Physical Graffiti

Good, guitar driven rock

I have lots of mixed feelings about this album, most of them positive. First off, this is a long one, with four sides running at over 80 minutes. Stylistically, the songs are kind of all over the place, ranging from acoustic folk ballads to long progressive rock epics and classic hard rock and blues in between. The best songs were easily In My Time of Dying, Kashmir, In the Light. LZ is at their best showcasing riffs. There is always a recognizable riff that each song is centered on. The guitar work is impressive even to modern ears. That being said, I can't stand Robert Plant's voice. It's the epitome of typical classic rock singing, just belting out "ooohs", "baby", and "oh yeah" in virtually every song. Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones are the best part of LZ and are what keep LZ from being mediocre in my eyes. All that said, I think this balances out to a solid 4.

This album banged.

p339. 1975. 2 stars. Led Zep at their flabbiest. A double album of mostly average songs, with the decent ones victim to the usual mid-70s +5 minute rock wankage of the time. A bit of judicious editing and this could have a half decent single album.

What a band! Musical nirvana. Ten Years Gone is probably my favourite track from this album, closely followed by Houses of the Holy and the symphonically spectacular Kashmir. Bron-Yr-Aur and Trampled Underfoot too. There's only one score for an album like this - a straight gold-star 5

More enjoyable than I expected. Didn't like the singing.

A couple of good songs, but overall (remastered) album is too long with too many overlong tracks.

Apenas 5. Gosto de Led Zeppelin, ent sou supeito e diferente de pink floyd, o stereo é bem mais suave

Eu sou enjoada de Led Zeppelin mas fui de coração aberto. Começa bem, mas chega uma hora que me enjoa. No geral eu gostei 50/50, algumas músicas ficam muito boas de se ouvir enquanto faz algo, outras dão vontade de pular pra frente. Fave: Kashmir, Trampled under foot

Absolutely no notes. THIS is Zeppelin's best album, and it's not even close. Finally, they're able to separate themselves form the early days of ripping off blues artists, and completely situate themselves into the sound that makes them a great band. When those keys kick in right after the guitar intro of Custard Pie, I mean come on. It doesn't get any better than that. Every song here should be here. It's a double album, and next to maybe The Wall, the best double album in rock. Each member is at the top of their game with being able to stand out in the best ways while still contributing to a cohesive, tight project. No showboating that FEELS like showboating.

This stands as my favorite Zeppelin record, and arguably their best, even though it feels a bit like cheating, considering it's a double album from one of the most all-around talented bands at the apex of their respective powers.

Some bangers, but wouldn't seek it out

It's fucking Led Zeppelin

Classic for a reason, an innovative rock landscape scouring through a Dark Souls-esque English world!

It's a double album so it starts out great and then just fades into generic Led Zepplin

Hmmm, another band that largely leaves me cold. 2 stars cos Kashmir is a banger.

This is very good. So many iconic guitar riffs on one album. I am not a huge fan of Zeppelin, but the band on this album was a nice mellow version of Zep that I can get behind.

No doubt this is musically very good but I cannot get past my dislike for Robert Plant's vocal delivery.

Classic

I didn’t expect to like this much, but there were some gems. The only song I recognized was Kashmir, and it’s really good - it’s a song I’ve heard without knowing who it’s by. Definitely a little overlong and with some fat that could be trimmed, but enjoyable overall. 3.5. Highlights: - In My Time of Dying - Kashmir - Bron-Yr-Aur

What a set of songs, what gaudy/grungy hooks so expertly executed. Page the wizardly puppet master here, Plant the high priest, or official Rock God. JPJ and Bonzo just rock-solid when necessary, and fluid and agile as need be. Hard to fathom the breadth and depth of skill and quality and power across this output, even if it's argubally 15-20% too long. "In the Light," Down by the Seaside" and "10 Years Gone" rank among the best-ever Zeppelin cuts and there are another 5-7 solid+ to very good songs. It all adds up to top marks, not only because this was one's favorite band as a teen and they seem to have even gotten better in the many years since one has listened to them regularly.

No.

Liked it, idk. At a certain point some 70s rock sounds similar to me. I'll def listen again but not the most invested.

Not my favorite zep album but maybe my second or third favorite lol

I liked the deeper tracks much better. The radio cuts have been overplayed to the point of annoyance. The bluesy tracks were enjoyable. "Kashmir" is grating now.

Goed album, maar ook wat mindere nummers en weinig echte krakers

Yes, there are some absolute classics. But, it meanders for too long with uninteresting filler tracks.

Weird day when I listened to it. Still have a few tracks to go

They are a great rock band. It's just not the type of rock that I am into.

Has some absolute bangers and classics. But there are some duds. Also, as I've gotten older I find Led Zeppelins lyrics to be rough. Good voice but lyrically tough.

Horrendous vocals, and all songs sound the same.

A good creative peak for the band. I think it has the most risks of their albums. Down by the seaside has a nice honky tonk twang to it. the slide guitars in "in my time of dying" are great. "kashmir" with it's strings/eastern music influences.

schon ein schmackofatz

Classic Zepp

feels like coming home

How many led zeppelin albums must I endure before the list is done? I think it has been 10% zeppelin so far and they all sound the same. 2 stars, one because I'm tired of it and the second star because it is still pretty good...

Definitely my least favorite Led Zeppelin album.

Nothing about this stuck with me. Perfectly passable music in a genre I just don’t care about. Deducting a star for the singing, it’s a crime that we just let every dude in a rock band do that weird voice in the 70s and 80s.

Not Zep at their best, still some good songs. Like a 3.5.

Easily the best Zeppelin album. From the opening licks of Custard Pie to Page’s wailing jam at the end of Sick Again—and all points in between—Zeppelin’s range, power and raw emotion is on full display. Cannot be topped, perhaps by any rock album, ever. That argument can certainly be made.

Amazing, ahead of its time and surprisingly folky.

Best band ever. 6/5

Unendlich vielseitiges Album. 1h 27 min, super viel zu entdecken. Nicht alle Songs ultra zugänglich, aber einfach objektiv ein 10/10 Album.

Album 220 of 1001 Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti Rating : 4 / 5 Favorite Track : The Wanton Song Still waiting for I & II to pop up as album of the day. In the meantime, this is good and I'll give it better rating than III, though I do wish I had rated that one higher. Will all work out in the end. Great album, of course, and one I'll put on the list for buying the vinyl.

Still so good.

Great

Tälle albumille ei jäänyt mitään todistettavaa.. ja ei poijjaat tälle kuudennelle albumille mitään punkkia keksiny.. 1975 soitettiin rock n roll ja muut nimettä jättämättömäni genret.. same eclectic zeppelin .. Biiseihin osataan antaa oma aikansa ja soivat siksi hyvin albumina.. no rushing.. enjoy the led…. this is us…

still one of my favorite Zeppelin albums front to back.

