Reviews (page 8 of 15)
Favorite Track: Houses of the Holy
Fantastic album, one of my favorites of all time. Heavy beats, great blues, fantastic sound, geniuses of their instruments.
Only a couple songs I liked
Not as good as their earlier stuff but still class
Simply fantastic. One hit after another, plus great deep tracks
Kashmir and maybe one other track saves this from being 1 star. I just find Led Zeppelin quite boring.
Well, if nothing else, I preferred this to Led Zeppelin IV. Look, I can't really fault Jimmy Page - maybe he wasn't the first, but he was establishing himself as a widdly-widdly guitar hero before so many of his peers. He's not just good on his instrument, he's innovative and - more here than on Led Zep IV - he creates some truly unique sounds which, in turn, create some unique sounding songs. Then Robert Plant opens his mouth. Sorry, cannot stand his vocals one jot - while the instruments are covering new ground in the rock landscape, he is just following the same blues-rock scales, and in a limited capacity at that (I'm sure there is a song on here where he pretty much sings just one note). Now, maybe that is what grounded them back in the day - maybe Plant's vocals where the familiar "in" that helped people buy the whole proto-metal sound back in the day - but in my opinion, this hasn't aged well. He has to have the last word too, has to cram one more "Oooooh" in after the last chord has been struck - is it an ego thing? Although it's not really my kind of music, but I am happy to give this two stars for the innovation within the field from the band and the tight production, but without melodic vocal lines which match that level of innovation it all falls a bit flat and just becomes a real chore to listen to for me.
#585. I don't know if this is exactly a 5 star album as the second half is less good than the first half, but honestly I think Kashmir alone is worth rounding it up to a 5. 5/5: yeah.
Saved by the third side - listening as though this were the first, as advised in a few places and this actually improves the album.
Superb. Could be a 5.
I certainly appreciate how talented he is, but this just isn’t my favorite. 3.5 rounded down to 3.
Listened to this a few times over the weekend. Initially had vague thoughts that this was one of those 2 LP sets that would have been a killer single album. The more I listened to it, the harder it got to eliminate tracks for any condensing. All sorts of weird stuff here I quite like (“Boogie With Stu”, in honor of longtime Stones piano player Ian Stuart — he played piano on LZ’s “Rock and “Roll”) and Kashmir is one of those tracks that could be 25 minutes long and that’d be OK. I have a 17 CD set (plucked) of LZ studio outttakes but no Kashmir longer than the album track. Maybe a live version somewhere? A great album.
Owned this as a kid but would rank it third behind the other two LZ albums I owned: I and IV. Listening to it today, man, if it were just disc one and “ten years gone,” we’d all remember this as one of the greatest rock albums ever. If my math is right, that’s about a 50-minute album chock full of bangers. Instead the second disc is so bloated. At least on streaming, you don’t have to remove disc one just to play the one song on disc two that’s any good.
God's favorite band.
A little bit too long but overall pretty good. Disc 1 is sick, disc 2 is alright.
this is like pre divorce dad rock solid dad rock/10 get these damn kids off my fuckin lawn
one thing I've learned from this list is that Led Zep is very consistent
This is a great album, but mainly the first part. It's a bit too long. However, Kashmir is a timeless classic. That song gets 5 stars, but the whole record will get 3.
Some real good timeless singles, like Kashmir, on this one. But also some faceless and anonymous sengs that fill the album. Over all there is to many of them, and I became tired of listening to this album at the end. Will still watch Kashmir over and over as a single. One of the best sengs that is ever made!
The gods have smiled on us once again. Led Zeppelin is #1 I love jimmy
YEEAAHHHH BOYYYYY!!!! CHEW ON A PIECE OF YO CUSTARD PIE!!!! Quite possibly Led Zeppelin at their best
Top 10 of all time contention from this one, John really blows your head off with the kick and plants vocals really sing through hard
6/10
7.5/10 Easily the best LZ I’ve heard so far. High quality, tight, good production. Vocals didn’t annoy me unlike previous albums. But there is a ceiling of how much I liked it. Waaaay too long, both in some individual songs and the length of the album overall. And there is the fact that, at best, this album heavily relies on American and black artists and feels like cosplay or tourism. There is something inauthentic about people from the midlands playing delta blues. Best: In My Time of Dying
Took me back a few years.
Meanders a bit, but sometimes in a good way.
Other than Kashmir not their best work
A whole lotta Led Zepp.
It's a good Zep album, but I really feel this could be much shorter.
