Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin is probably the group I most wanted to experience when embarking on this listening project. Not ever exploring any of their works beyond the occasional hits was a huge deficit in my musical experience. I love this album, a sprawling collection of eclectic songs that showcase incredible diversity in song construction. I was only familiar with the relentless “Kashmir” that churns like a black hole in this album’s heart. Spiraling around it is a galaxy of songs covering a wide range of styles. How consistently great it all is serves as a testament to Led Zeppelin’s incredible talent. I expected Led Zeppelin to be awesome. On this album they exceeded my expectation.

First half of the album is as good, if not better than any other Led Zep album. Every song is a heavy hitter culminating in the colossus that is 'Kashmir'. Disc 2 doesn't quite pack the same punches but does contain 'In The Light', 'Ten Years Gone' and 'The Wanton Song' which are the picks of the second half.

This another one where the first half is full of great stuff and the longer it goes on, the more I wish it had stopped. This is a ten song album in a fifteen song sack. still, pretty listenable.

'Physical Graffiti' is a Zeppelin album that I've had to warm up to over the years. The diversity of musical styles on this album is just unreal, with each track hitting you in its own unique way. At first, it didn't grab me the same way Led Zeppelin II or IV did, but as time has past, it has come to be, for me, Zeppelin's greatest accomplishment. These songs just feel like the culmination of Zeppelin's unparalleled songwriting ability and overall musicianship.

It takes a while to sort out all of the music on the album, but Physical Graffiti captures the whole experience of Led Zeppelin at the top of their game better than any of their other albums.

I do not particularly like Led Zeppelin but relatively recently I have come to appreciate the bass playing of john paul jones and drumming of john bonham through some suggested listening by friends. Was going to do an episode of my one track mind with someone on a Zeppelin album but pulled the plug before I got to it. I wish I had. As is common, it might come down to a general distaste for the vocals of Robert Plant for me. This is a long and relatively indulgent album in my opinion and it began to grate on me. They never manage to surprise me. Had to crank the bass up on the EQ to give it the right umph. I feel like this is relatively weak as an album overall. With Zeppelin I feel like there are sort of diminishing returns from their first album onwards. I like much more material from any album of theirs previous to this one. Kashmir and the wanton song are alright but that's about it for me here. Honestly I had to skip some tracks. I much prefer Jack White's stripped down impression of Led Zeppelin to Led Zeppelin itself.

A masterpiece from the peak of one of the most talented bands ever. Also, probably the best double album ever.

It’s a good Led Zeppelin album. It has some prog rock elements on songs like In the Light which is cool. For the most part it’s what I would expect from one of the best Led Zeppelin albums. There are a bunch of good guitar riffs and Robert Plant’s vocals are iconic. This is not a perfect album however. Although I appreciated some of the strange choices such as The Beach Boys-esque Down by the Seaside, other songs such as Boogie with Stu feel out of place to me. It’s not that they’re bad but they just seem like filler to bring the album to its double-album length. Still, this is one of the best albums on the list so far. Favorite Songs: The Rover, In My Time of Dying, Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir, In The Light, Down by the Seaside, The Wanton Song, Sick Again Least Favorite Songs: Boogie with Stu, Black Country Woman Light 9/10

So gooood. I ended up dancing hard in my room and triggering my dislocated shoulder 😂 Its that good.

Eh…. Led Zeppelin isn’t my favorite. A lot of the music on this albums feels the same to me. Listening to it felt long and as if it dragged on. Once again, nothing jumped out to make me want to add it to a playlist. With that being said, I enjoyed the beats and instruments for many of the songs, but the singing makes every song sound really redundant to me.

Boring white man rock.

Hailed as one of the greatest (if not the greatest) double albums of all time, I can’t help but wish this record was actually a single LP. …but that’s me, I don’t like most double albums. They’re almost always bloated, pat-on-the-back affairs and they usually start running out of gas about an hour in. So here’s my re-imagined, single disc version of Physical Graffiti; I like to call it the “John-Paul-Jones-Was-The-Best-Member-Of-This-Band Edition”. Sorry if you think this is sacrilege, but you’ll get over it one day: In the Light Bron-Yr-Aur Trampled Under Foot Houses of the Holy The Wanton Song Down By the Seaside Ten Years Gone Boom! A 5 star, classic mid-70’s record, clocking in at just under 40 minutes, so it’ll fit on one slab of vinyl. In fact, it would probably have a legitimate shot at best Led Zep record, or, at least, the one that hardcore fans recognize as the best, like Vol. 4 or Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. I know…you’re sitting there saying, “bu-but…what about Kashmir.” You can keep it, that’s what. Put it on your own single disc version of Physical Graffiti…the one with all the scraps I’ve left behind.

