Physical Graffiti

One of the great two-disk releases, but still not enough consistency to hold the high standards of the classics. If LZ had kept this energy (and Jimmy Page and John Bonham had stayed healthy), the back half of the 70s music scene would have been so much better.

If the last 3 songs didn't exist, this would be a high 4, but unfortunately they do exist, so this is a low 4.

Every song is really consistent. Makes me want to be in a band

80 minutes of Zeppelin deep cuts and Kashmir works for me. Bron-Yr-Aur is beautiful - I remember getting the tab for that in a guitar magazine long before I heard the song and even with my imperfect playing it was great just based on the sheet music. Some slogs for sure but they are solid slogs.

Love the noise, but it's likes more experimental this time

Good stuff, hate to admit I'd never listened to a full album of theirs. Can appreciate their contributions to prog rock and for sure, you don't get Midlake without Led Zeppelin, but the singer's voice isn't my cup of tea, ergo the 2.

A truly mind-blowing double album containing a number of the finest Zeppelin tracks intermingled with engaging and authentic experimentation. The first disc contains nothing but the best of Led Zeppelin, concluding with the colossal opus “Kashmir”. The second disc ventures into even more eclectic territory, but there are enough rockers to stay true to the band’s strengths (In the Light, Ten Years Gone) and the experiments (Bron Yr Aur) only enhances the band’s charm. Physical Graffiti represents arguably the creative peak of Led Zeppelin (if perhaps not quite their best album overall) and a landmark in the history of double albums. Favourites: Kashmir, In My Time of Dying, Trampled Under Foot, In the Light, Ten Years Gone, the Rover.

The first half was pretty good but the second half felt pretty boring and generic. This album is definitely too long, they should have just released the first 8-9 tracks. :3

Eh, it was fine. Favorite tracks: In the Light Down By the Seaside

Tältä kuulostaa, kun huippunsa juuri saavuttanut maailman isoin rock-bändi sairastuu mammuttitautiin. Kuudentena albuminaan Zeppelin julkaisi 80-minuuttisen kaksoislevyn, joka on monien mielestä bändin viimeinen huippuhetki, mutta on ihan perusteltua väittää että se oli myös lopun alku yhtyeelle. Bändi tyhjensi arkistojaan ja tälle levylle päätyi useita aikaisemmilta julkaisuilta pois jätettyjä kappaleita. Robert Plantin voimakas ääni oli kärsinyt vuosien kuluessa ja monessa kappaleessa miehen ääni onkin miksattu harmillisen piiloon tai käsitelty efekteillä. Albumin suuriin onnistumisiin kuuluvat mm. itämaiseen mystiikkaan verhotut Kashmir ja In the Light, hard rock-helmi The Rover sekä dynaaminen Ten Years Gone. Physical Graffiti ei kuitenkaan mitenkään nouse Zeppelinin viiden ensimmäisen levyn tasolle, mutta nuo levyt olivatkin nostaneet riman erittäin korkealle.

A double album of Led Zeppelin, which seems to be acknowledged as not their best work? I almost didn't bother even attempting to listen to this. I compromised by listening to each track until it made me roll my eyes in disgust. There were maybe two tracks where I made it to the end - the folkier stuff is more tolerable. Otherwise, as with the other stuff of theirs I've heard, this is toxic masculinity turned into music, full of showy masturbatory guitar solos and risible howling noises, with lyrics which regularly remind you that these people were abusive paedophilic misogynists.

Love In my time of dying. In the light is a discovery for me. Tbh couldn't finish listening to it, I guess didn't match my mood. 3/5 - good album, but i didn't connect with it.

I think this is one of the top Zeppelin albums!

Sounds like everything else by Led Zeppelin.

I wasn’t into the beginning because the songs sounded a bit too similar, and then Kashmir played and I enjoyed the second half more.

Mangler revidering

My favourite album by my favourite band. Zep at their muscular, swaggering, bombastic, sensitive best. Maybe a couple of tracks I can live without, but the high points are just so high it doesn’t matter - this is the best album ever made, in my opinion.

