Physical Graffiti

It doesn't need to be a double album, lets be honest. There's a few tracks here I'd cut: Bron-Y-Aur, Down by the Seaside, Boogie with Stu. In My Time of Dying could probably stand to have a minute or 2 trimmed off, as well. But there are some incredible moments here, and all of disc 1 is at least solid.

Первая половина збс, вторя ниоч

A good album, but it is definitly on the long side.

No había escuchado mucho de Led Zeppelin. Conocía algunas de las canciones, pero se nota porq es la banda que es . Genial

This was amazing. 4.5

This is a great fucking album.

Muito sólido, mas falta-lhe ali alguma coisa para ser um 5. Se calhar é só grande demais/pouco focado como álbum

Nunca tinha ouvido este álbum. Sólido mas não e o melhor deles.

Cracker, bit long. Always preferred I-IV but obviously a good album.

Buenos riffs 3

:D

If we could do half stars, I’d probably give it a 3.5, but it’s closer to a 4 than a 3. Kashmir is a banger. The other songs all kind of blended together to me, and the slightly grittier style of this album isn’t my fav when it comes to LZ.

(82/100)

Zep never really disappoint. Kashmir alone gets it over the line.

Physical Graffiti ain't my favorite Zeppelin record, but it's fuggin' ZEPP BRO. I'm a huge fan, and their influence on a lot of the modern hardcore and metal I'm into is impossible to miss. Such an ambitious, absorbing jam - sprawling in a way that could've easily collapsed under its own weight, devolving into a sweaty wank festival. Bouncing between styles without losing power or identity, it's an enthralling listen. Big and confident, with the chops to push beyond what a rock record was supposed to be. Even now, it hits me as ahead of its time. ALL HAIL!

The best rock band of all time? Your honor, I'd argue yes. (and please note that I have ZERO merit badges to back up my expertise in this genre.) Obscenely confident, supremely sexy, and pleadingly emotive - there's something undeniably physical about Robert Plant's vocal performance. The lyrics don't catch me on first listen, but honestly, they don't need to. The heavy wall of sound these dudes create is an extremely powerful experience that lets you really sink in an just groove. I don't need to know what's actually being said in order to be fully emersed in the strange mix of these guys are throwing at me. On a more critical note: After two full listens, I DID get the Led out and didn't want to go back for more for a while. But what a fun trip it was before my craving for a different flavor. Goddamned Legends.

Such a good album. The sound is great. Plant is at his peak. Riffs are awesome. Didn’t realize that a lot of tracks were leftovers from previous albums.

When I was younger my friend Scott had a garage with a basketball hoop and an 8 track player. I think the only 8 track they had was a dub of Physical Graffiti the went up to Down By The Seaside. We spent hours poorly playing HORSE and 21 and listening to Zeppelin. Nostalgia or not, this is a great album. At least up to Seaside.

It's Led Zeppelin

Never actually listened to this all the way through. Each track was great. Does feel a little bloated at times (Kashmir), like “ok, I get it…” I think I was just eager to hear what was next.

I waffled between a 4 and a 5 on this, from my memory I was gonna say 4 because it's a notch below 1,2 &4 and a little bloated....but then idk man I was really fucking vibing with this today so many great songs on here. But in the end it drug on a little long and in my heart of hearts I know 1,2&4 are substantially better and I'm just gonna have to say four stars.

Got it already

Not my favorite Zeppelin album — the music gets simple & two dimensional sometimes, and you can hear where later heavy metal bands bit off Zeppelin’s sound to make cheap knock off tunes. But there are some true gems here: In My Time of Dying; Braun-Yr-Aur; Houses of the Holy; Boogie with Stu; and Kashmir. It’s not their best, but it’s very good. A 4.

I don't really like Plant's singing, but the rest of the band played quite well. It's full of great guitar and drum playing as well as less conventional sounds and neat production tricks The arrangements are tasteful. I especially like when they stray away from rock and towards genres that you wouldn't expect from LZ. Side two is my favorite for that reason. I think this was their creative peak as a band The track run 7-8-9 is a highlight for me

Not really my thing but 100% see how good it is.

Tracks I love: In My Times of Dying, Kashmir,

Really sick grab bag from LZ. The final few tracks are a bit of a down note to end on but my dad endeared me to Boogie With Stu at a young age and that fondness continues into adulthood. The last two tracks probably could have been cut but they'd been a hot streak for too damn long. Favorite Tracks: Custard Pie, In My Time of Dying, Houses of the Holy, Down by the Seaside, Kashmir, Boogie With Stu

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Pretty cool. All gets a bit the same after a while and I realised that at one point I was halfway through the album again without knowing it had repeated. But it is fun stuff broadly speaking and I enjoyed listening, although I don’t have any standouts necessarily. (3.5 stars)

Not a huge fan of the Zepps but this has some of the songs I love the most!

Liked all the tracks. Has one of my favorite Led songs.

Very good instrumentals, definitely appreciate this for my first album of this experience

Definitely my vibe for sure loved the instrumental and the genre switched making an interesting listen mg experience. I rate it 4 instead of 5 simply because there was a couple songs that felt like filler and there is most likely something a bit better that scratches the itch I have

- Liked ‘Kashmir’, ‘Down By The Seaside’, ‘Bron-Yr-Aur’ - Very traditional chill rock, doesn’t stray too far from what makes it successful - Best played in quick succession, but each song is also possible to play solo and still be enjoyed, which is quite the feat. - Still find the vocals a bit tricky to get behind, but they’re so iconic that I manage

J’adore le son !

Lots of extended guitar riffs, which isn’t always my thing, but Kashmir is phenomenal and almost everything except Black Country Women works

Ahhh man. The old case of the double album that *just* overstays its welcome. Had this album been reduced to 11 or 12 tracks I think we’re on for an easy 5 but the last side is not up to scratch with the rest of the album. I still considered giving this a 5 because this is clearly zeppelin at the peak of their creative powers, and some of their very best stuff is on here, but knowing that Zep IV exists which is punchier and more concise kinda put me off.

Tons of classic riffs. I enjoyed listening to the whole album, although it was mostly academic vs. actually wanting to listen to it a bunch.

Very good album. First experience of Zeppelin and really enjoyed it, especially Bonham’s drumming. Proper classic rock. However, not too consistent.

Loved this

4.4

Ah yes, Physical Graffiti. Back when this came out my favorite bands were Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, and this was one of my favorite Led Zeppelin records. It was fun listening to this again after who knows how long. "Kashmir" and "In the Light" were my favorite songs off this album then, and hey I still like them now. I can see how those tracks and some of the other stuff on here prepared me for the 20-minute-long prog extravaganzas that I was going to discover a year or so later, and some of the newer stuff I like now. So except for Robert Plant's voice starting to grate after a bit, I thoroughly enjoyed this. Probably won't listen to it again anytime soon, but: 4

Lots of good tracks on here. Diverse range of sounds from the band. Not as strong in the second half of the album. Favorites are The Rover and In the Light.

Great up to Kashmir. Should be a one disc album

I feel like their earlier albums are a bit tighter.

Not the best Zeppelin album but lots to enjoy, especially with side 2 of album one in the running for one of the best album sides of all time. A little indulgent towards the end though.

Been enjoying getting to know LZ more on this list and ready for more! Just quintessential LZ. Great opener, hard hitting and great depth and variety throughout all their songs. Tight, skilled, engaging and great groove and rhythm. Not sure what else to say, other than another great album (quite long tho!) but enjoyed it on in the background and just blends really nicely into each other and don’t even realise the length of some songs. Enjoyed and ready for more

Trampled Under Foot is the best Zepp song ever. I don't usually agree with Ryan on length, but this could be edited down to one LP to be perfect.

I really dig it but it’s a bit long.

