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Not bad but should have been shorter. Not their best.
9/10
Fabulous. Just fabulous. Kashmir is a favorite, among others.
I must have been a bad bad boy who needs to wash his mouth out with soap to get an album this lenght for an artist I dont particularly like Is the issue that as a band they are "just okay"? Is the music hurt by how amazing their rep is? This is perfectly fine, but incredibly long In The Light is good About 3/4s through i was quite enjoying it, but then boogie with stu came on and I thought, this fucking sucks
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 enjoyed this more than I thought I would. It had more depth than expected because I was expecting more mpf. Pleasantly surprised zeppelin. Thanks
First case of a band I have heard before but an album I haven't. Think the double album format here gives this enough scope to be interesting, but I don't think it hits everyhwere. There were songs I like and others I liked less. An interesting listen in the canon of albums we've heard so far in this project. Doesn't stand up to Led Zepplin I or IV in my view.
I don't care for Led Zeppelin that much overall, but I recognise that Kashmir is a certified banger
The first half is strong than the second, however overall a great listen. Some really good range within the album. The big hit of course Kashmir, but personnel favourite Trampled Under Foot and In My Time of Dying.
I need to pace myself so I don't end up with 5 five-star LedZep albums
Something about this album made it difficult for me to stay with it. I liked quite a few of the tracks but I guess it lacks an overall coherence sufficient to keep me engaged for us runtime.
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.
Amazing album!
310/1089 - Overall this is a really good double album. Plant's voice definitely sounds thinner here than at the beginning of Led Zeppelin's career which is too bad. On the flip side, there is some really great keyboard work from John Paul Jones (and of course great bass playing). He's definitely been becoming more of an inspiration to me over time.
I just don't really get Led Zep. Always just feels like extended blues rock jams rather than songs.
Felt like the songs were missing something, not for me
Respect to LZ. This one's isn't a fave for me
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
It's obviously pretty good, but I think they are an overrated band. Also Kashmir is just a bad song, I don't know how they fooled you like this Will I listen to again: 25%
Not bad but doesn't touch me.
Pound for pound, this is my favourite Zeppelin album. It’s where they let funk become more of a glaring influence than that of the blues on the early albums. The Funkiest Zep is my favourite Zep and the grooves are on fire here. *Houses of the Holy* had come close but stylistically it was a wonderful grab-bag. *Physical Graffiti*, although it does stretch out, feels more together, more unified in tone. Being aware of the how much they are going ask of the fans as the album progresses, side 1 is still mostly blues oriented. But with the flip to side 2, we enter the real meat the album. With “Houses of the Holy”, “Trampled Underfoot” and “Kashmir” they deliver my top Led Zeppelin LP side of their catalogue. Sides 3&4 may occasionally slip back more into previous LZ comfort zones, but never completely. They seem keen to plough a new furrow as much as possible pushing their sound forward in anyway they can discover. This is a 9/10 album for me but since it’s my favourite Led Zep album, I’m prepared to round up rather than down, for a rare maximum score.
I actually like this album by zeppelin a lot which is rare
Compared to other rock albums on this list, this one is solid, and actually engaging.
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.
listened to a little bit.. interesting but not my style
I can't help but picture Jack Black mouthing along. 3 Stars.
Oh my heart
Sides two and three were the best. There is some good stuff on here but there's also a lot of filler. Torn between 3 and 4. Probably a 3 because I’m not gonna listen to it again anytime soon in order to decide.
Favorite tracks: The Rover, In The Light, Bron-Yr-Aur. Mannn, this is tough. I really liked about two-thirds of this. Didn't care for side four. It's so dang long. But it's mostly really good! If I had more time to sit with it, it'd probably be a 4. But I just had jammin' on my headphones at work, so it's a 3.5. Sorry, Zep.
They fucked with a chance at another generational album here by making it wayyyyy too long. Should’ve been cutting things out during the process of choosing the track list, not being additive to make it a double album. The dust has kinda settled on albums like these, I feel as though I don’t have much to add in the conversation surrounding this project. “In My Time Of Dying” and “Bron-Yr-Aur” are behemoths. “Ten Years Gone” may be a little slept on, maybe so for “In The Light” too. Everything else is just fine. The quality is all there, but damn this is too long. Strong 3/5 hard one to rate
some hard hitting songs, too long though as many of the songs end up being not very memorable - I couldn’t name the songs on half of the album
Fantastic album
Most of the songs started with a great groove but then repeated that groove over and over and over again. By disc two it got a bit tedious. The rhythm section is killer the entire album though.
