Carry Fire

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Carry Fire
Robert Plant Carry Fire.jpg
Studio album by
Robert Plant
Released13 October 2017 (2017-10-13) [1] [2] [3]
RecordedThe 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
Length49:05
Label Nonesuch/Warner Bros.
Producer Robert Plant [3]
Robert Plant chronology
Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar
(2014)		Carry Fire
(2017)		 Digging Deep: Subterranea
(2020)
Singles from Carry Fire
  1. "The May Queen"
    Released: 18 August 2017
  2. "Bones of Saints"
    Released: 1 September 2017
  3. "Bluebirds Over the Mountain"
    Released: 26 September 2017

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 was also Plant's second studio album with his backing band the Sensational Space Shifters, [1] [2] [3] although the band is not credited on the front cover.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 84/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [9]
Clash 8/10 [10]
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Exclaim! 7/10 [12]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Paste 7.8/10 [15]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [16]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [17]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [18]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [19]

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.

Track listing

Source: [1] [3] [21]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The May Queen" Robert Plant, Justin Adams, John Baggott, Billy Fuller, Liam Tyson 4:14
2."New World..."Plant, Baggott, Fuller, Dave Smith, Tyson3:29
3."Season's Song"Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Tyson4:19
4."Dance with You Tonight"Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson4:48
5."Carving up the World Again... A Wall and Not a Fence"Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Tyson3:55
6."A Way with Words"Plant, Adams, Baggott5:18
7."Carry Fire"Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson5:28
8."Bones of Saints"Plant, Adams, Fuller, Smith, Tyson3:47
9."Keep It Hid"Plant, Adams, Baggott4:07
10."Bluebirds over the Mountain" (featuring Chrissie Hynde [3] ) Ersel Hickey 4:58
11."Heaven Sent"Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson4:39
Total length:49:05

Personnel

Musicians

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