Really solid album. songs 3-10. Boogie with Stu was also a banger. None of the songs were bad though. I feel like this album would have benefited from being a single LP record as opposed to a double LP record. still a good album though

Lät som Led Zeppelin.

Third very long album in a row, but the first one that didn’t feel exhausting. It’s a fifty year old album that feels fresh. The music is great. Not my top Led Zeppelin album but it’s solid

as someone who hasn't had the urge to listen to zeppelin for about 15 years, i'm shocked by how much i like this! all the blues-rock i've been given so far has been middling at best, but i'm reminded why these guys are the best of the genre - big, heavy, dead-eyed grooves, played by a fucking massive rhythm section will always do it for me. there's a sweetness and playfulness to disc 2 that caught me off guard as well, and from the peak of Kashmir through the four following track might be the record's best stretch. it's kinda dumb, and it's not all essential, but there's purpose behind the spread here. Physical Graffiti feels wandering, searching, imposing, a band who could pump this shit out in their sleep looking for various ways to go further. good stuff!

It’s a 4 star album that could be 5 if it wasn’t so long. Some great songs here, with the run from “Houses of the Holy” through “Night Fight” being the strongest. But you do get a bit tired by the end.

The first side of this is a stone cold 5/5. Dips for me in the second half, hence the 4. Double albums are rarely a good idea in my opinion.

Custard Pie 3.8 The Rover 4 In My Time of Dying 4.1 Houses of the Holy 4.3 Trampled Under Foot 4.2 Kashmir 4 In the Light 3.8 Bron-Yr-Aur 3.3 Down by the Seaside 3.5 Ten Years Gone 4 Night Flight 3.7 The Wanton Song 3.8 Boogie with Stu 3.5 Black Country Woman 3.3 Sick Again 3.6 Score: 3.793333333

A very good, innovative album. “Kashmir” really stands out. 8/10

Legendary band...surprisingly I'm not familiar with this whole record. I know a handful of the tracks. I must have stopped my Led Zep journey at Houses of the Holy. I enjoyed this a lot, though it was not the record I would have picked to represent this band. I loved a lot of the experimental stuff on Disc 2 but jeez there's just too much of that traditional blues for my taste. That said...what a band!

Didn’t finish disc 2 but good so far. Added kashmir to likes

It was pretty neat but kinda slow

Cohesive and solid album. Nice to hear the band having fun between songs

Had never really sat down to listen a LZ album before, it was quite an experience, really enjoyed the bass and vocals, but I'm not too fond of Jimmy Paige as a person, really good album tho

I don’t know how others will feel about this album but it’s kind of a banger imo. Kashmir is a really cool song, and I enjoyed The Rover and Trampled Under Foot. **of note, this is the first album I’ve listened to with nice headphones lol

Me dispongo a escuchar el segundo disco de mi vida de Led Zeppelin, con el poco entusiasta sabor de boca después del primero (Led Zeppelin I). He de decir que el entusiasmo no se ha desbordado esta vez, pero lo encuentro mucho más afín a mis gustos. Se me ha hecho difícil la casi hora y media que dura este disco doble, pero peores cosas progresivas me he tragado. Es verdad que aquí ya vemos una amalgama de estilos que no estaban en su primer álbum: rock and roll, progresivo y hasta folk. Por historia gustos personales, conecto más con los temas progresivos, y si no los tengo en un pedestal es probablemente porque no los escuche en mi adolescencia. Destaco "The Rover", "Kashmir", "In The Light" y "The Wanton Song".

Slightly uneven, but the well-known tracks are great and there are some hidden gems among the deep cuts. 4 stars.

Was very good but liked it less than I was expecting to. Think this was mostly due to the length, there weren't quite enough ideas to carry the runtime, cut it in half and there's a really good album I'd think. Still has a great sound and Kashmir is obviously great but I know for certain id stick 4 on over this.

Led Zeppelin IV is my favourite but this is a cracking listen. Kashmir is iconic, and I also enjoyed In My Time Of Dying. Would have been a much tighter album if the songs were shorter. They don't benefit from extended riffs or the hook repetitions. Not their worst, not their best.

Not my favorite LZ album or even of my top 5 but super solid nonetheless.

I’m a big Zeppelin fan, but as with every album, I try to be objective. Objectively, this is great. Zeppelin delivers quality blues-rock tracks from start to finish. My personal favourites here are Trampled Under Foot Kashmir, and The Wanton Song. Is it deserving of five stars, though? No. Zeppelin has better, and tighter albums than this. Still, I’m always happy to hear Bonzo bashing the drums.

Not typically the Led Zeppelin album I gravitate towards, and it’s been a minute since I listened all the way through. But it was fantastic.

Another great Led Zeppelin album. I only knew a couple songs, but I like the variation of sounds and genres. Kashmir is wild with those strings. The first half of the album really grabbed me but was weaker towards the end.

Dans un monde IDÉAL (which we clearly DON'T live in), j'aurais donné la note de 3,5. Le 1er disque est goated, gros classiques, got me in the zone. Le 2e disque commence un peu wacko, mais j'ai quand même fait de belles découvertes. Just 4 daddies playin' some music.

Great album but get the slide guitar out of it. 2nd half not close to the first 4.2

The first half of this album is amazing. However, after In The Light, the quality of the album takes a nosedive. Not really any great songs after that, apart from Ten Years Gone.

Þetta var nú bara solid þristur, þannig séð, fram að Kashmir. Með því lagi og eftir það fær þessi plata 4 stjörnur. Voru einhvern veginn bara öll frekar góð í hlustun eftir Kashmir.

so good bruh

One of the quintessential Led Zeppelin albums. It does have a great side A and iconic moments such as Kashmir. 9/10 [KEEP]

I think probably their best. Underlying grooves that make the songs work so well.

I know a handful of Zepplin songs, but never planned to listen to a straight Zepplin album--this was better than I anticipated, pretty enjoyable while working.

Features some great songs, but it's just too long for me. Still a solid 4.

Excellent, one of my favourites.

Kashmir. And the second disc awesome.

A great listen. Had elements interwoven throughout. Found Kashmire so deeply intriguing & almost mythical. Some songs, in terms of their lyrics, were not a wonderful listen or had some derivative misogynistic ideals in them. Overall deeply enjoyed this album & will listen again.

This generator is weird because through the first 28 albums, I’ve gotten 3 Led Zeppelin albums now. Through the first half, it’s really good. Some of that heavier hard rock Zeppelin sound. Seems like there’s some more evolved sound here than early Zeppelin. Stuff like Trampled Under Foot and Kashmir. Doesn’t seem like the very top best of Zeppelin, but definitely a lot of variety to their sound on this album that early Zeppelin didn’t have. Like a lot of double albums, it feels a little too long. But Ten Years Gone is on the back half and is one of the best songs on the album. Overall, really good. At its best a clear 5, but then not does feel to drag a little which might knock it to a 4. None of those last few songs feel essential to the album. Could’ve been a 5, but I’ll settle on a 4.

On my way to work this morning, I actually had the thought "Ooh, it's Friday, I hope I get a good album to listen to." And 1001 Albums Generator, you did not disappoint! I got into Zeppelin in middle school via their fourth album. In high school I got their debut and second album. It wasn't until college I got their third album and this one, and I associate both of them so much with a specific time and place. Can still smell the incense, lol. I put "Down By the Seaside" on our family beach mix and now it always reminds me of the beach. And also incense.

Didn't realize I knew a couple of these songs!

Houses of the Holy and this one are their peak for me, and I wish we had gotten a bit more of them in this mode (or these modes I guess, they are all over the place) before they get not as consistently good. But I should re-listen to Presence... So many great songs on this, the production is immaculate and so heavy, and it's lots of fun to hear them break out and try so many different styles. They are also all at the peak of their instrumental powers here. Great record.