Lot of zep clustered close together for me. Def too long, they've hit the super big lack of curation phase here. It's a hit or miss for me.
Amazing classic
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.
This album is a bit disappointing.
Classic led zeppelin - upbeat rock? listed to it on a walk
One of those albums that needs way more listening to fully appreciate
I liked Bron-Yr-Aur and Kashmir. The rest was just too long to hold my attention. 2.5
Makes for great driving music; the first half is definitely better than the second half. Kinda looses steam after Kashmir.
Nicht meins
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!
Downright surreal. I was wowed by every song.
Led Zeppelin are great and this more great Led Zeppelin
Starts with some of my favorite songs ever. Ends with tributes to rock's roots and credits how the genre has evolved. Masters of their instruments. Epic.
It was okay I suppose.
Off course, led Zeppelin!!
Bra, men alt for langt
A smorgasbord of Zeppelin tracks showcasing their variety and musical capabilities.
Iconic 5/5
I’ve never been a huge fan of Led Zeppelin. Some of their music just sounds like noise to me and it gets annoying.
amazing
Not much to say, master piece!
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
Another long album!!!!! Old people music but I still didn’t hate it.
not my favorite Zeppelin, but still a good album
I love Zeppelin. That being said, Robert Plant is my least favorite part. Good stuff. Funky, rocky.
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.
Amazing album. Shows the range of styles they could create.
Muy bien muy bien
Another of my all time favorites. I still listen to this album 5-10 per year.
This is my personal favourite zeppelin album. There's a controversy surrounding it about the second half but i dont trully follow it because here all songs resonate to me most than any other album of theirs. I also own this on vynil since October 2023 so it has been in my music rotation for a while now(its November 2025)
This is a classic rock / metal album. In a weird way, it works a good background / deep flow music for me.
Great 3 disc album. Classics across all discs. Wide range of styles despite the rock focus. Cohesive album.
Zep's iconic bluesy gritty classic rock sound with 1 legendary track and some unusually complex drum syncopations if you pay attention. a bit long for a double album but you gotta respect the classics. 3.5/5
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.
Great Album👍🏿👍🏿
Fantastic album.
bom
You could definitely make an argument that this is Zeppelin's best album. They sound relaxed and confident, and there's no question that they no longer seem to be proving anything. Some of Jimmy Page's most accomplished (and aggressive) guitar playing and a band at their peak.
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.
Pretty good
Led zep year!
i like the album cover. music also good
Not a steaming hot take but Led Zep peaked at IV. Lots of good stuff here but doesn’t have the same brilliance overall.
Not sure if this is my favorite Led Zeppelin record but it could be
Ight
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!
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easy listen but didn't grab me
Phenomenal album. Great production, amazing songwriting. Bonham is a genius
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
A bunch of the songs this album were discards from previous albums... and some of them should have stayed discarded. I liked it but not as much as the other Led Zeppelin album we've had and it feels far less cohesive and too long. Favourite: Houses of the Holy Least: Boogie with Stu
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..”
Gotta get the Led out from time to time. Great way to end the week.
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.
One of the better albums from led zeppelin. Still one of the most overrated bands ever.
just does not capture my attention. songs blend together in a heap of kind of boring
This blew me away a bit. Probably cause I wasn’t expecting it to be better than 1,2 and 3 (haven’t heard 4) but it was and by quite a lot. It’s difficult to make a double album with only bangers but this did it with only a few less so but still good songs. The diverse influence of genres, the mastery of each member’s respective instruments and honestly the mix as well made this amazing to listen to. Plant’s vocals can be a little in your face and annoying sometimes but there isn’t a moment on here where I can say that, once again linking to the mix which was done in such a way where you can easily here how each instrument builds to the songs and doesn’t put Plant too much in the spotlight, with more emphasis instead being on the powerful, booming drums. I feel like this would be a great album to take inspiration from for drum players. Favourites: all but the first and last 2 (which were still pretty good). Overall, 9/10.
I mean… it’s Led Zeppelin !!
