Reviews (page 7 of 15)
Another Led Zeppelin! As previously- good, but definitely more commercial than previous albums. I feel like this was the point where their songs started to sound a little repetitive. Overall- solid album. 3.5/5
для меня эта группа явно остается в прошлом и стареет. не на мой вкус, голос солиста не остается в моей памяти как и мелодии
The birth of the swaggering sports arena drek.
Not really my groove. But had some jams.
My boy sounds like he's getting the best head ever while he sings Bron-Yr-Aur good vibes my personal fav 7/10 creativity 4/10 fun / interest 5/10 replay-ability Overall 5.5/10 would not listen to most songs again, more a vibe kinda album seems like
I’m not saying anything that hasn’t been said before and said better. Led Zeppelin is one of the most solid rock and roll bands to ever exist. It’s like they captured lightning in a bottle with all of their individual talents coming together in an explosion of sound and style. No disrespect to Plant or Jones, but it sounds like a competition between Bonham and Page on who could ultimately sound the damn coolest. For me, they tied. Bonham’s percussion on this album blew my mind while Page’s guitar work blew up my skirt! Plant’s vocals are just the icing on the decadent, absolutely delicious cake.
A very strong collection of songs, it suffers from its own eclecticism
One of my favorite Zeppelin albums, but often overlooked.
I like Zep but this one isn’t my favorite. Little mish-mash of genres. Uneven.
A bit more simple than other zeppelin albums but great
Good
Доведеться зруйнувати ідеальну оцінку від групи. Це безумовно хороший альбом, проте на мій смак з філерами. І особливо не чіпляє оця супер драматичність та епічність Kashmir з оркестровками.
Quality stuff. 4 stars. One new song added to favorites though. Already had Kashmir added Bron Yr Aur
It's not as strong as other Zeppelin albums, but it does have 3 good tracks: Houses of the Holy, Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir. Interesting that they are all bunched together in the early/middle as tracks 4-6. The rest of the album has the Zeppelin bluesy-rock sound, but the songs are "meh". It's still a 4, but just barely.
If your initial recording session yields "a little less than 3 sides," you edit... don't add. This would have been a better single lp. Also, this is the 4th Zepplin we've had and I always turn on bands/artists if they have more than 3 albums on this list. Just taking space other artists could have.
Feels like the most self-indulgent of the Zeppelin's albums. Too long, too much copying of blues artists (with what also sometimes feels copying nascent metal sounds), and too overplayed (Kashmir, Trampled Under Foot). & being too long is underscored by the real stinkers (The Rover, Boogie with Stu) mixed in with better songs I could tolerate because I didn't hear them 9 million times blasting through the speakers of my stepdad's Dodge Aspen.
Many flunky tunes, far worse than any of the five preceding albums.
really dynamic stuff in this album, what a band
I'm a biased Led Zeppelin fan, I have every album downloaded to my phone, and consider them all to be mostly no-skip albums. However, PG is one of the weaker entries, despite hits like Kashmir, so it would be unfair to call it a 5.
As expected. Maybe blasphemous, but not my jam!
One of my favorite albums of all time.
Maybe my favourite Led Zeppelin album. Lots of killer guitar stuff, amazing vocals. A cohesive unit of a band at the top of their game. Easy 5.
I didn’t enjoy this as much as some other Zeppelin albums. I would like the songs a lot more if they weren’t just so eternally long.
So much for the generator introducing me to Zeppelin chronologically. I haven’t returned to the debut since enjoying it last month, but I would expect some progression over six years that would lead here. What I mean by "progression," I don't know. Commenting on Led Zeppelin I, I hoped they’d marry their obvious technical firepower with a genuine artistic vision. On Kashmir, they really do. Although elsewhere, they don’t. On In the Light, the band reaches for the visionary but lands on something ungainly, more corny than cosmic. Down by the Seaside plods along, silly and half-hearted, until, suddenly, it opens into a phenomenal middle section: it could be its own song; it probably was at some point. In My Time of Dying is much the same: four minutes of waiting before the real riff arrives and the song becomes great. Did it need to stretch to eleven minutes? No. Six would have done, three and a half would have been perfect - just go out on those big tub thumps. I guess artistic vision is not the same as artistic ambition and, while one may want to string out the song or fill up the fourth side, you need to a stronger justification than just because you can. It's not climbing Everest, it is sculpting Everest. The minor curios are telling. Bron-Yr-Aur is a slight acoustic sketch, squandered by not blossoming into a full song or even a proper side closer. Boogie With Stu, a leftover from ’71, has no business sharing space with the album’s heavy hitters - it’s a throwaway, and it sounds it. The inclusion of such a track isn't for fun or variety or colour; its just because it was there. It shows how little clarity or necessity there is to most of Physical Graffiti. For all its peaks - and Kashmir is practically Everest - it also sprawls. Zeppelin could have done anything they wanted at that point, but, I think, that, if they had wanted anything in particular, it would have been more satisfying. 3 The dream of chronological Led Zepp is over. Physical Graffiti it is, in which we hear them traipsing out the far end of their greatness, dripping with musical (and moral) decadence. It’s a strange album and certainly too long. Even in the tighter 1974 tracks - Custard Pie, The Wanton Song, Sick Again - the utter venerealism of Plant’s lyrics, which would be hard not to wince at except that they are hard to make out, piles on the sense of needless indulgence. The prevailing image is perhaps of a bloated, dying emperor, sick of sin, but also sick of gout and probably syphilis. Kublai Khan maybe, given the pungent orientalism of some of the music. That this album is part outtakes compilation sharpens that image; there is a purposeless looking backwards which is not reminiscence but a sort of sporadic, feverish recollection of past feats, past sounds, past albums. Amid this ugly picture there is the contradiction that the longest stuff, In My Time of Dying and Kashmir, might also be the best. Page’s slide playing on IMTOD is brilliantly sluggish and there is an absorbing narrative shape to the track that makes light of 11 minutes. Kashmir is just the decadent soul of the album; an entirely witless show of musical brute force, entirely iconic. I feel a bit sorry that we didn’t get this on a weekend. It’s a bit much listening for a working day and I would be happy to write at (appropriately) tedious length about it. In a nutshell, Physical Graffiti is awful and wonderful, stupid and clever, somehow essential listening and a frequent waste of a listener’s time, a proper album and not a proper album. 3.5/5
If you can produce songs like Down by the Seaside, Boogie with Stu, and Bron-Yr-Aur, why would you make those other noises?
I had no idea so many great songs by zep qhere on this one album! Its brilliance! I enjoyed thos
Bought this double album the day it came out. Listened to it with my brother entirely in one setting. It is one of the few albums I’ve downloaded and carry with me everyday. As a tradition I play it on my flights over the Atlantic. Every track hits the sweet spot starting with Custard Pie through Sick Again. It’s not my favorite Zeppelin album but a solid top three.
Overall, solid album. Very blues driven. Can’t go wrong with LZ. Fave song was Bron-Yr-Aur, the instrumental was nice!