Another Zeppelin classic. There's a reason they were the biggest band of the 70's. 5 star classic all the way.

When aliens land and demand to hear our “rock and roll,” cue it up.

I have to give one Led Zep album a great rating and I can still stomach this one as it's only overplayed rather than massively overplayed. I never owned this although it was around the house for a while - perhaps  borrowed  long term?  I'm kinda shocked that every song is familiar. Started thinking 5 but paused when I  listened to the lyrics more purposely - they're a little fluffy for a 5. Led Zep is on the map because of Jimmy. Yeah JPJ and JB can play and Plant is an adequate front man but they would be lucky to play Massey Hall if it weren't for Page's magic on the ole 6 stringer. Side 3 is where you typically encounter excess filler on double (studio) LPs. What's impressive is that Jimmy can make the filler good. eg he saves the day quite nicely on Bron-Yr-Aur and Ten Years Gone. OK for Jimmy we bring out a 5.

I was a bit sceptical going in, did I really want two LPs of Led Zeppelin back to back? Turns out I did. Some incredible drumming powers the album, there is plenty of variety and the run of epics in the middle have such great melodies and ideas that they never get boring. Super enjoyable!

I could gush for pages (no pun intended) about this band and this album. So much love for both Led Zeppelin and this amazing work. For example, it doesn't matter that I've heard 'Ten Years Gone' hundreds of times; as soon as the very opening chords are strummed, I'm moved. It should get old, right? But it never does. My son, currently in his early teens, is a drummer, loves this band, and thinks John Henry Bonham is one of the greatest of all time. I do not disagree. I'm not even a drummer and I know I could listen to the isolated drum tracks from this album (and all his work) and be blown away. Jimmy Page is one of my all-time favorite guitarists. What a writer, player, and performer (and producer, too, while we're at it). John Paul Jones is to me one of the most underrated and overlooked artists in rock history. He's worth getting to know. I get that Robert Plant's voice isn't for everyone, but I like it. Goes well with their style. To be honest, though, other than letting the melody soak in when he's singing, he's the member of the band I pay the least attention to when I listen to Zeppelin. Just persona preference. I've even imagined an instrumental trio comprised of Bonham, Jones, and Page -- okay, whilst we are in fantasy mode, let's have two John Paul Jones so we can have one on bass and the other on keys -- and I love traveling to the play where they play together and let their talents just soar.

I went through a couple of years back in my thirties when I was deep into Zeppelin. They were practically the only thing I listened to. Back then, I think I favored the first two albums and Houses of the Holy. Coming back at it now, Physical Graffiti has so much to offer as well. If you asked me now to recommend just one Zeppelin album, I think this might actually be it because it’s such an expansive work. Yes, this album suffers maybe a little from double album syndrome. It’s all over the place stylistically. But the songs are undeniably excellent. This is the work of four artists at the top of their game, flexing their creative muscles. It's a joy to listen to. There isn't really another album like this, but the closest I can approximate is The White Album, sans the internal turmoil. Apparently John Paul Jones was tired and disillusioned with his role in the band, and things could have played out quite differently. But he was given more creative control and the benefit to the band is palpable on this album and their sound moving forward. This by the way is what should happen in a band when this sort of thing happens. The diversity of styles covered, the creative dalliances, the range of feeling, it's all here. You’ve got everything from heavy rockers like "Trampled Under Foot" and "In My Time of Dying" to the ambitious anthem "Kashmir" and the lovely acoustic instrumental "Bron-Yr-Aur." You’ve got blues, you’ve got prog, you’ve got good old-fashioned rock and roll. “Boogie with Stu” is full on just for fun. The musicianship as always is ridiculously good. I feel dumb even talking about it because... just listen. Page, Plant, Bonham, Jones, ‘nuff said. This is an album pack with songs that are soulful, sexy, beautifully crafted, and heavy as a hammer when they feel like it. Oh and also, they freaking rock. 5 easy stars… you know-oooh-ohh-oh. Fave Songs: Houses of the Holy, Trampled Under Foot, Bron-Yr-Aur, Down by the Seaside, Ten Years Gone, Kashmir, In the Light, In My Time of Dying, Custard Pie

Sorry, only got 3 tunes in and not my cup of tea at all!