Great record. Not top tier Zep for me imo but a fun, albeit too long, listen
I've been listening to this album for 100 years
Sorry lads but there’s a lot of tracks here that shouldn’t have made the album. When it’s good it’s great
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?
Não gostei muito desse álbum, não faz muito o meu gênero.
Great. The 70s were, for me, non-stop guitar strangling blues rtock as. As epitomized by the Zep..This album kick ass.
Peak Zeppelin!
Led Zeppelin has never been my favorite, but I appreciate them. And this is a great album.
BANGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG FIRST ZEP ALBUMMMMMMMMMMM 10/10 AS ALWAYSSS
One of Zeppelin's best with some of the best deep cuts. Kashmir one of the best ever made, with Ten Years Gone being exceptional.
Teetering on a 4 as a bit too dad rock for my liking but getting the 5 on impact and reputation. Great listen
Masterpiece
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
Haters will say I only rate highly. To them I ask, why are they only putting heat on this? It's Led Zeppelin, it's got funk, folk, blues, rock-and-roll, amazing vocals and a sound that would in some way be attempted but never perfected by every rock band that came after. Directly for the next 20 years, and indirectly for the rest of the genre's life in the spotlight. They are the artists that took rock into the late 20th century and it shows. This is not my favorite album of theirs but it holds a special place in my heart. "Kashmir", the album's leading single, was my own harsh lesson never to put your favorite song as your alarm. "In my Time of Dying", a beautiful mess of shifting time signatures and pained lyrics that re-imagine the classic folks song. A great showcase of the aforementioned paradigm shift pushed by the band. I like Led Zeppelin, even if my dad rock phase is behind me. Light 4.5 but we're doing 5 for the haters (I made them up)
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.
Unfortunately, for me this album suffers from coming after Jimi Hendrix in this experiment, because to me the former was the better rock n roll album. Some songs were standouts for me: Ten Years Gone and Night Flight. I love the imagery of “packing all my hopes into a matchbox.” I can see why they were legendary, but not fully for me.
I think it was fairly forgettable Zepplin nonsense for the first few tracks. The moment Kashmir comes on is when this thing starts getting good. I think they are at their best when they go for the more psychedelic/ groovy vibe incorporating phaser SFX. And even more so when they busted out the mandolin and strings for songs like Kashmir. I pretend the first few songs don’t exist so I can focus on everything after Kashmir and have a good time. The last couple of songs also don’t hit much for me either. So it’s like eating a sandwich where I don’t like the bread but the filling is good and there’s a good amount of sauce so I don’t look back to negatively on the experience. 3.8/5 out of respect, but they also steal riffs so maybe I’m being too nice.
I fear this was simply okay. I’m lowkey disappointed cause everyone glazes this album (as do the global reviews). However, there is one absolutely true thing: The Avengers theme is Kashmir at a faster bpm.
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.
Folk, rock and blues. What more do you need?
Top 10
Very nice
Oh hell yes
Non è il mio album preferito del led zeppelin però è comunque un grande album.
A decent rocker
a bit of a wank 4/10
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.
all i hear when i hear robert plant is like mamapleaseeaaauufudhehhrueuuuuhhhhhhhhhhwhwhhhhwhwhwhhhhhhwwwwwhhhhhahshshreeeeaaaa
It's Zeppelin. The bangers are there but not quite 5 stars
meni je dosadno
Meni jedan od dražih zeppelina
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
Duh duh dunt duh duh dunt. You know it instantly. So we’re permanently stuck in the ’70s with 1001… Could be worse.
A Milestone in Rock - very pleasant songs - wow
LZ's white album. Range of psychedelic blues, extended jams, folk rock, groovy pop, proggy flashes - everything is here and it's a mess. A brilliant mess. Best Tracks: The Rover; Trampled Under Foot; Night Flight
dragged, felt really really really long and i dont like hard rock but it was alright
it deleted my notes but it was a led zeppelin standard
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.
It’s a toss up between this and Led Zeppelin 4 for my favorite albums. Just an amazing record straight through and sure is bluesy.
I was a huge Zep fan in the 1980s. My musical tastes have changed a lot since then, but this remains an album I reach for. 'The Rover' is one of my favourite LZ tracks. 5/5
Favorites: all of them. Yeah, the whole album. I don't even know what to put in the spotlight here, because everything here is just GOLDEN. What can I say? Led Zeppelin is just a big massive orgasm put into music <3 Each song is better than the other one, it's incredible. Blessing my ears non-stop.