TLDR: This album rocks! Absolutely a classic that I continued to listen to throughout the weekend, and one I’ll revisit again. First impression - Can’t wait! This is an album I’ve already experienced, but it’s been awhile. I noticed right away that several Led Zeppelin albums are in the highest globally rated for this site and I’m looking forward to giving them a re-listen during this process. Led Zeppelin’s music is familiar but still exciting. The album has a great build and I enjoyed the journey throughout the songs and lyrics - no song is the same and the entire album is an experience with multiple well known hits. Loved the inclusion of an all-instrumental Bron-Yr-Aur and also appreciated the off-mic dialogue at the end of same tracks giving us a small glimpse of the artistic process.
4.8
I loved the creativity of the sound, especially for it's time. Definitely making waves. It was surprisingly lengthy. I would definitely classify it as relaxing enough to listen to while studying or just vibin'.
Of all the zeppelin albums, might be my least favorite. Its a hard thing to describe too because there are a ton of great singles on here. I think it just lacks some of the organic rawness of the other albums. It could just be that I need to give this one another 3 or4 deep listens but who has time?! I got a new album to listen to today now!
nothing crazy good but good to chill out to if you’re in a zeppelin mood
Album No. 0009 on my list. I’ve listened to some of the songs before (if anybody has ever listened to Led Zeppelin, it’s hard not to have listened to “Kashmir”, but I knew some of the other songs before). After listening to the album in full, I gotta say it’s pretty good! Solid hard rock, but a little more relaxed and tame than the previous Led Zeppelin albums. Cool guitar parts, cool lyrics, some very nice drumming by Bonham! I’ve found that beyond “Kashmir”, there are not too many outstanding all time favorites on here for me, but there are still plenty of other good songs and all in all this is a very good album - 4/5 stars!
I didn't need 11 minutes of slide guitar. I can't think of a single song on this album that didn't go on for at least 2 minutes too long. It's a good metaphor for the rest of the album.
Doesn't hit nearly as hard as it once did. Amazing album but wtf. Am I spoiled? Felt bored most of the time. Picked up a bit at the end and on the second listen. I think anytime I listen to Zeppelin I just want it to be as hard and raw as 1 and I'm not completely stroked to max satisfaction. Fav track- in my time of dying The wanton song
Pretty good, not on the same level as 2 or 4 but good overall.
most of the songs are very similar
High 4, close to being a 5 but not quite. Most of the album was terrific, but the last 3 songs were kinda mid and tonally different than the rest of the album. It also made the album longer than it needed to be, and man that was a long album. Fave song: In My Time of Dying Honorable Mention: Kashmir
Incredible music but second half clearly not as good as the first. Favourite Song: Kashmir Honourable Mention: In My Time of Dying
Really good album, "Kashmir" and "in my time of dying" are incredible. giving this a 4 for now but may come back and change to a 5 after letting it simmer for a bit
great album and funny that it’s my first recommendation since this is already one of my all time favourites
it's fine. all the songs kinda wash over in the same mush
love
I had never listened to a Led Zepplin album before, but I am glad I did. This was a massive double album and not a bad song on it.
I like Kashmir, the rest is ok.
A Great blues album, more blues than rock. Kashmir is still a stand out after all these years
I see why people like it, but not my style unfortunately. Not looking to offend anyone.
bof
It's the G.O.A.T. The fuck am I supposed to say about it?
One of Zeppelin’s best. A lot of their best songs wind up on this album. It is a tad frontloaded but even the tracks that aren’t the best on here are still quite quality. Some of the finest rock music ever put on record
This album had Kashmir. While I don't typically love long songs I did feel like these were easier to absorb.
Some of their most interesting and experimental work included (“Kashmir” and “In the Light” to name two giants) but very shaggy as a unit. Which makes sense since it’s both a new studio album and a collection of outtakes smashed together. I also think by the time you get to ‘75, Zeppelin’s iconic riff ratio takes a slight dip, but they’re still mainly on the mark.
I’ve listened to several Led Zeppelin albums as part of my music self-education – some thanks to this very project – but none have quite grabbed me like this one. Of course, there are the obvious standouts: Trampled Under Foot and Kashmir. (I'm the only one, am I?, who hears a similarity between the guitar riff in TUF and Franz Ferdinand’s Take Me Out?) Tracks like these alone make the album a classic. But Disc 2 (Sides 3 and 4) is full of underrated gems. Some reviewers on here have dismissed it as filler – common with double LPs – but I think this disc, with its bluesy rock, is where the band truly shines. This is actually the only review I’ve written while the record was still playing – Sick Again is on as I type. And yes, I’ll listen to this SICK double album AGAIN right now. Standout tracks: Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir (the obvious choices from Disc 1); In the Light, Ten Years Gone (wow!), The Wanton Song (it’s harder to pick favourites on Disc 2 – they’re all so good).
Though the last few songs are a bit weak it is still a banger of an album
It is bloated. A double album always seems either an extravagance or a lack of a good production team who were willing to whittle it down to an appropriate number of tracks. The guitar seems to be grooving very nicely in the first half and, as some other reviews seem to have noted, became less enamouring in the last portions. Still, it's Zeppelin.
“Kashmir” is a great song! I don’t like anything else on Physical Graffiti quite as much, and, tbh, there’s a fair bit of . . . bloat, too (especially on sides three and four). But the album is deservedly influential. If I could, I’d give it 3.5 stars.
In my time of dying might be one of their greatest songs ever. Great album. Longer though. Probably 5 stars.
I think these guys might be good
I really tried to like it, but I suppose it's not my thing. Kashmir has a cool intro; that's about it. I'm told I should recognize the guitar talent, so 3* it is.
This would likely get 5 stars if LZ III & IV didn't exist.
4.0 / 5.0 The best album ever made that includes my old apartment on the cover.
Rock and fuckin roll, man
legendary
Based on the way my dad thinks of and remembers his experience with Led Zeppelin, I was sure that nobody really cared about their output after the untitled album. I thought it was universally considered to be less popular and less significant than their earlier work. I remember once hearing him actually claim Kashmir was not a good song and being shocked. My suspicions started there. I see now that he is officially wrong about their later work being insignificant. I got this album and then happened to see Danny Carey call it his favorite LZ album. I didn't know Trampled Under Foot and Kashmir were from this album. It's confusing that Houses of the Holy is from this album and not the one before. It's interesting how much context can change things. If I had been a teenager when this came out, this album might have been a foundational work for me. As it stands, it's very good, but I'm not obsessing over it. It does feel like some songs are unfinished and I think it runs a little too long, but there are no bad songs (like on LZIII) and the highs are so high.