A tour de force double album from a seminal band. A timeless classic. Standout songs include Kashmir, Ten Years Gone, Trampled Under Foot, Custard Pie, Houses Of The Holy, and The Wanton Song, all of which are still rock radio staples nearly 50 years after their release.

1975. This album sounds like the 70s music I remember growing up. To me, it SOUNDS like the 70s.

quite over indulgent and long, probably prefer their first 4 albums

Kind of heavy but good sounds

Great album. Not the best Zeppelin album but still some absolute quality here.

greta van fleet really outdid themselves with this one, 10/10

loop zoop, väga classic tolle aja rokkmuusika

Previously known and enjoyed

Bangers

what up big d

Man, this was boring. My least favourite Led Zeppelin album so far. The length doesn't really help it, and there wasn't anything too amazing on here. I mean, Kashmir is good, even if it is a bit longer than I remember, but that's kinda it, in my opinion. I don't know man, I just don't get Led Zeppelin. It's odd, I'd figure that I should like them because of the whiny way Robert Plant sings, as I usually like listening to men whine on albums, but I guess I just don't like the music enough to care. My favourite song was Kashmir.

If the album were tracks 3 through 10, this may have been the most consistent album Led Zeppelin ever released. I’ve never been crazy about the few songs bookending the album, although there’s nothing bad about them. But the great songs are among Led Zeppelin’s best: “In The Light,” “Kashmir,” “Ten Years Gone,” to name a few! I’m giving it 5 stars—though I’d probably go closer to 4.5 if I could. Nonetheless, while it isn’t a perfect album, it’s so eclectic and creative and its best songs are so good that they elevate the whole release.

I just don't get the hype. This is two led zeppelin albums now and they are just meh.

Not my favourite Led Zeppelin album, and a bit too long. But good nonetheless. Best tracks: Kashmir, In The Light Least fav: Custard Pie

It is only fitting that this be the first album in this listening journey. While not my personal favorite Zeppelin album, it is still a prime example of technical and stylistic mastery. This, to me, is the most Zeppelin-sounding Zeppelin album. I do think that disk one is a bit stronger than disk two. Highs for me include In My Time of Dying, In the Light, Ten Years Gone, and, of course, Kashmir.

Very good

I own this album, so I already know it's great. It's an absolute banger!

Impressions: Average Led Zeppelin album. Led Zeppelin 1 to 4 are still king. Favorite tracks: Custard Pie, In My Time of Dying, Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir, In the Light, The Wanton Song Rating: 4/5

some great songs off here, and even if they're not great, the rest of the album blows out the majority of this entire list of 1001 albums that I've seen so far. its Zeppelin!

Look… it’s Zeppelin. Is it one of their best? No. But it is still pretty damn good? Hell yeah

A bit too long, but excellent guitar work. I did not care for it on first listen, but took a couple play throughs for me to start to appreciate it. Favorite songs: Boogie with Stu, Kashmir, Trampled under Foot, the Rover

L for me

Ja wel echt nice! Dit is echt wel een album die tijdloos is en echt goed in elkaar zit

Love this album but it doesn't quite match up to the previous albums and would probably have been better as a single album

So fun! Relaxing bluesy jams and some more complex epic tracks like Kashmir.

Has a good solid rock vibe. it would be a good album to listen to during a workout

Barely a dozen albums in and already another Led Zeppelin? Ugh. I do like this a bit more than the first one. I think Robert Plant’s vocals are buried a little more in the mix, which helps. If they took them out entirely it would be even better. There are a few songs I don’t mind like the one they wrote about Godzilla. I dig the mellotron. God this album is long,

Better than some of the other ones!

I find it difficult to relate to Led Zeppelin g and remembering their stuff. But then every time I hear In the Light, for example, I'm in awe. I don't know what keeps me from truly loving them. In this case maybe it's the album length

I think I just burnt out on Zepp back in high school. Can't deny their significance or talent, but I just can't seriously listen to it any more.

Xool

cool music

I understand the historical significance of Led Zeppelin, but right now I’m just bored

Really good record.

Suprisingly unenjoyable to me, as i previously loved a handful of Led Zeppelin tracks, first 4 track run reminds me of AC-DC-ish highway rock which is insufferable to me, 7/15 tracks listened tracks i enjoyed: Trampled Under Foot: great riff and some odd reggae vibes, but gets too repetetive for its 5 minnutes Kashmir: some melodic breaks between lines that are really cool, but still core gets repetetive in an unenjoyable way

Ah parece ser legal mas NN é muito meu estilo

Boogie with Stu 🎶

Very classic rock. Has some really cool tracks (which are widely known), but not everything is to my liking.

Typical bluesy proggy rockin ass tunes from Zep, babayy. I'm less familiar with this one than their numbered albums, and I really enjoyed it. Some severe bangers, lots of great beats and grooves and instrumental breakdowns. Plant is as screechy and soulful as ever.

Seichter hard Rock.

Was already familiar with album. Pretty good, some songs sound too much alike. Forgot how much I like Down by the Seaside

Controversial this but…don’t get it. It’s all just “look at me” rock cliche. I’d rather give it a miss.

Led Zeppelin has always been one of the best. This album, however ran a little too long for my tastes. Give me Kashmir and I’m good.

Although it's not their best, this album really shows off their musical prowess

Thanks to John Bonham and John Paul Jones, the sound is THICK. Big fan.

I never listen to this but when I hear it I recognise vast swaths of things I do listen to regularly

I cant listen to Kashmir anymore. I’m done w that song. There’s some funkiness to this album (In My Time of Dying and Houses of the Holy), but it’s also overly long. I would have cut 30% of it out.

This is the first full Led Zeppelin album I've ever listened to. Honestly I'm a little surprised how it took me so long seeing as how rad this was. The grungy guitar tones steal the show on this album.

Not a Zeppelin fan

Long songs

One of the best albums of one of my favourite groups. It needs ten stars.

classic fun. disk 1 was great. this has reminded me to listen to zeppelin more disk 2 (barf spotify) was not as fun

My 700th album, this is a treat. Love led zep, and this album is great, but just a bit on the long side of my liking, hence I tend to go back to earlier albums more than this one. Still more than deserving of being on the list. And one I’ll come back every now and again given it’s more musically varied than their earlier stuff.

Not their best album, but solid overall. Some tunes were overly long. Made for a long listen.

I wrote a whole review on the computer, but basically, the song starts out with a bunch of really good songs, then it quickly becomes way too long and tedious.

Better than I thought, still not super into it 2/5

Super fun listen. Interesting to hear the individual contributions blend into a whole. Bonham just so good.

I love bands that cite LZ as an influence but they themselves never did it for me.