Yet more Zeppelin, to me no real progress, more clunky riff laden rock, songs not as strong as Led Zep IV. The sound of a band treading water.
Classic Zepp
It's fine
Oh so good - there's a reason it was one of, if not the, highest performing release of their too short career. Everything is effortlessly tight and connected. Led Zeppelin always had a knack for making extreme complexity feel like a group of stoned out friends jamming in their garage, and I can't think of another album from them that proves it as clearly as this one.
Yet another LedZep album. This is outstanding, though.
I'm already a Led Zeppelin fan, so this one was a bit of a familiar treat more than a new experience. That said, I had never listened to the album in full before. Since I already knew a number of the songs, I tried to expand my critical focus beyond what I might have upon hearing it all for the first time. The album is lengthy- it's a 15 track double album that runs over an hour and 20 minutes long. Throughout that runtime, it covers a pretty diverse range of musical ground. The album has full-on rock songs, some more epic pieces, acoustic tracks, and even a country song. LZ are at their best when they're making a blues-oriented rock song, and that's clear when you compare those tracks with the rest of the songs on the album. The other tracks aren't bad, but do fall short of what they're able to do in their breadbasket. They are divided fairly well; once you get through some of the more subtle tracks, another big rocker comes up. That is, until the end. It felt like things started to cool off by the time you get to side 4, though those songs are still good and might be better without hearing them after the other 3 sides. I think my biggest gripe with the album has to do with its capacity. It just felt like there were one or two songs on there that could've been left off and made the album stronger by omission. My other complaint would be lyrical content. While Plant did have some range and usually does a good job when getting into the abstract and fantasy, far too often it seems he only wants to sing about love and sex. Getting more depth and diversity in the lyrics would have made the songs themselves more interesting. There are many positive things to say, and they outweigh the negatives by a longshot. Sides 1 and 2 are fantastic. The album starts strong with Custard Pie--a cool rock song--and keeps up that quality for a long time. I also liked how the songs ending 1 and starting 2 each have a bit of spiritualism in their themes- one about dying, and one about the heavens. Plus Houses of the Holy is just a fun track with a great groove in general. Kashmir is one of their most famous, and most epic, tracks. The album does slow down a bit on sides 3 and 4, but they still have some really solid tracks too. The instrumentation and composition is fluid but well done, as is to be expected from LZ. They work incredibly well as a unit to make their music come together. They sound great as a whole, and probably are one of the most cohesive bands in terms of the sum of the parts. This is one of their later albums, so they'd had time to perfect their methods too. In sum, this is a great album. Not because it is perfect, but because it is memorable, well-crafted, and showcases the talent of its contributors in a way that created something great. It was a bit slow at times and probably could've been a tad shorter, but those are small complaints compared to the things it does right. As a LZ fan, I may be skewing high, but I found it to be an example of a group at their peak making music like they're good at. Overall: 4.5/5
I grew up listening to Led Zeppelin, and they used to be my favorite band of all time. This is the third Led Zeppelin album I've came across during this generator(second in the last ten days, mind you), and I'm just going to go ahead, and say it: Led Zeppelin is a glorified cover band, but...but...this album may be an exception to the rule. Every song on this track is talented in its down unique way. From the classic Led Zeppelin style songs("Custard Pie", "The Rover", "Houses Of The Holy", ironically on this album, and unfortunately, the only song on this album I dislike), as well as the Prog Rock songs("Kashmir", with the Middle-Eastern influence that sends chills down my spine, "In The Light"), to the bangers you'd hear in the 1970s club("Trampled Under Foot", "The Wanton Song"), to the love ballads("Black Country Woman", "Sick Again", and "Ten Years Gone"), and the sole instrumental piece is one of the most beautiful instrumental pieces in Rock Music("Bron-Yr-Aur"). Now, let's get down to business: It's as simple as this-if 25%, or more of the songs on an album are cover songs from other artists, I won't give it a five-star rating no matter what. I have to deduct a star. This really isn't an issue with 99% of artists I come across, but obviously Led Zeppelin is a different story. For anyone coming at me with their pitchforks, I applied this same rule to the self-titled album by "The Rolling Stones"(which was also their debut album). This album is great from the perspective of sound, and production, and to my surprise, only 20 percent of the songs were cover songs, so they finally passed(barely, but it worked). Then, I have a rule where I will automatically deduct a point if an album is 90 minutes, or longer(Yes, I've already listened to "Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Songbook" by Ella Fitzgerald), and this album barely made the cut, at 82 minutes, and 59 seconds. Finally, I do have the nostalgia factor. I grew up in my teen years listening to this album because of my parents. Don't come at me, nostalgia is one hell of a drug. Simply put: Due to the talent, number of excellent songs, variety, and my own personal nostalgia, this is one of the greatest albums of all time, and dare I say the overall most complete, and best Led Zeppelin album. My favorite track on this stellar album is "Kashmir", which is one of the greatest Rock Songs of all time.
jako dobro! raznovrsno a dosljedno kvalitetno
Great get up and go rock tubes
You don't know Zepp?
knew it before but now better
Lyssnade inte klart :(
This album was much weaker than I expected or remembered. A few standout songs, but a lot of filler.