Trampled Under Foot is awesome and is followed up by Kashmir which has one of the best rock instrumentals ever The Wanton Song also deserves a shout Robert Plant also has a fantastic voice and his vocals were arguably the best part of this album I think this album wasn’t as much for me but I completely understand the hype and why this album is known to be very progressive for its time I feel like the album might’ve benefitted from being a little shorter (definitely felt a bit burnt out as I was finishing it), which is very rare for me to say Favorites: Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir
Ärligt talat - orkade inte lyssna igenom allt. Det är liksom samma jävla skit i varenda jävla låt. Jag tycker om det litegrann men absolut inte tillräckligt för att sitta igenom ett långt skitigt album.
Kashmir is such an epic song. Led Zeppler is cool as balls in my book. Custard pie…..naughty naughty. Night flight and wanton song stand out to me.
Pretty awesome Led Zep album. Is it their best? Nope, but it's right up there. Still think on a whole album basis, Led Zep 2 is their best one. I'd rate this probably 3rd best with Led Zep 1 being 2nd best. Great songs on here though, just solidifying Led Zep as the masters of blues rock/hard rock. 4/5
Una genialidad de uno de los grupos mas importantes de la historia del Rock.
I've felt like there's something wrong with me because nearly all the Led Zeppelin albums have been and gone, and each one bored me. Great musicianship, but it wasn't clicking? Finally! A Led Zep album I genuinely liked! :) It was bloated and samey but I did like it.
Fav: Kashmir Least Fav: Black Country Woman I wrote them off but they’ve continued to impress me so my bad sorry for that. A double album with no bad songs is a great feat and is quite rare too
Lot of good songs but couple of meh ones that prolonged this a bit too much which is a point reduction.
Led Zeppelin’s probably the band I’ve enjoyed the most so far since starting this project. While this is still a solid album in general, I don’t enjoy it as much as their earlier albums. I found a lot of these songs to be nothing special. I also found that I’m in the minority in that I enjoy the second disc more than the first. In any case, to me it’s a fine album but an okay Led Zeppelin album.
Not a Zeppelin fan but I was at one point but I got burned out on them and feel that they're a tad overrated Graffiti is would be better if it were trimmed a bit and all of the filler were removed. All you really need is The Rover, Houses Of The Holy and Kashmir. Nothing here stands out but it's not a terrible album. Just too long and at times it's a little boring.
-this is cool as hell. i liked some parts of it even more than Led Zeppelin IV, the previous LZ album i heard on here which actually piqued my interest in the band for the first time -it kinda dragged on for a long time but i definitely would like to listen to more -Favorites are Trampled Under Foot, Kashmir, and Night Flight
Great album
i really love led zeppelin. even though they are my parents' generation of music, my parents weren't the hugest fans of theirs, and so when i discovered them in middle school, they felt like my band. all that said, i've never really gotten the hype on this one. there's some great stuff on here! don't get me wrong. i think you could've cut a lot of this album and made a killer single disc and you probably wouldn't have missed a lot of the stuff. i just don't view this one as highly as other people do or as highly as other people rate it. and like, i get it. robert plant is a great as always, john paul jones, john bonham, and jimmy page all have terrific performances here. i just think it's a little bit uneven of a record. maybe led zeppelin's white album. i dunno. i like it, it's just not one of my favorites of theirs.
Possibly my least favourite Led Zep album. A bit same old, same old at this point and Kashmir is just turgid.
Really enjoyed that. Who knew?
should NOT be a double album
Still can't dig LedZep, but this one is more or less okay
Love the classic 70s melodies with unexpected changes throughout songs. My favorite being 10 years gone.
not really my genre
What is there to say about Led Zeppelin that hasn't been said? They have been one of my top 3 bands for what feels like forever and it's probably the same for many rock and roll fans. The amount of influence they have had on rock/hard rock/metal is basically unmatched outside of maybe The Beatles. I know when I was in middle/high school, all of my rock instrument playing friends listed Led Zeppelin as their favorite band and main influence and I'm not a boomer so Zep wasn't brand new and trendy by that time. It was firmly "Classic Rock" and still being blasted in the school parking lot. That said, Physical Graffiti isn't my favorite album of theirs. That's not to say it isn't incredible-because it is-but I just prefer some of their other albums, personally. "Led Zepplin", "Led Zepplin IV", and "Houses of the Holy" are my personal favorites and are all easily 5/5. This one probably gets a very high 4/5, though "Houses of the Holy" (song) and "Kashmir" are obvious standout songs to me.
Boring and too long
Kashmir <3
8.5/10 I listened to this maybe 3 months ago and loved it. Not my favorite of theirs but definitely a banger. Some filler present in the second half
Gear: Moondrop Variations Artwork: 🏢👥🏢 Production (1994 Remaster): 🙄🤔🤷 Music: ⏳📉😒 Rating: 🪟🪟🪟/5
Arguably their best work, might be one of my favourite albums of all time
Excellent album. Not the best from Zeppelin, but it’s very good. Easy 4 of 5
Physical Graffiti is Led Zeppelin at their most sprawling, indulgent, and often brilliant — a double album flex that throws everything at the wall: hard rock, acoustic mysticism, funk experiments, blues epics, and the occasional stoner fever dream. When it hits, it really hits — “Kashmir” is a monolithic masterpiece, “Ten Years Gone” is heartbreak wrapped in haze, and “In My Time of Dying” is eleven minutes of slide guitar exorcism. There’s a wild freedom here that feels like the band knew they’d earned the right to do whatever they wanted, and for the most part, they cash that check with style. But for every mind-blower, there’s a track that feels like filler jammed in to justify the double LP runtime. “Boogie With Stu” and “Black Country Woman” might be fun in the studio, but they wobble next to the thunderous heights of the album’s best material. It’s not that any of it’s bad — Zeppelin’s floor is higher than most bands’ ceilings — but the sprawl dilutes the impact. Still, Physical Graffiti stands as a towering showcase of their range and power, even if it could’ve used a little more restraint and a little less “hey, let’s include everything.” A majestic mess, and a glorious one.
Best led zeppelin lop. Listened to a thousand times
Oscuro, denso y hasta experimental. Una maravilla.
Hard album for me to rate honestly. There are so many incredible tracks here. But listening with 2025 ears and an attention span that's not what it used to be, I can feel some of the double album fluff. I was incredibly excited to get through this, as I had only ever heard the greatest hit albums in my teens. "Down by the seaside" turned into a lovely surprise, and it's astonishing how many big hits are on this album. But the fluff remains. Due to personal taste, the heavily blues influenced tracks don't do as much for me. Would rate 3.5 stars if I could.
Patient zero for every jock rock cliché involving a British pervert playing blues riffs and a guy singing about hobbits in a voice like a goblin guarding a bridge. Still pretty fun to listen to, at least for the first half.
Not the best Zeppelin album, but some classics on here.
Once again with Led Zeppelin I feel like this is an album I'm supposed to like but I don't know if I did. It's definitely got some decent songs but there were a few tracks where they started blending together near the halfway point of the album. I think because I didn't grow up listening to Led Zeppelin I missed by window to fully appreciate them. I can see why people love them but for me something is just...missing.