This is Led Zeppelin’s best album, it is a legitimate masterpiece, and has an epic range of styles. The diversity is fantastic, but it has some incredible bangers as well. “In my time of dying” is 11 minutes long, but doesn’t waste a second, it sums up the whole album, because they all have an immediacy regardless of length.

Some recognisable songs.

Few notable songs in the album. The music was better mixed than the singing

Growing up I have distinct memories of listening to Led Zeppelin with my dad while grilling on the back porch. I have heard many of the hits but this album just hit different than some of Zeppelin's more melodic albums. Much more rock and roll in this album. I love the guitar riffs and harmonica mixed into the background on some of the tracks. The pacing of the album slowed down in the middle and picked up for a strong finish.

3.5, it's objectively good but not my favorite work of theirs. It's about a 50% hit rate. Got more jammy than I remembered

Favorite Tracks: Custard Pie, The Rover, In My Time of Dying, Houses of the Holy, Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir, Bron-Yr-Aur, Ten Years Gone, The Wanton Song

It's a classic. Side A is pretty much perfect, ending with such a gigantic song like Kashmir is great.

This is great. Late to zep but loving it

All time fav

I liked how the equalization was done, it gives some importance to the voice and sometime to other instruments, it gives you the ilussion of dimensions

Lyrical graffiti and this one's a burner baby! If I never hear a Led Zeppelin song again in a million years it'll still be too soon!

His voice gets on my nerves. :( The only song I really like so far is Kashmir and it's strictly for the music. A lot of this would be better without vocals.

It's Led Zeppelin isn't it

Led Zeppelin IV is the best Led Zeppelin? NO IT'S THIS ONE RIGHT HERE! The first run from Custard Pie to Kashmir is PERFECT!!! And although the second half isn't as perfect it is still some of Led Zeppelins best work. I loved it since my first listen! favourites: Custard Pie, The Rover, In My Time of Dying, Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir, In the Light, Ten Years Gone, The Wanton Song least fav.: probably Night Flight? Rating: decent 9

One of Led Zeppelin's best. I have always liked the groove in these songs and the album includes one of their absolute best songs in Kashmir. Other highlights for me are in My Time of Dying, Houses of the Holy, Trampled Under Foot, and Ten Years Gone.

Yes

Ambitious, but ultimately somewhat hit or miss. The hits are incredible though.

Great for a car ride Too poppy for work

Solid album, but far from Zeo's best. A double album for which the length works.

This is amazing !!!

Nope

Some pretty epic riff rock here, spanning a whole double album.

long

Good classic rock! Just enough blues for me to accept it and just enough rock for me to love it

Classic

Banger

The first four zeppelin albums are musical dna. After then not so much. But there are gems on this. I think you can start to hear the decline. Had bonham lived I doubt zeppelin would have lasted much longer though they squeeze out a couple more after this. This might be the last of the great ones.

Much more enjoyable as a LZ sampler than LZ 3

My daughter, Billie Rose, had a leading role in the 2008 Australian feature film, Monkey Puzzle. At one point in the film, actor Socratis Otto looks at the Led Zeppelin t-shirt that Billie is wearing &, in an attempt at small talk, announces that “I really like Kashmir”. Billie replies, “I prefer cotton. I get itchy with anything else”. He looks at her strangely, then says “It’s a Zeppelin song.” For many fans, it’s not just a Zeppelin song, it’s the great Zeppelin song (check the websites). This is almost a great double album - and that’s no easy thing to do. Rock music is littered with ill-conceived double albums. Side 1 eases the listener in, without delivering a killer tune. But, after that, it takes off. Side 2 is outstanding as it builds from Houses Of The Holy, through Trampled Underfoot, a personal fave, until it reaches the aforementioned Kashmir. Side 3 is reminiscent of Side 1 - all about demonstrating the artistry of the players without providing a memorable tune. But Side 4 is a terrific closer, and from the condition of my original vinyl, definitely the side that I’ve hammered most over the last half a century. Largely to do with my keenness for Boogie With Stu, based on an old Ritchie Valens song, & featuring the great Ian Stewart on piano & what sounds like John Bonham beating a cardboard box to death. Although the whole of the Side 4 is terrific & exquisitely diverse, which is a quality that the band had achieved in spades by this point in their career. I don’t think they were ever this good again.

When I was a young man living in share houses, we played a lot of "ancestor metal", including this album a lot. Personally, Led Zep II was my favourite, but this is still a pretty great record, and I find it hard to critique. Assuming you have a taste for what led Zep do, the first disc is almost unimpeachable. The second disc has a lot more filler (Bron-Yr_Aur, Boogie with Stu, Down by the Seaside), but given that this double was a chance to clear the vaults of off-cuts and previously unfinished tracks, the standard is remarkably high. Real kudos to the rhythm section, who really are doing the heavy lifting here. Apparently, Bonham really came into his own in the arranging of songs (eg, In My Time of Dying), and his drumming is just awesome. John Paul Jones' orchestrations and keyboard playing is exceptional. the clavinet on Custard Pie and Trampled Under Foot is wonderful. Led Zep are a cornerstone band for me. I know the critiques (bombastic, risible lyrics, sexist, plagiarized), but I really enjoy listening to them. Five stars for awesomeness and classic status.

So far, feels like an improvement on Zeppelin I in every way. The riffs are super fun and the songs sound a lot more varied. Drags on a bit due to the length, but there are consistent bangers across the track list.

Honestly maybe the most underrated (by me) Zeppelin album. Really solid end to end...not many LZ albums that don't have a few duds. 4.5/5

Some of my favourites on here but it is overly long and a bit mediocre at times. Feel kinda bad putting this at 3 but there's plenty of Led Zep on the list to go around.

The only reason this album is on this list is because it says Led Zeppelin.

Yes

If I didn't give 5 stars to this, then I don't know what I would give 5 stars to. Even the songs about shagging are class. 'I chew on a piece of your Custard Pie...' And it only gets better from there.

This was a much needed classic rock. I don’t know if it’s because of the low Im coming off of or that I truly loved it or a mixture of both, but this was good. Classic, and yes long which I don’t like, but doesn’t matter.

