''The Principle of Moments'' is the second solo studio album by the English singer Robert Plant, formerly of

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. It was Plant's second Top 10 album in the US and UK. It also gave him his first solo

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". The most popular track on

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", which reached number-one on the '' Billboard''

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' drummer Phil Collins played drums for five of the album's eight songs (as he did on '' Pictures at Eleven''). On the other two tracks former Jethro Tull drummer

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performed. On the closing track "Big Log", Gerald Woodroffe programmed a Roland TR-808 drum machine. Like Plant's debut solo studio album, ''Pictures at Eleven'' (1982), the songs departed from the hard rock sound of Led Zeppelin. Following the strength of these albums, Plant launched a successful tour in 1983. Phil Collins was the drummer for Plant's band for the North American portion of the tour. Collins was content to perform in the background, despite his own enormous success as a solo artist and with Genesis at the time. Little Feat's

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played drums for the remaining dates.

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released a remastered edition of the album, with bonus tracks, on 3 April 2007.

Promotional music videos

The

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for "Big Log" was shot at the following locations: Crystal Road, Crystal, Nevada (gas station sequences), the Amargosa Opera House, Death Valley Junction, California (driving and "feather" sequence), Calico School House (

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) Yermo, California (schoolhouse sequence),

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, Las Vegas, Nevada (pool sequence). The bar sequence is believed to have been shot at a small bar in Shoshone, California (now the Crow Bar Cafe & Saloon), though this is unconfirmed. A video for "In the Mood" was also produced

Tour

In 1983, Robert Plant went on a tour to promote the album, starting on 26 August in Peoria, Illinois, and ending on 1 October in

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Track listing

*Live tracks: recorded in

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, Texas in 1983.

Personnel

* Robert Plant – lead vocals and

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–

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s * Gerald Woodroffe – synthesizers, Roland TR-808 on track 8 *

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–

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* Phil Collins – drums, except 4, 7, and 8 (incl. bonus tracks) *

– drums on tracks 4 and 7 * John David – backing vocals *Ray Martinez – backing vocals

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

*
Rockfield Studios
*Discography on th

(not an official site)
Big Log video
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