Customer Reviews

Coverdale & Page

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4 star:		(28)
3 star:		(10)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

The collaboration of Led-Zepster Jimmy Page and Whitesnake voice David Coverdale was a good idea. The album resutled in terrific songs both lyrically and musically, for both artists. Page hasn't played that kind of guitar since Led Zep's House album and Coverdale's voice has never sounded better(he can't help it sounding like Plant). The lyrics are strong and deep, and the music is powerful. Rockers such as Shake My Tree, Waiting On You, Pride and Joy, and Feeling Hot offer a fresh blast of Page's guitar, who still can rock. On the lighter side, this album offers up some incredible slow-bluesier rockers such as Take Me For A Little While and Over Now, both of which are fantastic. Other great songs include Take A Look at Yourself and Absolution Blues. All-in-all this album is a classic, it's overlooked by some fans of both Coverdale and Page, and was ripped apart by alot of critics. Actually this is some of the best the two have ever done, and with every listen it gets better and better, and you wish these two guys could have done more together.

This is just a really nice cd. If you are open minded,you will find a lot of great things in this world. If you close it up,you'll let the critics indoctrinate your whole life. No comparison to Zep or snake here. This is what you get if you mix the talents of David Coverdale & Jimmy Page.Period. Even Paul Rogers says"If the FIRM did'nt work out,at least the rest of my life I can tell people I was in a band with Jimmy Page." How many critics can say that? All through this cd you can hear Jimmy interweave his guitar parts into something magical. Davids voice sounds shot in a few places. But he is his own man,And doesn't need to copy any one. He already proved that on the Deep Purple album BURN. All songs are different in nature. My faverite though is Absolution Blues. Came out the same year as Plants cd, Fate Of Nations,They are both the real McCoy in the world of rock&roll.The only comparason you can find here is they were two of the best cds to come out in 1993.(not a great year for most.LOL.) I was looking forward to seeing this tour also but never got the chance. This is a one time only cd project. If you want to compare it with Snake or Zep. Go ahead! But rememmber in the early seventys. Anybody who played guitar with any kind of testical fortatude was criticized as being a Hendrix clone. So you probly never heard of Marino or Trower. This is a very original cd. makes a great x-mas gift. THANK YOU!

Coverdale sounds like Plant... blah blah blah. Man, if there's one guy who could have pulled these vocals, it's Coverdale. By this point, Plant had resigned himself to hippie coffee shop dookie and this album calls for lungs of hell! Enter Coverdale, yes a man who has taken a giant bite out of Plant's ass for the majority of his career but name one other person that can ape a style this well while and still, in my opion, cut his own cloth. This album is PURE ROCK. There's songs for drinking with the bros (if you can get them to shut up about how this album "sucks"), songs to shut your woman up, songs to smoke cigarettes by yourself late at night to, etc. This album has been completely overlooked simply because of the names attached. Just get it, go out to a rock show parking lot, open up all your car doors, throw some burgers on the mini-grill, crack a beer, smoke and turn people on to this great epic of a ninties rock release. I can bet you that it'll be better than whatever concert you're going to in this new decade. And yes, it is better than some of the later Zep albums. Don't hate me.

This cd has been getting slagged for 12 years now by people w/tin ears who sadly live so deeply in the past that they cannot get out. Since the day that I purchased my "first" copy of C/P in '93 I have had to defend it. Quite simply, I shouldn't have to. Anyone with any self respect should be able to hear the awesome tracks on this disc and judge them with an open mind. Face it, Zep died because of Robert Plant, period. His gigantic ego did them in. Bonham's death dealt them a helluva blow, but had Robert Plant not been already itching to be on his own, they could've carried on w/some dignity. It took this cd (Coverdale/Page) to wake this old, has-been up to reality. His career has blown chunks since he left Zep in the dust to do his pathetic solo thing. I guarantee he heard Pride and Joy and his mission was clear, destroy Coverdale/Page, reclaim his past glory because he heard Jimmys' awesome playing and David's great vocals and his ego couldn't take it. The result: a pathetic "reunion" without J.P Jones that reeked of what? Plants ego. Get over it. This cd was awesome. Get it, but don't bother if you're scared of admitting that Page moved on very well, and Plant destroyed it by promising a zep reunion of sorts and pissed it away w/ that awful "No Quarter" disaster.

I remember the day this came out. I ran to record store to snag this. I remember a Nirvana mall rat looking at me like I was a dinosaur buying garbage while they held on to thier precious flavor of the moment "Nevermind" CD at the counter... thats off subject though.

This CD had curious anticipation going at its release. Many Zep fans were curious and nervous after all how could Jimmy work with HIM? Whitesnake fans were more receptive to it. I am a fan of both bands. So it was a easy acceptance for me.