I mean, wasn’t horrid, wouldn’t say it was good though

Was expecting more

Solid Zepplin album but not my absolute favorite. Some absolute bangers in there though. I think this is a lower 4 but after another listen through I'm struggling to give it a 3 based on the other albums I've given a 3. Love the southern rock, organ studded songs here. Fave songs: Down by the seaside, Kashmir, Trampled under foot

Awesome

the long one wish that in my time of dying was more coherent, less of a prolonged jam suppose that's my verdict of the album as a whole 💥the rover 💥trampled under foot 💥kashmir

Led Zeppelin reminds me of my childhood. Kashmir is an awesome song. Also really liked Bron-Yr-Aur and Ten Years Gone. While I usually dread a double album, in this case I was alright with it.

What a fucking band. It's a good album played by a great great band.

Custard Pie: 8/10 The Rover: 7/10 IMTOD: 5/10 Houses of the Holy: 7/10 Trampled Under Foot: 9/10 Kashmir: 10/10 In The Light: 5/10 Bron-Yr-Aur: (inst.) 6/10 Down By The Seaside: 8/10 Ten Years Gone: 5/10 Night Flight: 7/10 The Wanton Song: 7/10 Boogie With Stu: 6/10 Black Country Woman: 6/10 Sick Again: 6/10 Feeling a 3 to a 3.5

Segundo disco do Led que ouço com outros ouvidos.. Gostei menos que o II, mas ainda assim gostei bastante. Diria que o disc 1 é um pouco maçante, apesar de eu gostar bastante de Kashmir, já o disc 2 é bem mais enérgico e me lembrou bastante o disco anterior que ouvi. É com certeza um dos discos clássicos que moldaram o gênero, porém pessoalmente falando, são discos que estou precisando ouvir mais de uma vez pra realmente sentir e filtrar tudo aquilo que os fizeram marcar a história. Até agora, zero arrependimentos.

The first half of this is much stronger but its peaks are Peak™️. My favorite album of theirs by a long stretch

No doubt Led Zeppelin are a great band, Jimmy's guitar is wonderful, John Paul's bass fills in the gaps and probably the best drummer ever, John Bonham, holding the beat together. Layer on top Plants vocals and you expect a lot. This starts rally well but it always feels like they ran out of ideas to complete a double album and added a few more just to make up the numbers. If it had been a single album with 10 belters it would have got a higher vote.

Magnificent rock & roll - one of my favorite doubles.

★★★★★★

I’m somewhat biased with this album, but it’s a great one. Gritty is the best way I can describe it - the cover, the guitar tone, all of it is just raw. The outtake tracks are fun and keep it light too. Rating: 9/10 Favorite Song: Trampled Under Foot

Vrhunski album, šta reći. Legendary. 4/5, 8/10

me gusto pero es muy repetitivo para tener temas de +5 minutos, todo el tema es igual...

My second Led Zeppelin album on this project. I rated their 4th album higher, but this one was very good as well. The best songs did seem to be on the first half, but the ones at the end didn’t disappoint either.

This is clearly a 5 star album. "Kashmir" is probably my favorite, but it's overall groundbreaking.

Jesus Christ - what a slog that was.

Good hooks but every song goes on way too long

Yay, boomer rock. Kashmir's riff is nice though.

Rate: 8.5/10.

Six years since their debut album Zeppelin continue to deliver Rock of the highest quality. A band others aspire too

Kinda boring. In My Time of Dying stands out. Reminded me of Jack White.

I could practically feel the lycra hugging my skin as I cycled off to have an affair listening to this, premium dad-rock

all these songs r episodes of supernatural. hmm i appreciate zeppelin but i don't think this is my fav album of theirs.

First time listening straight through a Led Zeppelin album. Sounds cool!

love led zepplin so hooray

Crazy scope and ambition, with killer songwriting and riffs.

Really solid first half, much weaker second half but pretty good overall.

Custard Pie & Kashmir are great. Some songs slightly too long - loose interest after 5mins. Would have been more punchy if there were less songs in my opinion.

Another Zeppelin album and another 3 rating. I've said this before in a previous review, but it's the screeching and moaning that ruin it for me. If he'd just shut up and let the music flow, these would be much better songs.

Long but so good

Good shit

Probably my favorite LZ album - not saying much, as I'm not particularly a fan of them. But this one has some classics on it.

It was good but could have used an editor.

