Raising Sand
Released October 23, 2007
Studio Sound Emporium, Nashville; Electro Magnetic and The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, Sage & Sound, Hollywood
Genre Americana, folk, country, country rock
Length 57:13
Label Rounder, Zoë
Producer T Bone Burnett
The two songs written by Gene Clark—”Polly (Come Home)” and “Through the Morning, Through the Night”—were originally recorded by Dillard & Clark for their 1969 album, Through the Morning, Through the Night.
“Rich Woman” was first recorded by McKinley Millet (as L’il Millet) and his Creoles in 1955, for Specialty Records. “Please Read the Letter” was first recorded for the Page and Plant album, Walking into Clarksdale, in 1998. “Gone, Gone, Gone” was originally written and recorded by the Everly Brothers for Warner Music in 1964. They also recorded “Stick With me Baby” in 1960, for A Date with The Everly Brothers. “Trampled Rose” was originally written and recorded by Tom Waits, and was featured on Real Gone in 2004.
Apart from the influence of Plant and Krauss’ vocal styles and talent, the album’s producer, T Bone Burnett, is credited with giving the album its skeletal musical style.
The album was met with critical acclaim, earning an averaged score of 87 from compiled reviews on Metacritic. This album was #24 on Rolling Stone’s list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.
Follow-up album
According to Ken Irwin of Rounder Records, and producer Burnett, the duo started work on a second album in 2009. In a 2010 interview, Plant indicated that the follow-up sessions were unsuccessful.
Track listing
1. “Rich Woman” Dorothy LaBostrie, McKinley Millet 4:04
2. “Killing the Blues” Roly Jon Salley 4:16
3. “Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us” Sam Phillips 3:26
4. “Polly Come Home” Gene Clark 5:36
5. “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” The Everly Brothers 3:33
6. “Through the Morning, Through the Night” Gene Clark 4:01
7. “Please Read the Letter” Charlie Jones, Michael Lee, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant 5:53
8. “Trampled Rose” Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits 5:34
9. “Fortune Teller” Allen Toussaint 4:30
10. “Stick With Me Baby” Mel Tillis 2:50
11. “Nothin'” Townes Van Zandt 5:33
12. “Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson” Milton Campbell 4:02
13. “Your Long Journey” Doc Watson, Rosa Lee Watson 3:55
Personnel
“Please Read The Letter”
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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss’ “Please Read The Letter” from Raising Sand
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Robert Plant – vocals
Alison Krauss – vocals, fiddle
Additional musicians
Riley Baugus – banjo
Jay Bellerose – drums
Norman Blake – acoustic guitar
T Bone Burnett – acoustic and electric guitars, six-string bass guitar
Dennis Crouch – upright bass
Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
Marc Ribot – acoustic guitar, banjo, dobro, electric guitar
Mike Seeger – autoharp
Patrick Warren – keyboards, pump organ, toy piano
Production
T Bone Burnett – production
Gavin Lurssen – mastering engineering
Stacy Parrish – audio engineering
Mike Piersante – audio engineering, mixing
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