1 	Shining In The Light 	4:01
2 	When The World Was Young 	6:13
3 	Upon A Golden Horse	3:52
4 	Blue Train 	6:45
5 	Please Read The Letter 	4:21
6 	Most High	5:36
7 	Heart In Your Hand 	3:50
8 	Walking Into Clarksdale 	5:18
9 	Burning Up 	5:21
10 	When I Was A Child 	5:45
11 	House Of Love 	5:35
12 	Sons Of Freedom 	4:08

Bass – Charlie Jones
Drums – Michael Lee
Guitar – Jimmy Page
Vocals – Robert Plant 
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Strings [Arranged By] – Lynton Naiff
Keyboards [Keyboard Oriental] – Tim Whelan
Synthesizer [String Pad], Programmed By – Ed Shearmur

For all of the acclaim it received, there's no denying that No Quarter was a tentative reunion for Page & Plant, containing only a handful of new songs that were scattered among many reworked old favorites. Since its supporting tour went well, the duo decided to make their reunion permanent, setting to work on an album of entirely new material. Taking the world music dabblings of No Quarter as a cue, Page & Plant tempered their eclecticism with a healthy dose of their monolithic guitar army, hiring Steve Albini, the indie rock producer notorious for his harsh, brutal recordings, to helm the boards. In other words, it sounds perfect on paper -- groundbreaking veteran artists still taking chances and working with younger collaborators who would challenge them. If only Walking into Clarksdale actually played that way. It's certainly possible to hear where the duo was intending to go, since the circular melodies, Mideastern drones, sawing strings, drum loops, and sledgehammer riffs all add up to an effective update and progression of the classic Zeppelin sound. The problem is, the new sound doesn't go anywhere. There's potential in this metallic worldbeat rock, but only a few cuts, such as the stately "Most High" and the shimmering "Shining in the Light," realize it. Much of the album disappears under its own mass, since their are no well-written songs, catchy riffs, or memorable melodies to support the sound. And that's what makes Walking into Clarksdale so frustrating -- you can hear the potential, and even enjoy the album on the musical surface, but there's nothing to make you return to the album once it's finished. And that ultimately means that the album simply reiterates the promise of the reunited Page & Plant instead of fulfilling it. ---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic Review

I oto stało się. Po raz pierwszy od rozpadu Led Zeppelin w 1980 roku, frontmani grupy Jimmy Page i Robert Plant nagrali razem nowy materiał. Słowo "razem" jest tu bardzo istotne, solowe dokonania jednego i drugiego okazały się bowiem w mniejszym lub większym stopniu nieudane. No, może za wyjątkiem płyty nagranej przez Page'a z Coverdalem w 1993 roku. Ale poza tym samodzielne nagrania Page'a czy Planta nie przedstawiały większych wartości.

Duet tych panów tworzy potęgę. Słuchając "Walking into Clarksdale", nie mogłem oprzeć się wrażeniu powrotu legendy... Mimo, że głos Planta teoretycznie nie jest już taki, jak kiedyś. Jest inny, ale to nie znaczy zły, lecz bardziej dojrzały. To ma swój urok, oczywiście. Niektóre "dojrzałe" wykonania starych Zeppelinowskich przebojów (vide płyta "No Quarter") podobają mi się nawet bardziej, niż oryginalne...

"Walking into Clarksdale" to album zdecydowanie spokojniejszy, aniżeli dokonania Led Zeppelin. Rozpoczyna się graną na gitarze akustycznej kompozycją "Shining in the light". Dopiero jednak "Upon a golden horse" uświadamia nam, że mamy do czynienia z ex-członkami Led Zeppelin. Robert Plant udowadnia, że głos mu nie wysiadł, a Jimmy Page - że reumatyzmu w palcach to on nie ma. ;-) Idąc dalej, przez nieco popowy "Please read the letter", docieramy do bardzo często tłuczonego w radiu utworu "Most High". Elementy orientalne (pozostałość klimatu "No Quarter") oraz gitara Mistrza czynią z niego rewelacyjną piosenkę, którą można słuchać na okrągło.

Entuzjazm ochładza nieco niedobór charakterystycznych solówek gitarowych Jimmiego Page'a. Mistrz poprawia się w utworze tytułowym, który bardzo przypomina starsze dokonania. W każdym razie pewno nie brakuje w nim elementów, które można nazwać magią Led Zeppelin... Podobnie jak w "Sons of freedom" czy "Burning up", która zaliczają się do "ostrzejszych" utworów na płycie.

"Walking into Clarksdale" powstała w 33 dni. To stosunkowo krótki okres. "Album ma odzwierciedlać nasz aktualny stan psychiki. Jesteśmy już za starzy, by nagrywać album przez rok, dopieszczać go" - mówił w jednym z wywiadów Robert Plant.

Na płycie brakuje utworów, które miałyby stać się kultowymi. Ale też, kupując album, na nic takiego nie liczyłem. Inaczej "Walking into Clarksdale" sygnowana byłaby magiczną nazwą Led Zeppelin... Jimmy Page wiedząc, że nie uda mu się bez Jonesa i Bonhama stworzyć dzieła tak kultowego, jak któraś z pierwszych sześciu płyt Zeppelinów, zrezygnował z sygnowania płyty tą nazwą. I słusznie uczynił. Oczywiście nie umniejszam tym wartości nowego albumu duetu Page/Plant.

