggott | 5:18 |
7. | "Carry Fire" | Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson | 5:28 |
8. | "Bones of Saints" | Plant, Adams, Fuller, Smith, Tyson | 3:47 |
9. | "Keep It Hid" | Plant, Adams, Baggott | 4:07 |
10. | "Bluebirds over the Mountain" (featuring Chrissie Hynde[3]) | Ersel Hickey | 4:58 |
11. | "Heaven Sent" | Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson | 4:39 |
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