''Carry Fire'' is the eleventh solo studio album by English rock singer, songwriter and musician

Robert Plant Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the English rock band Led Zeppelin for all of its existence from 1968 until 1980, when the band broke up following th ...

, released on 13 October 2017 on Nonesuch/

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. It is the second studio album on which Plant is backed by the Sensational Space Shifters.

Reception

''Carry Fire'' received positive reviews from critics. On

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, the album holds a score of 84/100 based on 15 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". The album was selected as the 37th best album of 2017 by Rolling Stone magazine. The album was honoured as the best selling UK Americana album at the 2018 UK Americana Awards.

Track listing

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Personnel

Musicians *

– vocals, production *The Sensational Space Shifters (as backing band): **

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- guitar, oud ** Liam "Skin" Tyson - guitar **John Baggott - keyboards **Billy Fuller - bass guitar **Dave Smith - drums *

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– viola, fiddle *Redi Hasa – cello *

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- vocals

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References

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