Saving Grace (Robert Plant album)

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Saving Grace
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Studio album by
Released26 September 2025 (2025-09-26)
RecordedApril 2019 – January 2025
Studio Cotswolds and the Welsh Borders
Length41:48
Label Nonesuch
Producer
  • Robert Plant
  • Saving Grace
Robert Plant chronology
Raise the Roof
(2021)
Saving Grace
(2025)
Singles from Saving Grace
  1. "Everybody's Song"
    Released: 16 July 2025
  2. "Gospel Plough"
    Released: 14 August 2025
  3. "Chevrolet"
    Released: 4 September 2025
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 86/100 [1]
Review scores
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The Arts Desk Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
Clash 8/10 [4]
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Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [9]

Saving Grace is the twelfth studio album by English singer Robert Plant, credited to Robert Plant with Suzi Dian, released on 26 September 2025 through Nonesuch Records. It features the band Plant has been touring with since 2019 and contains ten cover versions of songs by a variety of artists.

Contents

Background and promotion

Saving Grace was named after the band Plant had been performing with for over six years, which includes singer Suzi Dian, drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo and string player Matt Worley, and cellist Barney Morse-Brown. [10] In a statement, Plant spoke of the joyful dynamic he shared with the band, highlighting "the sweetness of the whole thing" and noting that they would "laugh" together frequently. [11] The album was recorded between April 2019 and January 2025 in studios across the Cotswolds and the Welsh Borders. [12] Plant began working with the Saving Grace collective during the COVID-19 pandemic, creating a roots-oriented sound inspired by folk and traditional blues. [13]

To promote the album, Plant and Saving Grace will tour North America in Autumn 2025. [14]

Composition and content

Saving Grace features ten tracks, primarily reinterpretations of material by artists such as Memphis Minnie, Moby Grape, Blind Willie Johnson, The Low Anthem, Martha Scanlan, Sarah Siskind, and Low. [15] Its lead single, a cover of Low's "Everybody's Song", was released on 16 July 2025, [16] the second single "Gospel Plough" on 14 August. [17]

Track listing

Saving Grace track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Chevrolet"2:38
2."As I Roved Out"6:10
3."It's a Beautiful Day Today" Bob Mosley 3:41
4."Soul of a Man" Blind Willie Johnson 4:43
5."Ticket Taker"3:40
6."I Never Will Marry"
3:34
7."Higher Rock" Martha Scanlan 3:42
8."Too Far from You" Sarah Siskind 4:57
9."Everybody's Song"4:16
10."Gospel Plough"
  • Traditional arr. Plant and Saving Grace
4:27
Total length:41:48

Note

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [18]

Robert Plant and Saving Grace

Additional contributors

Charts

Chart performance for Saving Grace
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [19] 33
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [20] 6
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [21] 46
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [22] 10
Croatian International Albums (HDU) [23] 1
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [24] 61
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [25] 44
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [26] 23
French Albums (SNEP) [27] 47
French Rock & Metal Albums (SNEP) [28] 1
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [29] 12
German Rock & Metal Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [30] 6
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [31] 6
Irish Albums (IRMA) [32] 89
Italian Albums (FIMI) [33] 76
Japanese Western Albums (Oricon) [34] 23
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [35] 33
Norwegian Albums (IFPI Norge) [36] 89
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [37] 13
Scottish Albums (OCC) [38] 2
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [39] 33
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [40] 3
UK Albums (OCC) [41] 4
UK Americana Albums (OCC) [42] 1
US Americana/Folk Albums (Billboard) [43] 18
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [44] 17

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