Band of Joy (album)

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Band of Joy
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Studio album by
Released13 September 2010 (2010-09-13) [1]
StudioWoodland Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
House of Blues Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Clinton Recording Studio (New York City, New York)
Genre
Length47:32
Label Decca, Rounder
Producer Robert Plant, Buddy Miller
Robert Plant chronology
Raising Sand
(2007)
Band of Joy
(2010)
Sensational Space Shifters (Live in London July '12)
(2012)

Band of Joy is English rock singer Robert Plant's ninth solo album and the first with his new backing group, the Band of Joy. [1] [2] It was released on 13 September 2010 in the UK and 14 September in the US.

Contents

Background

In addition to the song "Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down", which is the opening theme for the Starz television series Boss , the credits of BBC One's Luther for an episode aired on 16 July 2013 and the season two finale of the Syfy series Defiance , the album is notable for the song "Monkey". The song, originally by the band Low, is slowed-down to a grinding, spooky Gothic Rock tempo and mood that is different from Low's version. It is arguably the least similar to other tracks on the album (except for Satan), which for the most part carry folk rock or progressive rock moods. Although it is not a staple at Plant's live performances, there have been instances where he has performed it. [3]

The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 chart and at #3 on the UK Albums Chart. The first single released from the album was "Angel Dance".

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Angel Dance" David Hidalgo, Louie Perez 3:50
2."House of Cards" Richard Thompson 3:14
3."Central Two-O-Nine" Robert Plant, Buddy Miller, Jason Friedman [4] 2:49
4."Silver Rider" Zachary Micheletti, Mimi Parker, Alan Sparhawk 6:06
5."You Can't Buy My Love"Billy Babineaux, Bobby Babineaux3:11
6."Falling in Love Again"Dillard Crume, Andrew Kelly3:38
7."The Only Sound That Matters" Gregory Vanderpool 3:45
8."Monkey"Micheletti, Parker, Sparhawk4:58
9."Cindy, I'll Marry You Someday" Traditional, arranged by Plant, Miller3:37
10."Harm's Swift Way" Townes Van Zandt 4:19
11."Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down"Traditional, arranged by Plant, Miller4:12
12."Even This Shall Pass Away" Theodore Tilton, arranged by Plant, Miller4:03
Total length:47:32

Personnel

Band of Joy

Production

Critical reaction

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Band of Joy was received positively. Metacritic's aggregate score for the album is 80 out of 100, [9] indicating "generally favorable reviews". Rolling Stone , while only giving the album a three-and-a-half-star review, ranked it #8 on its list of the 30 Best Albums of 2010. [10] Q Magazine in its January 2011 edition ranked Band of Joy as the second best album of 2010, stating that, "free from having to imitate his 20-year-old self in Zeppelin, the sexagenarian sings to his strengths here, with Miller and Griffin his not-so secret weapons on an album that pinwheels between gentlemanly country-blues ("Cindy, I'll Marry You Some Day"), spooky lo-fi ("Silver Rider") and charming '60s pop ("You Can't Buy My Love")." [11]

Awards

The album was nominated for two Grammy Awards, including Best Americana Album and the song "Silver Rider" for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance. Frontman and vocalist Robert Plant was nominated for best British Male Solo Artist at the Brit Awards 2011. [12]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart [13] 18
Austrian Albums Chart [13] 21
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) [13] 6
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) [13] 10
Canadian Albums Chart [14] 7
Danish Albums Chart [13] 16
Dutch Albums Chart [13] 37
Dutch Alternative Albums Chart [13] 6
Finnish Albums Chart [13] 44
French Albums Chart [13] 21
European Top 100 Albums [15] 29
German Albums Chart [13] 13
Greek Albums Chart [13] 4
Italian Albums Chart [13] 13
New Zealand Albums Chart [13] 6
Norwegian Albums Chart [13] 2
Polish Albums Chart [16] 14
Scottish Albums Chart [17] 3
Swedish Albums Chart [13] 6
Swiss Albums Chart [13] 13
United Kingdom Albums Chart [18] 3
United States Albums Chart [19] 5
United States Rock Albums Chart [20] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)Rank
European Top 100 Albums [15] 100
Swedish Albums Chart [21] 77
United Kingdom Albums Chart [22] 97

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Norway (IFPI Norway) [23] Gold15,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

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