Raise the Roof (album)
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Released | November 19, 2021 | |||
Recorded | 2021 | |||
Genre | Americana | |||
Length | 53:32 | |||
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Producer | T Bone Burnett | |||
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Singles from Raise the Roof | ||||
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Raise the Roof is the second collaborative studio album by British singer-songwriter Robert Plant and American bluegrass-country singer Alison Krauss. The album was released on November 19, 2021, by Rounder Records and Concord Records in the United States and Warner Music for the rest of the world.
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 83/100 |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
American Songwriter | |
Classic Rock | |
The Observer | |
Pitchfork | 7.3/10 |
Paste | 8.0/10 |
PopMatters | 7/10 |
Slant Magazine |
Raise the Roof received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 83, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 14 reviews.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Quattro (World Drifts In)" | Joey Burns, John Convertino | 4:33 |
2. | "The Price of Love" | Don Everly, Phil Everly | 4:50 |
3. | "Go Your Way" | Anne Briggs | 5:07 |
4. | "Trouble with My Lover" | Allen Toussaint | 4:03 |
5. | "Searching for My Love" | Bobby Moore | 4:03 |
6. | "Can't Let Go" | Randy Weeks | 3:41 |
7. | "It Don't Bother Me" | Bert Jansch | 5:06 |
8. | "You Led Me to the Wrong" | Ola Belle Reed | 4:17 |
9. | "Last Kind Words Blues" | Geeshie Wiley | 4:06 |
10. | "High and Lonesome" | Robert Plant, T Bone Burnett | 4:33 |
11. | "Going Where the Lonely Go" | Merle Haggard, Dean Holloway | 4:10 |
12. | "Somebody Was Watching Over Me" | Brenda Burns | 5:02 |
Total length: | 53:32 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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13. | "My Heart Would Know" | Hank Williams | 2:58 |
14. | "You Can't Rule Me" | Lucinda Williams | 4:44 |
Personnel
- Alison Krauss – vocals, fiddle
- Robert Plant – vocals
Additional musicians
- T Bone Burnett six-string bass, composer, acoustic and electric guitars, Mellotron, producer, vocal harmony, backing vocals
- David Hidalgo – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Bill Frisell – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Buddy Miller – electric mandolin, guitar
- Marc Ribot – acoustic guitar, banjo, dobro, electric guitar
- Dennis Crouch – bass guitar
- Stuart Duncan – banjo, cello, fiddle, mandolin
- Jay Bellerose – drums
Production
Charts
Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) | 18 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) | 11 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) | 14 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) | 23 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard) | 16 |
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) | 21 |
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) | 8 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) | 15 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) | 9 |
French Albums (SNEP) | 51 |
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) | 5 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 14 |
Irish Albums (OCC) | 6 |
Italian Albums (FIMI) | 54 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) | 7 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) | 3 |
Polish Albums (ZPAV) | 25 |
Portuguese Albums (AFP) | 27 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) | 4 |
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) | 45 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) | 9 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 7 |
UK Albums (OCC) | 5 |
US Billboard 200 | 7 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard) | 1 |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) | 3 |