The Principle of Moments |
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Released: July 11, 1983 Peak: 8 US, 7 UK, 6 CN, 10 AU Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, 0.1 UK Genre: rock |
Tracks: Song Title (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to singles charts.
Total Running Time: 38:50 |
Rating:  3.415 out of 5.00 (average of 18 ratings)
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About the Album: Robert Plant’s second solo album was a platinum seller which went top ten in the United States and UK, just like previous album Pictures at Eleven. It’s actually surprising that it didn’t outperform its predecessor considering the performance of the songs. Pictures produced two top-10 album rock cuts, but its highest charting song on the Billboard Hot 100 was “Burning Down One Side,” which only reached #64. By contrast, The Principle of Moments gave Plant two top-40 hits with “In the Mood” and Big Log. Those were also top-10 hits on the album rock chart, where “Other Arms” also gave Plant a #1 hit. Soundwise, Plant was still making a conscious attempt to distance himself from his Led Zeppelin years. Q magazine said this was “one for fans of Peter Gabriel” Q and that it “was full of ‘80s quirks and production tics.” Q They also said “Big Log” “sounded curiously like Dire Straits.” Q Plant also brought Phil Collins in for drums on six of the eight songs (they’d also worked together on Pictures at Eleven). Jethro Tull’s drummer Barriemore Barlow took the sticks for the other two cuts. “Because Plant’s voice is so compelling in any state, the convolution of his writing tends to take a back seat to his singing in most of his solo work, which is definitely the case in most of the songs here.” AMG “In the Mood” is the album’s “finest offering, proving that Plant could roam freely with his voice and still have it work effectively.” AMG Wreckless Love, Stranger Here…Than Over There, and Other Arms offer “an equal amount of curt abstractness and rock appeal.” AMG
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