When I got it home, it definitely had some Physical Graffiti moments. Its production reminded very of the in-your-face mix of PG. Which, is a good thing.

As a other reviewer said the first 5 songs mesh and flow well. Only when you hit "Feeling Hot" does your filler radar light up. The syrupy "Take A look at yourself" is rather generic and doesn't go really anywhere. That brings the album down a notch for the blatant AC/crossover attempt.

Overall, I must say the best song on the album are:
Take Me For A Little While
Pride and Joy
Shake My Tree
Over Now
Don't Leave Me This Way

David Coverdale sounds his best since the early 1980s era of Whitesnake. He has a more rough edge to his voice. Which works well against Jimmy Page's guitar. Oh, yes and for the record Coverdale sounds 100 times better than the high and mighty Messrs "I have no voice left" Plant did then (1993) and today. Walking into Clarksdale proved Plant's shot voice.

If you want to see hear what could've been for both of these musicians listen here. The substance was there. Sadly, like a battered spouse Jimmy ran back to Plant at first opportunity. Thus relegating this to "one off" which is something it didn't deserve. Pity too, it appears this album is out of print.

Item of interest here - there is unreleased track David Coverdale has talked about in interviews since this release called "Saccharin." Its a leftover from the sessions He has it on his website. I really recommend it. Jimmy's riff is classic Pagey. Very edgey with some interesting tones on the guitar solo. This track may have been a true jumping off point for what could have been.

If your choice is the Unledded Disc, Walking Into Clarksdale P/P album or this monster. Go here - Without a doubt this is Jimmy's best work of the 1990s.

Highly under appreciated one-time joint effort by two of rock's all time great icons.With better marketing,I always believed this CD could've done much better than it did.Biggest dissapointment for me,personally was that their U.S. tour was totally scapped.There are several moments on 'Coverdale/Page' where it sounds nearly identical to mid-'70's Zeppelin.In my humble opinion,it's better than any Whitesnake album,that's for sure.Best cuts include the opener "Shake The Tree","Waiting On You","Pride And Joy"(remember the video for this song?),"Feeling Hot" and "Absolution Blues".There are two ballads here "Take Me For A Little While" and "Take A Look At Yourself".Worthy back catalog title that's STILL cool to listen to.

One can never know whether this was an attempt to relive past glories,but one thing is sure:this is one brilliant album where the chemistry between Page and Coverdale is hard to understate.Coverdale's voice is a tad lower than usual which fits very well the bluesy overtones of this album,coming across as a curious,yet surprisingly pleasant hybrid of old-school Whitesnake with the mighty Zep.Strangely enough,Page abstains from soloing,making concessions to the overall structure of the songs,but this doesn't take away anything from the power and majesty of this album.A magical combination indeed.

The best Hard Rock album of the early nineties.Coverdale can scream like Hell and his tone goes from sandpaper to as good as Plant ever was.Lets not forget no Hard Rock vocalist his age should sound this good.Page is right on the money, his best metal playing ever, timing and touch are perfect.Production is flawless.An overlooked Metal Classic.What ties it all together is the strength of the compostions.If you have interest in Hard Rock or Metal, this must be part of your collection.

Heh, this album gets a mixed reaction. Some see Coverdale as a Robert Plant clone. At times, that seems to be the case. Then again, Jimmy sometimes seems to be copping Zeppelin material (one track resembles a portion of "In My Time of Dying" and another has a synth that suspiciously acts like "Kashmir" every now and then). But don't let this fool you. As far as rock albums go, this is a pretty decent example of one. Sometimes the drums are too loud (something I hate in 80s rock). Sometimes there are interminable power ballads that just bore you to do death. Perfectly typical in rock albums. Fine. But then, sometimes, chemistry happens and you get some fan-freakin'-tastic rock and roll. The hammer of the gods, albeit somewhat rusty, still has the potential to bring forth a most righteous smackdown on the unbelievers.

Hightlights include: "Shake my Tree," "Feeling Hot" (this track is practically G'n'R) and "Absolution Blues."

I'd suggest that if you like Zeppelin, Whitesnake and late-80s rock, you should get this eventually; sure, there's sap and prototypical hair-metal wankery that's devoid of real flavour, but the golden moments more than make up for it.

Professional critics get paid to sound like a stomach ache, and they're just doing their job when this album is given the pooh-pooh. Coverdale/Page is a marvelous meeting of two talented and durable artists who created an unequalled recording. The chemistry between the two blossom in this work, as if they were boosting each other to their best efforts. Best efforts lead to pleased customers, and I suspect the majority of customers like the range of songs in this recording. Buy the CD.

Every song is different. You can hear the style of each star individually, and at the same time you hear the combination, different than anything each has done by himself before. Probably the best illustration of this individual/combination is "Take Me for a Little While," an especially nice piece. This album is going to be a classic.