Does this make me Tony Stark

I mean it’s led zeppelin There’s ups and downs in this record, sometimes I feel like it’s a masterpiece sometimes I feel like they are just overdoing it. Sometimes I think even they are lost in their songs. Great listen all around I’d say it was an album for a Friday it’s pretty deep to listen all in one day and take it in.

It's great but there too many songs and the songs are all too long. It's just too self indulgent and loses momentum which is why it doesn't get 5, but it's a sick album, just needs to trim the fat a bit

It’s Zeppelin, come on!

I mean, it was what it was. Some legendary songs, some that I will remember, some that I ll forget. Don't like them but album was undeniably great. 4.1

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Almost 5 for Kashmir alone.

After only one full listen to this one I might sound a little bit basic and predictable, but the highlight and standout moment of the album for me is Kashmir with its driving riff and superb vocals. Plants vocals throughout the album are excellent, Pages guitar work is fantastic and as ever, Bonhams drumming is fantastic. The guy is the master at filling at just the right moments. The only downfall and the reason for my single listen is that the album is a tad long for my liking. Listening to the album took up most of my obsenely long commute of an hour and 40. I wonder if I'd be able to sit through the full album if I was to listen to it intently at home?

It's very good but the second half just isn't as strong as the first half. Sick Again ends the album on a high note musically, but "said you had dug me since you were thirteen" being sung by a man in his late 20's is highly questionable.

The type of music i imagine an american biker gang member would blast at home. There’s a constant presence of very juicy and assertive guitar, which is probably my favorite part of these songs. Also, I think anything from this album could find itself on the soundtrack of Dark Shadows. Very danceable. Or at least you could really vibe to it. There are also some longer tracks with a lot of drawn-out synth harmonies and a more psychedelic vibe. They feel like if you recorded when a band is just lazily jamming out at the end of a long practice session.

Would have been 5 stars but the second half was very meh. 8/10

4.5

4⭐️/5 02.04.2026

pretty long but its a really smooth listen. something you put on while you're working around the house, i bet it sounds great on wax. fav track - in my time of dying

Rock and fucking roll mansome great songs

Go big or go home, and b'ys, Led Zeppelin did NOT go home. While their blues influence shows up here as always, they added some experimental, bombastic sounds on top of it and it really brought their whole sound to a new level. A sonic journey unlike anything they had released previously.

Shows how little of a Zeppelin fan I am that I didn't even realize that "Houses of the Holy" wasn't even on their album of the same name. I've listened to them a lot, but they've never really been one of my favorite bands. Kind of a band I listened to a lot when my tastes were forming, but then I largely moved on. There are a bunch of excellent songs on this album. "The Rover", "HOTH", "Trampled Underfoot", "Kashmir", "Bron-Yr-Aur", "Ten Years Gone"... The rest of the album is good too, but I can mostly take it or leave it. Pretty solid overall with several really great songs.

I love Led Zeppelin, but this album is just a bit too long, some of the songs are 8+ minutes which is a bit too much for me. Musically and lyrically it is really good, my only negative about it is that it is too long.

They me in the first half, NGL. Second half ripped. Maybe a bad master at first?

Un disco atrevido y honesto. Me gusta como experimentaron en este disco con géneros, estilos y distintos instrumentos. Muestran una faceta musical más intima que hace este disco un poco más libre, menos narrativa y con poca continuidad, pero muy interesante.

this was an amazing album, a little too long especially in the end, but still really good.

Even when these guys are not great, they're still great. Is it on the long side? Sure. Are there some misses? Okay, yeah. But they still rock.

Realized I've not listened to this album too much, always have stuck to I and III for the most part. There's some really good tracks on here, I'll definitely be playing it again.

Don't listen

Pretty good. Call of duty song jump scare

An incredible conception of punchy bass, insanely delightful drums, groundbreaking guitarwork, and some fuckwit screaming WOAAAHH----- WOOOOO OAAAAHHHHHH OOOOOOOO!!!! over the top of it. That being said, this album is very very very good. The first disc on this thing is just unreal. Kashmir is probably one of Led Zeppelin's best songs, if not their best. Does that make this their best album as some people claim? No actually. I think this record is a bit too long for my liking, the second disc really doesn't do much for me that I haven't already heard before. This thing would be a masterpiece if they cut a lot of the fat off. I think this is my first non-five Zeppelin album. And I'm aware that this could get me lynched as this is the contrarians 'best' Zeppelin album. psst, Hot Dog is their best song.

So torn, perhaps the most front loaded album in history. But that front is such a masterpiece its hard not rounding up to a 10. Cut the second half and this would have been a 10 outright so I gotta round down for not sticking the landing. Second half isnt bad by any means. It just aint the first half y'know. 9/10

the guitar work on this album is noticeable and awesome. Music to be blasted loud in a trans-am. This is a long one. A couple of hits, and not many skips.

Good

The album is good, but way too long with mediocre songs in the end. Favourits: Kashmir, In The Light, The Rover

3/4 of the album is undeniably phenonemonal and makes a strong case for the best Zeppelin album ever made. The other 1/3 - 1/4 is still made up of great songs, but not nearly as strong as the previously mentioned 2/3 - 3/4, which unfortunately drags the album rating down. Still fantastic though. 4.5/5

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Bops. 4.

Bombastic and lush but often a bit too ling

Solidt album

Album #45 Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti Somehow never got around to listening to this one in full before. I’m often intimidated by double albums since a lot of them are just needlessly long (Outkast…), and I find myself just waiting for the good songs to wash up on shore from a sea of trash. I have, however, heard and enjoyed Led Zeppelin 1-4, and I do consider myself a fan of their music, though they would hardly rank amongst my most listened to artists. When I first started seriously getting into music, it was exclusively classic rock, so naturally Zeppelin were heavy in the rotation through their classic songs; I mean, what kind of guy hears Stairway to Heaven for the first time and doesn’t seek more by that band? But even though I’ve liked every album I’ve heard by them, with Led Zeppelin 4 potentially even being a 10 for me, I just never feel compelled to listen to Zeppelin. I think that it’s a pretty mood-dependent band for me, probably due to Robert Plant’s vocal style; sometimes his moaning and whining can give me a headache, other times it brings me to completion. It’s sort of a cliche at this point that if you were to make a supergroup of the best musicians from each instrument, you would wind up just reassembling Led Zeppelin, but enough has already been said about just how talented the band is. Physical Graffiti was an album I was already familiar with, as I’ve listened to the hits quite a bit (particularly Kashmir, which, even before this ranking, was already a top 3 Zeppelin song for me), but its length deterred me from ever listening to it in full. I sort of just assumed it would be some hits mixed in with mindless noodling and overly-dramatic self-falatio from Plant, but damn was I wrong. There is not a single bad or uninteresting song on this album, and it definitely doesn’t feel like it lasts for over an hour. Every song keeps you engaged and flows into the next one quite well. I do think that disc one outshines disc two, simply because every song on it is nigh on perfect, but the fact that disc two doesn’t even feel like a noticeable drop off is a testament in itself. I think the only reason I am not giving this one the full five is due to the fact that I sort of get lost in the album, even when I try to focus and pay attention to each song as it changes, I blink, and suddenly I’m 12 songs deep. Which isn’t even a bad thing since it means that the album is captivating, but combined with Plant’s vocal delivery, it sort of becomes hard for me to decipher what he’s saying and differentiate the songs at times. That is probably just a me issue though and definitely nit-picking, but if I even feel a bit of reluctance to give out the 5 star, I tend to play it safe. Best Tracks: Kashmir, Houses of the Holy, Trampled Under Foot (What a 3-song run) Worst Track: Black Country Woman Score out of 10: 9.5

Sweet

It would have been a five as a single album, but they just couldn't resist...

