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Our 10 Most Rocking Robert Plant Solo Songs article presents a showcase of Robert Plant’s most roaring numbers he released during the post-Led Zeppelin years. It includes songs from all of his solo albums and a few of his side projects, including The Honeydrippers and the one Robert Plant Jimmy Page album called Walking into Clarksdale. We did not include anything from his collaboration with Alison Krauss as we feel that’s sort of a separate entity within itself. One that we really enjoy.
Robert Plant has spent most of his solo career trying to separate himself from his Led Zeppelin days. You can’t blame him, he is a musical artist who had a lot more to say. So far, since the breakup of Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant has released eleven studio albums. While we’ve done multiple Robert Plant articles on this site, this is our first one that just looks at his most rocking songs of a solo career. We had a lot of fun doing this one.
# 10 – Shine It All Around – Mighty ReArranger
We open up our top 10 Robert Plant rocking songs list with a great one from his album Mighty ReArranger. That album was released in 2005. It was Robert Plant’s 8th solo album. It’s hard to believe that the record is almost 20 years old. Where does the time go? Phil Johnston produced the album. It’s a nice mid-tempo track with a great loud drum played by Clive Dreamer. The song also features Justin Adams on guitar, John Baggett on keyboards, Billy Fuller on base, and Liam Skin Tyson on acoustic guitar. The song was written by Justin Adams, John Baggett, Robert Plant, and Liam Skin Tyson.
# 9 – 29 Palms’ – Fate Of Nations
We continue our Robert Plant rocking songs list with a track from our favorite solo Robert Plant album, Fate of Nations. This is a driving mid-temp rock and roll song, which one can definitely get the sense of if they watch the video as it opens up with a clip of the open road. It’s pretty enjoyable watching these old Robert Plant videos and seeing a man who was such a mystery to so many of us in the 70s showcasing himself in some modern rock videos. Fate of Nations was released in 1993 during the grunge era.
# 8 – Rocking At Midnight (The Honeydrippers) –
In 1984, Robert Plant released an album called The Honeydrippers Volume 1. This was not really a Robert Plant solo album but rather a project that was led by Robert Plant and included his old buddy Jimmy Page, the legendary Jeff Beck, Mr Paul Shaffer from the David Letterman show that we all used to watch every night, and the great producer and songwriter Nile Rodgers of Chic Fame. None of the songs on the album are originals. They were all remakes of very popular ’50s and ’60s rock songs and R&B tunes. The big hit from the album was, of course, a remake of “Sea of Love;’ however, the closer Rocking at Midnight is the song that we’ve chosen to represent this interesting outlier in Robert Plant’s solo career.
# 7 – Most High (Plant / Page) – Walking Into Clarksdale
Continuing with this list once again, we pick out a song from another album that’s not officially a Robert Plant solo album. This is as close as we ever got to a Led Zeppelin reunion that released new music. Although, of course, it’s only featuring half of Led Zeppelin in Robert Plant and Jimmy Page as John Paul Jones is nowhere to be found on the record, and of course, John Bonham passed away in 1980. Michael Lee plays the drums on the album while Charlie Jones plays the bass. This is always been our favorite track on the album.
# 6 – Calling To You – Fate Of Nations
We return again to our favorite Robert Plant solo album, Fate Of Nations, with the roaring track “Calling To You.” This one rocks hard! There is definitely a bit of a “Kashmir” vibe to this one. No doubt about that! “Calling To You.” was the album’s opening cut. It was also the third single released from the album. The song was written by Robert Plant and Chris Blackwell. Can we get an Ohh Yeah? Yes, we can. Just take a listen.
# 5 – Hurting Kind (I’ve Got My Eyes on You) – Manic Nirvana
There are many fans who weren’t really happy with some of the solo material Robert Plant released, especially in the mid-80s, and some of that complaining was pointed to this album, Maniac Nirvana. A good deal of the complaints had to do with the abundance of keyboards, and more of a big ’80s pop sound. Yet listening back to this, it definitely rocked a lot harder than people realized it did. That’s why we’re including it on this list.
# 4 – In The Mood – The Principle Of Moments
Released on Robert Plant’s second solo album entitled The Principle of Moments, this is one of those songs that showcases a nice mid-tempo, almost swing-type groove, but at the core of it is some really hard-rocking soul. The Principle of Moments was released in 1983. The song “In The Mood,” which, of course, has nothing to do with the famous Glenn Miller song, was released as the second single. It was written by Robert Plant, Robbie Blunt, and Paul Martinez. The song also became a top 40 hit for Plant as it peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100. On the Rock charts, it was a top 10 hit, reaching number four.
# 3 – Tall Cool One – Now And Zen
Like so many others who were huge Led Zeppelin fans, I wasnt crazy about this one when it first came out. However, over time, I have come to really admire the song’s energy, clever lyrics, fantastic chord changes and melody, and, of course, the special production that was what most people didn’t care for. In the end, this one really rocks and that’s what this article is all about.
# 2 – Burning Down One Side – Pictures At Eleven
I love Robert Plant’s first two solo albums. None of us knew what to expect after the breakup of Led Zeppelin. Of course there were many that were expecting Led Zeppelin type of albums. But “Robert Plant Solo” is not Led Zeppelin. And that’s something that Robert Plant has always tried to showcase throughout his entire solo career. This was the very first Robert Plant solo song many of us heard as it was his debut solo album’s opening track. Honestly, this did not disappoint this rocked!
# 1 – Other Arms – The Principle Of Moments
I don’t think I’m speaking just for myself when I say this is my favorite Robert Plant solo song. When a song goes all the way to number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts and knocks out a 9-week run by the Police at number one you know people are digging it. It’s funny that this song was not even released as the first single from the record. It was actually the third single after “Big Log” and “In the Mood.” It was released as the album’s third single almost a year after the album was out.
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