I'm in the minority but I find the majority of Led Zeppelin records to be a bit of a bore. Yeah they can play/sing well but they play dull riff rock by numbers and occasionally come up with a decent track like Kashmir.
Not their best album. Also too long
Ok ok like i dig but you know didnt set my hair on fire. They had that like one song from Godzillas armpits
Led Zeppelin were better than this, there's a decent album in amongst all this bloated overbaked filler
I listened to the first half whilst at work. Kashmir is such a good tune, but the rest was bored blues guitar. I thought it would get better on the drive home, and cracked it up, but honestly it wasn't all that. To be generous, I imagine it's a classic case of everyone copying whatever they did that was innovative until it sounds retrospectively generic.
Kashmir is such an epic track! The rest of the album gets lost in itself, probably because it's too long. Reduce the runtime and excessive bluesy riffs and it'd be a much more engaging listen.
Early on in my music discovery I got my hands on the complete Led Zeppelin box set, containing every studio album. I think I got a wicked deal from Columbia House or another 'buy 1 CD get 10 free' type mail order company, which was a godsend to help build my early collection. In a way, getting the box set was kind of a preview of what was to come with streaming; getting instant access to an entire band's discography. I got real cozy with these CDs in my high school years, and grateful for the early exposure to the entirety of their studio output. They were never my favorite band, or really even that close to it, but those albums certainly influenced me quite a bit at the time. On Physical Graffiti, I think I was more impressed with many of the individual songs rather than the album as a whole, compared to other Zep records. It is a great album, no doubt, but sort of lacks cohesion because of the addition of so many outtakes from years prior. The second half does lag behind the first as well, so it's really not a great double album when it comes down to it, despite having some really strong songs, and overall being an enjoyable listen. Besides the brilliance of "Kashmir", the songs that I gravitated towards the most were "Trampled Under Foot" and "Ten Years Gone". I'm sure my actual favorite Zep albums will eventually appear on this list (Houses of the Holy, IV, I), or at least they certainly would belong. I don't have a problem with the inclusion of Physical Graffiti on this list, because it is still a very solid and of course influential album, but it just doesn't feel like as much of an "all timer" like the others I mentioned.
Even when I was a big LeZ-head I thought this album was bloated and pretty uninspired. Boring riffs, generic solos, annoying wailing vocals. Lacks the raw power of their first albums or the cool exploratory mood of Houses of the Holy (except for the songs included here cut from that one) - it's just tired and phoned in. All the songs, even the good ones, are too long like warm versions of better ones they've already done.
You ever eat too much of the same thing and the thought of it makes you sick? Well, there was a year in high school where all I listened to was Led Zeppelin, and I've steered clear since. Not my favorite of their albums. Could cull a few so it's not a double album and it would be a higher score. One positive is there are some moments through the album where John Paul Jones and John Bonham really shine... When the other two give it a rest for a second.
Underwhelming compared to hopes
It’s Led Zeppelin. Great sound. Lots of fun. Not ground breaking now but likely was at the time.
Un pò lungo ma mi è piaciuto parecchio
Great album! Definitely something I want to listen to more.
This was ~ok~ just kind of low energy.
My favorite Zep album. It's got all the big hits and all the experimental demos. Shit hits from front to back. Ez 5 star
Interesting
Can’t go wrong with Led Zeppelin, some iconic songs and vibes.
Absolute classic. It may not have the earlier memorable classics like Whole lotta love and Rock n roll, but as a complete album it towers above the others, with lots of different styles influencing each song. Contains my favourite Zep song In the light 5/5
It seems almost sacrilegious to say but aside from the big hits I'm just not that big a fan of Led Zeppelin. This was a long album and rambled on and not in a good way. I'm not convinced.
Almost nothing makes me feel more alienated from humanity than the hard-on people have for this fucking band. Kashmir is fine.
Great album! First Led Zeppelin, wasn't their most popular but it was a good one! They were good at just rocking out!