The Zep album where the singles sucked (or maybe just have been overplayed). Ah, no, it's a classic. I'm pretty sure. I've analyzed this album an embarrassing number of times. It's a weird dichotomy in my head w/ this one because DAMN for the most part this is Zep at their best. It SOUNDS great. There are some negatives for me, and one being just a bit bloated. Yet.... if it were only a single album no doubt a lot of experimental tracks I love wouldn't have made it so I have to allow for that. Their White Album perhaps? I'll get this out of the way: I hate Kashmir. I said it. Oooo Jimmy Page came up with a middle-eastern riff how progressive....meh. It's plodding and dull. Trampled Under Foot is terrible and embarrassing because of Plant, who sounds particularly awful on this one. Extremely cool clav riff though - as ever, JPJ carrying the load quietly in the background... I don't know why it's weirdly easy for me to kind of rip on Zeppelin. Yet I'm still giving this album a keeper mark; I think I naturally rebel against hero worship of this band but goddammit there are reasons they're venerated and this album in particular. This review is awful - I'm gonna sum up my feelings from bad to great: • Plant is annoying as a singer for me more often than not. I don't like singers anyways so grain of salt and all that... • Page was one of my least-favourite guitar players bc *for the most part* I hate the way he sounds, was a sloppy player, etc. • But .... Page was legit top-tier at song structure, chord voicings, and dynamics. And his guitar tone/sound on this album was the best it ever was. • John Paul Jones made this band for me and it shows on virtually every song, whether on bass or keys. • JPJ with Bonham...<chef's kiss> - Page/Plant get all the press but screw that - without the rhythm section this band would simply not have been. Anyways - do I penalize an album for the fat I have to cut out? Do you complain about the perfectly-grilled steak because there are a few unpleasant bits on the ends? Here's my final verdict for a perfect PG: Custard Pie is a tough call; I don't like it that much but it's also not a bad opener. Out of 15 songs I would just cut these 4: Trampled Under Foot Kashmir Wanton Song Black Country Woman that sheds 22 minutes making it 61 minutes total. Too long for a 70s vinyl single album. ...Let's cut the fine-yet-aimless "Sick Again" as well to bring it to about 56 minutes and rearrange. BAM. Everything else crushes. Also this may the one LZ album where Jimmy Page's guitar tone doesn't incessantly bother me but perhaps ironically it also made me realize that Plant's voice is actually an irritant. It's a bit of nitpicking tho - JPJ and Bonzo carry the day and today with streaming/playlists etc. we can simply trim the fat to make a killer 3 sided LP. Wavering between 4 and 5 but feeling like I should be less iconoclastic at times so 5 it is based mostly on the 2nd half diversity and melody... 9/10 5 stars for my own memories - i'd gone track by track on this album just a year ago w friends, my notes: Custard Pie - cool riff that kinda goes nowhere. JPJ the star with the clavinet. Plant annoying and embarrassingly stupid lyrics The Rover - excellent. better riff than most of their hits; i tried playing this w a band in college (poorly). Plant annoying whiny on this one. In My Time of Dying - excellent - even if a little long. But it's not a bad thing to go over the allotment once in a while; air it out, ya know? Live feel - this is so much better than e.g. Kashmir. Houses of the Holy - excellent Trampled Under Foot - dogshit; always hated this song. cool clav riff tho. Kashmir - honestly this song is boring as fk / massively overrated. skipped. In the Light - Weird Zep excels on this one. Bron-Yr-Aur - nice, Jimmy. This is where he excelled. Man. Down By the Seaside - quite lovely actually - i love it; wonder if this was a Zep 3 leftover. I love the tempo and mood change halfway through. Ten Years Gone - love it. Along the lines of Stairway; a little less-pretentious or ambitious maybe, but similar mix of styles. Night Flight - great song, if a bit simple - but how was this not a single. The Wanton Song - ehh. annoying Plant, too. pass on this one even if it "sounds" cool Boogie With Stu - silly, kinda fun / kinda throwaway. a totally ok track for a double-album. Black Country Woman - whiny-Plant again. I do like the live/acoustic aspect (listen to the live airplane at the beginning). No bass tho wtf. This sounds like something that should have been on a posthumous release of demos/outtakes - would have fit better there. Sick Again - average. It *sounds* good...cool odd time sig in parts, but not a great song. A fine album ender I guess.

I love Led Zepplin. This is a great album made up of decent tracks with a few great tracks.

5/5. While I don’t like every single song, that doesn’t mean that 95% of the album isn’t fantastic. Some of Zeppelin’s best work in my opinion.

4.5 stars. Hard rock, funk, blues, prog. There's a lot in here and it showcases all of the musical talent of the group. "Down by the Seaside" is underrated and "Kashmir" and "Houses of the Holy" are the two standouts.

Never liked them, never will.

First time actually listening to this one but I know all the bigger songs. Zeppelin is fucking great regardless and there’s a couple stretches on this album where they’re just knocking it Out of the park. There are some lulls and the album could be trimmed a bit but it’s a great listen.

I love Led Zeppelin. Never gave this one a listen through, to be quite honest. Not sure why, it’s amazing! A lot of great songs. Biggest surprise: In the Light Maybe I’m basic, but I gotta go 5. It’s Led Zeppelin. And one of their better albums at that.

Great album

Zeppelin is good. I'm not sure I understand the hype, with the exception of Kashmir, none of the songs on the album were anything I would put on. I'm certain they would be amazing in concert, but I just don't see myself ever putting on a Zeppelin album.

Uneven, but some absolute bangers too.

Some of the album was repetitive, but some very good songs on there too

Another nostalgia album for me

Great

Great! I love Led Zeppelin

My uncle lent me his copy of Physical Graffiti when I was a kid and I remember being captivated by the gatefold sleeve. When I finally got to New York years later I did go and take a look at the brownstone building just because. On the music this is a colossus of an album and Kashmir is one of the great moments in rock history. Yes it's bloated and overblown but sometimes you just have to let that pass.

Awesome!

Deserves the rep

Always prepped for Zep

One of those classic albums that you can’t say no to. Probably worth a four but I think I’ve listened to enough Zeppelin in my life.

Surprised it took this long to get a Zeppelin album. I believe it was the only artist who had 4 or more albums listed that I hadn't had yet. Not my favourite Zeppelin album but it's still Led Zeppelin. Kashmir is just such a banger song it brings the whole album up. The first half is definitely much stronger than the second.

Bron yr aur sevdim kashmir ? , in my time of dying, tranplet under foot sevdim gibi genel olarak beğenmedim müzikler iyi vokal yoruyor

3.5, bom álbum overall

Buen album. Distintos

There are a handful of 6/5 votes in this list. This is one of them.

Like most double albums, this has bloat. Personally, the bluesier numbers could have been left out (Custard Pie opens and is a pretty disgusting metaphor for pussy eating—for better and worse Robert Plant oozes horniness), but man, once Kashmir hits, this thing takes off. The ascending looping progression creates black magical tension, beautifully relieved by the descending chorus. In the light is a perfect companion to Kashmir with a spacey beginning followed by one of the sickest riffs in rock. Ten Years Gone, again, is a compositional masterpiece just bursting with complementary ideas. Still, one wishes this were pared down into the impossibly good album it could have been. One can really feel just how much of a “band” these guys were. It feels like you’re in the room a lot of the time. Even though much of it is elaborately composed, it feels loose. The drums swing and the whole group swaggers together piratically. It goes without saying that Led Zeppelin delivered a sound that was near impossible to duplicate. Technically virtuosic yet

I struggled decided on giving this 3 or 4 stars. On one hand, there are some genuinely really good songs on this, but on the other hand, I found it to be overly long. If this was shortened to a single LP with the filler taken off I’d definitely give it a 4, maybe even a 5.

