Robert Plant Songs Ranked
Robert Anthony Plant CBE (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin.
Plant enjoyed great success with Led Zeppelin from the late 1960s to the end of the 1970s. He developed a compelling image as the charismatic rock-and-roll front man, similar to contemporaries such as Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, Roger Daltrey of the Who, Jim Morrison of the Doors, and Freddie Mercury of Queen. With his mane of long blond hair and powerful, bare-chested appearance, Plant helped to create the “god of rock and roll” or “rock god” archetype. Although Led Zeppelin dissolved in 1980, Plant occasionally collaborated with Jimmy Page on various projects through this period, including forming a short-lived all-star group with Page and Jeff Beck in 1984, called the Honeydrippers. They released an album called The Honeydrippers: Volume One, and the band had a No. 3 hit with a remake of Phil Phillips’ tune “Sea of Love”, plus a follow-up hit with a cover of Roy Brown’s “Rockin’ at Midnight”.
A powerful and wide vocal range (particularly evident in his high-registered vocals) has given Plant a successful singing career spanning over 50 years. In 2008, Rolling Stone editors ranked him number 15 on their list of the 100 best singers of all time. In 2011, Rolling Stone readers ranked Plant the greatest of all lead singers. In 2006, Hit Parader magazine named Plant the “Greatest Metal Vocalist of All Time”. In 2009, Plant was voted “the greatest voice in rock” in a poll conducted by Planet Rock. Here are all of Robert Plant’s songs ranked.
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20. If I Were a Carpenter (Reach Out, 1968)
“It’s a great cover song. Roberts version is my favorite by far my favorite. There will never be another artist as great as Robert Plant!”
19. Tie Dye on the Highway (Manic Nirvana, 1990)
“The melancholic “Tie Dye On The Highway” is a hark back to an acid drenched Woodstock festival, complete with samples from that day including MC talk about breakfast for whatever amount of people were there on those days.”
18. Sea of Love (The Honeydrippers: Volume One, 1984)
“If you’re into the big band swing era sound mixed with the 80’s pop style as well as enjoy the voice of former Led Zeppelin’s lead singer Robert Plant…plus you love a good love song, you’ll find yourself a new old love song.”
17. Wreckless Love (The Principle of Moments, 1983)
“Probably about love at first sight or just plain old getting caught in the moment and just rolling with it, if that makes any sense.”
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16. Worse Than Detroit (Pictures at Eleven, 1982)
“The title of the song (apparently) comes from a line in the 1980 movie, “Airplane!” Main character Ted Stryker is describing bar he frequented during the war: “It was a rough place – the seediest dive on the wharf. Populated with every reject and cutthroat from Bombay to Calcutta. It’s worse than Detroit.”
15. Tall Cool One (Now and Zen, 1988)
“Outside of perhaps the Honey Drippers project, this is possibly Robert Palmer’s most blatant attempt at getting a hit single. (And yes, I’m including “All My Love”.) Despite this, and despite what should’ve been the fatal idea of sampling Led Zeppelin tracks…the damn thing rocks hard and is a blast to listen to. The completely-falling-apart ending is icing on the cake.”
14. Burning Down One Side (Pictures at Eleven, 1982)
“I’m surprised this isn’t the top pick for best post-Zeppelin songs from Robert Plant. “Burning Down One Side” is smokin hot! One of Robert Plant’s few notable solo songs because it sounds like Led Zeppelin.”
13. Pink and Black (Shaken ‘n’ Stirred, 1985)
“I love the beat and tempo, I wish this song was more commercialized, it is that good! Robert Plant’s strangest, most bizarre and experimental album by far. Sometimes this just get weird.”
12. Like I’ve Never Been Gone (Pictures at Eleven, 1982)
“The gentler more bluesy ‘Like I’ve Never Been Gone’ which displays the natural talent in Plant’s voice. This is some of the best work Plant ever did, and yes that includes Zep. Its a little more Pop than you Zep fans might be used to, but these guys are killing it! Easily one of my favorite albums of all time.”
11. Colours of a Shade (Fate of Nations, 1993)
“‘Colours of a Shade’ starts off with an almost spanish guitar intro from Allcock who also plays mandolin again and Aeolian pipes along with Chris Hughes. All this provides an extremely atmospheric, almost ethnic and beautiful backing for another sublime Plant vocal.”
10. Heaven Knows (Now and Zen, 1988)
“It seems the 80s was when Mr Plant chose to take a turn for the willfully obscure, supported by music that kept up with the times without ever really feeling like bandwagoning. He must have been doing something right, because I still enjoy puzzling over lines like “you were pumping iron while I was pumping irony” decades later.”
9. The Greatest Gift (Fate of Nations, 1993)
“The lyrics throughout giving rare glimpses into the mans soul and inner feelings on a variety of subjects. The posturing rock God and hiding behind Tolkien themes and imagery is long gone and what we have here is an artist reaching into the very depths of their being and laying it out there for all to see and it is indeed the greatest gift he can give us.”
8. Mystery Title (Pictures at Eleven, 1982)
“To guarantee the unconditional adhesion of the old followers, most of the writing moves within the classic canons of the Zeppelin, whether in the Afunkalhado “Mystery Title” where in line with the unstoppable dynamics fed by a whirlwind of riffs and meshes Plant’s excited interpretation is in no way due to the glory of the past”
7. In the Mood (The Principle of Moments, 1983)
“Can this be termed ambient-pop? It’s got hooks and a melody, but the whole thing just sort of floats in and floats out. The mildly-discordant two-note part both signals its arrival and announces its departure, and everything in between kind of sounds like something you chanced to overhear, rather than a purposely-written-and-recorded song. The “any song you want to sing” verse doesn’t quite measure up to the others, but that’s a quibble. Like a pleasant inner-tube journey through classic rock waters.”
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6. Rainbow (Lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar, 2014)
“For is not the hard rock we are accustomed to seeing Robert sing, it really is a very relaxing soothing song to listen to. Best song of him out of led zeppelin, I wonder how he has a very good voice even at that age “
5. Ship of Fools (Now and Zen, 1988)
“This has been one of my all time favorite songs since way back in the day. Absolutely Beautiful guitar and lyrics. Robert Plants voice is perfect in this song. Listen to it and see for yourself.”
4. Moonlight In Samosa (Pictures at Eleven, 1982)
“A lot of Robert Plant’s songs are just phenomenal. He just doesn’t disappoint. MUST listen to and try it for yourself.
3. 29 Palms (Fate of Nations, 1993)
“‘I’m not a big fan of Robert Plant – or even Led Zeppelin, for that matter. But “29 Palms” has a kind of “pull” in it for me. I guess being somewhat familiar with a place that, until recently, only lizards and Marines would choose to live in, I was drawn to a story of love in the California desert. There is an element of mystery (despite Plant’s English accent pronunciation of “palms” as “params”) that holds through the song. You look for a clue to the girl’s identity, but “the voice on the radio” is all you have. Supposedly it was singer Alannah Myles, but the listener can put anyone’s face to the words. This was, is, and will continue to be an alluring and enduring song.
2. Little by Little (Shaken ‘n’ Stirred, 1985)
“Little by little does the trick.” Good background music for work. Sixes & Sevens” is the other really good cut from this album. Some of Robert Plant’s finest work.”
1. Big Log (The Principle of Moments, 1983)
“This song make me feel more alive, thanks Mr. Robert Anthony Plant for this awesome song and awesome guitar but the guitarist for this song is unknown and ‘Big Log’ is featured in Grand Theft Auto V Los Santos Rock Radio. Just listen to this and Mr. Plant’s more stuff.”