There are very few double albums that make me smile when they come up here: this is one, and also my favourite LZ album. Funky, diverse and weird, it’s all over the place like their hair, and is similarly majestic.

Oooh, yes. A member of my exclusive *good double album* club. Really shows what a powerful creative bunch the Zep were in this period; half of it is reheated left-overs albeit from the sessions of some incredible albums. I'll eat microwaved LZIII, LZIV and Houses of the Holy dog ends all day long ("The Rover", fuck yeah). And, of course, "Kashmir", a monster riff even P. Fiddler couldn't ruin. Any more commentary feels glib, this is a massive album with some massive tunes, appropriate for the stately homes it was recorded in. '70s rock excess at its finest.

This record is so long and unwieldy that’s I’ve never been able to sink into it as much as some other zeppelin, so I’m glad I got this chance to really sit with this. It really is flawless and while it doesn’t have quite the same peaks as other zeppelin (at least to me in this moment) it’s an amazing listen. 5

Wow! What a powerhouse album! Starts kicking with \"Custard Pie\" and doesn't let up ) Kashmir, The Wonton Song, etc. Bought this album when it first came out [cool album sleeves you don't get with CDs or downloads] To me this is one of their best albums - better than Houses of the Holy (since this is a double) and Led Zeppelin. Enjoy!!!

One of my all time favorites. Five stars.

This was the last of their truly great albums.

Masterpiece. One of my Top 10-20 albums of all time. Second best Led Zeppelin album to IV. 10/10 1. Ten Years Gone 2. Kashmir 3. In My Time of Dying

Alright, who was gonna tell me that Zep’s best song was a random deep cut from Physical Graffiti called “In The Light”? Great variety of songs compared to some of the earlier Zeppelin albums.

I can feel the duration of this double album and some songs are a bit chore to go through but it's not without some awesome Zeppelin classics. Highlights: "The Rover", "Kashmir", "In the Light" & "The Wanton Song". 4 stars.

Not my favourite Zepplin album

Listening to the first few songs here I was wondering why I hadn't listened to this album in so long. The first disc is solid gold, especially the incredible "Kashmir". But then I got to the second disc, and that's a completely different story. Apart from the excellent "Ten Years Gone", the second disc is mostly forgettable. No wonder I couldn't remember it! Bit of a mixed bag overall really, and way too long. A 3 seems harsh, but this doesn't really hold up to III, IV, or Houses of the Holy to me.

This was a little on the disappointing side for me. I absolutely love Kashmir, what a classic song. But everything else missed the mark and this album was a bit too long. Some of the songs were long for no reason.

I think what I learned listening to this is that I thought I liked Led Zeppelin more than I do. Apparently I more like to hear some of their epic jams every once in a while. Listening to all this as a double album I really got bored before I was even halfway through. Some exciting moments here and there.

it's not that it's too long, although that's part of it. it's not the terrible funky Clavinets on "Custard Pie" and "Trampled Under Foot", although that didn't help. it isn't that they make "In My Time of Dying" 11 minutes long and really sexual about Jesus in the last third, it isn't the stupid wedding music in the middle of "In the Light", and that boring final stretch that REALLY makes you tired of hearing Jimmy Page say "mama". it's that Physical Graffiti exists as a gluttonous object. we get to see the band's typical "more misses than hits" style now applied to the double album, and we see that nothing has changed. there is enough good music here for an OK album, but for some reason or another, they put out a tiring, exhaustive double album. it's like if you didn't cook enough food for a potluck, so you rummage through your fridge and bring a wagon full of leftovers. then the guests praise this "dish" as your best yet. i mean it's 84 minutes long... and it's got "Kashmir" and "The Rover"! what stick in the mud hates "Kashmir" and "The Rover"? this is a filedump -- and in 1975, a filedump cost $35 dollars in today's money. have you ever seen a classic inaugurated into the canon by sunk cost fallacy?

This sucks man! Today is my birthday and I had to sit here and listen to the most overrated group of thieves.

I think In My Time Of Dying is slept on. That's all I can really add to the discussion. Zeppelin rules.