Alright, starting off with Custard Pie. I really like this song and it is everything what Led Zeppelin is and does. The Rover starting has a great drum sequence by our legend, Bonzo, Plant's voice, for me, seems very soothing. It is a little tone down though, they could have gone overboard which would have been fun to listen. Nevertheless great song with a great rhythm. In My Times of Dying sounds like if Led Zeppelin had to cover an ACDC song somehow. A great, soothing start and shit's about to go down. You can sum up Led Zeppelin with that line and that is exactly why I love them so much. Ohmyjesus indeed, what a song, man. I literally had goose bumps. I love Led Zeppelin, god. Alrighty, Houses of the Holy is the next song and a good follow up. I feel like dancing. Trampled under the foot seems repetitive at times but the good kind, the one you want to keep listening to. Plant's vocals are completely raw and the rhythm is so good you can't stop listening. Kashmir starts playing and sweeps your feet away. Disc 2 is good with really great songs. The downs are really down and the ups are really up whereas Disc 1 consistently amazes you and ends on a high note. All in all, great album making you understand why Led Zeppelin is truly one of the best.

The final side is unnecessary. The first three sides are phenomenal.

I liked this better than Soundgarden. Chunky rock in places, experimental sounds in others. Definitely my preference for older rock.

I had forgotten how much weaker the second half of this one is compared to the first. It goes from their best record to nearly their worst, but In Through The Out Door exists, so PG is spared that indignity. Anyway, sides 1 and 2 are perfection. Side 3 is really terrible outside of 10 Years Gone. Side 4 is just ok. I'm tempted to slap a 3 on it but Kashmir alone makes it a 4

I'm pretty sure I've heard all of this album before, but I can't recall the last time I would have listened to it start-to-finish. Here's my thing with Led Zeppelin: A lot of my formative years were spent listening to classic rock radio in the late 80s through the 90s. And Led Zeppelin was such a consistent staple of those radio stations, that I just got tired of them. So I've been mostly on a pretty strict "No-Zep" diet for quite a while. In addition, as a guitarist, I love Jimmy Page as a riff-writer, but I hate his playing. He's very sloppy. And with something like "Bron-Yr-Aur" it's painfully obvious that a better guitarist would have practiced that more to eliminate all the clipped notes in it. His playing is frequently frustrating to listen to. So, this is fun to re-visit this album. But I don't think this one is their best.

Pretty good album. Not usually the biggest fan of long blues rock jamming sort of albums, but Led Zeppelin has always been an exception. It’s quite a long album, but luckily it is packed with good songs. Highlights on the first half are In My Time Of Dying, Trapled Under Foot, and of course Kashmir. Side C has Bron-Yr-Aur and Ten Years Gone as amazing standouts. But honestly, side D could have been left out. It’s the weakest side and nothing really comes close to the highs of the rest of the record. Still, pretty good album.

Not too bad

--Custard Pie...phat as...well, custard pie --The Rover...a little aimless --In My Time of Dying...Blind Willie Johnson. Don't generally care for 11 minute jams but everyone is nice 'n' tight here --Houses of the Holy...why wasn't this on Houses of the Holy? maybe because it's average --Trampled Under Foot...talkin' 'bout love! this grooves. JPJ shines here --Kashmir...classic --In the Light...LedZepp gets sci-fi. too long and lacks momentum --Bron-Yr-Aur...pleasant instrumental --Down by the Seaside...when this gets going it's good. I just wish it didn't take two minutes to get there --Ten Years Gone...a little cheesy --Night Flight...starts strong and stays strong --The Wanton Song...interplay between bass/guitar/drums is real fun here --Boogie with Stu...Ian Stewart and Ritchie Valens. do I hear a mandolin? and some pian-ee? good fun --Black Country Woman...nice 'n' funky --Sick Again...fun closer

4.5 Stars Awesome album...whenever I listen to a Zepplin record I almost always envision just how powerful their live shows must have been. bands certainly wrote "better" songs than them, but I'm not sure many bands, if any, sounded like they had more fun playing & signing than LZ. Favorite song: Ten Years Gone & In The Light

god this is so good, forgot how much i loved led zep. could genuinely be a 5 with a few more listens and more time to take it all in. re entering my led zep phase immediately

Čovek voli svoju mamu nema šta.

This was a hard album to review because I had more pleasant memories of this album than I originally thought. So despite being nostalgic for this album I think it’s not the complete perfection that is I-IV, but it’s so close to that level of quality that it deserves recognition for that. Really it’s just the side b is lacking. Side a is super iconic and all the parts of this album that are memorable and sadly the second half falls off a bit. Seriously it’s a stellar all time great rock album, it’s just not 1-4.

When I was young, I was lucky enough to see Paige and Plant. We had terrible tickets, and it wasn’t Zeppelin in full, but I wasn’t around to attend Zeppelin concerts. It felt like being amongst gods and the one thing I remember most clearly is one of those gods, Robert Plant, saying Kashmir was the best song they ever made. That song resides on this album so while this isn’t one of the core 4, and its honestly a bit bloated, it still has highs few bands can imagine.

Jimmy Page is such a great guitar player. His skill is fully on display on this album. I have never been a fan of their music but I know they are good. This album was a bit overlong. It could have done without the last few songs I believe. Kashmir is a huge song. But you could tell Jimmy Page wanted to play other stuff. There was a country style tune. But I know he played skiffle so it only makes sense. Page being a session player really shows his versatility when it comes to this album. I think this is a good album overall.

completamente torn porque quisiera darle 4 estrellas pero por el simple hecho de tener in the light quisiera darle 50 estrellas

No puedo creer que me eché una rola de 10 minutos que habla sobre yisus sin decir quita esa madre, sólo una banda muy papu pro puede lograr eso Nomás no le doy 5 porque está muy largo, pero woaos

Varmaankin taas olisi voinut olla yhtenä älppärinä parempi mutta ei tää huono oo! Korkealaatuista rokkia 4/5

Erinomainen levyhän se on, vaikka ehkä loppua kohti venähtää. Olisiko ollut parempi tehdä tuplan sijasta perus-LP? No, 4/5 joka tapauksessa!

Album on nüüdseks 50a vana ja ikka on siin plaadil väga uudset kõla, mida lihtsalt mujal ei leia. Tüübid olid ilmselgelt mingeid aineid tarvitanud terve oma muusikukarjääri jooksul, aga ma ei pahanda, sest tulemus on ju super. Pigem vähe selliseid hitte, mis jäävad kohe kõrva kummitama (nt Kashmir), ja rohkem huvitavat B-side laule. a ei teadnudki, et Led Zeppelin nii põneva saab olla. 4.3/5

Pretty good

Tuff, I liked Kashmir or whatever

9/10 – Great

Pretty standard Led Zeppelin affair

I LOVE some of these songs. Some of them are lirerally my jam

Very good album overall. First half was absolutely loaded. Second half didn't hit quite as hard, but was still pretty good.

Fantastic hard blues rock. Everything on here apart from The Rover was good-excellent. Standouts: Trampled Under Foot, Houses of the Holy, Kashmir, Night Flight, The Wanton Song

not my favorite led zep but still excellent

Thank you RNJesus, because without Kashmir I would still be trying to find that unbelievable riff ten years from now.

Kashmir, una locura In the light, fantástica Ten years gone, un clásico El resto de este álbum doble es buenísimo. Led Zeppelin es una banda que no escucho mucho pero cada vez que lo hago repito que es genial.

This is a great example of an incredible band in the later years of their discography. Some of the best songs they’ve ever performed are on this album, with Houses of the Holy being a highlight, but there’s also some real slogs here. In My Time of Dying is the perfect example of this, at nearly 12 minutes long and providing about 3 minutes of actual content. When the guys lean into their funk influences and do some more interesting things this album shines, but when they use the rock crutch it really meanders. Lucky for them, their skill shows in every single song so even the worst songs are better than a lot of things that were coming out at the time.

