Robert Plant & the Strange Sensation - Robert Plant & the Strange Sensation

Primary Artist
Robert Plant & the Strange Sensation
Album Title
Robert Plant & the Strange Sensation
Release Date
October 24, 2006 
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Review by Hal Horowitz
The legacy of Led Zeppelin is a weighty load to haul around. As of this 2005 show, Robert Plant had released the same amount of post-Zep studio albums under his own name as he had with his old band. For his rather belated first live DVD as a solo artist, Plant embraces his past, sort of, by peppering the 11-song, 65-minute set with five rearranged Zeppelin tunes that pay respect to his old band's history while allowing him to escape it. It's a nifty balancing act and even though his heavily percussive version of "No Quarter" which opens the show is dramatic and edgy, it's not something Zeppelin would have concocted. Read More