Yeah this rocks. Led is Zeppelin-ing all over the place here. Consistent sound but a lot of genre blending. Good ass shit. Good rock

Yet another banger in the Zeps catalog. Bonham was an absolute legend. They touch a nice variety of different styles throughout, but still sound so iconically Led Zeppelin. They really sound like a well-oiled machine, locked in rhythmically but not robotically like most modern music is. I really can’t fault any aspect of this album. It’s creative, musical, technical, and meaningful to a phenomenal degree. Until now (770 albums in) I’ve considered Black Sabbath’s my favorite rock band of all time but this is really testing that claim. Anyways, this rules and deserves all the credit.

wanted better

classic album

Too long for my liking

Some songs felt overly-long, but I still enjoyed it.

The best songs from this album would make an instant classic “5-star” rated single LP. But as is the case with most 2-LP albums, this contains too many B-side quality songs that dilutes the experience.

Iconic. Masters of the art. Hard, soft, fast, slow, rock, folk, country, bluesy

For this review, I'm going to ignore the "heavy inspiration" (stealing). Pt. one of 2: It's pretty good, has some ten star moments (like 70% are in Kashmir). The riff in Kashmir is so iconic and influential (and I love it). It really, really tiring to hear Robert Plant moaning over and over again. It's so tiring that I turned the album off because I could not stand it any longer. Specifically In My Time of Dying was the one that made me turn it off. One song however, cannot save the whole 40 minutes of this. Highlight: Kashmir 3/10 Pt. 2 of 2: I like the second part, in fact, I think that it's better than the first part. I am a sucker for atmospheric music that hits really hard after the atmospheric part. And the beginning of the second disk caters to just that. In the Light is f-ing awesome. Ten Years Gone is super cool. In both songs, when the riff for each song comes in, it hits so damn hard I can't help but enjoy it. I hear many people gush over The Wanton Song and I'm just like "Yeah the riffs are cool but they sound the exact same as so much other AC/DC. And frankly, I think that people like The Wanton Song because they like AC/DC." I mean no hate to AC/DC, but if you want more songs like The Wanton Song, JUST LISTEN TO AC/DC. However I do like The Wanton Song, just not as much as other people Enough ranting about The Wanton Song. It's overall a great disk and it doesn't really go anywhere to below a bit above average. 8/10 stars Highlights: In The Light, Ten Years Gone, Sick Again Whole Album It's still too long though lol. 5/10 Would recommend second disk and Kashmir.

Custard Pie - 9/10. Amazing guitar solo, classic Zeppelin sound. The Rover - 8/10. More classic Zeppelin sound. Not quite as good as Custard Pie, but still excellent. In My Time of Dying - 9/10. Long-form Zeppelin jam. Incredible fills from Bonham, insane guitar work from Page, and John Paul Jones keeps a steady floor under the whole thing. Houses of the Holy - 10/10. An all-time great. No notes. Trampled Underfoot - 10/10. Never knew the title of this song. Straight fire. Kashmir - 11/10. One of the greatest rock songs of all time. If this doesn't go to 11, nothing does. In the Light - 8/10. Excellent. Bron-Yr-Aur - 9/10. Very good guitar solo, especially as a change of pace from the rest of the album. Down by the Seaside - 8/10. Excellent. Ten Years Gone - 9/10. Awesome. Night Flight - 8/10. The Wanton Song - 9/10. Boogie With Stu - 9/10. Black Country Woman - 9/10. Sick Again - 9/10. Overall Rating - 4.50/5 (9.00/10). I run out of superlatives for the quality of this album. It's incredible from beginning to end.

5 star

They was tighter, They were heavier and they were mire introspective...But like the best double albums, they were never more sprawling.

Perfect album. No notes.

had a good time

This is the fifth Led Zep album I've had in this collection and, more than with any other band, I've agonised over every one. Every time, I feel like I ought to love them, yet somehow there's always something about that particular album that isn't quite right. This one's too waily. That one's too bluesy. The other one I'm just a bit tired of. Well, Physical Graffiti is like the last bowl of porridge. Not too hot. Not too cold. No, this one's just right. The right amount of blues. Some hard-hitting bits. Some melodic bits. Even some experiments. And not too much wailing about Plant's cock. This is the album where they finally got everything absolutely right. And I'm going to eat it all up.

meh

I love this album. The first disc in particular is a ripping journey the peaks with Kashmir, which is just relentless. The second disc is not as brilliant but still really solid

Led Zeppelin’s best album is Zeppelin IV. And that one is still kinda mid.

Often criticized as a bloated album with too many songs, I kept waiting for the song that would drop this from 5 stars, and I did not find one.