- Very good guitar riffs - Surprised I've never listened to Led Zeppelin before - at least that I know of - I think my dad would like this music - Nevermind - I've heard Kashmir many, many times, through my dad - This is probably one of the first classic rock albums I've listened to fully - I enjoyed it! Like I said, the guitar in this album was amazing

Custard Pie - 5.5 Like the descriptions kind of say, very bouncy and full of sexual innuendos. It’s a vibe though. The guitar is obviously pronounced and steals the show The Rover - 8 These songs are way easier to listen to and have on. Even if I’m not totally locked in on them, they are still a fun listen. The guitar in this one is funkyyyy I love it. I’ll probably add this one tbh. This is a good vibe. Talking about roving around to find this great lover that maybe isn’t always so good, but he can’t help it. In My Time of Dying - 7.5 11 minutes🫩 Not loving that off rip before I even listen to it. So this one is kind of a cover? Bob Dylan and Willie Johnson have recorded this before. It has a very gospel feel like it probably would have had in 1927 (Johnson). I like the way these guys play their instruments. Even if the vocal isn’t something I typically follow along with, this guitar and bassline is insane. Yea you can tell they just had fun and went crazy on this one. Is a good song, I will prob not relisten too too much. I just can’t invest for thissss long of a song. The outro is kind of going crazy though. I like all of the changes within the 11 minutes to keep it somewhat fresh. Is he “dying” at the end here, kind of feel like he is lol. I want to listen to the Dylan version now cause ik it’s going to sound sooo different. “cough” HAHAHAH. Houses of the Holy - 8.5 I like the rhythm in this one. I’ll prob add this one too. Houses of the Holy being their shows and how their music can make other people feel. Solid song with a solid vibe. I like. Trampled Under Foot - 8 Car sex innuendos niceee. It’s SO bluesy though which I like. It’s nothing too complex or hard to grasp. The verses are filled with innuendos then the refrain switches to “talking about love” explicitly telling us what he’s talking about. The keyssss on this one. Funky and bluesy and great. Kashmir - 6.5 Something is sounding super familiar with these strings in the beginning. This one is POPULAR popular though so maybe I’ve heard it. The horns sound super powerful. I see why it’s popular, its just long asf. In the Light - 7 This synth kind of sounds like a bagpipe (complimentary), what a funky sounding instrumental. I feel like they are WAY more experimental than I gave them credit for, and it all mostly works? Like they aren’t just farting around, they have a pulse on what is going to sound and portray their vibe well. Idk I feel the pull to relisten to this again, but it may be a grower for me. I like the last chord progression to that high note. Catchy. Bron-Yr-Aur - instrumental It’s so soft and gentle and acoustic?? I fuck with that contrast. Has a very emotional melody too, like there is something there By the Seaside - 7 This also has a gospel feel?? Maybe it’s just the keys. I like how different this is from the front half of the album. Like we were going crazy in the front half and now we’re relaxing. It’s full of imagery and has a chill vibe. I like. Ten Years Gone - 7.5 This one is good too. About juggling dreams and relationships and if you have to sacrifice one to have the other. It seems like he left this relationship to chase his dreams cause he’s remembering how things were, but he had to do it I guess as he says he been gone for ten years now and he might’ve seen her for the first time in awhile. Night Flight - 6 A Vietnam war song. The bridge slaps. Kind of forgettable in this lineup of songs, but is no way a bad song. The Wanton Song - 7 Fire riff and guitar hook (of course). Yea that one was good. Boogie with Stu - 8 Who is Stu? Okay blues. Like this is was I mean about them being experimental in a way I was not familiar with. Playing on an out-of-tine piano? I love the vibe. I love how different this is from what you would typically associate with LD. This one is on the lower rated side of this album, but I fuck with it and am prob going to add it to the playlist hehe. Way to go Stu Black Country Woman - 6.5 Love the backbeat and meaty rhythm here with that bluesy flare. I’m kind of confused about the title. I like how the last line of each verse comes back with this bite to it. Harmonica soloooo yes. Solid percussion in this track, more pronounced than I’ve noticed in other songs. Sick Again - 7 Ahh life of a groupie. I wonder what it was like to be a groupie in the 70s and 80s cause it had to have been a TIME. Maybe not as hard hitting or powerful as the other tracks, but this is still a great song. I don’t think I disliked a single on this album. I like how I got to know more about this band and there is an easy to follow through-line. A great introduction in LD in my opinion as this fully subverts my initial thoughts about them. They are experimental in such a smart way. They sound great and take perfect risks. This album makes me want to listen to it again as well as explore other LD, I can feel some tracks growing me for sure. There is so much character and story with intentionality with this band and I heavily fuck with it. This has easily been the best surprise of this whole thing so far. I still hate that the one song was 11 minutes long as that was insane.

Classic. Forgot about it. Well written beginning to end. Strong riffs, lyrics, song structure

Tad long, not many memorable songs, but still pretty good

Good record love trampled under foot

I have been familiar with their music since I was a kid. While certain songs have been in the rotation occasionally since then, I don’t know that I had ever actually sat and listened to this album. I was totally blown away. This entire album is so good, and is going to become a regular listen now.

Enjoyed learning about the ad hoc way the songs came to be on the album - some new, some leftovers from prior albums. Adds to the eclectic feel. Some songs feel spacey or ethereal. Others feel rooted and organic. The album cover is also very cool, especially the insert that fills in the windows.

Had only heard a few songs before, was surprised by how varied the styles were

I grew up listening to Led Zeppelin. I have listen to several of their albums, but never this one. Kashmir is a masterpiece.

Bangers on this album, loved fleetwood mac before but glad to know that some of my fav songs were in this album :) Solid 8/10 - beautiful

3,5/5

Nicht ihr bestes

Absoluter Klassiker aber für 5 reicht es nicht ganz 4,4

Long

I’m kind of ashamed to say that I never gave this album a full deep dive listen until now. What I found is a record that is far better than I thought/assumed it was. I still stand by my original impressions from 20+ years ago that some of the outtake tracks are less than impressive, but as a whole, it’s a great album. The first LP is straight fire, front to back. Not a bad track. The second LP is where things start to unravel a bit, if you want to call it that. There are still some really good tracks, namely the ones that were recorded specifically for this album…but there’s some weird stuff as well. So it’s not a masterpiece, but it’s still I great double album. Which isn’t easy to do.

Really enjoying the vibe, but no really memorable moments other than Kashmir, solid album, maybe longer than it needed to be.

surprisingly sexy

The star of the show, of course, is John Bonham - driving and swinging and occasionally leaving a beautiful gap where you expect to hear a bomb drop. Great riffs, and stellar work from John Paul Jones in helping make everything swing and adding splendid counterpoints

Not my favorite Led Zeppelin album, but it still has the occasional song that touches me: Tramples Under the Foot, Kashmir, In the Light, etc.

Funkier Led Zeppelin. I love it

¿Qué puedo decir? Este disco a mi parecer es muy bueno. Tal vez no es su mejor álbum pero aún así logra hacerme rememorar momentos de mi infancia cuando apenas me estaba introduciendo al Rock y dónde los gemidos de Plant en The Rover y Kashimir me fascinaban, solo por eso le doy 4 estrellas.

Suffers from double album syndrome a bit, it is a new album + offcuts after all, but if this is the quality of a band's offcuts, what a band. Disc 1 is kind of unstoppable - ending with Trampled Underfoot and Kashmir was always going to be difficult to beat on Disc 2. So it sags a bit, but has highlights too and really picks up for Ten Years Gone, Night Flight and The Wanton Song. Not II or IV levels of perfection overall, but you could construct something pretty close out of the 15 songs here.