There's just no way around it, this band and this album, are one of a kind. Amazing that these four musicians found one another — each is so iconic on his own. Damn, that clavinet on "Custard Pie" is just filthy. John Paul Jones is a beast. Interesting how buried in the mix Plant's vocals are on "The Rover." Bonzo's drums on "In My Time Of Dying" are the secret sauce to that tune. I could go on about each individual song, but "Kashmir" alone makes this a classic, must-listen album. This is not even my favorite Led Zeppelin album and it's a 5 without having to think much about it.

Double album Led Zeppelin...what's not to love?!

Not my favorite of the Zeppelin albums but it’s still a 5 star in my book.

Top 100 ever album. Not Led's best yet would be the masterpiece of any of the other 99% of bands in history. Amazing, innovative, unpredictable and holds up the test of time sounds like if it was recorded last year. Must listen to any decent music lover.

So good

So many double albums feel bloated, but not this one. Led Zeppelin waste absolutely no time on this album for its entire runtime of 82 minutes. Every song brings something interesting to the table, and still flows seamlessly.

I suppose I’m one of few who consider late Zeppelin every bit as exciting as early Zeppelin. With Plant’s voice no longer the extreme juggernaut it once was, they were simply forced to branch out in ever-exciting ways. This is one of few rock double albums where I think every moment screams with utter beauty and significance. Still blows my mind, coming from a world when Zep was the undisputed, unquestioned best band ever (Deadheads like me had to resort to emotional, irrational appeals), that some folks haven’t even heard of them these days, much less listened. Ah, to discover for the first time.

It's been over a year since I last reviewed a Led Zeppelin album, but here its, my fifth and final album of theirs to review. I own this album on CD, and I've listened to it in its entirety before, but it's not an album I've ever come back to. I know "Kashmir" really well, but I imagine a lot of these songs will sound pretty unfamiliar to me. Either way, I'm excited to listen to this today, and I'm curious as to how I'll feel about it. Based on the description of this album, it shouldn’t work. A lot of these songs didn’t make it on to other albums, and found their way to Physical Graffiti. A wide variety of styles are utilized on these songs. John Paul Jones was considering quitting the band. This album should sound like a patchwork of songs that had been left on the scrap heap. But instead, it sounds like a culmination of the five albums that came before it. Physical Graffiti is a magnum opus to musicianship, held together by the common thread of hard rock, and it’s really enjoyable to listen to. Led Zeppelin were fully committed to their craft, and you can feel that in every part of this album. Yes, some of the longer songs overstay their welcome a bit, but in the end, it didn’t take away too much from my enjoyment. I went into this, thinking I wouldn’t like it very much, and I think some of that feeling is because I feel like House of the Holy should be on the list, but that this album took its place. As far as my favorite songs on this album, I’m torn between “Trampled Under Foot,” “The Wanton Song,” and “The Rover.” The clavinet on “Trampled Under Foot” is excellent, and the funk elements make it one of the most unique songs in Led Zeppelin’s catalogue. The guitar riff on “The Wanton Song” is great, and I love how infectious it is. “The Rover” has my favorite guitar playing on the album. The guitar part during the chorus is fantastic, and it’s the perfect contrast to the main guitar riff of the song. Physical Graffiti, while not my favorite Led Zeppelin album (that distinction still belongs to IV), is a fantastic testament to the band’s career. While this was not their last album, it still manages to serve as a swan song to their career. Full of ambition and meticulous execution, Physical Graffiti is a journey worth taking.

Really catchy melodies. Those guitar riffs... man. Really good. The strong tracks are super strong and outweigh anything else. It gets better and better as the album progresses. I've had way more great albums lately, the algorithm is on my side. Highlights: Custard Pie Houses of the Holy Trampled Under Foot Night Flight Boogie With Stu

Yeah this album is pretty much perfect. Side A is completely flawless. "In My Time of Dying" may be one of my favorite Led Zeppelin songs. "Kashimir" is a classic. Kinda shocking that this isn't Led Zeppelin's best work. I hope we get to listen to "Led Zeppelin IV". It is....absolutely stunning. Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham are essentially a supergroup by themselves. I also thought "Bron-Yr-Aur" was super interesting and not a song I would have expected for them to make. Probably a 4.5 because I know it gets even better. Liked Songs: "In My Time of Dying" , "Kashimir" , "Trampled Under Foot" , "Houses of the Holy" , "Ten Years Gone" , "Custard Pie" , "The Rover"

Liked songs (as in, actually added to Spotify Liked Songs list): Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir, In the Light, Ten Years Gone Not much to say about this album. No dislikes. 4.5

I've listened to this album many times. I never really checked the runtime, and was surprised it's well over an hour. It never feels like it. I was going to list the best tracks, but it would be over half the album. Today, In the Light and Ten Years Gone hit the hardest, with the latter being one of my favorite Zeppelin songs. What an incredible run of albums leading up to and including this one.

