''Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar'' (stylized as ''lullaby and…The Ceaseless Roar'') is the tenth solo album by English rock singer

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. It was released on 8 September 2014 on

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. It was also Plant's first studio album with his backing band the Sensational Space Shifters, although the band is not credited on the front cover.

Critical reception

''Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar'' received acclaim by the majority of music critics. At

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, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from a selection of critics, the album received an

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score of 81, based on 23 reviews. The album was named one of the 50 best albums of 2014 by NPR Music.

Track listing

: – derived from the

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song "Po' Howard" (Huddie Ledbetter,

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); also incorporates lyrics and melody from "Wah Wah", from the album '' No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded''. Sources:

Personnel

;Musicians *

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

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– bendirs, djembe, guitars, tehardant, background vocals ** Liam "Skin" Tyson – banjo, guitar, background vocals. **John Baggott – keyboards, loops, moog bass, piano, tabla, background vocals **

Juldeh Camara Juldeh Camara (born 1966, Basse, Gambia) is a griot, as well as an internationally followed blues musician and recording artist who has appeared on 21 albums. He is known for his instrumental virtuosity and for his collaborations with European, ...

– kologo, ritti, Fulani vocals **Billy Fuller – bass, drum programming, omnichord, upright bass **Dave Smith – drum set * Julie Murphy – vocals on "Embrace Another Fall" *Nicola Powell – background vocals on "Poor Howard" ;Production *Tim Oliver – recording, mixing *Tim Holmes – recording * Tchad Blake – mixing *

Bob Ludwig Robert C. Ludwig (born c. 1945) is an American mastering engineer. He has mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists including Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Qu ...

– mastering *Brett Kilroe and Geoffrey Hanson – art direction Source:

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