I cannot fathom how I've never listened to Led Zeppelin. How has this happened. Even though some of the songs are 8 minutes it doesn't get old like Metallica did...it's fantastical from beginning to end. Like if I had been really concentrated on something such as eating a piece of divine chocolate cake in a noisy restaurant and this had been playing on shitty little speakers, I would have raised my head up like a little squirrel and be looking all around. Then ask who is this?
Just like many people I have heard a lot of Led Zeppelin but not in album form and I have no idea what songs are on which album. Since it wasn't numbered I didn't have high expectations. I'm sure someone has made a listicle of this but Physical Graffiti must have a case for the strongest opening seven songs of any album. And we all agree that Kashmir is trhe best rock song ever written right? And Led Zeppelin have at least 3 albums rated better than this? I am going to be doling a lot of stars out to these guys. If only that awesome version of Kashmir on the Godzilla soundtrack could have been included in the original version. Oh...
The Greatest outtakes album ever.
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.
Boring for the most part
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.
Day641 - the best rock band ever.
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.
Led Zeppelin gets another 3. Great moments of fantastic guitars drug down by grating vocals and overly long songs. 45 minutes too long.
Incredibly good considering it's basically just an odds and sods album. It has Kashmir on it. It has to get five stars. That's the law.
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.
This is probably my least favorite of their first six albums, but just like the five albums that preceded "PHYSICAL GRAFFITI" it's a great album. Kashmir and Ten Years Gone are arguably amongst the best songs they ever recorded.
This goes on the list of great double albums, epic hard rock, with blues and even funk. The musicianship is outstanding. Never feels boring despite the length. And as always some killer riffs, vocals, base, and drums.
Great album. I know the key Led Zepplin tracks, but going through their back catalogue through this project is great. So many good tracks.
Started out strong but really lost steam in the second half
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
Oke ik gaf even af op al die 80's-hiphop platen waar we doorheen moeten, maar eigenlijk vind ik dit nog taaiere kost. Physical Graffiti bracht me echt nergens. Niet bij een hit, niet in een flow en niet op het puntje van mijn stoel. Meerdere malen ging het volume wat omlaag totdat Robert Plant alleen nog maar ergens - ver op de achtergrond - zijn uithalen plaatste. 4,5/10
A double album in one day can be hard work, but the absolute top tier musicianship helped a lot.
Are you kidding? Maybe the best Zepp album ever. P.S. The Rover is a slept on track.
Alright, I have to go a little outside the scope of how I normally rate albums for this one. Generally, I rate these albums and weigh how solid they are as a whole from top to bottom. However, exceptions are rarely made for extenuating circumstances that hit heavy on my nostalgia or music that I grew up with. For those reasons, this one is going to be rated on personal enjoyment more. Led Zeppelin has earned that right. Disc 1 of Physical Graffiti is an absolute masterclass of music without a single track worth skipping. If it was only Disc 1, this may very well be the best album they ever made. In particular, “Trampled Under Foot” and “Kashmir” are my favorite tracks on the album. Disc 2 is mostly filler. But, and this is a huge but, even Zep filler is better than 99% of the albums on this list. So, personal enjoyment for me was still a 5. As a Zep album, the uneven second half makes me rank this below the other Zep album I’ve rolled so far, Led Zeppelin 2, but still not nearly enough for me to rank this anything but a 5. So, yeah. Expect every Zep album to get a 5 star rating. One of the best bands of all time.
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
Beetje te veel rokc voor in de ochtend
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!
Good but not great Zep
This album is amazing.
I forgot how many good songs there are in the opening of this album. The first and second original disc (2nd disc ending with 'Kashmir') is actually insanely strong, and if it would have ended there it would be an easy strong 5 star album for me. But when disc three starts ('In The Light'), I am not so sure anymore. And while 'Ten Years Gone', 'Down By The Seaside', and 'The Wanton Song' recovers it a bit, the second half of the album is not one, but several steps below the first. I probably gave all Led Zeppelin albums generated for me so far 5 stars, so I am a bit inclined to break the combo for this one. But at the same time it's just so good. While maybe not their absolute best album, it still stands tall above most of the albums on this list, which says quite a lot about this group. It'll just have to be a weak 5.