Very mature zep. Love that the song “houses of the holy” was chosen for this album.
Kashmir and Down by the Seaside stand out for me. I’m sure they would have been great live.
An album for the true LZ heads. Or New Yorkers who accidentally stumble onto the buildings from the cover after having a few too many steins at Zum Schneider. Not as bluesy as I, as heavy as II, as weird as III, or as iconic as IV, Physical Graffiti is still a worthwhile endeavor – if you are indeed a fan. For any Led Zeppelin enjoyer who wants just the hits please, this album will likely disappoint, especially the back half. I was such a big LZ fan in high school/college my Xbox gamertag was Shmek_Zeppelin, and even I have never willingly put on Down By The Seaside outside of an album playthrough! Although, I'd forgotten how good the bridge was – so good it nearly redeems its boardwalk taffy schmaltz. There's no question that in addition to classic rock radio stalwarts Kashmir, Trampled Under Foot, and Houses of the Holy, tracks like Custard Pie, The Rover, The Wanton Song and Night Flight still shine. And I love Bron-Yr-Aur as a contemplative instrumental stuck right in the middle of it all. You can feel the band still searching for ways to grow creatively while staying true to their blues and riff rock origins, and it mostly works. But of course, as is the case with many double albums, there are tracks that leave you scratching your head as to why they were included (Down By The Seaside, Boogie With Stu) or why they're over 11 minutes when 6 would have been just fine *cough* In My Time of Dying *cough*. But that said, this album is still an incredibly solid effort. Though now I'm curious which other Zeppelin albums made it onto this list. Off the top of my head, I would say this album is probably middle of the pack so at least 3 others, right? II & IV definitely... Houses of the Holy? Or maybe I? In any case, I hope this was the first time listening to PG for some in this group and that they liked it. There was a time in high school when I could play this whole album on guitar from memory, and I still put the record on every now and then. It rocks.
Didn’t know half these tracks before, but wouldn’t you know, this is one of the best albums I’ve ever heard. Zeppels, every time. The Rover is now a favorite. Trampled Under Foot and Ten Years Gone are longtime loves—if only Chase Utley hadn’t co-opted Kashmir for his walk-up music. LGM!
I guess am just not a Led Zeppelin person?
In high school I thought Robert Plant had the most incredible voice in the world. Now I find it a little screechy and insufficiently soulful.
Great band but nowhere near their strongest collection of songs
Wow—let’s fuckin rock 🤘
Solid effort. Also has my favorite song by them "Trampled Underfoot". Great groove. Not their very best LP but not far off.
I don’t listen to them.
# Album Name: Physical Graffiti # Artist: Led Zeppelin # Rating: 5/5 # Comments: The first CD/album in this record is immense. The musical talent on display is second to none. Great drums, bass and guitar all wrapped up in plants vocals. The album finishes very strong with houses of the holy, under foot and kashmir. If this album was CD-1 only, it would be a straight 5 for me. The second album is a grower not a shower. It doesnt pack the same punch as CD-1 but its shines on its own after some time. its probably a 4/4.5. I'll go with the latter. Great album # Top Tunes: All of the first album / in the light / down by the seaside / 10 years gone / wanton song / boogie with stu / black country woman # Would I listen to it again? fuck yeah
Led Zeppelin has always been one of my favorite bands so I'm biased but this is truly the most Zeppelin album. Epic ballads, hard rock stompers, Welsh folklore, Blues basics, just a blast all around. The first disc has 6 of the band's best songs.
Okay sounds. I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to it. If you told me it was another group — such as Guns and Roses — I would not be able to say you were off from the lack of creative distinction.
Not my favorite Led Zep
Physical Graffiti is a project which has given me a taste of Led Zeppelin so strong that it has stayed with me throughout the weekend. I really appreciate it being my first weekend album, meaning I could spend more time on it than other albums, and I have taken full advantage of it, going back to it again and again whenever I have had time to listen to any music. I really enjoyed this album; it categorises this era's rock music genre as a whole for me. I have in the past heard the song “Kashmir”, and the song remains my favourite on the album, even though there is so much power and passion behind each and every song. The raw static of the guitars, which sometimes comes through the production, is such a beautiful show of age. As an electric and rock guitar enthusiast, I like it more than anything I have come across recently. Love, love, love it! The sound is not totally unique for me; I have heard similar works from other bands, artists and even Led Zeppelin themselves in the past, but it does not take away from the fact that I feel so much appreciation for the entire body of work from start to finish. This is an album I will keep coming back to, and I am beyond excited to visit other works by them. The final rating completely based on my current music taste: 8/10 - 20 April 2025
Amazing but mix is missing SO much low end
The album is too long and they can’t hold it interesting enough to carry that length. Led Zeppelin just hasn’t held up for me overall. Like it’s better than a lot of these 3/5 “fine” albums here but I’m not likely to go back to it any time soon
Sprawling, slithering, and sacred. This is Zeppelin at full power; blues thunder, mystic haze, and swagger carved in stone.
