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The Independent
It's not hard, listening to Band of Joy, to understand why Robert Plant should have resisted such potentially lucrative offers for a Led Zeppelin reunion tour
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State
The album is full of peaks and troughs, hints of bluegrass and echoes of country and every one of them is interesting, exciting and calls for repeated listening
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9.0
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musicOMH
Where its predecessor found Plant operating in a finely-tuned genre, Band Of Joy gives him an opportunity to explore his influences, and to colour a few choice odds and ends from the rock 'n' roll canon with his indelible mark
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The Quietus
Band of Joy is Plant's most strikingly beautiful album to date; a bag of curios misted gently by co-producer Buddy Miller
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BBC
Buddy Miller merits much credit for the richness here. But the glory rightly belongs to Plant
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8.3
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A.V. Club
It’s hard to complain about the predictability of Band Of Joy when the songs sound so good
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8.0
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PopMatters
Band of Joy, by both reaching back and by yearning for a decorous new future, is an album that matters
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FasterLouder
Plant has really found his footing in recent years and is sounding the most authentic of his peers in his role as a genuine celebrant of music from the soul.
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Blurt
Plant sounds inspired throughout
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Rave Magazine
An unlikely autumn year triumph from this grizzled veteran
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The Irish Times
The sound is rich, edgy, suffused in echo and spiralling guitar underpinned by a muscular rhythm section
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8.0
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Q
On previous form, Plant will ... move on to the next obsession before long. Hopefully not too fast. Band of Joy is a good place for him to stay a little longer. Print edition only
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Uncut
A scintillating patchwork of deep, dark Americana
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8.0
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Mojo
More wilful magic from Plant. Print edition only
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Daily Telegraph
Another smoulderingly beautiful collection
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8.0
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Spin
"Satan, your kingdom must come down," Plant croons on the penultimate track. Take that, Jimmy Page
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BBC
An album of bounding energy and unexpected eclecticism
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7.5
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The Line Of Best Fit
An album that manages to not only move you emotionally but serves as a pleasure to listen to
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7.0
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Drowned In Sound
Band Of Joy does settle into an easy-going rhythm a little too easily. It’s a little too tasteful, a bit too well chosen
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7.0
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Culture Deluxe
Band of Joy will appeal to the older fans of Plant who can sit with a good melody and steep in it, rather than anyone who needs to be constantly challenged by their music
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7.0
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Rolling Stone
You can't buy his love, and you can't turn back time. It's a notion other rock vets could do well to ponder
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6.0
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Eye Weekly
Plant’s deference to other people’s material feels more like a vehicle through which he can explore different modes of expression
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6.0
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The Scotsman
[A] slice of pleasant background listening
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NME
‘Band Of Joy’ is an essential purchase... if your dad is having a birthday this month
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Evening Standard
A man who sounds as if he's lived every one of his 62 years as one of the great interpreters
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6.0
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Independent on Sunday
Feels rather like a stopgap for fans while the wider world awaits his next collaboration with Alison Krauss
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