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Pictures at Eleven by Robert Plant
Pictures at Eleven is an album by Robert Plant, released in 1982. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 6 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Burning Down One Side”, on 5 lists with a best position of #635.
Pictures at Eleven, released in America on 28 June 1982, is Robert Plant's first solo album, arriving two years after Led Zeppelin broke up, and it's the sound of a man easing out from under a very large shadow. He produced it himself at Rockfield Studios and borrowed some heavy hitters for the drum stool: Genesis drummer Phil Collins plays on five of the eight songs, and ex-Rainbow man Cozy Powell handles "Slow Dancer" and "Like I've Never Been Gone". Guitarist Robbie Blunt even plays a Roland TR-808 drum machine on "Fat Lip".
The record still has hard-rock muscle, from the brooding crawl of "Slow Dancer" to the strut of "Burning Down One Side", but it's leaner and more restless than the old days. The title nicks the teaser line from American TV news. It reached the top ten on the Billboard 200, and it was his only solo album on Swan Song, which had stopped operating by the time The Principle of Moments came out.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Pictures at Eleven on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burning Down One Side | 5 | #635 | – | 1990–2015 | |
| 2 | Slow Dancer | 1 | #801 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.