Smoothed Out
T-Bone Burnett production with guitar duties by the likes of Marc Ribot, Bill Frisell and Buddy Miller - so the backdrop to the vocalists' generally harmonised sharing is atmospheric and sometimes haunting, Plant usually softened to coalesce with Krauss, certainly on the opening two songs, and more prominant on Go Your Way as they work through further nuances in the partnership. These are Americana arrangements, and as such a gentle swathe of sound with echoing guitar always lurking suggestively. Old-school rock'n'roll is burnished through songs like Trouble with My Lover and Seraching forMy Love. Early favourites are It Don't Bother Me and the stunning harmony on Last Kind Word Blues; a popular cover will be The Price of Love. Polished, and pleasantly so.
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