An absolute masterpiece. Versatile, innovative and raw. What more can I say?
Epic
Never really liked this album , but love the others . 5 stars for Kashmir, 2 for the rest.
Rocks hard, didn't even mind it was 90 mins
Probably a 4.5 for me. Some super tracks on this album. A peeling album that I've not listened to a whole let. I think it's more the production and how Robert Plant's voice sounds on this album that just bothers me a little to drop it to a 4...
It’s grand and epic but long and not always interesting.
one of the best double albums ever made. the first half is amazing with some hard hitting bangers like Kashmir and Custard Pie. the second half mellows out slightly but has some great tracks like In the Light and the Wanton Song. I’ve heard this album once before and i enjoyed it but i found it fairly long, but this time i appreciated it for what it’s worth, it was an amazing experience with no weak tracks and might well be my favourite zeppelin album.
I like their early more bluesy stuff more, but still good. Ten years gone is an all timer
Probably Led Zeppelin at the top of their form, this album covers every genre the band could really nail, there’s so much on offer here. Quite self-indulgent at times and I think it would have been a stronger album if they cut it down to the one disc, but you can’t deny tracks like Trampled Under Foot and Kashmir don’t just remind you why you like rock music in the first place.
Fantastic. It always impresses me how longer albums can be so incredible track per track.
LedZep at their height trying to prove they lived up to the hype. Had they just picked the best 12 songs, this would be an epic 5-star classic. Bonham pounds the skins so hard. How many did he break during recording?! It’s not hard to distinguish all four musicians so independently. They took their craft so seriously and tried hard to be artistes. The overindulgence on the lesser songs lowers this to a 4/5 for me.
Pretty solid rock album
Purer Rock mit genug Drogeneinfluß und einer ordentlichen Portion Blues um wirklich abwechslungsreich zu sein. Viel Energie. Gute Gitarrenarbeit!
Over-rated and overblown. The artists Zep have 'borrowed' from here do most of this stuff much better. As for lyrics such as those of Sick Again...This has not aged well. I suspect Jack White has listened to this a lot, though.
Christ, this plodded. An album so heavy in sound and thought, it led me to have the urge to live a life of abstinence.
Great!
70s UK rock. Pretty epic, as always for LED Zep. Very diverse, all high-quality.
I enjoyed this. The drumming in particular (something I've appreciated more with age) is crisp, inventive, and utterly rapid half the time. It's, for me, a good album. Not really one I would revisit, but I had fun nonetheless.
Strippers have to dance to something.
An absolute beast of an album. Being a double LP, Physical Graffiti lacks the tightness, focus, and consistency of Zep’s earlier output. However, the musicianship saves the day. I’ve never been a huge Led Zeppelin fan, but I’ve always marvelled at the Individual talents of its lineup - especially Bonham and Page. You can always tell when it’s Bonham behind the drums, he’s just special like that. And the arrangements like those on Kashmir have that signature flare and drama always lurking in Page’s production on these albums. Unfortunately, the record’s a bit of a zombie after Kashmir. After serving up such a showstopper, the damn thing just keeps going for another hour! More time spent with the album may make me kinder on future listens. I’m just always eager to get back to the first half by the end of a listen.
6/10.
Pound for pound, Led Zeppelin's greatest album. Album 1 alone is a masterpiece with such strong hits like In my Time of Dying and Kashmir. Album 2, while not as strong, still punches well above its weight with In the Light, Ten Years Gone, and the Wanton Song. Bonham's drumming is nuts like always and John Paul Jones' organ playing just brings so much to the band's sound. This album is proof why they are considered one of the best rock bands in history.
My fave Led album is II— this is not my favorite. Too long, and too many meandering songs. Zepp is for concentrated power. Some song are still quite good. Kashmir and Houses of the Holy are the most famous but I really liked Down By the Seaside. Why are we getting the Led out in rock music when we could be getting the lead out of our water supply? Really makes you think…
It’s a bit bloated, but there’s a lot to like here. Very eclectic, like a sample platter of Led Zeppelin.
loveee, no notes just some finger smacking
Zeppelin is remembered for their hits, but when you listen to a full album you get the full experience of their wild tastes. It's easy to remember them for their rock and forget the blues.
Great album
Could be a 5 if the second half were as strong as the first. All in all, one heck of an album
Obviously one of - if not the - greatest rock bands of all time. This isn't their best work, but that doesn't mean that it's bad by any stretch. The number of different genres that the band includes on this double album alone is impressive. And while The Wonton Song, Boogie with Stu, and Black Country Woman are favorites of mine, end of day, this is a mid Led Zepplin Album. That's great for most bands, but here they're the victims of their own greatness. 3.5
Great overblown, heavy rock. Contains some of their classic tracks. Definitely one of the outstanding albums of its time and of the rock genre
One of the greats in fantastic form. Kashmir is one of the all time greats, but the less well known slower epics (in my time of dying, in the light and ten years gone) are great as well. Maybe one or two forgettable ones towards the end, but they are still enjoyable, and the peaks are so high, they don't bring it down.
Priem
yeah honestly its pretty good. weird to think i had some assumption of led zep being so abrasive when its honestly very enjoyable and palatable rock. had a similar experience with black sabbath tbf, and im assuming that this was considered quite abrasive for the time. Really the only thing holding it back for me personally is that it is a tad long for my personal tastes. solid 7.2/10
I remember my best friend from when I was 10 having this album—I don't remember anything but the cover, though. Enjoying the album, but none of the tracks really jumped out and grabbed me
Am I putting this at a four? Maybe......... It's not my favourite Led Zeppelin album but I really enjoyed it and Kashmir elevates anything. Fuck it, FOUR STARS!
Ah, yes. When I started this project I expected to get Led Zeppelin every other day - but it lasted until Album 13 until I got to them. Here's the thing: I can fully understand the appeal of the band, but I do nit like their music very much. I can listen to them without screaming and some songs are quite good. But I would never put one of their records on voluntarily. Physical Graffiti strengthens my perspective of the band. Of course it has a massive energy and great guitar work. On the other hand, how can anyone stand the voice of Jimmy Page? It is a mystery to me. Moreover my dislikes for blues-rock (Especially when it just reworks blues songs, as in In My Time Of Dying) and the rockstar pose make this album not for me. My favourite song here: Kashmir, obviously. It's powerful and really unique in it's sound. Some other songs work for me, like Down By The Seaside and Ten Years Gone. Basically everything that ommits the grandiose stadium rock gestures. Funnily, I do not mind about PG being a double album, even though generally I do not like these very much. The album keeps up it's quality until the end of side 3. After that it get's weaker ( With the exception of The Wanton Song, which has interesting guitar work) So, yes: I can understand why this is in the list, it just is not for me.
Physical Graffiti sees Led Zeppelin at the peak of their infamy, proving their capability and creativity across two albums' worth of bangers. Mostly bangers - if it were the length of the previous two albums, then it'd be an easy 5! Favourite songs: The Rover, Houses of the Holy, Kashmir, Ten Years Gone, Night Flight
Some good songs, some boring songs. Not my favorite LZ.
