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No Quarter is a live album by Page and Plant, both formerly of English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released by Atlantic Records on October 14, 1994. The long awaited reunion between Page and Plant occurred on a 90 minute "UnLedded" MTV project, recorded in Morocco, Wales, and London, which rated highly on network television. It was not a reunion of Led Zeppelin, however, as former bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones was not present. In fact, Jones was not even told about the reunion by his former band members. He later commented that he was unhappy about Plant and Page naming the album after "No Quarter", a Led Zeppelin song which was largely his work.

In addition to acoustic numbers, the album features a reworking of Led Zeppelin classics, along with four Middle-Eastern and Moroccan-influenced songs: "City Don't Cry," "Yallah," (or "The Truth Explodes") "Wonderful One," and "Wah Wah".

The album was #4 on debut on the Billboard's Pop Albums chart.

Several years later, Plant reflected on the collaboration very positively:

The will and the eagerness with Unledded were fantastic and [Page] was really creative. Jimmy and I went in a room and it was back. His riffs were spectacular. To take it as far as we did, and the tour we did - it's one of the mos ambitious and mind altering experiences.[1]

Track listing

All songs by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, except where noted.

Original version

Initially, the album was released in the United States with the following tracks:

  1. "Nobody's Fault but Mine" – 4:06
  2. "Thank You" – 5:47
  3. "No Quarter" (Jones/Page/Plant) – 3:45
  4. "Friends" – 4:37
  5. "Yallah" – 4:59
  6. "City Don't Cry" – 6:08
  7. "Since I've Been Loving You" (Jones/Page/Plant) – 7:29
  8. "The Battle of Evermore" – 6:41
  9. "Wonderful One" – 4:57
  10. "That's the Way" – 5:35
  11. "Gallows Pole" (Traditional arr. Page/Plant) – 4:09
  12. "Four Sticks" – 4:52
  13. "Kashmir" (Page/Plant/Bonham) – 12:27
  • In international releases, "Wah Wah" was included before "That's the Way".

2004 Reissue

For the tenth anniversary, the album was re-released with a different cover and the following tracklist:

  1. "Nobody's Fault but Mine" – 4:06
  2. "No Quarter" (Jones/Page/Plant) – 3:45
  3. "Friends" – 4:37
  4. "The Truth Explodes" (formerly known as "Yallah") (Page/Plant) -4:59
  5. "The Rain Song" – 7:29
  6. "City Don't Cry" – 6:08
  7. "Since I've Been Loving You" (Jones/Page/Plant) – 7:29
  8. "The Battle of Evermore" – 6:41
  9. "Wonderful One" – 4:57
  10. "That's the Way" – 5:35
  11. "Wah Wah" – 3:59
  12. "Gallows Pole" (Traditional arr. Page/Plant) – 4:09
  13. "Four Sticks" – 4:52
  14. "Kashmir" (Page/Plant/Bonham) – 12:27

"Gallows Pole" and "Wonderful One" were released as singles.

DVD release

Cover to the DVD

The tenth anniversary of the recording of the Unledded concerts was commemorated by a DVD release of all the songs plus a bonus interview, a montage of images from Morocco, the band's performance of "Black Dog" for Dick Clark's American Music Awards and the music video for "Most High" from the Walking into Clarksdale album.

Personnel

Production

Additional notes

Recorded at Marrakesh, Morocco; Bron-Yr-Aur, Wales; London, England.

  • Catalogue: Atlantic 82706-2-4-1 (US)

References

  1. ^ “I first met Jimmy on Tolworth Broadway, holding a bag of exotic fish...”, Uncut, January 2009, p. 48.
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