Fav: In The Light, Ten Years Gone L: Sick Again 4.5 The run of songs from The Rover to The Wanton Song is superb. As an album listener this makes it easy to just start on song 2 and jump off at the opening of the last 3. Even with those songs it's a great album and those songs aren't awful. Cover: 4 iconic but I don't care for how the title is incorporated Name: 4 Minecraft Parody: Nether (Kashmir) would be a really easy one to do, Pumpkin Pie (Custard Pie), Block Range of The Beacon (Houses of the Holy)

I'm not sure Led Zeppy is for me. Some of the songs are kind of annoying classic rock. An important moment for any classic rocker is deciding whether to call a woman "child" or "Momma". It has good moments. But the vocals aren't to my taste and everything else is hit or miss. 2.5/5

It’s Led Zeppelin so of course the album is solid. Kashmir is an all timer, but I also really liked the quieter moments like Bron-Yr-Aur.

The first half of this double album is fucking incredible. The second half is pretty good but not up to the first half. 4/5.

funky! did not expect the avengers jumpscare in the middle LOL

really cool sound, this was my first led zeppelin album !! im not really a fan of longgg songs so that 10 minute one threw me a little off guard. other than that, i enjoyed it!

Very good a bit long for my taste , more of a 3.5 than a 4

This album is so good. Heavy, great licks. Some of Plant’s best vocals. And some great chill songs. Yes, there’s someeee filler arguably on this album. But it’s more than made up for by the great songs. Trampled Underfoot, Night Flight, Houses of the Holy, Kashmir, Down By the Seaside, Custard Pie, The Rover, In My Time of Dying, in the Light, The Wanton Song, Ten Years Gone. Yeah. One of my fave Zep records

A classic. But I was left feeling like the second disc could’ve been removed entirely. With the exception of Ten Years Gone the second disc feels like filler

Ei Led Zeppelinin parasta mutta hyvää musaa silti.

Not my favourite Zeppelin album. I'd say that my top picks are Trampled Under Foot, The Rover, Bron-Yr-Aur and The Wanton Song.

I think I like other Led Zeppelin albums better

Proper surprised by this album. Liked it way more than I thought. Riffs are great, superb drums and brilliant vocals. Drags on in places but would listen to some tracks again happily. Stand Out - Custard Pie

Im a big Zeppelin fan, and while this is not my favorite album of theirs, it has amazing depth and variety. The hits alone are worth a listen, but some of the lesser known tracks really stand out after a few repeat listens. Only thing keeping it from being a 5 for me is that it’s a little too long with a few filler tracks. Still a 4.5 though.

IMHO the best Led Zeppelin studio album. Get the 2015 remastered vinyl. (Listened to on vinyl)

chill, good study music

1975 Hard rock

скукатища какая-то вокал абсолютно непримечательный совсем немного интересные инструменталы, но в пределах жанра и долго все это переслушивать не буду ... ладно, пара треков хорошие по инструменталу, вокал такой же скучный

Definitivno Led Zeppelin fan novi

I just saw Robert Plant live at the Pageant 4 days ago. One of the best decisions I've ever made.

Feels criminal giving Led Zep 3 stars but this album is a struggle for me. Personally feels clanky; I prefer it when they are more melodic.

Probably the worst received Zeppelin album. A little too bluesy/slow for some folks.

Would take a long drive with this album.

A bit disappointed, actually. This album was overstuffed with repetitive riffs and all the moaning and groaning. Not that it was bad but…

Yet another incredible trip into Lead Zeppelin's world. No wonder this mammoth album sold so many copies. 5/5. Classic that very few artists can top. For it's time, it is unbeatable outside of what Sabbath were doing at the time.

I have never had a "favorite song." There are just too many amazing pieces of art out there, but if someone put a gun to my head today and demanded an answer, I'd feel damned comfortable screaming IN MY TIME OF DYING! IN MY TIME OF DYING!!! What a fucking masterpiece. And as the gunman with strange motivations turns to walk away, I'd probably yell "WAIT! NO! TEN YEARS GONE!" BANG! *gurgling noises* "Maybe The Wanton Song..?" Disgusted, the gunman empties his magazine and walks away Five stars. Ten stars! A hundred stars! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Not all the songs are good, but the ones that are... are masterpieces.

There’s a crazy 4 song stretch here but other than that it’s forgettable. I’ve always loved Kashmir