Good album that I’ll definitely want to dive into again. "Kashmir" is an absolute standout, and each listen reveals something new. It’s a rewarding experience that keeps you coming back for more!
Drags a little bit towards the end, but this is full with some of their strongest work
I remember being intrigued by the album’s cover art when I first saw it, took me a bit to wrap my head around the title - I was wasn’t even born when it came out so I was pretty young. Unfortunately, that’s probably the highlight of the album for me… don’t get me wrong it’s not bad, but it didn’t grab my attention either. Solid songs, good background music, I wonder if my mood was better if I’d have been more interested? Today it was just fine, solid 3 stars, no more.
Really incredible, very consistent double album, more so than I remember.
Great album! I can't believe that Kashmir isn't influenced by the James Bond theme.
IMHO, Led Zeppelin was the greatest true rock band to ever have lived. So, this album is solid, and there are some absolutely phenomenal tracks here. I do think it's a much bigger listening commitment than other albums of theirs, and certainly not as instantly palatable. I feel like a lot of the songs (and, truthfully, the album as a whole) kind of overstay their welcome. But at the end of the day, it's still Led Zeppelin, and it's still a triumph. Fave songs: - Literally ALL of side 1 - Ten Years Gone
Classic old-school rock. Not one of my every day bands but definitely something I like and listen to from time to time.
Good album overall, just a lil long in my opinion. A lot of it was just filler but the hits HIT mmmmm
Enjoyable listen, some hits were really nice but it felt too long for what it was. One of those albums that would have been better if they put more emphasis on fewer songs. But it’s still good as it is Led Zeppelin.
This might be my favorite led Zepplin album so far. Funk pops up, and the inspiration for the white stripes is here as well. They keep the riffs coming. My only critique is that it is long. I felt little besieged by the end of it.
A good record but I like their earlier harder stuff a bit more. In my opinion this is their last good record.
Great album
Fine, but this could've been cut down. It became a drag towards the end.
Some good songs in there, but overall the songs feel a bit too repetitive in my opinion. Also wasn't a huge fan of the second part of the album.
Good album.
Not a Led Zeppelin fan and listening to this didn't change that. Too long and too forgettable. Kashmir is OK but it did remind me of another as yet unidentified track (not Signifying Rapper although I think the track I'm thinking of is of the rap variety). Didn't recognize any of the tracks. Seeing the reviews here very much over-rated.
Best Song: Kashmir This album is so good, it is almost impossible to pick the best song so I just picked Kashmir since it was the song that got me to buy this when I was just a wee, teenage, suburban dolt who thought that would be the only song worth much. I would say perfect but side 4 was a 9/10 while the other three sides were 10/10. Unforgettable album!
Pretty typical Led Zeppelin. But not bad
It drags a little bit at the end. But overall it's probably my favorite Zep album. It brings everything you want from them.
Overall good, but a bit long in the tooth for songs that generally sound a bit samey. Still, good instrumentals meet good vocal work here. 'Kashmir' was my fave.
One of the classics of modern rock.
Banger after banger
Classic Rock, very nice
Not my favourite Led Zeppelin album, but has some bangers.
More bluesy than protometal, this one.
👍🏻
Is it art, or vandalism? That is the question.
тяжеловесный альбом
The first half of this album contains some of the greatest tunes I've ever heard, genuinely masterful. Robert Plant's voice is remarkable and distinctive, perfectly complemented by the band's stellar performance. Unfortunately, the second half didn't hold my attention as much. The songs shift toward experimental styles that stray from the band's usual approach, feeling more like an unnecessary extension rather than a worthy continuation of an otherwise brilliant start.
Overall a solid album, but most of the good songs were in the first half, with my favorites being The Rover and the classic Kashmir. In general I think most songs were a little too slow, a little too long, and could have used some more dynamic drum parts, but the guitar solos made up for it.
Never listened to LZ, so I was glad when it popped up. I was expecting something a little bit more metal. Didn’t love it on the first listen, but it grew on me. I know they’re a foundational rock group, but it doesn’t sound like it. Lots of jams, but how did they decide one song was 8 minutes and another was. 4?
I love rock. This was good.
It's painful for me to give Led zeppelin a 4, but besides Kashmir this album was really dragged and repetitive.
Meh
Disc 1 is amazing, disc 2 also has great songs but some disc 2 songs are just ok. Fantastic album nonetheless.
A classic.
My God it's so long If it weren't for trampled under foot this would be an easy 2
Second album in the Zepperled chronicles. This time I'm hopping in at the end of their included albums. Or, at least, I assume so. It's awfully convenient of this band to number their early releases. Led Zeppelin III was my previous album. I recall liking Immigrant Song, but felt ambivalent about the acoustic remainder of the album. This album appears to lean more into a hard rock sound, which is a genre of music that I have an even weaker track record with. In any case, I'm going in with an open mind. Holy fuuuck if this album ain't long. I've listened to a few hour-longers in the process of getting to this point, though none which have come out to an hour twenny too. Through the process of listening to double albums and other miscellaneous long-winders I have bitched endlessly about album length. I even went into the lab to scientifically deduce the perfect album length as dictated by my favourite albums. The result: 48 minutes and 57 seconds. To put a long story short, I greatly value brevity in music because of how unlikely it is for an album to have a single good song. There's only a handful of albums I like that skirt around the hour mark and only one that breaches the hour ten mark. The grooves in the grooves of this album have to be truly, unspeakably perfect to warrant the length. In any case, let's see. It's alright. Custard Pie is a solid opener. I like the jumpy guitars and swinging vocals. There appears to be a bit of a funk influence in the backing instruments, which is certainly an interesting choice. In My Time of Dying is a pretty good cut, but holy shit if it isn't way longer than it ever needed to be. The old country, rockabilly feel of the music is very solid. I like how the guitars soar and swing over the course of the track. The percussion gives the song some much-needed life and the reverb does a lot to capture the feeling of being out in the country. Repeat this a couple of times and that's the song. I can't complain as it's a pleasing sound, though I'd be lying if it didn't lose me somewhere along the way. The SpongeBob ass guitar riff at the very end of the song saved the track tenfold and it's actually a masterpiece by the way if that matters. Bron-Yr-Aur is nice. I appreciate having the opportunity to wind down after being bent over by the preceding 8-minuters. Down by the Seaside is a good follow-up - likely the best on the album. I enjoy the rippling sound of the guitars. It makes for a pretty interesting sound when paired with the old-country feel. The guitar riff in the middle of the song is pretty kickass, too. Scratch what I said about the previous song - Ten Years Gone is the best song on the album. The lead guitar performance rules and the way those growling guitars kick in during the second half is oh-so gratifying. It's the only song on the album which really justifies it's runtime. I must have checked out during the second half of this album on my first listen as the next song - Night Flight - is also pretty good. It easily has the best vocal performance on the album. I found myself really getting into the flow and grooving with Rob Plant's vocals. The songwriting itself is a little banal (as can be said about all of these songs, really), though that's far from the strength of the band. I've been positive thus far, though the much-moaned-about length is extremely mentally exhausting and there are a great deal of tracks that didn't work for me. Kashmir is an interesting tune and I like the thundering instrumental, though the song is extremely repetitious and loses me early on. The remainder of the songs have more merit to them than the latter track, though they also ultimately fail at holding my attention. It feels wrong to say that this album blends together as there's an impressive level of variety, though there's very little of this album that sticks out in my memory. It's Led Zeppelin. I won't for a second think of knocking this inclusion, though I'm curious to know why it's on here. I'm checking the book. Influential to heavy metal. A lot of experimentation. In My Time of Dying was created out of improvisation while the band were recording the album. Sentimental. Last great album from the band. I can see the merit in this one. Physical Graffiti is dramatically different from what I remember of III. A lot more anthemic, that's for sure.