Led Zeppelin really tried to make an album I should dislike. The album name isn’t great, the cover art is subpar, and worst of all, it’s a double album with a runtime that rivals some movies. So I was skeptical—until the first song started. Everything just sounds so good: the vocals, the guitar, and maybe most importantly, the drumming. Bonham’s playing is really what sets this apart from the many copycats. The way he follows and complements the guitar licks is just incredible. Sure, it might still be a bit too long. The first vinyl is better than the second (though it's hard to compete with a record that contains Kashmir). There are many bands that try to emulate this sound, but it’s really hard to beat this album. It’s not my favorite Zeppelin record, and one I haven’t listened to as much as others, but it’s still a solid 5-star album. If I have anything negative to say, it’s that the lyrics can be a bit cringey at times.
side c is great don't care too much for the rest but kashmir is alright too i guess
Great, especially the first half, but as many double albums, it falls a bit flat in the second half.
Got this one but haven't listened for years. Couple of dodgy tracks and Plant is a little bit limited when he squeaks too much. But the rest is very much superb and very much a different sound from the early albums without dropping quality. Guitar work, drums, bass all fantastic and played for the song and each other.
Too much Robert Plant. Great riffs, great grooves. Too much everything. Then too much Robert Plant again. Too many filler tracks. Kashmir is awesome, be better if he shut up even more. He's like a demanding puppy squealing because he can't bear anyone else getting any attention.
Another banger.
4>PG. def don’t need repeat artists if the albums explore the same sound. Led Zeppelin is fine, but I don’t need this much.
I didn’t miss out on anything by ignoring Led Zeppelin my whole life
Classic blues. Sounds a little basic these days
Good album with at least one or two bangers, but we're starting to get away from what I would consider "essential" Led Zeppelin. It might be four stars if I hadn't already listened to Led Zeppelin I and Led Zeppelin IV.
I hear something different every time I listen to this album. Bonham's drumming patterns, Jones's bass fills, obvi Page and Plant, duh! Assuming there will be more Zep on this list and, most likely will continue tossin' out Fivers.
Such a classic
Led Zeppelin is good. Groundbreaking.
Led Zeppelin are a band I've always hated, but every now and then I listen to them to try to understand what others see in them. This time around, I actually quite liked a few songs. It's still mostly a case of "that's not a good song, but it's a good groove, even if it goes on way too long," but that's a big change. I don't even know who I am any more.
What an amazing album. Yes, they could have cut a few songs from the end to tighten it up a little, but - well, now that I think about it, I'm not really sure what I would cut. Maybe "Boogie With Stu", and "Black Country Woman". Maybe. "Ten Years Gone", "Down by the Seaside" - what amazing work these two are, apart altogether from the big numbers. An easy five here.
Not my favorite from Led Zeppelin but still good
Maybe I'm biased but I dont care. I LOVE Led Zeppelin every song is pure artistry, and this is them at their peak. Every song is so intricate and beautifully written it could make someone's head spin. No one wants to make an awesome 5 minute (minimum) song anymore!!!
Led zeppelin só fazem obras de arte
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.
Could easily have cut 30 minutes
Had so much potential, but really started to blend together for me
1. pie - 1.5 2. rover - 1 3. dying - 1.5 4. Holy - 1.5 5. Foot - 2 6. Kashmir -2 7. Light - 1.5 8. Bron - 1.5 9. Down - 1 10. Gone-1.5 11. Night - 1 12. Song -1 13. Boogie -1 14. Country - 1.5 15. Sick -1.5
I'd usually review each song but something tells me this is an album that finds you when you are ready. I wasn't, but I thoroughly enjoyed a handful of songs, such as In My Time of Dying and Ten Years Gone. Then, there's the towering achievement that is Kashmir. It's up there, with Mozart and Elvis, music so primordial that it touches upon something that lies beyond the reaches of grammar alone. The 8 minute track is part fantasy, part desert mirage. I will listen to this album again in a few years, and hopefully then, all will be revealed.
Pretty good, found myself getting into more of the tracks than I thought I might.
Gotta love some Zep. Lots of banger but it does drag on toward the end unfortunately.
Super excited that this list is getting me to listen to full albums from the likes of Led Zeppelin, etc. I've always wanted to spend more time understanding bands like this - not just the popular hits I know. Enjoyable...I get it.