One of the best rock albums of all time, there is only one track i dislike on the entire album.
Good album. A little too long - not sure if the original was this long or if they added songs when they remastered. In any case, they are some great songs ("Kashmir" and "Trampled Under Foot") and some snoozers ("In My Time of Dying". "Ten Years Gone" and "Down By the Seaside"). I liked the rest of the songs. Overall, I enjoyed the album but I'm thinking there is maybe one disc worth of really good material here.
This album is a damn adventure. It has so many great songs and as a whole it's a perfect artistic statement from Led Zeppelin.
Some great Led Zeppelin tracks in Houses of the Holy and Trampled Underfoot, but the piece de resistance is the powerful, persistently building masterpiece of exotic mood and music, Kashmir.
Partially listened before Fav tracks: Kashmir, In My Time of Dying
Nothing special about it, Kashmir is the only hit in it
iconic. A few proper hit on it
Classic Rock. Record/Vinyl rock and roll feeling. Get drunk background music. More chill kind of rock and roll. Custard Pie - 1990 Remaster The Rover - 1993 Remaster In My Time of Dying - 1990 Remaster (Excellent beginning buildup, but very long song) Houses of the Holy - 1990 Remaster Trampled Under Foot - 1990 Remaster Kashmir - 1990 Remaster (Classic background duh duh duh, duh duh, duh duh duh) In the Light - 1990 Remaster Bron-Yr-Aur - 1993 Remaster Down by the Seaside - 1993 Remaster Ten Years Gone - 1990 Remaster Nigh Flight - 1993 Remaster The Wanton Song - 1990 Remaster Boogie with Stu - 1993 Remaster Black Country Woman - 1993 Remaster Sick Again - 1993 Remaster Overall - Kinda boring, easy to zone out and not pay attention to, but it has the classic rock sound still.
I like Led Zeppelin but not that much. This was a good album but with too many songs some I felt were fillers.
ZEEEP
Very solid, no stand out songs from me but that’s not a bad thing.
"Physical Graffiti" is one of my favorite albums. "Kashmir" was the first song I knew, and I was hooked. Then I got my hands on the album, and the artwork was amazing, as were the other songs on the album. What else can I say other than this album will always end up on my turntable. Highly recommended.
5 stars no notes, probably. It’s a whole lot of Led. The double album has some lulls, but the highs are too high to penalize that.
Realising I love sprawling double albums. Kashmir, Wanton Song, Trampled Underfoot are brilliant, the first of those in particular is an astonishing song.
I own this album on vinyl but have only listened to it a couple time so far. I love all of the tracks and would listen to them again in a heartbeat. Five stars.
It was physical. There was graffiti.
First disc was better than I'd like to admit. Albeit some songs felt like they went on too long. Got bored by disc 2. But has classic led Zeppelin sound which is hard to deny being good
I enjoyed it a lot
My second Led Zeppelin album and it once again blew me away. A real muscular piece of work and a real journey.
A little bloated, but fuck, it's Led Zep. "Kashmir," "Houses of the Holy," "Ten Years Gone," what more do you want?
On average I’d say the longer the stronger on this album (theres other good songs like the groovy trampled under foot) but I love in the time of dying, kashmir, in the light, 10 years gone. All some of their strongest. I’d honestly rather an album of these stronger songs in a typical led zep, 8 song format and then maybe an outtakes LP as that is what a huge chunk of physical graffiti is. The outtakes one will probably still be good but keeps it tighter. And yeah I mentioned Kashmir earlier and I don’t care that it’s overplayed I love it
Almost any Zeppelin album deserves to be on this list
love it
Such a great listen while studying. Essential rock album from the 70s
Classic album!
