Pictures at Eleven

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Pictures at Eleven

Studio album by Robert Plant
Released	June 28, 1982
Recorded	Rockfield Studios, Monmouth
Genre	Rock and Roll
Length	41:49
Label	Swan Song Records
Producer(s)	Robert Plant
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Robert Plant chronology
	Pictures at Eleven (1982)	The Principle of Moments (1983)

Pictures at Eleven is the debut solo album from former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant. Genesis drummer Phil Collins played drums for six of the album's eight songs, and also participated in the subsequent tour.

The album is to be re-released in a remastered edition on March 20, 2007.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Charts
4 Album notes
5 Miscellaneous
6 External links

[edit] Track listing

Burning Down One Side – 3:55
Moonlight in Samosa – 3:58
Pledge Pin – 4:01
Slow Dancer – 7:43
Worse Than Detroit – 5:55
Fat Lip – 5:05
Like I've Never Been Gone – 5:56
Mystery Title – 5:16

All songs written by Plant and Blunt, except "Burning Down One Side" & "Fat Lip," written by Plant, Blunt & Woodroffe.

[edit] Personnel

Robert Plant - Vocals
Robbie Blunt - Guitars
Jezz Woodroffe - Keyboards & synths
Phil Collins - Drums on 1-3, 5-6, 8
Cozy Powell - Drums on 4 & 7
Raphael Ravenscroft - Saxophone on 3

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1982	Pop Albums	5

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	"Burning Down One Side"	Mainstream Rock	3
1982	"Burning Down One Side"	Pop Singles	64
1982	"Pledge Pin"	Mainstream Rock	11
1982	"Pledge Pin"	Pop Singles	74
1982	"Slow Dancer"	Mainstream Rock	19
1982	"Worse Than Detroit"	Mainstream Rock	10

[edit] Album notes

Pictures at Eleven reached #2 on the UK charts.
"Burning Down One Side" reached #73 on the UK charts.

[edit] Miscellaneous

Pictures at Eleven is the only one of Plant's solo material to appear on Led Zeppelin's record label Swan Song. By the time of Plant's next release, 1983's The Principle of Moments, Swan Song had ceased to function and Plant had started his own label titled Es Paranza.