Yup
Fuckin’ bangers all day.
7/10
more listenable than some of their others. Reminded me of Pink Floyd a bit
YES! Rock albums just don't get much better.
It's rock from the 70s. Not bad, not for me though. Very same-y.
Didn't necessariy enjoy the album.
One of the greatest bands ever
Wonton soup
They have a cool sound. I get why people like them. This one didn't happen to strike me today but I'm sure it would other days.
listened went to sleep.
Enough already!
Lowkey epic.
Double album, leftovers, worked their craft Whole lotta love Houses of the holy Kashmir
This IS rock music. I just listened and understood.
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.
This is fine. I probably prefer IV, in part because Physical Graffiti seems to go on and on and on. This has moments, but LZ just isn't my thing.
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 was fine but forgettable
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.
I'm pretty familiar with their first 4 albums, this one started similar and it was good. But it's another bloody double album. They just go on so long. I preferred the bluesier tracks on this. I guess all of it was ok, but it just didn't hold my interest for it's entirety. I'm sure I'll have another listen at some point.
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.
Honestly I'm not too well-acquainted with the band, but Kashmir is familiar. Great riffs and lyrics throughout. Not necessarily stuff I'd sing along with, but it's good background music.
Zeppelin at their most unrestrained. Just a giant collection of ideas. Spins: 2 Playlist Additions: - Houses of the Holy - Trampled Under Foot - Kashmir - Ten Years Gone - The Wanton Song
One of their better albums. Some of the songs were really innovative for their time. Many others copied what was done on this album.
Enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Some songs (quite a few) are unnecessary long tho which made the already long album feel even longer..
Strong opening 6 songs but falls away thereafter. No bad songs just far more memorable early on. Would have preferred it wasn't a double.
This is really long but good but not really my cup of tea. So thusly it's a three.
A total upgrade after being subjected to depressing Morrissey's Viva Hate. Well-balanced between just solo instrumentals to 'too cool for school' vocals, I have bounced back from the depressing world of Morrissey. Most of the good vibes come from the strong guitar and bass lines, so credit is due. Side note: we love the whammy bar 😀 Thank you, Led Zepplin!
Never listened to one of their albums before. It was fine. The drumming was great, some of the lyrics felt cliche but i don't know if that were cliche when they were written or of that are now because the band influenced so many people. Overall it felt like gospel music for people who didn't grow up with gospel music
I feel like I can hear how cool they think they are in this album. Not my favorite Led Zeppelin album and it’s longgg.
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.
Good album, very interesting sounds. 6.1/10
Love this album!
Not my fav LZ album. Maybe it was just the time I was listening, but Im surprised that I'm only giving this a 3.5
Did Led Zeppelin use up all the riffs? Did the world run out of rock music in the early 80s simply because Robert and Jimmy over-fished the waters? Each song on this album has a riff that could carry a whole band. Some have multiple hooks throughout: in my time of dying and the rover are two especially greedy dishes each of which could have fed a lesser rock band for a whole album. And beyond the songwriting, the playing is brilliant. The sound too: each instrument has its own sonic space to nestle into. Led Zep might have once claimed to be the loudest band in the world, but it seems they didn't get there by layering sounds. Yes it's a double album. And the second trawler is a little less full than the first. But let's not quibble when the catch is this good.
Led Zeppelin, no hay mucho más que decir.
There's enough great material for a single album. For a double album I'd say not everything works - but I'm not really a great fan of Led Zeppelin. But I have to admit, the second I saw the album cover that's been chosen for that they, I immediately heard the riff for Custard Pie in my head.
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.
I jammed
Losing the energy of the early releases and getting boring.
