Raising Sand

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Raising Sand
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 23, 2007 (2007-10-23)
StudioSound Emporium, Nashville
Electro Magnetic
The Village Recorder, Los Angeles
Stage & Sound, Hollywood
Genre
Length57:13
Label Rounder, Zoë
Producer T Bone Burnett
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss chronology
Raising Sand
(2007)
Raise the Roof
(2021)
Robert Plant chronology
Nine Lives
(2006)
Raising Sand
(2007)
Band of Joy
(2010)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rich Woman" Dorothy LaBostrie, McKinley Millet 4:04
2."Killing the Blues" Roly Jon Salley 4:16
3."Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us" Sam Phillips 3:26
4."Polly Come Home" Gene Clark 5:36
5."Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)" The Everly Brothers 3:33
6."Through the Morning, Through the Night" Gene Clark 4:01
7."Please Read the Letter" Jimmy Page, Charlie Jones, Michael Lee, Robert Plant 5:53
8."Trampled Rose" Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits 5:34
9."Fortune Teller" Allen Toussaint 4:30
10."Stick With Me Baby" Mel Tillis 2:50
11."Nothin'" Townes Van Zandt 5:33
12."Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson" Milton Campbell 4:02
13."Your Long Journey" Doc Watson, Rosa Lee Watson3:55

Personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Ireland (IRMA) [66] Platinum15,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [67] Platinum15,000^
Russia (NFPF) [68] Gold10,000*
Sweden (GLF) [69] Platinum40,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [70] 2× Platinum600,000*
United States (RIAA) [71] Platinum1,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [72] Platinum1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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