Solid. Very catchy songs, ended with a couple wiffs

I didn't like Led Zeppelin before and I don't now. The songs are way too long, even Kashmir, which was otherwise the only interesting one.

Led Zeppelin is the best rock band of all time. I do like other rock bands more than Zeppelin, but objectively, this is the most talent assembled into a rock band ever. And I say that as a massive Beatles fan. Now, Physical Graffiti is not their best album. In my opinion that's Led Zeppelin II. This album was puposefully expansive to allow the boys to explore and indulge, but that does result in some bloat with tracks like Boogie with Stu and Night Flight. Meanwhile, this album has songs like The Rover, Kashmir, and Ten Years Gone, not to mention Houses of the Holy ended up on this album! The Rover has tendrils in so many future rock songs. I hear that main guitar riff everywhere. Trampled Under Foot is the best track in my opinion. Just fabulous and I would guess Franz Ferdinand would agree.

All-time classic from my favorite band in my early- to mid-teenaged years, including one of my favorite songs from them: \"Ten Years Gone\". Wide range of influences are on display. 5/5

Not my genre of music. I think if I played an instrument I might appreciate this one more.

classic. Some filler songs but overall very good.

Some great songs here. I think Led Zeppelin is a band I’m going to need to check out a lot more of.

Dom: Boomer, smells like a cigarette Nat: Sounds like what a cigarette smells like. ASS

There is probably a 5-star album buried in the double album, but too much filler. Extra point for Kashmir.

This really does feel like Led Zeppelin’s “White Album.” Double album in which every idea was tossed onto the final track list - rock epics alongside joking-style filler. Interesting listen but doesn’t quite rise to their best work. I gave LZ2 a 4 (probably deserved a 5) and LZ4 a 5 so this has to be a 4. Kashmir, Ten Years Gone, Houses of the Holy are all LZ canon, great stuff. Trampled Under Foot is an F- song.

old piece, heard it many times

exceptional album, final 3 songs put it off a 5/5

Wait, am I actually enjoying a double album from Led Zeppelin? I've changed, man.

One of my favorites from the Boomers Classics' catalog. Also one of the best from Led Zep!

One disc full of hits and powerful songs, another one dominated by fillers. What can we do with that? A real 3.5 case. Okay, it's an important record in the history of rock. Let's go to 4.

If I'm forced to choose, Led Zeppelin III is my favorite Zeppelin album but it's hard to deny that Physical Graffiti is the best Zeppelin album.

alright. good intro to classic rock? is that what Led Zeppelin is? I liked the instrumentals and although it’s not my usual style I know it’s good music.

I always thought of myself as an average Led Zeppelin fan, which means I love their well known part of discography and just disregard everything else. Today I had a quick date with that "everything else" part. Unfortunately, it didn't end on a positive note. Big highlight of the album is the song "Kashmir", which has one of my favourite guitar riffs of all time. What is really surprising, is that this song just sticks out both in quality and thematically from the album. All the other tracks are in different style, just like a random mashup of some (good) guitar solos and Plant's vocal, which is slowly grinding your gears on this album. I would never think that I will have such a bad time listening to Led Zeppelin record, but here we are.

I don't think I listened to it all but what I heard was fine.

I can't believe these bozos ripped off Greta Van Fleet!

Мне нравится Лед Зеппелин. Это прекрасная музыка, которая дарит тебе бурю эмоций. Данный альбом заряжает не только душу, но и тело, заставляет махать руками, идти в предпрыжку и дергать в разные стороны головой. Музыкантов такого уровня профессионализма совсем мало, да и к тому же чувствуется как много удовольствия они получили от записи «Физического Граффити». Особенно в этот раз я обратил внимание на игру Джона Бонэма: без него не было бы тех Лед Зеппелин, которых мы знаем, и альбомов, которые любим, так как его игра на барабанах делает каждую песню круче и живее за счет тех сил и ума, вкладываемые им в невероятно быструю и ловкую игру. Последние песни с альбома я послушал несколько раз, так

Cat: This fucking band. Bonham is a truck. Page is incendiary. Plant is a God. Jones is so solid. This is rock n roll. As far as this album goes, of course it’s good. Wouldn’t say it’s top 3 zeppelin albums for me, but it has some fantastic stuff. AJ: ☝🏻

Yeah some good ones on here isn’t it

Man, this list really loves Led Zeppelin, eh? This is the 4th album of Led Zeppelin I have now in my list. Compared to I to IV I think 'Physical Graffiti' has more ups and downs. This is due to its nature as a collection of songs for other albums. Sure, we have 'Kashmir' on this one but also some not so interesting songs like 'Custard Pie' or 'The Rover'. An issue for me is the mixing. Robert Plant's voice often sounds like he put through a tunnel which diminishes his high-pitched efforts as one of the best singer in rock music. Hence I give this 4 instead of 5 stars (like the other albums).

Solid, classic Zeppelin. Not my favorite of their albums, although this one is close.

I thought it was good. Some of the guitar riffs were really entertaining. Not 100% sure if I like the lead singers voice, but I did in some of the songs.

The Rover, Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir, and The Wanton Song. Some great songs and some okay songs. Alfa drumming by the Alfa John Bonham.

too long, still good. i like 4 better. 3.5 kashmir

Way too long

Love this one

Crunchy, funky and electrifying. It’s a grower for sure.

Not bad. Kinda cool to hear some songs that aren’t played over and over again on the radio.

Really enjoyed this.

This was like a tray of choice cuts and blueprints for other people to take inspiration or plain steal for something later/better. Realistically, to enjoy this I’d need to cut the songs down to 4 mins max and scale way back on Robert Plant which probably makes me a philistine. I appreciate your service Led, no I do not want to make a donation.

