Pictures at Eleven

{{Album reviews

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r15344|pure_url=yes}} link]

| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

| rev2Score = B{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Robert+Plant|chapter=Robert Plant|accessdate=23 June 2018|title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|publisher=Pantheon Books|year=1990|isbn=0-679-73015-X|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/christgausrecord00chri}}

| rev3 = Rolling Stone

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Loder|first=Kurt|authorlink=Kurt Loder|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/robertplant/albums/album/205547/review/5945072/pictures_at_eleven|title=Robert Plant: Pictures at Eleven|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=23 June 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915115342/https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/robertplant/albums/album/205547/review/5945072/pictures_at_eleven|archivedate=15 September 2008|url-status=dead}}

| rev4 = Sounds

| rev4Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Barton |first=Geoff |title=Potty for Plant |date=3 July 1982 |magazine=Sounds |page=33}}

| rev5 = The Village Voice

| rev5Score = B+{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=1 March 1983|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv2-83.php|title=Consumer Guide|newspaper=The Village Voice|accessdate=23 June 2018}}

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In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone, Kurt Loder wrote, "even though there's nothing new going on in these grooves, the sheer formal thrill of hearing someone who knows exactly what he's doing makes Pictures at Eleven something of an event almost in spite of its modest ambitions." In The Boston Phoenix, Milo Miles said that "Pictures at Eleven is largely a gloss on Led Zeppelin, but this small contribution lightens the reputation of heavy metal’s ruthless warlords."{{cite news |last1=Miles |first1=Milo |title=Lighter than Led: The secret life of Robert Plant |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1982-08-17_11_33/page/n73/mode/1up |access-date=15 September 2024 |work=The Boston Phoenix |date=17 August 1982}} Robert Christgau from The Village Voice was impressed by Plant's ability to recreate Led Zeppelin's aural sensibilities with duller musicians and catchier undertones, but ultimately found the music somewhat insignificant.

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Robert Plant and Robbie Blunt, except where stated

| headline = Side one

| title1 = Burning Down One Side

| writer1 = Robert Plant, Robbie Blunt, and Jezz Woodroffe

| length1 = 3:55

| title2 = Moonlight in Samosa

| length2 = 3:58

| title3 = Pledge Pin

| length3 = 4:01

| title4 = Slow Dancer

| length4 = 7:43

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| total_length = 42:12

| title5 = Worse Than Detroit

| length5 = 5:55

| title6 = Fat Lip

| writer6 = Plant, Blunt, and Woodroffe

| length6 = 5:05

| title7 = Like I've Never Been Gone

| length7 = 5:56

| title8 = Mystery Title

| length8 = 5:16

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 2007 remaster bonus tracks

| title9 = Far Post

| writer9 = Plant, Blunt, and Woodroffe

| length9 = 4:42

| title10 = Like I've Never Been Gone

| note10 = Live at Houston, 1983

| length10 = 7:31

}}

• Robert Plant – vocals, harmonica
• Robbie Blunt – guitars, Roland TR-808 on track 6
• Jezz Woodroffe – keyboards, synthesizers
• Phil Collins – drums on tracks 1–3, 5, 8, all bonus tracks
• Cozy Powell – drums on tracks 4 and 7
• Paul Martinez – bass guitar
• Raphael Ravenscroft – saxophone on track 3

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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1982|region=Australia|award=Gold|certyear=1984|certref={{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-03-17.pdf|title=Gold in Oz |magazine=Cash Box|via=World Radio History|page=17|date=17 March 1984|access-date=8 December 2021}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1982|region=Canada|award=Platinum|certyear=1983}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1982|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|certyear=1983|id=7229-2811-2|artist=Robert Plant|title=Pictures at Eleven|access-date=5 April 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1982|region=United States|award=Platinum|certyear=1983|artist=Robert Plant|title=Pictures at Eleven|access-date=5 April 2021}}

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{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.robertplant.com/ Official Robert Plant Website]
• [http://www.rockfieldstudios.com/ Rockfield Studios]
• {{discogs master|40794}}

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