Outrider [Import]

Jimmy Page | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 19, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal I.S.
• ASIN: B000000OYQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,772 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #30 in Music > Imports > Classic Rock
  • #59 in Music > Rock > Rock Guitarists > Guitar Gods
  • #89 in Music > Imports > Rock

Editorial Reviews

Out of print in the U.S.! Though he'd been a professional musician for over two decades, Outrider was the first official solo album by former Led Zeppelin guitar legend. The album showcases Page's unique style that charmed the pants off of Zep fans for a decade. Speaking of Zep, both Robert Plant and Jason Bonham (John's son) make appearances on the album alongside Chris Farlowe, John Miles, Tony Franklin and others. Features nine tracks including 'Wasting My Time', 'The Only One' and the beautiful 'Emerald Eyes'. Universal.

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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MOTTSIDER, August 24, 2001

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Kim Fletcher (Pattaya, Chonburi Thailand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Outrider (Audio CD)

For those dogs that like their Led Zeppelin without any frills, this is the bone for you. Years after the tragic end to Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page released Outrider to very little fanfare, but if guitar rock is your thing, then this is definetly one for you, not a single keyboard used, and don't let that fool you into thinking the sound isn't full, think again this is Mr. Jimmy Page we're talking about here. Jason Bonham occupies the drum stool for seven of the nine tracks, and a more than adequate job he does of it to, you can never compare two musicians fairly, but let us just say that his father would have been more than proud. To these floppy ears it's the instrumentals on the album that really take the biscuit, showing the likes of Eric Johnson & Kenny Wayne Shepherd how to play with flash but keep it interesting. Although all the songs sound as if they have been recorded by a band who've known each other for years, actually Jimmy uses 2 drummers, 3 bassists & spread over the 6 vocal tracks 3 vocalists, the very underrated John Miles (he of "music" fame) handles the first brace with his usual aplomb. Chris Farlowe ("Tears Go By", Atomic Rooster & Colosseum) takes the final curtain calls, when he engagingly stutters his opening delivery of "I've be a b-b-b-b-b-bad b-boy and I've been a bad boy all night long" you can actually hear him smirk & wink over Page's bleeding electric guitar, of course after this the lyrics descend even further into bloke rock, and the guys seem to be having the time of their lives. The final vocalist used is of course Jimmy Page's old sparring partner, Percy himself Mr. Robert Plant, and it's a credit to the other two that this song is not the stand out track of the album, I think that has to go to the 12-bar of "Prison Blues", if Mott could get his paws round a guitar neck, this is the way he'd play guitar, with legs astride, head thrown back, in front of 250,000 screaming women. As in the last quote this album may be a little self indulgent, but they sure don't make albums like this anymore, and to make sure it was just right Jimmy Page even produced the whole thing himself. If you still not convinced, try lending an ear to Jimmy Page's latest release with the Black Crowes where he revamps his old Led Zeppelin Catalogue as well as bashing through some old chestnuts. Listen & Believe. Mott the Dog.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars He's smokes on this album...., March 5, 2006

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William Slack "spiderfingers" (michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Outrider (Audio CD)

All right, anytime there is a review of Jimmy Page you have to tread lightly, especially the post-Zep stuff. Well, I'm here to tell you that this album is very, very tasty. Great chops displayed here throughout, any serious fan of Zep or Pagey's playing needs this in their collection.

I don't know what it is, but the man has the tone of the ages, my favorite for sure. Wow. This album is worth it for Prison Blues alone, and I'm seeing it for sale used at .99 cents, come one! No brainer. Prison Blues is blues as only Pagey can play it, "somewhere left of heaven" as Plant described it once.

Great to hear Plant and Page together on one song as well. Highlights for me are Prison Blues, Emerald Eyes, Liquid Mercury, and the Plant and Page collaboration The Only One.

Play this loud, you won't be disappointed. Check out The Firm albums as well, and while you're at it pick up The Black Crowes collaboration with Pagey. Thanks Jimmy, we love ya!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If I wanted Led Zeppelin......, November 2, 2002

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thatlisagirl (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Outrider (Audio CD)

I have been reading these reviews totally slamming this album. Like Robert Plant, Jimmy Page is NOT Led Zeppelin, these two are halves of the whole that was Led Zeppelin. If that is what you want to hear, PLAY A ZEPPELIN ALBUM for God's sake! I bought this album when it first came out and loved it for what it was. I liked the instrumentals in particular. I got to meet Jimmy Page when he went on tour in Atlanta (he is so little) and experiencing this concert was so amazing. He is a master improvisationalist and quite a showman, even when/if he goofs up. I am not writing this review to review the concert, but the Outrider album.

While I had never heard of John Miles or Chris Farley, the vocals fit for the songs they sang on this album. This album, for the time, had fresh sound and clear direction in the production. "The Writes of Winter", "Prison Blues" and "Emerald Eyes" are my favorite tracks. Robert Plant, I do admit, does sound hurried in "The Only One", and Chris Farley does an excellent job in "My Hummingbird". My least favorite track is "Blues Anthem", it sounded too main stream. All in all, its a good album with more of a vocal effort than with "The Firm". Jimmy doesn't do too well with musicians and vocalists that don't improvise; these guys did in concert, and that is all that mattered at the time. Thumbs up!