Great

Picture it. Summer 98 living in Halifax in an apartment in park Vic, taking classes by day and working at Wendy’s with a murderer by night. I had just bought my first beater acoustic guitar and listened to this album constantly, trying to learn the songs by ear. The last great zeppelin album. The solo on rover is magnificent.

Hard rock / blues / folk, quite a mixture. Kashmir the outstanding track

Their equivalent to The Beatles White Album, a long double album that's a little incohesive as it feels like all manner of shit was thrown to this particular wall to see what would stick, where the highs are so so so good ("Trampled Under Foot", "Houses Of The Holy", "Kashmir", "In My Time Of Dying", basically all of disc 1), but the lows are pretty meh ("Down By The Seaside", "Night Flight", "The Wanton Song", "Boogie With Stu", "Sick Again", basically all of disc 2). But it's Led Zeppelin so you can forgive most of it.

Best one so far

The Good: We’ve been informed that Graffiti can be Physical… The Bad: We can’t figure out which song really explains this concept to us… The Ugly: This leaves us wondering if LZ is just trying to pull one over us… When I saw the cover of the album this morning, I fist pumped the air, then played the record, and again, and again… and it dawned on me what a tremendous drummer JB is. I mean, holy crap good. There’s a reason LZ is considered one of the best rock bands ever, and this album highlights all that is great about them! 5*

The kings of rock. They give with gusto every time.

5 stars

Discazo!!! Con 4 bombazos de rock duro: "Trampled Under Foot", "Kashmir" , "Ten Years Gone" y "The Wanton Song".

Every song is amazing. I listened to the complete album twice at work. 10-31-2024

I think I have pointed out earlier that I do not enjoy Robert Plant's voice. Because of that I had never listened to this album and that was a mistake. This is clearly their apex and maybe the apex of rock n roll? I think I would play this album if an alien landed on earth and asked for the best and clearest example of R&R--it's just about perfect and I've only heard it once.

The best led zep album? Maybe

FUck yeah now we talking. I'll take Led Zeppelin over The Stooges any day! Ooooh Kashmir is on this album! Led Zeppelin is one of those bands that have the ability to transport me through time and makes me really feel those times somehow. Hard to describe. I can't believe Kimberly doesn't like them! The guitar in Bron-Yr-Aur is amazing! Ten Years Gone is really pretty too. Yep 5 stars!

This album goes crazyyyyyyyy

10/25 fuck yeah. Basically a guitar riff greatest hits collection.

Favorite Track: Ten Years Gone

Increíble. Un álbum doble glorioso y con unos riffs imposibles en cada canción. Una maravilla.

Already know this is brilliant.

The diversity of musical styles on this album is just unreal, with each track hitting you in its own unique way. These songs just feel like the culmination of Zeppelin's unparalleled songwriting ability and overall musicianship.

great

10

classic. really good. better than I thought it would be

One of the first albums I ever listened to, and it still is awesome. Might be my favorite Zeppelin. Opening riff of Custard Pie is awesome, Houses of the Holy is a Mt Rushmore LZ song, and Night Flight is stupidly catchy.

Beyond a doubt did my parents lack in their musical upbringing of me by not letting me explore the greatness of Led Zeppelin to the fullest. They had many albums of the greats (of their time) and many of the albums featured on this list. However, this album, though they are Zeppelin fans, was not in their collection. The range that Zeppelin proves they have here is amazing and absolutely stunning. I am, obviously, biased in the greatest sense of the word.

Of course it's five stars. It's Led Zep!!

Great album. For some reason it was the first LZ album I listened to all the way through so I've been a fan of this for years. Jimmy Page's guitar work is great and there is an incredible diversity of styles that show how great a band they are beyond the signature hard rock It's a quirk of the vinyl era that they added a few tracks to pad the length out, and I do think the first disc is stronger, but not the extent that I wouldn't give this 5*

Fantastic performances throughout . A true classic.

