The Principle of Moments is the second solo studio album by the English singer Robert Plant, formerly of Led Zeppelin. It was Plant’s second Top 10 album in the US and UK. It also gave him his first solo Top 40 hit with “Big Log”. The most popular track on album-oriented rock radio in the US was “Other Arms”, which reached number-one on the Billboard Top Tracks chart. Genesis’ drummer Phil Collins played drums for five of the album’s eight songs (as he did on Pictures at Eleven). On the other two tracks former Jethro Tull drummer Barriemore Barlow performed. On the closing track “Big Log”, Gerald Woodroffe programmed a Roland TR-808 drum machine. Like Plant’s debut solo studio album, Pictures at Eleven (1982), the songs departed from the hard rock sound of Led Zeppelin. Following the strength of these albums, Plant launched a successful tour in 1983. Phil Collins was the drummer for Plant’s band for the North American portion of the tour. Collins was content to perform in the background, despite his own enormous success as a solo artist and with Genesis at the time. Little Feat’s Richie Hayward played drums for the remaining dates. Rhino Entertainment released a remastered edition of the album, with bonus tracks, on 3 April 2007.

Tracklisting

1. Other Arms (4:20)
2. In The Mood (5:19)
3. Messin’ With The Mekon (4:40)
4. Wreckless Love (5:18)
5. Thru’ With The Two Step (5:33)
6. Horizontal Departure (4:19)
7. Stranger Here…Than Over There (4:18)
8. Big Log (5:03)

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Robert Plant - Big Log (Official Video) [HD REMASTERED]

More Videos

• Robert Plant - In the Mood (Official Video) [HD REMASTERED]
• Robert Plant - In The Mood (studio version)
• Big Log (2006 Remaster)
• Other Arms (2006 Remaster)
• Messin’ with the Mekon (2006 Remaster)
• Wreckless Love (2006 Remaster)
• Thru’ with the Two Step (2006 Remaster)
• Robert Plant - Horizontal Departure
• Stranger Here… Than over There (2006 Remaster)

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