Raising Sand
by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

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Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Year: 2007
Release date: 2007-10-23
Overall rank: 1,624th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 255 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2007 (30th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (258th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,624th)

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Robert Plant & Alison Krauss bestography

Raising Sand is ranked as the best album by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss.

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Raising Sand rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,624th | 2000s rank: 258th | 2007 rank: 30th  Overall chart history
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74/100 (from 255 votes)
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 !		07/25/2026 09:07 MetalMan67  Ratings distribution  6,25071/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.


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From 03/01/2017 20:50 | #186619 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
It is album that takes five to six listening before it start to grow on you. Possible not my favourite type of music, but still some lovely tunes on it. I intended to buy Robert Plant album but heard positive reviews about the album,and i bought it. No regrets overall, beautiful harmony and singing on the tracks. (Edited)
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From 11/30/2014 11:53 | #128318 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Even though it won Album of the Year at the 2009 Grammy Awards, I think it's a very underrated record and should be getting a lot more love.
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From 07/03/2016 11:06 | #170384 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A lovely collobaration. Raising sand, is full of excellent songs sung perfectly by Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. Some beautiful songs in, killing the blues, stick with me baby, and Tom Waits', trampled rose. Nothing is overdone, everything is just about right. A pleasant surprise that basically gave Robert Plant's solo career a much needed shot in the arm.
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From 05/27/2015 23:16 | #142515 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Very cool record featuring two of the best voices around.
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From 12/26/2025 22:55 | #312330 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Tranquil laid back flow to this with a variety of styles but mainly the Alison fronted tracks being of a country flavor. A bit of bluegrass, the track 'Nothin' even having a Black Seeds feel to it. Overall it's alright but personally, I had higher expectations. (Edited)
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