I know so many love this one, but I think it's just good. I think this could have been a more solid single album. Zep has so many great albums, I may be stacking it against those unfairly. Great riffs, soulful singing, solid bass lines and drumming that we great. This is not a bad review, I do love this album and Kashmir is one of my all time favs by Zep
вроде неплохо, но как-то очень длинно и повторяющеся... а так вообще-то неплохо
Då var det barbröstat 70tal igen. Var det Falklandskriget den här plattan var ansvarig för eller vad kom vi överens om? Utbrett över ett dubbelalbum dessutom. En frunktansvärd sångare, en gitarrglad gitarrhjälte och alldeles för mycket bluesrock som grundfundament. Jonas brukar påpeka sin avsmak för 80tals produktioner, 70talets rockproduktioner är min motsvarighet i så fall, det här är värsta tänkbara produktion i mina öronen. Då lyssnar jag ändå på en remastrad version, fast det kanske gör det värre (?). Det låter både illa och hopplöst daterat, fy fan! Det här är inte för mig, det finns ingenting med det här jag gillar eller ens har överseende med. Jag vill inte lyssna på det här. En svagare etta än The Who's 70talsrock
Nu är jag ingen expert på Zeppelinarna, men det finns en del rätt oväntade infall här. Countryn i Down by the seaside, Jerry Lee Lewis-klinket i Boogie with Stu, funkbluesen i Trampled by the foot. För att nämna några. Utöver det riffas det också på i mer väntad stil. Ibland riktigt bra, ibland rätt stillastående. I melodiska delar är Kinks inte långt borta. Symfonirocken i Kashmir är däremot mycket överskattad.
Har i största möjliga mån försökt att undvika LZ. Fördomen har varit att det låter tråkig progressiv hårdrock älskad av män i övre medelåldern som för länge sedan borde klippt den där grå hästsvansen som sitter på en bortsett från tre, fyra hämtehårstrån, kal hjässa. Blir faktiskt positivt överraskad. Ett i regel skönt sound. Många bra låtar. Men också för många låtar. Förstod att det var tänkte som ett enkelalbum först men att man till slut valde att ta med ett gäng tidigare ratade låtar. Det borde man nog haft ogjort. Nåväl trean lutar snarare uppåt än nedåt.
1975? Det måste ha låtit mossigt redan då. Första intrycket: boogie-woggie-blues-rock som pågår alldeles för länge. Ljudbild som om det vore inspelat med endast en mick i replokalen. Dessutom en dubbel. Med andra ord dubbelt så uselt. Ettan har aldrig känts mer självklar. Men andra skivan är något mer varierad. Night Flight hade kunnat varit en Rod Stewart-låt. Med darr på ribban klarar de en tvåa. Men så läser jag på om skivan . Tydligen spelade in material för 3 lp-sidor. Istället för att rensa ut de sämsta materialet så väljer de att fylla ut till en dubbel med tidigare överblivet material. Sådana beslut förtjänar en etta
classic 5 stars all the way. every track is a masterpiece
An album with Kashmir on it has to get a 4
Not my favorite Led Zeppelin album but still a banger
Pretty middle of the pack. I don't think this is Zeppelins best work. It felt very repetitive, minus the hit "Kashmir". A little underwhelming compared to all the hype this album seems to get.
If this were Zeppelin’s first album they never would have been “Led Zeppelin.” The drinking and heroin had definitely taken its toll on the band’s sound and songwriting by this point. Kashmir one of their best songs, but everything else falls off dramatically from there.
Come back to this later
I know it's supposed to be a masterpiece but I can't get into either the music or the vocal 😕 I tried to think of it as a poor man's Slade and this made it seem a bit better.
I wasn't expecting it to be so... Funky!
Good album, but I feel like all Songs sound the same, but I might need to put it into perspective considering the time it came out. You can’t really vibe with the music, I found.
The name “Led Zeppelin” on its own is worth a star, but this album bangs!
I liked some songs. Others didn't stuck. All in all the album should have been shorter.
Banger after banger
Classic
Way too long, never liked this much.
brabo
One of the instances where to maintain artistic integrity Led Zeppelin put the songs on the album they wanted and then filled it with extras, and it works. Similar to the Beatles and Abbey Road side 2, Physical Graffiti's composure of some filler tracks right next to freaking KASHMIR just keeps the ship floating. John Bonham really shines on hear with his comoposition on tracks. 4/5
Trampled Under Foot is so good I almost started swinging
Kashmir is great, but beyond that it is an average album and not nearly as good end to end as I - IV.
4 star
One to discover
i hate zeppelin but kashmir is an all timer
5*. Every time.
One of the things I've most looked forward to in this project is to be, well, forced to listen to albums by bands I don't care for but maybe haven't given them a fair shake. Led Zeppelin falls into that category... I've never really liked them but I'm not sure I've ever listened to a whole lot of their music other than their most famous tracks. It's nice to have a definitive answer one where or another and in this case: can confirm. Don't like them. I had a similar confirmation with the Rolling Stones and I'm thinking maybe I just don't like that early era blues "inspired" rock.
