Now and Zen

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Now and Zen
Studio album by Robert Plant
Released	February 29, 1988
Recorded	1987
Genre	Rock
Length	46:59
Label	Es Paranza
Producer(s)	Robert Plant Tim Palmer Phil Johnstone
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Robert Plant chronology
Shaken 'n' Stirred (1985)	Now & Zen (1988)	Manic Nirvana (1990)

Now and Zen is an album by the Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music) under the label Es Paranza.

The album is to be re-released in a remastered edition on February 27, 2007.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 Miscellanea

[edit] Track listing

1. "Heaven Knows" (Barratt, Johnstone) – 4:06
2. "Dance on My Own" (Crash, Johnstone, Plant) – 4:30
3. "Tall Cool One" (Johnstone, Plant) – 4:40
4. "The Way I Feel" (Boyle, Johnstone, Plant) – 5:40
5. "Helen of Troy" (Johnstone, Plant) – 5:06
6. "Billy's Revenge" (Johnstone, Plant) – 3:34
7. "Ship of Fools" (Johnstone, Plant) – 5:01
8. "Why" (Crash, Plant) – 4:14
9. "White, Clean and Neat" (Johnstone, Plant) – 5:28
10. "Walking Towards Paradise" (Williams) – 4:40

[edit] Personnel

• Robert Plant - Main Performer, Producer
• Phil Johnstone - Keyboards, Producer (formerly of The 45's)
• Tim Palmer - Producer
• Jimmy Page - Guitar (on tracks 1 & 3)
• Doug Boyle - Guitar
• Phil Scragg - Bass
• Chris Blackwell - Drums, Percussion
• David Barratt - Programming, Keyboards
• Marie Pierre - Vocals (Background)
• Toni Halliday - Vocals (Background)
• Kirsty MacColl - Vocals (Background)
• Rob Bozas - Engineer
• Martin Russell - Engineer

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1988	The Billboard 200	6

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	"Dance on My Own"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	10
1988	"Heaven Knows"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	1
1988	"Ship of Fools"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	3
1988	"Ship of Fools"	The Billboard Hot 100	84
1988	"Tall Cool One"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	1
1988	"Tall Cool One"	The Billboard Hot 100	25
1989	"Walking Towards Paradise"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	39

[edit] Miscellanea

• The tracks "Heaven Knows" and "Tall Cool One" featured Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page. (On the liner notes, Page's participation on the songs was noted with a ZOSO symbol.) In response to the Beastie Boys sampling some Led Zeppelin songs on their 1986 album Licensed to Ill, Plant also used samples from Led Zeppelin songs ("Whole Lotta Love", "The Ocean", "Black Dog", and "Custard Pie") on "Tall Cool One", additionally singing words from "When the Levee Breaks".

• "Walking Towards Paradise" was originally a bonus track available only on CD versions of the album.