Genuint bra med flertalet låtar som man ville lyssna på!!
Nope not for me sorry
Some great rock tuneage
This didn't really excite me, but it was okay. Standout tracks: In My Time of Dying, Kashmir
A classic album - and yet still not quite their best! 9.5/10, marked down slightly as its perhaps a teensy bit longer than necessary.
Classic. Love the deep cuts on this one. Doesn’t feel bloated dare I say it is underrated. I’d like to know the story behind this one - why a double album? I’ll say it again, probably the best rock band ever. Jimmy Page is amazing.
not really my vibe and kinda too long. worst led album I've lsistened to
Hab ich auf Vinyl, re-listen nicht notwendig
Incredible. Need to listen to 100 more times to absorb its brilliance.
The epitome of strutting, preening monster rock. But Led Zeppelin always had something backing up their blues rock retreads - not just outright pinching from the blues standards. And considering much of this album was left-overs from recording sessions for earlier albums, this is quite the humdinger of an album. Influential stuff, this is probably their last great album. Jones and Bonham are great (as usual).
i’m not really a big fan of Led Zep, but there are some songs i end up enjoying. some notes; “trampled under foot” - did franz ferdinand get their inspiration for “take me out” from this song? very similar in style either way. “kashmir” - yeah i enjoy this one. g’wan. disc 2 is much nicer for me so far than disc 1. “in the light” has been my fave track so far. very prog rock and i do love that here! “ten years gone” - really enjoying this one! fave songs; kashmir, in the light and ten years gone.
drei plus kashmir
Wanton
8.75 / 10 - I think Physical Graffiti is the hidden gem of the Led Zeppelin discography. There is an incredible range of songs and each one hits different. I find a lot of them on this album are extremely transportational. Shout out to In the light & 10 Years gone for being S tier. (also rating 5 bc Csas hates Kashmir)
like Kashmir like Led Zeppelin, but this album didn't hit for me
First few songs are pretty good, in my time of dying was enjoyable but very Very drawn out. Wish the bass was knocked up a notch Love some slide guitar The drummer is very good, zeppelin are very much a drummers band I feel Like. houses.of the holy is good Whys he chatting about custard pies Kashmir is a great song for the first 3-4 mins and then it becomes too drawn out Great singer I feel Like alot of the songs are too long and get a little repetitive towards the end, this does make the songs quiet catchy though Trampled under foot is an ace It's got alot of good songs but andecent amount to dislike aswell so it's quiet hard to give it a very high score but it's done just enough to get a 4 in my book
I truly enjoy Led Zeppelin, but 1 hour and 22 minutes is just too damn long. Could have cut this under an hour and been a much better overall experience.
I started listening to this, got a few songs into it and realised I wasn't really into an epic Led Zep double album. I also listened to Kashmir, a masterwork. I'm sure the rest of the album is excellent but I'm just not in the mood for it.
Some really great songs on here but classic rock isn’t my favorite. My favorite song was “Kashmir”
Classic.
Electrifying, with so many gems in the album.
Not my personal favourite Led Zeppelin album but there’s no denying the musicianship and classic song writing. Some of the tracks do tend to go on for a while with a couple clicking in at 8+ minutes which is a little long for my taste
solid classic. Rock & Roll 5/5
Peak Page, Bonham out of his mind as usual and Plant doesn't end every other sentence with "babe". Maybe the best Zeppelin album, for sure top three.
Led Zeppelin is an amazing greatest hits, but the albums has way too many fillers.
Der zweite Teil ist besser.
01) Custard Pie - 8,5 02) The Rover - 9,0 03) In My Time of Dying - 9,0 04) Houses of the Holy - 8,5 05) Trampled Under Foot - 9,0 06) Kashmir - 10,0 07) In the Light - 8,5 08) Bron-Yr-Aur - 9,0 09) Down by the Seaside - 8,5 10) Ten Years Gone - 8,5 11) Night Flight - 8,0 12) The Wanton Song - 8,0 13) Boogie with Stu - 8,0 14) Black Country Woman - 8,0 15) Sick Again 8,0 TOTAL: 8,57 (86/100) Current ranking: 94/581
I feel like Physical Graffiti often doesn't get held in as high regard as the the first 4 Zeppelin albums...which is a total shame. It is a departure from the blues driven, soulful guitar riff porn that they made on the first few albums...but in their place is this sophisticated, deep and quite frankly brilliant 4 sided masterpiece that crosses genres. In My Time of Dying, In The Light, 10 Years Gone (not to mention freaking Kashmir)! I think this is my favourite, and maybe even The Best, Zeppelin Album.
Most people argue that IV is the best Led Zeppelin album, but they're all wrong! Physical Graffiti is the absolute best Led Zeppelin album! This is peak Led Zeppelin; their magnum opus! Also, while In My Time of Dying and Kashmir both deserve all the praise they get, I think In the Light, Down by the Seaside, and Ten Years Gone are all criminally underrated, epic tracks.
Pretty dang good. Kashmir is an all-time hit.
I feel compelled to give zeppelin at least one 5/5, after now having listened to all their entries on this list. How I laughed, how I cried, jammed their riffs on countless efforts to understand the guitar better. The last entry is more melancholic, more sophisticated, introducing more instruments and production than ever before. Not all the experiments stick the landing but luckily these have mostly ended up on the second disk, so for a safe listen you can just throw that on and call it a day. But don't sleep on ten years gone, wanton song or sick again.
Excellent
This barely makes the list of Zeppelin albums you need to hear before you die.
Siiick. Really liked this one. favorite tracks were Ten Years Gone, In my time of dying, and The rover. This is my first LED Zeppelin album I’ve listened too and I’m a big fan. I’d give it a 4.5/5 or a 9/10. I prefer it over Tracy Chapman from yesterday just because it was much more energetic and funner to listen to compared to the slower and more emotional Tracy Chapman. All great stuff
OK like, just a bit meh and lacking the rawness and energy of their earlier stuff.