Too much filler

oh god i knew one would come up eventually Listening to a zeppelin hit: awesome, groovy, I'm having so much Listening to a zeppelin album: tedious, fatiguing, by the end of it feel like I'm listening to two petulant children scream for attention to drown out one of the nicest rhythm sections in the genre ultimately I just don't get it like everyone else does, they're just good, and the response to any criticism against this band just makes me wanna double down on it cos everyone's so fucking annoying about it that being said it's still like 3 stars of course

I really like this album. It’s good rock with well done blues influences. I think this isn’t quite the genre for me, but I do like the blues and folk influences. 4/5

This album is great, firstly by the iconic cover, wich i think i extremely cool and beautiful. But then you listen to the track and altough they are not all legendary it as a couple good track like: coustard pie, the rover and Trampeld under foot but you also have two of the best Led Zep riff, music and song: Kashmir and House of the Holy. Anyway its one of the most "HARD" rock album of Led Zep

classic rock decent

What else can be said, this is really rather good

4.75

Favourites: • In My Time of Dying • Kashmir

SCREECHING NOISES BURSTS OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING A HOWLING FIGURE IN THE NIGHT RAIN ATOP A STONY PEAK SEX ANVILS RAIN FROM THE SKY AS THE GODS SPLIT MOUNTAINS AND BRING FORTH TWIN-HEADED DRAGONS FROM THE DEEP OCEANS SEX A SOFT TUNE PLAYED UPON A MANDOLIN AS THE GOATS FROLIC ANVILS I like it

Banger

Its a strong, epic, guitar-forward sound. I'm starting to understand why Led Zepplin are well known. Some of the longer songs are way too self-indulgent and repetitive for my taste.

When they're staying true to their genre, they're great. When they experiment outside their element, it's not pretty or entertaining. But there is enough classic Zeppelin on here to overcome their flights of fancy. I've never been a typical Zep "fan", but this is a pretty good album worthy of "1001" status.

Personal Enjoyability (out of 40): 30 Consistency of Quality (out of 25): 13 Keeps Interest (out of 25): 18 Album Flow (out of 10): 8 (consideration for it being released on four sides of vinyl) Overall 69/100 ★★★★ Quick Review: Lots of variation of style that keeps it interesting. Some songs were a bit boring which is to be expected of a double album, but only at side four did I think the actual album dragged a bit. Kashmir is the obvious banger but there were a couple of other LZ songs I'd not heard before and loved.

I’ve listened to only one Led Zeppelin album before today, and I unfortunately found it a little underwhelming. Today’s album is around 90 minutes long, so I can’t say with any honesty that I’m hyped for this. Let’s listen! Songs I already knew: Kashmir Favourites: Kashmir, In The Light, Down By The Seaside I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected! The first few songs didn’t stand out as great so I thought it might have been a slog, but then I started getting into it more and more as the album went on. The guitar playing and tones are excellent. The singing was very unique, but I suspect it could be a little grating for some. Overall, a significantly better album than I expected today!

Despite there are not so many hits here, I like this album more that the numbered ones.

Rock in!

Led Zep is rough. And a double album of almost 90 minutes of Led Zep is especially tough. Just too bluesy and too cheesy for me, but I know people love them. It was a slog.

Zeppelin in their prime.

Powerhouse album from the ultimate rock band. Some extraordinary riffs and superb musicianship. Stellar

Had this album as a teenager, driving around playing Kashmir at full volume 😎

Interesting if sprawling album. Agreed with reviewers below that it could have been cut off at an earlier point. All the same, love Led Zepp and I was very happy listening to this. In My Time Of Dying was probably the best moment for me.

Kashmir amazing. Can see why thought one of their best. First side pretty consistently good. Attention drifted a little on side 2.

It's Led Zeppelin, but LONGER! I can dig some Zeppelin in moderation, but it's always been hard for me to stomach an entire album, and this was at least 50% worse than any of my previous efforts. They certainly figured out their formula and marketed the hell out of it.

Офигенный альбом, не считая песни кашемир. Раньше было лучше

So the album is long and Side 3 is the "weakest" part of the album, though that is obviously a subjective matter. This is an album that must be heard, just because of the diversity of musical styles and these songs really aren't as great without the context of this album. I purchased the 4 CD box set when I was 18 years old and absolutely loved all four CD's of it. The songs from Physical Graffiti were among my least favorites, mostly because I thought they were long and didn't strike me as much as the songs from the other albums did. Several years later I listened to the entire Physical Graffiti album and these tracks struck me differently. They were songs that are best represented within an album to show this is the most aggressive and experimental that Zeppelin had been to that point. It's like they took offense at the idea they weren't the best band in the world and the first seven tracks are the band showing off and reinforcing how great they can be. And yes, it is a long album. It's important to know this could not have been a single disc, and if it had, then we would never have gotten some of the excellent tracks that are on the album. The songs could not have fit into one album and so additional tracks and outtakes (like Houses of the Holy) were required to fill it out. I'll take more Zeppelin rather than less.

Sehr schönes Rockalbum von Led Zeppelin. Höre ich immer wieder sehr gerne 😎👍🏻🔝🎶

Zeppelin seem here to be pulling from their unfinished songbooks and going into the studio to jam. Still great stuff, but for Zepplin only mid tier work.

Near masterpiece

The music here is fantastic My main problem with the album is that I adore the sound of Plant's voice on their first 4 albums, and it just sounds so much more worn and coarse. Some songs are better than others. Everyone else in the band is in absolute top form, of course. There are some brilliant tracks on this one. In the past I'd have given a 5, but at this moment I'm feeling a 4. Could swing back though

First Zep record of the list. What a fucking treat! Starts off with some of the Jimmy Page dirty crunch and by the time the harmonica hits - the game is fucking on and it’s time to dive in! Following up with the Rover is another hard rocking hit and I’m noticing some audio compression on the digital track, aside from that the ripping solo puts this song in the appreciation zone. The arpeggio backing guitar kinda gives this track a punk note, unusual but not unwelcome from the Zep I’m used to. Then you’re smacked in the face with an 11 minute power house, that would have you believing you just finished a record, but no this is just the beginning! What’s this? Houses of the Holy on Physical Graffiti?! It doesn’t make sense, but be damned if this song doesn’t rip and fit right in on this record! The riff and organ-keys in trampled under foot are cosmic and the guitar flying into accent them just pumps everything up! Hitting Kashmir I’m realizing it’s not my favorite Zeppelin track, and realizing how long these songs really are. The second half of the album takes a beat and the tempo slows, by the time you arrive at bron-yr-aur you begin to think you’re at a concert and Robert is resting the vocals, hopefully for some powerful closers. Nope… down by the seaside is an interesting song for the album, and then Ten Years gone seems to be when the record begins to amp it back up. Still some slow, departures from the rock with Night Flight and we get a glimpse into how the sound is progressing into a new type of rock, perhaps they were trying to reinvent their sound and take a note from the Beatles. The Wanton Song brings back some of that wonderful Jon Bonham drum work and we are back in business, baby! Boogie with Stu and no we’re in the ragtime saloon, strange. The first half of the album is a solid 5, the second half is not bad, but it doesn’t quite fit with classic Zeppelin or this new progressive rock. Overall, the album has some serious power and is a remarkable highlight to the later years of the rock gods. One an only imagine where they would have ended up without Jon’s passing, but perhaps the second half of Physical Graffiti reminds us that the first half isn’t always followed up with an equal second.