Lyssnat alldeles för lite på Led Zeppelin. När de är bra är det otrolig rivjärnsriv. Här får man väldigt mycket av det. Gillar att de inte går in i sina långa jam. Jimmy Paige med en av de skönare gitarrljuden man hört. En gnutta för lång men inget som skadar. Denna måste in i skivsamlingen!
Really liked the middle part, especially Kashmir
I found this album much more enjoyable and approachable than the other two Led Zeppelin albums so far on this list. Very smooth and listenable.
Voor mij is LZ eigenlijk wel steeds een steady 3. Wel vermakelijke deuntjes, maar zou het zelf niet heel snel opzetten en krijgt van mij niet echt de omg-wow factor.
I've heard a lot of great things about this album, and It did live up to It, It felt like a combination of all the albums I was previously recommended, I really love It, tho I have to nitpick on the fact that there are fair share of filler tracks. Other than that, It was an amazing listen, 5 stars. Favorite tracks: 1. Kashmir 2. In The Light 3. In My Time Of Dying
Good
Toughie. If you stopped the clock at the end of side 3 (Ten Years Gone) this would be a straight five. But side 4 does see a drop in quality (Boogie with Stu most notably). The first three sides see their sound become even more polished, bigger - purified - perhaps with Kashmir as the ultimate statement of their studio sound. Side 4 is not as gob-smacking (Black Country Woman perhaps excepted) but I can't but round up from 4.6 to 5.
One of the best
Good but not their best songs
One of the best albums ever recorded
Their best in my humble opinion. Kashmir is an all timer. Ten Years Gone is their most heartbreaking ballad. The Rover rocks hard. Black County Woman is an acoustic romp. It kind of has it all. It represents the band and it's a classic.
Amazing
Cool. 3.
Blues rock. Again... with country elements too? It's really boring.. not even unique or special for the era Trampled Under Foot has a funky feeling, reminds me of Franz Ferdinand indie style Kashmir has a good tense strings riff, feel like I've heard it sampled somewhere before.. Bron-Yr-Aur is a nice instrumental 1hr 22 though... way too long Best track - Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir 2 stars
this album is very good, it has something going on that really captures the essence of the 70's in terms of rock. I liked it but it also has some mid songs
This is fine. I probably prefer IV, in part because Physical Graffiti seems to go on and on and on. This has moments, but LZ just isn't my thing.
80 minutes of Zeppelin deep cuts and Kashmir works for me. Bron-Yr-Aur is beautiful - I remember getting the tab for that in a guitar magazine long before I heard the song and even with my imperfect playing it was great just based on the sheet music. Some slogs for sure but they are solid slogs.
Great. But not my favorite Zeppelin album
# 104/1001. I thought I was going to listen to some Led Zep, which I didn't know so well beforehand (I have I, II and III in my shelf) but turns out I knew every song, and most of them are still bangers. Apparently my distraction from rock and blues and boogiewookiehonkytonk diddidii hasn't distracted me from this teenage favourite. The length is long, yes, but the material stays great apart from a song or two (jammings etc in the D side), and the talent is there. So, well, it still rocks.
very high energy
It was fine. I’m just not a huge Led Zeppelin fan. I knew and liked Kashmir, but that was the only song I knew.
Great energy and song diversity! Some wonderful stand out hits (in my time of dying, Kashmir etc). Never was my #1 favorite Zeppelin album but a great on regardless.
Unfortunately it's quite good.
Like most double albums, it's a little bloated. I very much appreciate that they were trying a lot of different stuff in their later albums, but little of it is actually nearly as good to me as when they just allow themselves to be the Hammer of the Gods. And the God-Hammerin' on this album is great ("Trampled Under Foot" "Houses of the Holy" "The Wanton Song" "The Rover"), as is a lot of the blues-ier stuff ("Custard Pie"). It's a little too overstuffed to rank with their very best, but a great rock record by one of the great rock bands.
Loved the guitar. Listened before and after shooting a 78 at the Ranch so probably bumped the rating.
Almost every double album has at least five songs that don't need to be there.
Fantastic and triumphant album all the way through.. Except for the intro to in the light is about a minute and a half too long. Would have been 5 stars otherwise. Pairs best with singing in the shower or air guitar.