As you'll see in the following ranked list of Robert Plant solo albums, crafting a solo career has been something of a quest for Led Zeppelin 's former frontman.

There have been dizzying summits, disappointing blind alleys, thrilling moments of homecoming and surprising times when he's backtracked. We're examining it all, from Plant's earliest albums of pure pop ambition and a series of retro-focused covers projects to his scattered reunions with Jimmy Page and a triumphant run of shape-shifting 21st Century albums.

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"I'm the perpetual student," Plant once told Spin magazine, explaining the depth of breadth of his solo journey. "But the idea of being a rock singer and that's the end of that – it's pretty debilitating, really, because th

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