I do listen to Zeppelin from time to time and I am a big fan of this type of music, but it might be controversial, but Zeppelin is not my favorite band, I found that I could find them to be boring sometimes. So this is the first time I have listen to a Zeppelin album from start to finish in a long time. It has made me appreciate them more, the drumming in particular from John Bonham is amazing, I know he is always regarded as the greatest rock drummer of all time ( I'd be more of a Keith Moon man) But John Bonham and John Paul Jones, create a monster of an engine for all the songs, that it lets Robert Plant and Jimmy Page shine! Can see why this is regarded as an amazing album, and my reservations about Zeppelin been a boring band have been thrown out the window! A song like Trampled Under Foot, shows the versatility that Zeppelin has, a mix of hard rock, Motown, and psychedelic rock, this would be a hard feat for any band to pull off, but they pull it off with ease. Then to have a song like Kashmir, nearly like an operatic song. Has tension and suspense behind it, a monster of a song and an amazing feat to be able to pull of! I will be going back and revisiting Zeppelin again and really listening to them!

Thought I would like this. Loved it. Some classic well known Led Zep bangers as well as some more varied, genre busting softer tunes.

I'll be honest, I absolutely cannot be partial on this album. I love rock and metal, I love 70s rock specifically, and I absolutely love Led Zeppelin. I love and play the guitar, too, so Jimmy Page is a bit of an idol (for guitar only, save yourself and never look into him as a person). Robert Plant has an amazing voice, John Paul Jones was doing cool stuff with the bass and taking a way more active role than his contemporary bassists, and John Bonham was just a stupidly talented and innovative drummer that has influenced drummers for generations now. I've listened to this album front to back dozens of times, and certain songs on it, I've heard a billion and one times. Getting a 5, perfect album

I’ve talked about synchronicities on here before. Just yesterday I started listening to this album while cooking dinner so this is kind of blowing my mind. What a week. I’ve recently started wondering what a list of my favorite songs would be because of how much I love Kashmir. I say that because I just woke up to it since it’s my alarm. In fact, in order to make a song your alarm with Apple you have to have it in your library (not a playlist) so I had added Physical Graffiti to mine earlier this week hence me listening while cooking. Coincidence? As I listened today, I started wondering if this is my favorite Zepplin album. I ended up keeping the first 6 songs in a row and I think Kashmir might be my favorite Zep song, but then Whole Lotta Love…that’s a whole different conversation. But then a couple popped up that I wasn’t a huge fan of and then got a few more good ones with Night Flight and The Wonton Song. This has been a good week of music so while I’d probably call this a 4.5, I’m giving another 5 star.

I think this might be the best Led Zeppelin album in their discography. Over an hour of absolutely killer songs. Magical guitar melodies, pounding drums, mesmerizing bass lines, and iconic vocal performances. One of the best albums ever released, period. Captures such a wide range of styles and sounds while maintaining an iconic proto-metal style. The best from one of the best to ever do it

Just a truly epic album from one of the greatest musical acts we'll ever see

Most people think the name of this band came about because of the phrase "that'll go over about as well as a lead balloon", except using a zeppelin instead in order to increase the magnitude of just how ludicrous the situation was. But that's wrong. As you can plainly see, it's "led" (past tense of the verb "lead", which rhymes with "read", the present tense of the act you are performing right now), not "lead" (the metal, which rhymes with "read", the past tense of what you will have done with this increasingly lengthy sentence when you finish reading it (Parenthetically, I think it's important to point out that "reading" does NOT rhyme with the city in California named "Redding", just in case you were getting confused. Come to think of it, I could have just used the word "red" above to make things clearer, but hey, it's already written and I have more to say, so I'll leave it that way)). That's an important difference. One of the big problems with zeppelins is that they are subject to the whims of the wind and breeze, like when the Hindenburg was blown into that mooring rig and came down like a real lead (the metal) zeppelin, not to mention all that fire complicating the whole process. I imagine it was probably hot enough to melt lead (the metal, that is), but I'm pretty sure the Hindenburg was NOT made of lead, because that would be, frankly, a stupid thing to use in something that is supposed to be lighter than air, which lead (the metal) is most definitely NOT. Anyway, what this is all leading (rhymes with "reading" not "Redding", see above) to: If you actually lead a zeppelin (that's "lead", the present tense of "led"), magic things can happen. For one, they won't crash into mooring rigs and catch fire. People can get to their destinations safely and comfortably. That's an allegory for the stratospheric success of this band - similar to a led zeppelin, they were able to deliver results - some really awesome tunes over the years, a pretty cool documentary about them, and a legendary stage presence (although their album "Presence" went over a bit like a lead balloon). Or maybe they just had poor spelling skills?