*Lots of great songs and a great classic rock album.

I’ve known a couple true-blue Zepheads in my life. LZ is one of those bands with fans who are so sincere and worshipful, their advocacy can be contagious. I have a few fond memories of these passionate folks walking me through some very cool stuff late at night in their rustic living rooms, empties and roaches littered all around us, them handpicking tracks and loving them so much I started loving them. While I’m no Zeppelin super-fan like them, I did love those nights. I bought a pretty sweet little box set of all the Zep albums on CD back in 95 and got pretty familiar with all of them. So Physical Graffiti. A pretty all-time-famous double album. Doubles tend to be describes as “sprawling”, and that certainly applies in this case. The key questions are: Are the songs good? And: Does the sprawl hang together as a unit? I will say there are some supreme favourite tracks on here, alongside a lot of forgettable music that tends to fade back to background. I think too inconsistent to hang together as a unit. But when the kick drum lands in Black Country Woman, it’s one of the best single moments the band ever had it the studio.

Almost every song on this album is a 5-8 minute long epic, but it doesn’t really feel like it. Like, yeah it’s probably too long at 90 minutes, but it’s Zeppelin, man. I don’t see any Led Zeppelin album dipping below a 4/5 for me, and this is no different. I love good rock and roll, what can i say?

Good rock classic, sort of flew over me as a whole experience rather than something to pick and choose particular gems from

Solid rock album. Not my favorite by LZ, but very well made and incredibly catchy songs. Kashmir is an all-timer.

👍

very fun and enjoyable. Some good tunes. Ik it’s the firsts ing but loved custard pie

Was a really enjoyable album, to me the guitars felt like they had a lot of similarities to zamrock- Ngozi family especially. There’s just something about those scream like guitar riffs. Um but all in all it was a great album and it inspired me to listen to more Led Zepplin

not my fav led zep but cmon

great album

Damn I'm finding it harder to find the time to get through this album list, and this was a long one! There was plenty here that I liked though, Kashmir being an obvious standout. While definitely self indulgent, there is of course massive musical talent here and although Zep aren't one of my absolute favourite rock bands, I always enjoy their stuff

An all time classic that still suffers from what many double albums of its era and beyond suffer from - some filler. Prune it down to 12-14 tracks and it'd be even better.

pretty good. listened to while reorganizing my room and was good background music. the guitar/base stood out the most and i really enjoyed it.

Liked it! Very beatles esque

My first time listening to an entire Led Zeppelin album. I enjoyed most of it and it would definitely grow on me with a few more play throughs. Kashmir is a cracking song.

Solides Album

I enjoyed Led Zeppelin II a lot more than I thought I would. This was more what I was expecting (a bit too long, basically), but the good bits are so good it pushes it up to four stars. However, before I accuse Led Zep of being predictable, I should say if you'd played me Down by the Seaside and asked me to guess who it was, I would have said Neil Young

80

One of my favorite bands, but this album is 6 songs too long. How’s this for a better track listing: 1. In the Light 2. Custard Pie 3. In My Time of Dying 4. Houses of the Holy 5. Trampled Under Foot 6. Down by the Seaside 7. Bron-Yr-Aur 8. Kashmir 9. The Wanton Song 10. Ten Years Gone

peak

Hell yeah

Not my favorite LZ album, but pretty great nonetheless :)

Leans maybe a little hard on the classic zep formula - loping bonham beat, an elevated blues riff, Robert Plant making up some cool sounding nonsense and singing the hell out of it, and JPJ doing that wizardry he does. Some real standouts, and innovation too, Kashmir perhaps the standoutest.

A little bit weaker than Led Zeppelin (the only one I've listened before this one, thanks to the list) but great as well

The first half of this album is coherent, and largely in keeping with what I think of as Led Zeppelin's sound. The second half is loose, in a really fun way. Some songs almost have a mid-90s dance/indie riff, there are more gentle arrangements. Kind of feels like their White Album in their willingness to play with expectation at that point in their career.

Oh boy, my first Led Zeppelin album the day after my first David Bowie album? Here goes nothing, I guess. No pressure... At first, my experience with Physical Graffiti was pretty similar to that of Sign o’ the Times and Station to Station – the songs definitely weren’t bad, but the weight of my expectations was working against the LP and I spent most of my listen thinking “Really? This is what people are all hyped up about?” When “Kashmir” came on though, something crazy happened – I immediately recognized that riff and locked in. After that point, it felt like Led Zeppelin had no interest in slowing down and I was stuck on the ride whether I wanted to be or not. Fortunately, I continued to enjoy the songs on Physical Graffiti’s second disc almost as much as “Kashmir,” with almost every track being a highlight for me (despite the disc’s constantly shifting sound/style). Even the weaker cuts weren’t bad – they just didn’t quite reach the same heights as the others. I’ll also admit that I ended up enjoying the first disc more after hearing the second (though my highlights remained the same). I almost feel like the discs should have been swapped, as “In the Light” would have made for a great introduction and “Kashmir” would have been an amazing closer to the album. Overall, Physical Graffiti is among the best “classic rock” Book Albums I’ve heard so far – it might be the only one that truly rivals Lynyrd Skynyrd’s sole entry and it easily surpasses anything I’ve listened to from Def Leppard or Van Halen. I’m quite excited to dig into the rest of Led Zeppelin’s material (particularly LZ4), considering this one has their LOWEST average rating! Highlights: Custard Pie, In My Time of Dying, Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir, In the Light, Down by the Seaside, Ten Years Gone, Night Flight, The Wanton Song, Boogie with Stu, Sick Again

“Kashmir” is a great song. Haven’t listened to this album yet, but Led Zeppelin IV is a great album, which I have on vinyl.

Five if it were shorter

Cool cool

This was good but could’ve been shorter

I liked it LOL

3.5 RYM

++: The Rover, In My Time of Dying, Houses of the Holy, Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir, In the Light, Born-Yr-Aur, Down by the Seaside, Ten Years Gone, Night Flight, The Wanton Song, Boogie with Stu, Black Country Woman, Sick Again +: Custard Pie 9,6/10

Side 1 of this album is on par with anything else Zeppelin ever did - In My Time of Dying is just a slide masterclass, and to have it culminate in the epically orchestrated Kashmir is awesome. I don't think this is a 5 as the rest of the album is a little less even, although it does still have great moments.

it's Led Zep

Of Zeppelin's "heavy hitters" (everything up to this album), honestly this is one of my "least" favorite of theirs, although that's not saying a ton since its still great. My only real complaint is the length of it. While nothing on it is bad or even just fine, its all great, sometimes you can have too much of a good thing, and it drags. Second half does change things up a bit with an extended string if chiller songs, so thats welcome, but still not enough to stop it from wearing me out by the end. As a side note, its kinda funny that while after this album is where Zeppelin kinda took a step back, they still managed to have my two favorite songs from them on those later albums (Fool in the Rain and Achilles Last Stand. Two killer Bonham tracks).

I’d always meant to listen to this and now I have. Not as good as the first four albums but a great record in its own right

I don't care for Led Zeppelin that much overall, but I recognise that Kashmir is a certified banger

I need to pace myself so I don't end up with 5 five-star LedZep albums

I wanted to like this more but it didn’t ‘arf go on….. I know going on is their thing but, as other reviewers have said, the first part is much better. Maybe they should have resisted including all of that previously unreleased material in order to make a double album.

Jag vet att anses vara en klassiker. Men jag tycker den är spretig och saknar låtar. Arren och insatserna är fantastiska men det räcker inte för toppbetyg. En fyra

I actually like this album by zeppelin a lot which is rare

If you like Led Zeppelin, this is a pretty rad album, but their style of rockin has always made me kind of tired. Generally, a good album, with the highlight being Kashmir, and then it kind of fizzling out. We need more songs with arabic motiffs!