I really like this album. It’s very typical zepplin and I absolutely love some of these songs. In the light is kind of insane sounding but is my favourite. And obvs Kashmir. Not to be woke but some of these lyrics are sketch. But if I ignore that then yeah this is like a perfect classic rock album. (I actually rate this 9/10 but I don't think I can give half stars)
First few songs sound the same
Proper tunes
Як я вже неоднарозово казав - із творчістю Zeppelin бажано знайомитись по порядку, бо саме так найкраще відчувається їх "музична прогресія". І хоча ми вже раніше знайомились з їх другою (https://t.me/community_didko_music/242)та четвертою (https://t.me/community_didko_music/174) роботою, перед прослуховуванням Physical Graffiti дуже важливо звернути увагу на Houses of the Holy. Саме на Houses of the Holy, гурт зробив найбільший крок у сторону максимальної різноманітності, та зробили шикарний "танцювальний" мікс із хард року, фанку, блюзу та навіть реггі. Чи вийшло у них краще ніж на 4-му альбомі? На мою думку, "епічність" 4-го альбому, хоч і була доволі амбітною, все ж вийшла надмірною. За усією його складністю та "багатошаровостю" - важко було розгледіти фірмовий "вайб" Zeppelin, есенцію якого ми отримали на їх 3-й роботі. На Houses of the Holy - цей вайб заграв новими, різнокольоровими, фарбами, а на Physical Graffiti - ці фарби перетворились у більш структуровану та стильну мозаїку жанрів. Physical Graffiti став компіляцією 8 нових + 7 раніше невипущених треків із сесій для 3, 4, та Houses of the Holy. Що в цьому альбомі найбільш цікаво, так це те, що треки хоч доволі сильно і відрізняються один від одного - не перетворюють альбом "збірна солянка". Навпаки, все відчувається як гарно спланована подорож "музичним світом" Zeppelin, в якій кожен трек показує нам різні аспекти творчості гурту, додаючи необхідного забарвлення у загальний наратив усього альбому. Саме через такий "кінематографічний, сценарний" підхід, величезний альбом на 15 пісень, ні в якому разі, не набридає. Більш того, експерименти із східними оркестровими аранжуваннями - підбадьорюють слухати альбом без перерви, та ще більше підсилюють допитливість: що ми ще можемо почути далі? В цьому сенсі, всім відома, пісня Kashmir, яку багато хто вважає верхівкою композиторської майстерності гурту - займає у трек-лісті, найкраще для себе місце.
Hell yes!
Some songs are long indulgent jams, and some others are genius like Kashmir or sound way ahead of their times like the wanton song. Good variety and verve overall 3.9
Kashmir is such a masterpiece... But it's the only song that really stand out
This album is great. The development of Led Zeppelin's skills really shows when compared to Led Zeppelin 2.
Great album by one of the greatest rock bands ever. They are at full strength with their original, familiar sound before they started experimenting and branching out. That said, the album seems to become a bit repetitive/formulaic which causes a bit of a drag. I'm sure when it was new and fresh it didn't feel like that, but for today, it doesn't quite hold up as well as some of the previous, tighter LZ albums.
Great album to zone out to, a couple of stand out songs. Awesome guitar
More sophisticated zep, needs another listen.
Fantastic album, great songs. Only issue is that it is really long.
"Kashmir" reminds me of the intro of the German TV Show TV Total. Rest was okay, but nothing that stood out.
Double Track Album from the Best Hard Rock Band of all time. Every Track is a classic, not a single miss.
9/10
Album 1 is a classic rock masterpiece- Album 2 feels more like a passion project where they dig in to their blues preferences.
Finally through all five of the Led Zeppelin albums featured on this list. Funnily enough, I drew their other four albums in like a three month span last year. Anyway, years of pumping out albums certainly allowed LZ to be a little more creative here. With any LZ record, you need to be a bit patient to take in everything first but some funk, prog rock, and orchestral rock seep in amongst the hard rock that LZ is known for. Things slow down tremendously after "Kashmir" though, which is basically the halfway point of the album. Not necessarily a slog (although one can only take so much of Plant's vocals), but the shift in tempo/quality is noticeable. Suffice to say, not quite LZ's best overall body of work but some interesting and cohesive tracks here and there.
Looked up what I said about Led Zep IV, and this is definitely better. However…they added songs to make it a double album, and I really think they could have dropped a couple of songs and made it a single album instead. Also, Rage Against The Machine really ripped off the start of Kashmir, didn’t they?
The first half of this album had me thinking, "oh, so this is the good Led Zeppelin album!" - some absolute bangers there. But then, it just kept... Going... And I was a little disappointed by the end. Kashmir, Houses of the Holy, Trampled Under Foot - stone cold classic rock, no complaints. The rest was either fine, or a bit crap. Oh well, maybe the next Led Sep album will be the one where it all comes together. Not holding my breath though.
Guitar was ok. Music was pure shite
I didn’t like the remastering quality. They prob have better albums.
