Carry Fire

Carry Fire
Studio album by Robert Plant
Released	13 October 2017 (2017-10-13) [1] [2] [3]
Recorded	The 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	Americana folk rock
Length	49:05
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
"The May Queen" Released: 18 August 2017 "Bones of Saints" Released: 1 September 2017 "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.

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	84/100 [7]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
American Songwriter	[9]
Clash	8/10 [10]
Classic Rock	[11]
Exclaim!	7/10 [12]
The Independent	[13]
The Observer	[14]
Paste	7.8/10 [15]
PopMatters	[16]
Record Collector	[17]
Slant Magazine	[18]
Under the Radar	[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.^{[ citation needed ]}

Track listing

Source: ^{[1] [3] [21]}

No.	Title	Writer(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, Tyson	3:29
3.	"Season's Song"	Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Tyson	4:19
4.	"Dance with You Tonight"	Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson	4:48
5.	"Carving up the World Again... A Wall and Not a Fence"	Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Tyson	3:55
6.	"A Way with Words"	Plant, Adams, Baggott	5:18
7.	"Carry Fire"	Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson	5:28
8.	"Bones of Saints"	Plant, Adams, Fuller, Smith, Tyson	3:47
9.	"Keep It Hid"	Plant, Adams, Baggott	4:07
10.	"Bluebirds over the Mountain" (featuring Chrissie Hynde [3] )	Ersel Hickey	4:58
11.	"Heaven Sent"	Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson	4:39
Total length:			49:05

Personnel

Musicians

• Robert Plant – vocals, production ^[3]
• The Sensational Space Shifters (as backing band):
  • Justin Adams – guitar, oud
  • Liam "Skin" Tyson – guitar
  • John Baggott – keyboards
  • Billy Fuller – bass guitar
  • Dave Smith – drums
• Seth Lakeman – viola, fiddle ^[3]
• Redi Hasa – cello ^[3]
• Chrissie Hynde – vocals

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2017) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [22] 16 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [23] 13 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [24] 17 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [25] 12 Canadian Albums (Billboard) [26] 12 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [27] 2 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [28] 29 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [29] 10 French Albums (SNEP) [30] 33 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [31] 10 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [32] 24 Irish Albums (IRMA) [33] 7 Italian Albums (FIMI) [34] 23 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [35] 7 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [36] 9 Polish Albums (ZPAV) [37] 9 Scottish Albums (OCC) [38] 3 Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI) [39] 15 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [40] 28 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [41] 12 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [42] 7 UK Albums (OCC) [43] 3 US Billboard 200 [44] 14 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [45] 4

Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [46] 175

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External links

• Robert Plant – Carry Fire at Discogs (list of releases)