Carry Fire is the eleventh solo studio album by English rock singer, songwriter and musician Robert Plant, released on 13 October 2017 on Nonesuch/Warner Bros. Records.[4][5][6] It was also Plant's second studio album with his backing band the Sensational Space Shifters,[1][2][3] although the band is not credited on the front cover.

Carry Fire
Studio album by
Released13 October 2017 (2017-10-13)[1][2][3]
RecordedThe Attic Studio, Bristol
The Bee Barn, Bala
Billy Fuller's Home Studio, Bristol
Black Earth Studios, Bath
Real World Studios, Box, Wiltshire, England
Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales
Genre
Length49:05
LabelNonesuch/Warner Bros.
ProducerRobert Plant[3]
Robert Plant chronology
Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar
(2014)
Carry Fire
(2017)
Digging Deep: Subterranea
(2020)
Singles from Carry Fire
  1. "The May Queen"
    Released: 18 August 2017
  2. "Bones of Saints"
    Released: 1 September 2017
  3. "Bluebirds Over the Mountain"
    Released: 26 September 2017

Reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [8]
American Songwriter     [9]
Clash8/10[10]
Classic Rock     [11]
Exclaim!7/10[12]
The Independent     [13]
The Observer     [14]
Paste7.8/10[15]
PopMatters          [16]
Record Collector     [17]
Slant Magazine     [18]
Under the Radar          [19]

Carry Fire received positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 84/100 based on 15 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[7] The album was selected as the 37th best album of 2017 by Rolling Stone magazine.[20] The album was honoured as the best selling UK Americana album at the 2018 UK Americana Awards.[citation needed]

Track listing

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Source:[1][3][21]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The May Queen"Robert Plant, Justin Adams, John Baggott, Billy Fuller, Liam Tyson4:14
2."New World..."Plant, Baggott, Fuller, Dave Smith, Tyson3:29
3."Season's Song"Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Tyson4:19
4."Dance with You Tonight"Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson4:48
5."Carving up the World Again... A Wall and Not a Fence"Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Tyson3:55
6."A Way with Words"Plant, Adams, Baggott5:18
7."Carry Fire"Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson5:28
8."Bones of Saints"Plant, Adams, Fuller, Smith, Tyson3:47
9."Keep It Hid"Plant, Adams, Baggott4:07
10."Bluebirds over the Mountain" (featuring Chrissie Hynde[3])Ersel Hickey4:58
11."Heaven Sent"Plant, Adams, Baggott, Fuller, Smith, Tyson4:39
Total length:49:05

Personnel

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Musicians

Charts

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References

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