It good
Good album, great classic/heavier rock. Longer songs than I thought it would have tbh but none of them dragged or felt too long
Not their best, but nvm that, still great. Kashmir is a delight as always
My 2nd favorite Zep album.
4/5
Solid rock album. I don’t know if it’s just me but I can’t understand him lyrically and that brings my score down because I can’t connect to the artist in that way. Everything else is on point and it’s a great listen musically, just no personal connection to it. I noticed that the streaming service has a lyrics section so maybe I will give it another listen in the future and look at the lyrics. Definitely worth multiple listens.
ten years gone, houses of the holy, in the light
Meischtens tönts emmer relativ ähnlech. Es he'd es paar geili Songs met crazy riffs debi, wo aber halt aber gärn mol 10 Minute gönd ond ned so zuegänglech send. Trotzdem geil.
Great album
"One day soon you're gonna' reach sixteen" 🤨🤨🤨 banger though
Zed Leppelin 🔥🔥
Solid Rock
Really cool listen. For how varied the album is, it feels incredibly bloated. Still an awesome listen and definitely up there when it comes to Led Zeppelin albums.
When in doubt, kill your darlings. While it contains many great songs, the album is a bit too long and fluffy on the whole.
i do really like led zeppelin but there is just no compelling reason for this to be 80 minutes long. there's a fantastic 50 minute album in here but instead it just sort of meanders and repeats itself
In my time of dying Want nobody to mourn All I want for you to do Is take my body home
First time hearing the full album. Solid outside the hits.
The long songs were all good. The short songs were a bit hit and miss
Slaps
Pretty solid overall. I'm no Zep stan, I thought the back half wore on a bit long and didn't have tons going for it, but that's in light of how great the first disc is. Really wished we got a 10-point scale instead of 5, I'd give this a firm 7/10. Choosing to round down, I can't say I vibed to this 80% of the time.
Versuche, die Band zu verstehen und wieso sie so beliebt ist. Habe mir das jetzt angehört und bin genauso schlau wie vorher. Fand es eher langweilig, selbst Kashmir hat zwar ein schönes Riff, kann mich aber nicht packen. Mal sehen, ob die anderen Alben der Band mich umstimmen.
Another Led Zeppelin album, another positive review from me. "Physical Graffiti" doesn't get boring despite being nearly 1 1/2 hours long. Only very few albums have achieved this. But it's not enough for a perfect score. The second half could've been a bit better. 4 stars for "Physical Graffiti".
Classic
Overall: 8/10 Anyone who's ever read my reviews for double albums has likely picked up on the fact that I really don't like the concept of a double album. There's only so much time in a day and I don't like having to make room for such lengthy projects. However, this is Led Zeppelin. I will make an exception. The first half of this album would probably be my favourite Zeppelin album if it was it's own thing. Songs like In My Time of Dying and Kashmir are epic and tickle my brain in ways most other artists can't. The song Houses of the Holy, named after my personal favourite Zeppelin album, is also a favourite of mine. I adore Bonham's drumming so much. The second half isn't as good sadly. It's good enough that I can still give this a high rating, but the first half is better. I still really enjoy stuff like The Wanton Song and Ten Years Gone. Those songs are rockers. This was the last truly great album from Zeppelin. They had other great moments in the end of their career together but this is their swan song (how appropriate) in my opinion. It shows how great of a band they are that this is one of my least favourite of their albums. Fav Song: In My Time of Dying Least Fav Song: Boogie with Stu
While Physical Graffiti may not be as chock full of radio hits as other Zeppelin albums, the experimentation with different sounds makes it one of their most interesting albums. Polymeter, eastern scales, and influence from folk and gospel music make for a meandering ride that is never dull. Does it hold the same place in my teenage heart as some of Zep's earlier stuff? No, but it's still a masterpiece.
Who knew I was a Led Zeppelin fan.
Kult album. Definisjonen på 70-talls rock. Startet greit, avsluttet på topp.
One of the all-time classic rock albums. Kashmir is a song that transcends time, and I'm honestly really surprised at the relatively smaller number of listens that "House of the Holy" has on YouTube Music compared to other songs on the album. So many great songs on this album you're bound to find something for everyone.
Thought I'd like it a lot more than I actually did
This is a double album released in 1975. And this is Led Zeppelin’s first appearance on this 1001 album list (undoubtedly there will be more). As radio transitioned from AM pop stations to album-oriented radio during the 1970s, Led Zeppelin benefitted from this transition. There are a few good tracks here but for me there are better Zeppelin albums.
A double Led Zeppelin album was probably doomed to fail (in my rating) regardless, but I have a headache, so I *extra* don't like it. It's not that they're bad or offensive, but this singing style plus the looong guitar parts are two things I have never been into, and this long album with its very long songs is not changing my stance. For a while I mixed up Robert Plant (this LZ guy) with Robert Smith (from The Cure), because I thought Robert Plant was a cooler name, so surely that would belong to the band with the music I liked. But it did not. Highlights: The song name "In my Time of Dying" (but not the song), 'Kashmir' (because the USC marching band plays it)
Finally after nearly 500 albums I get a Led Zeppelin album. They're just a perfect band to me; a brilliant singer, guitar player and drummer, yet somehow more than the sum of their parts. The music combines perfectly with the artwork, on which no detail is accidental (I love how the cover of this one interacts with the two sleeves inside). It all blends together so perfectly. I also love the mystique behind the band; I can only imagine what it must've been like to scour the album sleeve for clues/details, and hear about playing the records backwards etc by word of mouth. You just don't get bands like that any more; the closest thing I can think of is the White Stripes. Whenever I'm in the mood for Zeppelin I play one of albums I - IV; they're easily consumable and have the biggest hits. However, this sprawling double album might actually be better in some respects. It has such variety, but somehow remains cohesive - there's never any doubt who you're listening to. My only criticism is it's maybe a couple of songs too long (I read that they had 3 sides of material, so threw in some discarded tracks from earlier sessions to make it up to a double album) but I'd struggle to choose which songs to drop.
Good but all the songs were really long
Absolute classic, quite possible my favorite of theirs. I do appreciate the heavier, wild stuff over the folksy tracks. The 4-track sequence of 'In My Time of Dying' through 'Kashmir' is just so strong, so heavy. This is great music from a great band.
good album, just a little long winded
FINALLY! Some GOOD music. It's a five for me, loved every minute of it.
Enjoyed listening through it, but somehow it feels low key annoying over time...
This felt more like a collection of songs than an album. I like Led Zeppelin generally so I’m reserving the 4s and 5s for the standout albums.
Pretty great
Overly long, but not bloated, much like Kashmir. Don’t feel like I can adequately critique Led Zeppelin’s work - it feels like picking out your favorite child - there’s just this inherent love that gets in the way of my objectivity. Just love what they did. But 4 stars for stealing so much time out of my day lol
Drags a little outside of the few highlights, but the good songs are very good.