It's good. Too long as all double albums are.

Fantastic album

I like it. I have heard dozens of times over the years. I just really like it. They just had such a good band. The drumming is good, the vocals are good, the guitars are good. It just all comes together in a nice way.

One of those albums that needs way more listening to fully appreciate

Makes for great driving music; the first half is definitely better than the second half. Kinda looses steam after Kashmir.

Bit of a surprise how much of this one I knew from it being played around me as a kid. A solid, enjoyable rock album!

A smorgasbord of Zeppelin tracks showcasing their variety and musical capabilities.

Gotta be Tad Kubler’s favorite Zep record. Side two is probably my favorite three in a row set of theirs, but you can tell on disc two how many old outtakes they wanted to shoehorn in to justify it as a double album. Side note: the first five songs make it clear that Zeppelin are so much better when they don’t fuck with druids

not my favorite Zeppelin, but still a good album

This was an ambitious album for the Zep, not to mention “experimental” considering their normal, hard rock sound. Normally when a band tries to challenge themselves to this extent, it ends in mixed results and mixed reviews, but with “Physical Graffiti” Zeppelin solidified themselves yet another essential record and a continuation as front runners of the Rock genre at a point well into their careers when most bands in their position would find themselves “selling out”. Much like KISS with their 1998 corporate cock sucking compact disc “Psycho Circus”. I would consider this to be LED Zeppelin’s most “mature” album in their discography. Not afraid to toss some curveballs at their fans while allowing the art to go in whatever direction it wants-naturally. Glad I got to revisit this in all its double album glory.

This is a classic rock / metal album. In a weird way, it works a good background / deep flow music for me.

Good, but lacked the hits of other Led Zeppelin albums. Still overall love the sound, and the haunting nature of Robert Plant’s voice. And Kashmir is an all timer, of course.

Fantastic album.

Physical Graffiti find Led Zeppelin at the height of their success and (maybe) their musicianship. But this album is also the beginning of the end of their creative streak. There are great songs on here, arguably some of the best they ever wrote, but the album is also bogged down by its excess.

I really like Zep, and while Physical Graffiti is not their best album, its still a great album. Really enjoyed the funky Trampled under foot, and ten years gone is one of my favourite Zeppelin songs. Really like the mix of different genres, but the album feels a bit long.

Led zep year!

Not a steaming hot take but Led Zep peaked at IV. Lots of good stuff here but doesn’t have the same brilliance overall.

7/10

Whoever doesn't like this album needs to get their ears checked. I was skeptical when I first heard LZ IV thinking they're overrated shams, but then I heard their first album which piqued my interests, and then this left me shocked at how great these guys are. To be honest, if they kept it a single album with the A and B sides, it would be one of the greatest albums of all time, but some filler gets in the way. Night Flight and Boogie with Stu being the biggest culprits. Still, the highlights outshine any dirt you find on this. Kashmir is the obvious highlight, but also Down by the Seaside is beautiful, Black Country Woman is a cool blues tune and In The Light feels like an ode to happiness. Pure swagger!

Really enjoyed this one. Lots of songs I really liked although definitely some I thought it could do without. Still manages to feel varied, although there are points where it feels like a little much of the same thing. Fav song: Houses of the Holy - also liked Kashmir and Ten Years Gone Least fav: Black Country Woman

Really like the cover art, Quite like most of the music, Kashmir is insanely nostalgic for me oddly, but it’s just quite long. Bit shorter and it’s fantastic. Specific rating - 4.3 Fav song - the wanton song Least fav- Bron- yr - Ar

I love me some ZePPeLiN. There are some powerhouse tunes on this one but there's a lot of filler as well. They had earned the power at this point to do whatever they wanted, I wish what they'd wanted to do was write a few more classics. That said, I still love it. As the sage Wayne Campbell once said, "I mean, Led Zeppelin didn't write tunes everybody liked. They left that to The Bee Gees..”

One of the cooler vinyl album covers I've seen. The outer case features the windows cut out, and each sleeve has a different cast of characters you can showcase peeking out of the windows.

Great record. Not top tier Zep for me imo but a fun, albeit too long, listen

A quality mix of songs and styles here, with the more progressive/psychadelic rock being the stand-outs. The more bluesy songs vary in quality, with some of them being a bit dull, and lacking in the same authenticity as some of the better songs

It’s Led Zeppelin what more could you want?

Led Zeppelin has never been my favorite, but I appreciate them. And this is a great album.

ok i fully forgot that i actually do know every song on this album. and it’s very very good, but it’s too long. the last three tracks could have been left off and then it would have been more or less a perfect record. alas… fav tracks: kashmir; trampled under foot; the houses of the holy; in my time of dying; down by the seaside; ten years gone

I enjoyed this a lot. I always like how much I can hear the blues influence on rock and roll in Led Zeppelin’s music; I feel like it’s an education on where the genre came from because you can so clearly hear the lineage (the rhythms of the main riffs in “Custard Pie” and “Boogie with Stu” in particular). I found this really engaging the whole time despite it being pretty long. Fav tracks: Custard Pie, Trampled Under Foot, Bron-Yr-Aur, Ten Years Gone

Heard this album so many times as a kid. It stands the test of time. Led Zeppelin explore their sound so much in this album and deliver songs that are groovy, some a little folksy, some hard af. It’s the range that sets them apart — and that they deliver so well in everything they do. The fact that the same band performs Kashmir and Down by the Seaside and then The Wanton Sobg in one album, and it all sounds so cohesive! Also had a fuckass day yesterday so it really hit to have this be the soundtrack.

Cerramos la semana con Led Zeppelin, puntualmente con un clásico de su discografía. Comienza a notarse a partir de éste álbum un cambio en la voz de Robert Plant, seguramente como fruto del no cuidado vocal de esos años, ya sea por consumos, ya sea por falta de técnicas preventivas. Al margen, es un gran trabajo de Led Zeppelin. Hasta el lunes, gente.

A classic.

Non è il mio album preferito del led zeppelin però è comunque un grande album.

There are some songs on here such as Custard Pie and Sick Again that are too sexually charged for my taste(I don't like these type of Zeppelin songs) but the rest of these songs are incredibly well written and have great, intricate creative storytelling that soars above and beyond what most rock bands have attempted.

It's Zeppelin. The bangers are there but not quite 5 stars

han ebe schono gern bier. ääh led zeppelin. custard pie tönt guet aber isch etz nüt meega speziells. the rover chli herter und bonham groove suuuper. in my time of dying SLAPPT INSANE. liebs houses of the holy kenni de isch soo heil ich halt als teenie glost. trampled under foot kenni? aber isches es cover? es tönt wie doobie brothers? KASHMIIIIR FUCK YES. ich hass die dudes sie sind so tuble aber ich lieb die dudes. has irgendwie scho so lang nüm ghört dasis andersch im chopf gha han. aber de song isch chrank guet. titel und melodie slightly orientalist aber fuuucking geil. de phaser uf de drums mann. in the light isch jo au de hammer de hani nöd kennt fuuuck. huere schöni giti melodie. bon yr aur isch de acoustic type aber mit halt stereo shit drin. down by the sesaside chli meh generisch chönt au en stones track sii oder so? nöd schlecht aber hittet halt nöd esoo fest. sehr happy. ten years gone au viel ruhiger, aber isch wenigstens e meeega cooli bridge wo d gitarrene soo warm töned. was het de jimmy alles für weirdi sache gmacht? und de JPJ isch am tschutte uf dem. he ich finds fast alles meeeega guet, zum teil chli filler tracks. und s isch afoch z lang eigentli. so sie hetted es paar chöne kicke und es 50 minute album mache. ich check dass z viel gueti tracks gha hend für es 40 minütigs album. aber jo 80 minute fülleds denn doch nöd mit premium material. nöd ihres beste aber das heisst bi zeppelin immerno es starchs vieri.

ohh das album hani glaub nie glost, finds so es cools cover! SOOO ENDLICH hmm die erste zwei lieder hani jz zwar cool und typisch led zeppelin gfunde aber böö au in my time of dying isch eaaasy aber 11 min? weissnichdigga bi trampled under foot erinneret mich d bassline ah superstition hahaha om JA KASHMIR voll vergesse AHH und songhoy blues hets coveret hahaha han denkt ich han auscho e anderi version glost nvm han die glaub nanie ghört hahahah in the light findi e suuper atmosphäre down by the seaside RIESE TAKTWECHSEL hmm es macht spass, es isch led zeppelin, aber eifach z lang und nüt megaaa speziells? hans gfühl sie sind au vill weniger unhinged als uf ältere albe isch vlt chli asi das mit anderne led zeppelin albe z vergliche aber jo EDIT 4 ICH HANS BEREUT

So many of my favorite tunes from this band - "In My Time of Dying", "Kashmir", "Houses of the Holy"...this album really shows off their stylistic range and their fantastical side.

