Robert Plant songs have proven to be a collection of amazingly tasteful and constantly exploring efforts. Over the course of 30 years and more than a dozen studio albums, the former Led Zeppelin frontman has created innovative mixes of rock, blues, country, folk, pop and world music, both alone and with a diverse list of musical collaborators. Okay, so we’re gushing. But here’s our list of the Top Robert Plant Songs.
10 | ‘Angel Dance’
The first song from Plant’s 2010 album ‘Band of Joy’ finds the creatively restless legend assembling an all-new, super-talented and highly eclectic band. As Plant confidently explores his lower register, the new team adds a wonderful sense of looseness and yet, somehow, even more texture to an already detail-rich 1990 song by Los Lobos.
09 | ‘Please Read the Letter’
A much more reserved and stately rendition of this song got a lot of praise when Plant rerecorded it with country-bluegrass singer Alison Krauss for their much-lauded ‘Raising Sand.’ But the original version, shown here, from Robert’s 1998 studio reunion with Jimmy Page, is much more dynamic. The duo wear their battle scars proudly as Page’s artfully-restrained guitar roar reaches out, as if from a distance.
08 | ‘Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)’
Plant’s commercially and critically-praised 2007 collaboration with Krauss may have seen like a surprising left turn for the former hard rock God. But if you’ve got a copy of the country-tinged ‘Led Zeppelin III,’ or his covers-heavy 2002 album ‘Dreamland,’ the decision to breathe new life into classics like this 1964 Everly Brothers single makes perfect sense.
07 | ‘Little by Little’
It may have freaked some purists out to hear Plant singing on top of icy keyboards instead of distorted guitars, such as on this track from 1985′s album ‘Shaken ‘n’ Stirred.’ But the song’s subtle blending of pop and world music elements created one of the top Robert Plant songs, and a fine example of his broad musical knowledge and knack for blending genres.
06 | ‘Sea of Love’
Atlantic Records president and early Led Zeppelin supporter Amhet Etregun asked Robert Plant to perform with an all-star group to cover standards from the ’50s, including this 1959 chestnut from Phil Phillips. Their lush, string-heavy 1984 version of the tune became the top Robert Plant song (in terms of pop chart success), briefly leading Robert to fear he would be typecast as a crooner.
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