To dobra, rockowa pozycja. Swoisty rodzynek na zdominowanym przez pop rynku. Gorąco polecam wszystkim zwolennikom tego rodzaju muzyki. A i wykonanie jest nie do pogardzenia... Płyta zadowoli na pewno nie tylko fanów legendarnego Led Zeppelin. ---Wojtek Michalski, rockmetal.pl

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01 Lovin' Up A Storm
02 Everything I Do Is Wrong
03 Think It Over
04 Boll Weevil Song
05 Livin' Lovin' Wreck
06 One Long Kiss
07 Dixie Fried
08 Down The Lane
09 Fabulous
10 Breathless
11 Rave On
12 Lonely Weekend
13 Burn Up
14 Everyday
15 Wailing Sounds (Bonus Track)
16 'Cause I Love You (Bonus Track)
17 Flashing Lights (Bonus Track)
18 Thumping Beat (Bonus Track)
19 Union Jack Car (Bonus Track)
20 Baby Come Back (Bonus Track)

Personnel:
Bass – Daniel Edwards (tracks: 15 to 20), John Paul Jones (tracks: 1 to 14)
Drums – Clem Cattini (tracks: 1 to 14), John Bonham (tracks: 15 to 20)
Guitar – Albert Lee (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14), Jim Sullivan (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14), 
Jimmy Page (tracks: 2, 3, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15 to 20)
Piano – Nicky Hopkins (tracks: 1 to 14)
Saxophone [Tenor] – Chris Hughes (tracks: 1 to 14)
Vocals – David Sutch (tracks: 15 to 20), Keith De Groot (tracks: 1 to 14)

Before the name Jimmy Page became synonymous with hard rock guitar, the guitarist was a much sought-after session player in London -- appearing on a variety of artists' recordings. Some were well known (the Kinks, the Who, etc.), but quite a few were obscurities -- which serves as the basis for the 20-track No Introduction Necessary [Deluxe Edition]. Although Led Zeppelin touched upon a variety of musical styles throughout their career, the first 14 tracks could all be neatly placed in the 1960s rock & roll/pop genre -- the amps are certainly not cranked to ten here. But you do get a glimpse into Page's playing as a 'hired gun' -- "Lovin' Up a Storm" and "Boll Weevil Song" are enjoyable (yet not exactly 'must-hear') selections. Closer to the hard rock sound you expect from Page are several tracks that close out the collection, which are taken from the obscure 1970 Screaming Lord Sutch recording, Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends. Page produces and plays on the record (even co-penning a few tracks), and while the music does reflect early Led Zeppelin at times (John Bonham also plays), the vocals of Screaming Lord Sutch don't come close to matching up to those of Robert Plant. Overall, not a bad compilation of Page's early playing. ---Greg Prato, allmusic.com

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01. Cause I Love You
02. Gutty Guitar
03. Union Jack Car
04. Flashing Lights
05. Wailing Sounds
06. Thumping Beat
07. Would You Believe
08. Smoke And Fire
09. One For You, Baby
10. L-O-N-D-O-N
11. Brightest Light
12. Baby, Come Back
13. Everything I Do Is Wrong
14. Think It Over
15. Dixie Fried
16. Fabulous
17. Lonely Weekend
18. Burn Up

Bass – Daniel Edwards (tracks: 1, 3 - 5, 8, 12), John Paul Jones (tracks: 13 - 18),
 Martin Kohl (tracks: 7 - 11), Noel Redding (tracks: 6, 9, 10), Rick Brown (17) (tracks: 2)
Drums – Bob Metke (tracks: 7 - 11), Carlo Little (tracks: 2), Clem Cattini (tracks: 13 - 18),
 John Bonham (tracks: 1, 3 - 6, 12)
Lead Guitar – Jeff Beck (tracks: 2), Jimmy Page (tracks: 1, 3 - 6, 12 - 18), Kent Henry (2) (tracks: 7 - 11)
Piano – Nicky Hopkins (tracks: 2, 13 - 18)
Tenor Saxophone – Chris Hughes (2) (tracks: 13 - 18)
Vocals – David Sutch (tracks: 1 - 12), Keith David De Groot (tracks: 13 - 18)

Jimmy Page needs little introduction - England's number #1 session player in the sixties, major component of The Yardbirds, driving force of the world's heaviest and, some would say, best band - Led Zeppelin. Jimmy was of course used to playing in exalted company during the sixties and was a close cohort of the extraordinary David 'Screaming Lord' Sutch, one of Britain's more flamboyant performers. In 1970 he recorded Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends, replicated in its entirety here and featuring a who's-who of rock royalty - fellow Led Zeps John Paul Jones and John Bonham, guitar genius Jeff Beck, Noel Redding on bass and Nicky Hopkins on piano: a gloriously insane jam session that has achieved legendary status. Also included are six tracks from the 1968 sessions for Keith De Groot's debut album, with Page and John Paul Jones among the backing musicians. A fascinating precursor to Zeppelin and highly collectable material. Music Ave.

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