Good album. I don't know what else to say, it's just some good old rock music.

Great guitar, great songs, not so great singing/voice

Almost top notch Zep. Kashmir is among my favorite hooks of all time. Much love ❤️

This might be my favorite Zeppelin album.

Outside of the hits, I don't know this era of LZ as well as the first 4 albums. Liked this a lot more than I expected. Still heavily blues based and continuing to expand and innovate on that sound, while maintaining an obvious reverence for it. Really liked the smattering of psych peeking out on here, especially heard on In The Light.

Pretty good, but kind of a mixed bag. Yes, Kashmir is still amazing. The song Ten Years Gone is an odd one because it has the biggest ratio of great riffs to meh song I can think of.

This has some really great Zeppelin songs and some pretty good ones. Not necessarily essential but I do dig it as a fan.

Wow. Maybe it's because I've been drinking, but this is actually great. For coming so late in Zeppelin's career, Physical Graffiti, made up of songs from various periods of their career, turns out to be their most listenable. Most of my complaints about LZ go out the window here. Most of their negative tendencies are gone, the songwriting is focused, the variety of songwriting is good, and even songs I though I disliked ("Kashmir") are brought to life in the context of Physical Graffiti.

Second Zeppelin album in a row and third double album during this experience. I think this is the best double album I've heard so far. It doesn't feel like its super long, even though its an almost an hour and a half. I think the first album is better than the second one but there aren't any songs I would get rid of to make this album better.

Nooit gedacht dat twee Led Zeppelin albums - vrij kort achter elkaar - zouden bevallen. Ik sta er vaak bij LZ hetzelfde in als jou, en kan me bij veel werk van ze echt vinden in je comments. Maar 'Physical Graffiti' slaat wel aan hier. Het was een hele zit, maar door de variatie in tracks was het geen zware bevalling. Tuurlijk zijn de ellelange hardrock ballades daar, maar de wat snellere songs zijn speels en zelfs zo nu en dan funky ('Trampled Under Foot'). Normaal heb ik bij LZ dat de nummers die me minder aan staan ook wel direct de ondergrens aantikken, maar de 'fillers' zijn eigenlijk allemaal wel behapbaar. Consistentie is key, en dat op een album van bijna anderhalf uur. Door de variatie en speelduur, met veel roots invloeden, moest ik vaak denken aan 'Exile On Main St.', wat natuurlijk een compliment is. Dit vond ook plaats rond dezelfde fase van de carrière. Maar nu is Keith Richards niet the star of the show, maar Jimmy Page. Ik snap de hype wel rond hem. Door hem was ik zelfs na een uur nog niet klaar met Robert Plant. 8,5/10 Highlights: The Rover Trampled Under Foot Kashmir Down by the Seaside Ten Years Gone

A double album in one day can be hard work, but the absolute top tier musicianship helped a lot.

Zeppelin's double album is double the fun. The innovators of heavy metal or hard rock, whichever moniker you prefer, are decidedly less in the mood to riff about medievalisms than they are to groove, funk, and activate that blues muscle that dips into gospel - 'It's got to be, it's got to be my Jesus' - while maintaining a fidelity to nightlife festivities and goofy relaxation. A track like 'Houses of the Holy,' which has the nominal makings of a weary trip into British lore, is nothing more than a warm invitational: 'So let me take you, let me take you to the movies.' Even 'Kashmir,' the hit featuring that slow and fertile drumming from Bonham, is somehow not the synthetic thing it could be. In short, no Zeppelin record makes me feel so good as it.

Now this is rock music

oh this is goated but sorry melon

This felt all over the place theme-wise, but I don't care, I really enjoyed this. I wasn't familiar with this album (outside of Kashmir) but I enjoyed every song. Just incredibly high quality everything... Drums, bass, guitar, vocals, production. The sound is amazing...I'm a fan!

Great, especially the first half, but as many double albums, it falls a bit flat in the second half.

Another banger.

Such a classic

Led Zeppelin is good. Groundbreaking.

Not my favorite from Led Zeppelin but still good

Custard Pie and Trampled Under Foot - love the hook and drumming. In My Time of Dying - love the riff. Kashmir - yet another great hook ruined by its use in uncool things being my introduction to it (if I try and forget that I've heard it for cheesy ads etc I can recognise it's good - wish I could apply this effectively for the Requiem for a Dream theme). Sexy song though. In The Light - great hooks in this. Love the nostalgic turn of the second half, leading in to the gorgeous folksy end. Boogie with Stu - blues not normally my thing but this was such an unexpected direction so was fun.

Gotta love some Zep. Lots of banger but it does drag on toward the end unfortunately.

Yup

One of the greatest bands ever

Lowkey epic.

Double album, leftovers, worked their craft Whole lotta love Houses of the holy Kashmir

This album is like ordering a 30” supreme pizza. At first you’re like fuck yeah, this pizza is delicious, but then 2 slices in you realize 30” is too much pizza. Physical Graffiti is, in fact, too much pizza.

This has some absolute classic tracks on it, but some of the others are skippable.

Every song feels crafted. Keeps you engaged with all the unique twists and turns in songs. Hadn't really listen to Led Zeppelin before this project but can definitely see why they are as loved as they are.

Pretty good for Leed Zeeplin

This is a hard one. I thin on an earlier review for a Led Zep album I said this was their best. I waa wrong. I forget about the second half because despite listening to this album a LOT I always forget half the second half as some of it is so forgettable. If they included only half the songs after Kashmir (Bron au Yr, Ten Years Gone, Sick Again) this would be a 5. Hell, probably if they stopped at Kashmir too. The Rover and In My Time are probably in the top 5 best Led Zep songs.

Ich mag so lange Alben nicht

Starts off with a run of worldies but loses steam a bit for me after that, still good though

Not the greatest Led Zeppelin album, in my opinion. But it is damn good.

One of their better albums. Some of the songs were really innovative for their time. Many others copied what was done on this album.

Kashmir remains one of the greatest songs of all time. Feel like some of these songs meander a bit, I’m not a big fan of them just fading out instead of actually ending. Feels like Zep doing prog rock and it definitely feels a bit more ambitious then even Led Zeppelin IV and houses of the holy.

Led Zeppelin, no hay mucho más que decir.

I forgot how good this album is. Holy mother. Added to Liked Songs: Custard Pie, The Rover, In My Time of Dying, Houses of the Holy, Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir, In the Light, Ten Years Gone, The Wanton Song, Boogie with Stu, Black Country Woman.

An album with Kashmir on it has to get a 4

Not my favorite Led Zeppelin album but still a banger

Come back to this later

I wasn't expecting it to be so... Funky!