Fate of Nations is Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant's sixth studio album. It was released in 1993 and re-released in a remastered edition on March 20, 2007. It features former Cutting Crew guitarist Kevin Scott MacMichael. The lead singer of Clannad, Máire Brennan is featured on the track "Come into my Life". The song "I Believe" is a tribute to his late son, Karac.
Plant explained his album in the following terms:
“ From the very beginning of this project, around January 1991, right after the...
Fate of Nations is Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant's sixth studio album. It was released in 1993 and re-released in a remastered edition on March 20, 2007. It features former Cutting Crew guitarist Kevin Scott MacMichael. The lead singer of Clannad, Máire Brennan is featured on the track "Come into my Life". The song "I Believe" is a tribute to his late son, Karac.
Plant explained his album in the following terms:
“ From the very beginning of this project, around January 1991, right after the Manic Nirvana tour, I knew what I was going to do: go back into my past, listening to [Moby] Grape, the [Jefferson] Airplane, Tim Hardin, Quicksilver, Traffic, and other turning-point artists in rock. These people were trying to tell the listener something, joining various traditions, with the sense of a quest being insinuated and bandied in their acoustic and electronic themes. I'm also proud of what I've attempted to do lyrically [on the album], trying to tell vivid tales that come from a hearty tradition of prose. [1] ”
The album was Plant's last completely solo album until his comeback with his seventh studio album Dreamland in 2002.
Track listing
"Calling to You" (Chris Blackwell, Robert Plant) – 5:48
"Down to the Sea" (Charlie Jones, Plant) – 4:00
"Come into my Life" (Blackwell, Doug Boyle, Kevin MacMichael, Plant) – 6:32
"I Believe" (Phil Johnstone, Plant) – 4:32
"29 Palms" (Blackwell, Boyle, Johnstone, Jones, Plant) – 4:51
"Memory Song (Hello Hello)" (Boyle, Jonstone, Jones, Plant) – 5:22
"If I Were a Carpenter" (Tim Hardin) – 3:45
"Colours of a Shade" (Plant, Johnstone, Blackwell, Allock) - 4:43 (UK edition. Also bonus track on some editions)
"Promised Land" (Johnstone, Plant) – 4:59
"The Greatest Gift" (Blackwell, Jonstone, Jones, MacMichael, Plant) – 6:51
"Great Spirit" (Johnstone, MacMichael, Plant) – 5:27
"Network News" (Blackwell, Plant) – 6:40
Musicians
Robert Plant
Kevin Scott MacMichael - Guitars, Backing Vocals
Oliver J. Woods - Guitars
Charlie Jones - Bass
Chris Hughes - Drums
Pete Thompson - Drums
Nigel Kennedy - Violin
Richard Thompson - Guitar
Francis Dunnery - Guitar
Phil Johnstone - Harmonium
Nigel Eaton - Hurdy Gurdy
Marie Brennan - Backing Vocals
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