I like Kashmir but the rest not as much
I like led zeppelin less then I thought
When I was 16, I was listening II and IV non-stop and then a friend gave me the box set that came out in 1992, which I listened to further before just checking out. That was the extent of my Led Zeppelin experience. So I was excited to this appear on my list....I was only familiar with a few of these songs (Custard Pie, In my Time of Dying, Bron-Yr-Aur, Kashmir) but dang, the rest of these songs are solid. I don't give out a whole lot of 5s but this earned it.
Another great Zeppelin album.
Favourite song: Trampled Underfoot. Good song for a workout. Great melodies, impressive guitar. Not many songs I could listen to over and over again.
this was pretty medium! sorry I don't have anything interesting to say.
Brilliant.
Finally, a cool album! Cool music, great vocals and 2 parts of the record: the first is in the best traditions of Zeppelin, the second is quieter. It's just a pity that the album is rather long, it would have been shorter, and the score would have been higher. And so 7.5 out of 10.
Not their best, a bit plodding at times, and some padding added to make it a double, but all blown away by Kashmir. What a song. WHAT a song.
Kashmir is fantastic. The rest of it is fine. There's a lot here, but I don't really care about most of it. It's still pretty good.
skuffet pga. hype
So happy to see this as my album of the day. Timeless
2 - a more experimental project from them, you can see the vision and talent but I just don’t think it went anywhere. Kashmir was essentially the peak with the right mix of new sound and mass appeal I expect from a band this big, but not much else notable on the rest of the project
Classic Led Zeppelin wonderful guitar playing a powerful vocals and experimental with instruments
The peak of Led Zeppelin! Classic rock at its finest. “Kashmir” is a crowd pleaser and immediate 5, but there are so many other great tracks here. When “Custard Pie” starts and you get that “ooooOOOH”… unmistakable!
It wasn't good enough, there was too much of it, and Jimmy Page kidnapped a child and slept with her for two years, dumping her when she turned 16.
Learning this album is going to be gratifying. Maybe too long, some songs drag but wow this is loaded with outstanding music. First pass through it is a 4 but as I listen more and grow more familiar with it, i have no doubt this will be a 5. Rover, Houses of the Holy and Trampled Under Foot really stand out thus far
This has a reputation and I dont see it exactly rhe same way. It doesn't have as many big big songs on it minus kashmir, as I was expecting. And it's solid. Very solid. Just less flash than I would have expected. I'll spin her round again to see but not that mind blowing.
This is #day229 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... yay, my first Led Zeppelin record on the list. I’ve never listened to it front to back before, and, well, I just did, and I have to agree with the consensus about the album's sprawling nature. Clocking in at almost 83 minutes, it’s just so fucking long. But then again, it’s Led Zeppelin—can you ever really get enough of their music? The album features gems like "In My Time of Dying," "Trampled Under Foot" (one my personal favorites), and the pure oral blessing that is "Kashmir." So, at least for this very reason, I can’t give it a 3. Even though I lost focus at times, this is a 4 out of 5. I predict it’s going to be one of my favorite artists. Because, well, there are so many albums of theirs ahead. Looking forward to #day230.
can't really say much except I liked it (7,5/10 committing sins in the daylight)
Can listen to this over and over again.
I feel like I’ve always seen talk about some numeral album of theirs. They all sleepin on this banger.
Classic, cool. More Led Zeppelin please
I love Led Zeppelin, So I thought this would be an instant hit. I think the music is incredible, and I know prog rock is criticised for being self-indulgent and you can see why here. This really was just too long for me and took me away from listening because I just couldn't keep my attention.
Listening to The Rover - "Hmm, maybe I actually quite like Led Zeppelin." Listening to In My Time of Dying - "Now I remember why I've avoided any deep dive before". Listening to Trampled Under Foot - "Yes, my instincts are correct." Listening to Kashmir - "maybe I'm back on board" Listening to In The Light - "I'm done" Just not into Plant's voice and lyrics, nor that level of guitar distortion, however impressive the playing might be. There's not much about the rhythm section that sparks joy or makes me want to dance either. Quite a lot of plodding, simple, swampy bass. Maybe such a big, unwieldy album isn't entry level stuff.
Just awesome. Not necessarily my favourite album of theirs. But really enjoyed my entire experience listening to it this time round.