2nd listen. Led Zeppelin is fine, but I don’t have much to say about them.

Great album

It wasn't until this day that I had finished this record. I had listened to most of it, but for whatever reason, I had not finished it. Having listened to it in full, I can say that this is one of the greatest hard rock and progressive rock albums of all time. Every single track on here goes so incredibly hard it is crazy to just imagine that there are 15 of them. The songs range in "types" so to speak, ranging from incredibly long and progressive tracks like "Kashmir", "In My Time of Dying", "In the Light", and "Down By the Seaside", to shorter but still great tracks like "Custard Pie", "Trampled Under Foot", and "Bron-Yr-Aur". The album is also experimental at times like the banger "In the Light", whose change from an ambient and drony synth-infused track into a hard rock masterpiece is down so well. In fact, a lot of the beat changes in the progressive songs are amazing and work so well. The instrumentals are just so, so good. The drums, the guitar, the bass, it all sounds so good, to a level that is sort of indescribable. The production is so tight and just works incredibly well. Everything about the album is just so good. Sure, the last 5 songs aren't too impressive, and sure, the album ends on a less groundbreaking spot, but this album is so good that it doesn't bother me. Those last 5 songs, even if they aren't as good as the previous songs, are still amazing. The highlights of this record (Kashmir, In the Light, and Down By the Seaside) are some of the best Led Zeppelin songs and, dare I say, some of the best songs in general. This album is a masterpiece. There is truly no other way to say it. This is a definite 10/10. Listen to it if you have not.

My brother was early in on the return of vinyl, and gifted me Physical Graffiti on a double LP in the full cutout packaging. Not great condition: it a was well-played used copy with plenty of crackle and hiss and one bad skip on In My Time of Dying. I babysat it through a good play recorded to cassette and took that (for once, legal) tape with me to college and listened to it many, many times. Later one of my first digital purchases was a Zeppelin "box set" - from some (I assume) long defunct MP3 store with a brand name that was recognizable in the early Ohs that I can no longer remember. I am well acquainted with this album. It had been quite a while since I gave this an end to end listen though and I have to say it held up much better than I expected. There is for sure a bit of typical double album filler, but even the B side material all has something going on, little iconic riffs and lines that earned rent free space somewhere in the resources of my mind many many years ago. And the best of it is up there with the best of Zeppelin and for that matter early heavy metal rock, period. It's a great album.

OUGGHHHH BASELINES. as a bassist myself, if a song has a good bass-line, it's a good song in my book. this album is chock full of interesting riffs that I'm itching to pick up. this wasn't the golden era of Zeppelin by any means but this album holds up very well on its own. the riffs are decently repetitive and simple but the frequent guitar licks and cycling of techniques definitely make up for it. i can't speak for the difficulty of the guitar parts but people don't make a guitar scream as well as Page could. the lyrics are every bit as hopeless and grungy as you'd expect for a rock 'n' roll band in the mid 70s. drugs and Jesus. rock on.

Must say. I really don't like this album. This feels like the most generic album some old dude would listen to. Nothing about it screams anything of worth. The tracks are too long for no real reason, since they feel like loops anyways. Lyrics are generic sounding and so are the instruments.

🔥

Always thought this was the best collection of Zep songs. There’s hits, there’s riffs, there’s wailing, more riffs. It’s a good time and a great document of the band at the peak of their powers.

This album is such a victory lap

It would be a sin to give led zeppelin anything below 4 stars

This is the Zeppelin album you gotta take your time with, so I don't listen to it too often these days. It was always my favorite, though. So many solid tracks. Good for a long lazy session. Side 3 might be my favorite.

I feel like this needs multiple listens, because as good as some of the songs were to me (ex. Kashmir, Houses of the Holy) and how some are stone cold classics, it felt like this album dragged way more than I was expecting. I loved listening to Page's riffs and Plant wailing with soaring vocals, while their rhythm section was as tight as can be, songs like In My Time of Dying and some others felt way too long, or felt like other songs on the album. It just felt really really bloated, so I can't rate this as high as I would expect.

Could've used some trimming of songs and song length. Houses of the Holy and Presence are better than this!

Was never big on rock music, but I can respect the zep. Favorite song of theirs not on this album is D’yer Mak’er. But anyway, not really feeling this one. I lean more towards punk/hardcore. Top track for me is In the Light.

Amazing album, and I'm not even a big fan of Kashmir. The drum sounds (and actual drumming) are incredible here. I usually don't like long songs, but In My Time of Dying is 11 minutes long and is the best track on the album.

Never realized this is essentially a b-sides album, but even Led Zep's b-sides are better than most bands a-sides. I found Kashmir a bit too pleased with itself, but In My Time of Dying more than makes up for it.

Unwieldy as double albums often are, but with moments of incredible beauty and majesty. The end of Zeppelin’s truly classic period.

When a collection of done and dusted and seemingly sprawling leftover songs are somehow considered top-tier material from the prime years of a rock and roll monolith, then something has been done correctly. Physical Graffiti is Led Zeppelin at their loosest and most ambitious, as though there was no one but Page, Plant, Jones and Bonham in the room with no interlopers and intruders, just shooting the shit and shooting for the stars. Beginning with the improved upon funk strut of Custard Pie, the album rarely let's up in its mountain climb of excess, nearly stumbling but ultimately reaching the peak. When push comes to shove (as it might when it comes to most Zeppelin albums) this could very well be the best representation of the band at their most popular. Essential listening.

Like it, but not for more than 1 listen

Good, but far from the previous albums

3.5 Some of my favorite under appreciated Led Zeppelin tracks are on this album including: in my time of dying, down by the seaside, and ten years gone.

-custard pieeeEEEeE -literally so funny i Love it sm -this is so different from van halen but at the same time similar -favorites so far are in my time of dying, -love the guitar here so much MORE than other rock bands i’ve listened to

Zepplin's penultimate album. Not as good as 4 though.

Collection of lots of different sounds. Good candidate for "stranded on an island" album. Fully developed Led Zeppelin sound. Well rounded. 4/5

Great album. The first record in the double album is absolutely amazing, the second record lets it down for me a little bit.

its ok, too long for a casual listen tho

Maybe Led Zeppelin’s best album? Proof that they can make a solid hard rock album without ripping a bunch of people off?

I really like this album Great instrument mix Some tracks were a bit weaker then others bit still a great classic rock album

I feel like a bad person for saying this, but despite the fact that Led Zeppelin has a lot of iconic songs, their albums also inevitably contain a good chunk of filler. This record had its fair share of incredible tracks. Houses of the Holy, Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir, and Down by the Seaside. As for the rest of it, there were a lot of strong stuff too. The only problem is that the other songs don't quite reach the heights of the best tracks. Dare I say the album dragged a bit? Maybe if it was trimmed down to less than an hour it would get another notch up.