I always battle if this album is too long or not. Not every song shows up at the same level but the skill and balance across genres really showcase how the band grew and what they could do. Kashmir is one of the best songs of all time. The worst Zeppelin is better than almost any band and this is some of the best Zeppelin. Ten Years Gone is such an easy song to get lost listening to. In The Light is the song I still feel I have the most to unpack in.

This album makes me want to grab my harmonica and jam along. With Led Zeppelin IV I said "They use the Blues, Rock and Folk music as a strong foundation and build a castle on that foundation." And the same is true here. The first disc goes harder but, the melodies still feel cohesive on disc two. Things are kept fresh with the change of pace. The song Black Country Woman is a bit of a stumble. I give this album like a 4.8 rounded up.

love but becomes repetitive, Good chill listen or background

Rating: 10/10 One of the greatest double albums of all time and possibly Zeppelin's best work. This album is a culmination of the band's best attributes: Plant's charismatic vocals, Page's amazing guitar riffs, Jones' melodic bass lines, and Bonham's groovy drumming. Despite its length, almost all of the songs are excellent. A timeless classic. Favorite songs: pretty much all of them. Least favorite song: Bron-Yr-Aur.

"Physical Graffiti is one of the corner stones of rock history" and "Jimmy Page is a horrible human being" go together like a horse and carriage.

4.7 I dont know why I feel guilty about giving this 5 stars. I kept trying to justify a 4 stars but I cant. This is soild from top to bottom, front to back and side to side. There is not a song on this album that I wont turn up when it comes on or when I put it on.

Every song is absolutely amazing. Favourite Songs: The Rover, Kashmir, Ten Years Gone, The Wanton Song, Boogie With Stu. Least Favourite Songs: NONE.

Excellent album front to back. Excellent guitars and snappy, toe-tappin’ tunes. I can see some elements of the heavy metal (for those that believe that Led Zeppelin is the grandfather of Heavy Metal), but it isn’t super obvious. A classic Rock & Roll album that is relistenable. 5

I've been busy while listening, but me likey

Excellence

I got this albums on a Friday and returned to it a few time over the weekend. It was a 4 after the first listen, but became a 5 after a couple more listens. There is just no bad song on this album, nothing worth tracking over. It's a great album of mostly deeper Led Zeppelin tracks.

I love Zeppelin, and this album is no different! Probably more like a 4.5 stars rather than 5. Big riffs, loud drums and some beautiful melodies. My only gripe, and something that has really made me think twice before blasting out Zeppelin in recent years is Bonhams squeaky bloody pedal. It crops up in most of the albums and once you hear it once it's THERE, there's no escaping it! These guys made mega pennies and yet didn't grease their bloody drum pedal! *Power riff* *squeak*. Sorry if this spoils future Zep experiences for all that have read this, but I needed my say.

Great rock album

Great album, real variation of songs but all led zeppelin.

Perfect record that still resonates today.

Starts bluesy, get amazing. First song on the second disk is great

Some pretty good music.....and then Kashmir .....bloody good song!

You gotta be kidding me, Beatles, Muse & Zep one after another? I'm a big Houses of the Holy apologist, but at least one song here ("Trampled Under Foot") is a retread of a HotH song ("The Crunge") but done much better. In terms of songs evoking a beach, I'd take "Down By the Seaside" over "D'yer Maker" "In the Light" and "Ten Years Gone" have grown on me substantially since I heard them years ago, which makes me wonder whether the intimidating length of this album bothered me more back then. My favourite Zep (if not this or Led Zeppelin IV) is their III, so “Black Country Woman” & “Bron-Yr-Aur” are fantastic breaks from the Rock And Roll 🪨

Great album. The last side is pretty inessential, but there's a ton of greatness on the first three sides -- Custard Pie, In My Time of Dying, Houses of the Holy, Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir, In the Light, Down By the Seaside, Ten Years Gone -- these are some of the bands greatest songs. The last side keeps it from 5 stars, but still a 4.5 for me.