The Principle of Moments

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

With The Principle of Moments, Robert Plant released his second solo album in 1983, after Pictures at Eleven. Swan Song no longer existed, so he started a label of his own, Es Paranza, which was distributed through Atlantic. Phil Collins again played drums on five of the eight tracks, Barriemore Barlow, formerly of Jethro Tull, on two. On the closing track Big Log, Gerald Woodroffe programmed a drum machine, the Roland TR-808.

Like its predecessor, the sound departed from the hard rock of Led Zeppelin. Other Arms was the most popular song on American album rock radio and reached number one on the Billboard Top Tracks. Big Log became his first solo hit in the American top 40. The album reached the American and British top 10. A tour followed in 1983, on which Collins was the band's drummer in North America.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Other Arms4:22Apple Music ↗
2. 2In the Mood5:23Apple Music ↗
3. 3Messin' With the Mekon4:40Apple Music ↗
4. 4Wreckless Love5:16Apple Music ↗
5. 5Thru' With the Two Step5:35Apple Music ↗
6. 6Horizontal Departure4:21Apple Music ↗
7. 7Stranger Here...Than Over There4:19Apple Music ↗
8. 8Big Log5:05Apple Music ↗
9. 9In the Mood (Live In Houston, TX 1983)7:36Apple Music ↗
10. 10Thru' With the Two Step (Live In Houston, TX 1983)11:09Apple Music ↗
11. 11Lively Up Yourself (Live In Houston, TX 1983)3:02Apple Music ↗
12. 12Turnaround (Studio Version)4:55Apple Music ↗

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