Hell yeah
Did not think I would like led zeppelin this much...
Favorite Song: Kashmir
This band really tests my patience sometimes. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. They rock. It's undeniable, but diminishing returns are a concept gentleman. 7.8/10
Too Rock for me.
First half is one of the all time greats, back half hits a lot less often for me. Favorite track: “Houses of the Holy” Least: “In the Light”
Possibly my favorite Zeppelin album, and maybe one of my favorite rock albums. The first disc totally rules and there's some interesting stuff in the second half, too.
I really liked the variety of sounds on here. Album got noticeably better when I swapped from my car audio to my ear buds. Will be trying to listen in my ear buds moving forward.
I love this album!!
1. Custard Pie - 8/10 2. The Rover - 8/10 3. In My Time of Dying - 8.2/10 4. Houses of the Holy - 7/10 5. Trampled Under Foot - 8/10 6. Kashmir - 7/10 7. In the Light - 6.5/10 8. Bron-Yr-Aur - instru 9. Down by the Seaside - 8/10 10. Ten Years Gone - 7.5/10 11. Night Flight - 7/10 12. The Wanton Song - 6.5/10 13. Boogie with Su - 6.5/10 14. Black Country Woman - 7.5/10 15. sick Again - 7/10 7/10
Not my favourite Led Zeppelin album but its still pretty good. "In My Time of Dying", "Trampled Under Foot" and "Custarf Pie" are some of my favourite Led Zeppelin songs. Also "Kashmir" is so overrated. 7/10 Favourite: In My Time of Dying Least Favourite: Black Country Woman
4.5 stars. A bloated masterpiece. Undeniable classics on here, but a bit too much excess. Record 1 alone is a 5 star record if released on its own.
I liked this, and glad to be led to listen to some Led Zeppelin again as I’ve not done so for a very long time. I didn’t find it profound and it didn’t necessarily grab me but some enjoyable guitar play and the distinctive sound of the lead vocals. Maybe on another day it would be a 4 but a 3 today.
Weird album as I find I love it but peppered with weaker songs. Still great but only just makes the 4 for me.
Great opportunity to listen to this album critically in it's entirety although I already know many of the tracks. First disk absolutely rocks and is banging from start to finish. A real microcosm of Led Zep. I was reminded at how rhythmically complex a lot of led zeppelin tracks are, where phrases seem to overflow the bar and give a frenetic energy. The second disk I found to drag a bit more and by the end of it was ready for it to finish. Still a classic.
4+
Really good music, but 1h30 is a lot to ask and it didn't quite catch my attention throughout. Never a good sign when you keep checking how many songs are left.
It’s Led Zeppelin. It will never not be good.
This was a big one for me growing up and I consider it one of Zep's best. Some fillerbthere, especially towards the end (or side 4 as I think of it), but some of their best songs throughout, especially "The Rover," "Trampled Under Foot," and, of course, Chase Utley's walk up song "Kashmir." The last great album from the mighty Zep
Great classic rock here. Houses of the holy - trampled - kashmir is an elite run. It does drag for me towards the end and the last side is really weak. But overall, awesome listen, sits below Led Zeppelin IV for me but still one of the band's best. Will round up from 3.5 to 4
имба. надо побольше из послушать.
I enjoyed the entire album
Che dire? Gli Zeppelin sanno fare del rock veramente fico e potente
One of those great examples of a double/triple album that would have been an amazing single. The highlights - Kashmir, In the light, Custard pie, trampled - are incredible, but there's a few dull little boogie extras that don't seem to add much. A much wider range of tones and textures than their early stuff, and still an incredible album, but you can sense they're starting to run out of ideas.
Man, oh man! Sometimes I’m guilty of forgetting how great Led Zeppelin were! This album is absolutely exquisite.
Technically great. Doesn’t really connect with me though.
Not a big fan
Leuk, wat lang maar meer aansprekend op twee listens dan de vorige LZ albums die ik heb geluisterd
Podría ser un 9/10 Los riffs son recontra memorables y adictivos como suele ser led zeppelin y los solos son una locura. Estoy casi seguro que el primer tema tiene un solo de armónica con distorsion y me parece increíble. Aparte de ese, otros temas favoritos q me acuerdo son The Wanton Song, In The Light, Ten Years Gone, The Rover (q suena como medio saturado a propósito y me encanta) y la de 11 min In My Time of Dying. Prime. Locura de album. Re largo pero es muy muy worth
Gotta get the Led out
A long record, but has some big hits and great guitar work and vocals.
I think i'd enjoy rock more if the vocals weren't so raspy, longer songs are better even though I usually dont like long songs, nothing else to say
Great Album. Kashmir is an amazing song, my favourite Zeppelin song, and one of the greatest rock songs of all time.
3.5 anything Led Zeppelin is good!
i'm not gonna lie, this isn't really my favorite LZ album. It feels like a lot of the songs tend to drag on and on and don't really add too much as far as lyricism. Obviously there are redeeming moments like the creativity of Kashmir, but overall, i'm not a huge fan.
overlong
The first ten songs are nearly perfect. Of the last five songs, "The Wanton Song" has some really sick guitar riffage, and the rest can be for the most part discarded. I get why they were added - physical constraints definitely played into making many albums less perfect. But it is what it is. Still one of Led Zeppelin's best ever collections; I prefer it over 4, Houses, and maybe even 1. Must-listen #141.
will listen again
Great mix of diverse musical arrangements and instruments!
In My Time of Dying is one of the worst blues tracks I've ever heard. It's not that the band isn't crazy talented or the production is bad. It's that there is just no soul in the whole of the 10 minutes of Plant's wailing. There really isn't another bad track on the rest of this album, but it just soured me so much. Zep is a lot of great things but authentic has never been one of them.
weird to revisit an album I used to love as a child but don’t care about as a grown adult. makes it hard to review. objectively it’s good but idgaf anymore
Something I appreciate about 70's white man rock is seeing how different concepts of masculinity were compared to today. It's good, but not for me. Like Vienna sausage and apple-cinnamon oatmeal.
Four
Probably LZ’s best album. Nuff said. (“As I Lay Dying” is such an underrated tune.)
One of my favourite double albums - each track is cohesive and doesn't outstay it's welcome (impressive with the behemoths of 'Kashmir' and 'In My Time Of Dying'). This is Led Zeppelin at their songwriting peak - the highlights of the album are so high, where not one member misses even a quarter of a beat. The lows right at the end of the album are relatively unimpressive given the first hour. Best Tracks: - Trampled Under Foot - Kashmir - Night Flight Worst Tracks: - Boogie With Stu - Sick Again Rating: 8.5/10
👌👌👌
my dad used to have kashmir burned onto a classic rock compilation cd in the car, so it is nostalgic, but, as always my complaint is that it’s sooooo long
Lots of solid songs but also lots of meh
Nothing really stands out, but it's still pretty good! If only there was 1 standout song
Didn't know they made Kashmir, ha! I didn't even know that song had that name