Pretty pretty pretty good. 4

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.

i had not listened to this album in its entirety before, but i was surprised how many songs i recognized. jimmy page is his usual stellar self. robert plant fulfilling his vocal duties alternately soft and sincere contrasted with his signature banshee tendencies… and he does it seemingly effortlessly. john paul jones holding down the low end. but for my money, the one who ties it all together, the true mvp in this band is drummer john bonham. if you don’t believe me, just listen to “in my time of dying”. simply incredible. and he is a beast on the entire album, knowing when to go full throttle and knowing when to pull back. overall, a classic rock masterpiece.

This is a Zeppelin album. Not my fav album, but has Kashmir which is pretty redemptive. I like Zeppelin so it's hard for me to be super objective. This was a pretty good album, but not a great one.

Led Zeppelin 4 was one of the first albums I bought when I was younger and I wore that thing out. Instead of buying a lot of their other studio albums, I bought their huge box set that had so many great songs (and some stuff I wasn’t as into). I’ve listened to some of their studio albums over the years and there’s good and bad on them but mostly good. I hadn’t deep delved into Physical Graffiti before this popped up so I set aside some time for it. This album is so great. It’s got huge hits on it (Kashmir, Custard Pie, Trampled Under Foot, The Wanton Song, Houses of the Holy) plus song long ones that take a little time to develop but are awesome (In My Time Of Dying, In The Light, Ten Years Gone), and then some I wasn’t as familiar with that are fantastic, too (The River, Down By The Seaside, Night Flight, Bron-Yr-Aur) and the rest are also solid blues rock. Yes, it’s almost an hour and a half, but it’s all amazing. A must listen and I need to finish the few Zeppelin albums I haven’t 100% completed.

Whilst Led Zeppelin are one of the all time greats of the genre and have had some great albums and singles, this release didn't grab me the way I though it would. Being a double album was already on thin ice - most of the time I don't generally enjoy them. But then coupled with the album having some unreleased tracks from their previous works, it felt like an amalgamation of songs just for the sake of it. Best: Bron-Yr-Aur Worst: In My Time Of Dying

A solid 4/5. Not my favorite Led Zeppelin album, but this one rocks. The first half was much better than the second.

Best zeppelin album of all time. One of the true albums with only good songs front to back

8/10. Pretty good, pretty long

It’s longer than it needs to be but otherwise I really enjoyed this album. 9/10

Good

YES

It's not the best Led Zep album, and it's definitely overlong I think. That said there's some good standout tracks, and the rest of the album is generally pretty solid. Contrary to a lot of people, I actually think I prefer the second half more. I like a lot of the chilled songs, and I think there's some real nice grooves going on. Across the whole album I found a decent amount of songs quite generic though. 3.5 rounded down.

:)

- Heard this album before years ago - Grown on me since then, thought it was very good but I still prefer their debut - Kashmir is one of the best songs of all time - Fav songs: Kashmir, In My Time of Dying, In the Light

Not the best Led Zep album, especially if it’s the first one you hear but still a cracker for the afficianado.

It’s got the big rock, funk, blues and pretty songs PLUS Kashmir. Many pieces overstay their welcome - 4 minute ditties please! The arrangements are a bit busy too. For example I’d have preferred a slightly stripped back Trampled. Led Zeppelin II remains the benchmark. A low 4?

One of the best rock albums of all-time. Zeppelin is my second favorite band, so I have this album memorized. There a lot of favorites, but In My Time of Dying is one of my funeral songs. It starts off slow & slowly builds to wailing with out of this realm vocals. Yes, I want Plant & Paige played loudly with an open bar nearby - not joking. The album has several of my other favorites, and I'll never tire of them. This is rock n roll, this is sex, and Plant & Page are bona-fide Rock Gods.

Some of my all time favourite Led Zeppelin songs are on this album. Was great to revisit this classic.

Couple of absolute classics but the individual pieces blended in a bit too much for me. Maybe I didn’t pay close enough attention

Not their best album, but it does get better the more you listen. Classics like Kashmir and Houses of the Holy are always gooders, but found some other songs I didn’t know about and enjoyed. Listen again: yes, it’s the Zep after all! Purchase for my collection: probably, just to have a complete collection one day. Favourite Song: Trampled Under Foot Worst Song

couldn't get into it, i liked jack white's fanfiction better

This does it right here

Vraiment aimé l'album, même s'il est un peu long. Les compositions sont vraiment bonnes, la production et le mixing sont parfaits. Facilement un 8/10 voir 9/10.

a rock classic. 6 stars

Physical Graffiti is the sixth album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin and is a double album. This popular album comprises genres of hard rock, progressive rock, and folk rock. It released to commercial success, charting number one in the UK and number three in the US. The immediate success at release could have been due in part to the delay in the design of the album cover which pushed back the release date by 3 months, while the album tour started about a month ahead of the delayed release, allowing presales to add up. It was certified platinum in the US based off these presales alone, and is currently certified 16x platinum. Critics have said that this album is the "high-water mark" or peak for the band because of the creative energy inside and I think I agree with that. This is my favorite Led Zeppelin album I've listened to so far and I highly recommend it to any rock fans that haven't heard it already.

kasmir is dead good but that's about it for this album. fairly forgettable.

This record caused my erection to wilt like a primrose at Chernobyl, but in a good way.

Robert Plant fancies babies

You know the album is good because it's Zep.

An artistic height for the band - and I saw then in 75 promoting this album - but I long for the the first four album.

Het is Led Zeppelin, dus sowieso heel goed. Maar toch vind ik deze minder dan de eerste vijf albums. Ik weet niet zo goed waarom eigenlijk.

Kashmir is epic. So fucking lengthy this album, but pretty good it seems.

Bättre än ja trodde några bra twangs nog

This is a hard album for me to rate. I know I enjoy it, but I also know that I don’t remember a large chunk of the songs. Some of Led Zeppelin’s best moments is on here (In My Time Of Dying, Kasmir), but it’s also 82 minutes long. Ultimately, the album’s structure as a whole supercedes my personal enjoyment of the music. Strong 3

jag tror inte jag förstår led zeppelin... Robert Plant är kinda störande men trummorna och basen är oftast helt trevlig, det bara känns inte som att bandet fungerar så bra ihop? Eller så är låtarna bara inte så bra? Eller någonting, jag känner helt enkelt inte så mycket av att höra på dessa killar, det känns inte speciellt.

It's so good, for so long. It's well balanced, its free, it drives, it plays. The acoustic parts are lovely. Kashmir smacks so hard. I can't imagine hearing that for the first time.

Didn't like the first few songs, but it got better. + Trampled Under Foot + Kashmir + In The Light + Down By The Seaside + Ten Years Gone + The Wanton Song