Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar
by Robert Plant
  • Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Release Date: Sep 9, 2014
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 32 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 32
  3. Negative: 2 out of 32
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  1. Thekeith
    Sep 15, 2014
    4
    It's tough for me to accept the reality that is Robert Plant , now. I expect more from him. This album is an effortless journey into a slumber, where me, the listener keeps hoping for a slight jolt of excitement from one of the masters of the past. Nope. It's exactly what it claims to be, a Lullaby, but with an absent "Roar" there's no "Roar" here. It's all Lullaby, and that's fine.It's tough for me to accept the reality that is Robert Plant , now. I expect more from him. This album is an effortless journey into a slumber, where me, the listener keeps hoping for a slight jolt of excitement from one of the masters of the past. Nope. It's exactly what it claims to be, a Lullaby, but with an absent "Roar" there's no "Roar" here. It's all Lullaby, and that's fine. I felt let down. Like a first date with a girl that brags about her oral skills, only to find she was literally referring to her speaking skills. There was no oral fun.
    This is like that date. You are all ready for "Robert Plant" the elder statesman of rock, but you get Robert Plan the elder statesman of elder. I don't know if I will play this one again, until I too become elder, much elder.    … Expand

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Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Dec 18, 2014
    80
    It's one in which Plant makes precious few concessions to what's expected of him, and it's all the richer for it. [Sep 2014, p.92]
  2. PopMatters
    Sep 22, 2014
    60
    On Lullaby, the vocalist and songwriter certainly makes good on that declaration, his refreshing lack of desperation taking shape in a melting pot of Americana, new age and electronic music.
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  3. Record Collector
    Sep 17, 2014
    80
    It’s an ethereal, atmospheric set, though the busyness of the band has the occasional tendency to swamp the songs, the singer’s emotive power at its most affecting on the stripped-bare stately piano ballad A Stolen Kiss.
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