Good stuff from the masters
Optimal Subliminal Rock hard Rock 3 times 5 stars in a row Only an album from Queen can stop that flow
Good rocker
90 minutes of me desperately trying to just focus on jpj and bonham, who are cooking hard as always, doing their best to carry jimmy page retracting every creative thought he's ever had and a completely voice-lost robert plant giving what has to be the worst vocal performance on any acclaimed album ever. u can prob tell i still dont like this album at all FHJFSHJFS besides coda this is clearly the worst zepp record for me. that being said, i do Get the two records that follow this one up (presence and in through the out door) and the general approach of those albums starts here...not much songwriting at all even by led zepp standards, just using a song skeleton as an excuse for the playing and the vibes. its not a bad approach, and i retroactively see the vision here, but the actual material still does nothing for me unfortunately especially in such large quantities. fair play of them to end the album by immortalizing their own pedophilia lol
Liked this one ok. Didn't really grab me, felt repetitive and uninspired. It also dragged on, especially on disc two. I know this album gets a lot of love, and maybe I just wasn't in the right space to really absorb it. I didn't hate it and there were a couple great songs but I overall just felt bored listening to it. Standouts: Kashmir, Ten Years Gone Rating: 3.25/5
these guys get it
I think that Led Zeppelin is a talented band, I don’t ever really listen to their stuff, but the album was good. I think it barely makes 4.
Nigdy nie zrozumiem dlaczego Led Zeppelin jest klasyfikowany jako metal/hard rock. To nie są ciężkie brzmienia (które sobie wyobrażałam widząc ich nazwę na koszulkach i plecakach kostkach), to jest lekkie granie. Melodyjne. Z dużym naciskiem na instrumenty (ten bas! Ta gitara). Wokal nie zdziera sobie gardła, jest ostry jak żyleta, ale brak w nim agresji. To jest bardzo czyste brzmienie dla mnie. Sama płyta się dłuży, wypadałoby ją okroić o kilka kawałków, ale i tak mocne, zasłużone 7.5/10
10/10. "Kashmir" is a masterpiece!!! :)
I am a Led Zeppelin fan - this, however, if not my favorite Led Zeppelin album. Kashmir rules! I give this a three. Also love In My Time of Dying and Houses of the Holy. You don't have to make every song ten minutes you guys! It's ok!
Great Album
Oh, I really enjoyed this and was NOT expecting to. I don't want to be one of those middle aged men who listen to Led Zeppelin... But I will listen again.
Listened to so much zeppelin in high school there’s just no possible way to be unbiased
I liked it but I also wish that there was a bit more structure. 3.5
Has a few good moments, but shows the limitations of album oriented music... Definitely drags in places
I forgot how good this one. First disc builds and intensity leading to the epic Kashmir. But 2nd disc is sneaky good. Ten Years Gone and Wanton Song are particularly excellent
Love Led Zeppelin and this album is a fucking classic
I LOVED this album so much, really gave me the right vibe of high energy and not giving a fuck I really needed to get through that essay. Was never the biggest fan of Led Zeppelin before, but for some reason this time it really just hit right
Honestly, this record feels like a "greatest hits" for Zep. It's one of the greatest albums of all time, and a really good example of how some double albums are not indulgent... they can be fantastic!
I don't know if it's possible for me to "listen" to this again. I mean, I can play it, but (like Murmur or Rumours) it's already so loud in my head.
I could almost give any album with Jimmy Page playing on it a 5. And I could almost give this one a 5 just for Kashmir. But it really should NOT have been a double album. Too much filler with songs that hadn't made the cut from previous albums.
This could be a lot shorter but the good parts are very good and the lads are clearly having fun.
Disc one was good. Disc two felt like filler. All these songs would be better if they were half as long, but I feel that way about 90% of zeppelin songs
This is a pretty solid album, I liked the second half more than the first, I’m not sure I can describe why but the first few tracks didn’t click much with me, I enjoyed the slower tracks of the second half more, I do think with was a solid album though it’s a classic for a reason. Rating: Good (Strong ☆☆☆) Favorite Tracks: Down By The Seaside, In The Light, Kashmir.
Once again prog rock stuff that I enjoy in the moment but don’t hold onto - maybe I’m just a pop boy
Okay. Led Zeppelin made some pretty fantastic music, but they also made some pretty tedious music that's difficult for my ADHD brain to stick with... and yeah, this particular album is nearly impossible for me to get through in one sitting. Good songs individually, but MAN. It's a lot.
The Paul's Boutique of Led Zepp
Perhaps, one of my overall top 20 albums. Not a single throwaway song in the bunch.
This starts so strong it blows through the slightly weaker section halfway straight through to the killer end
I didn't expect to get bored listening to a Led Zeppelin album, but here we are.
as I said :D próbáltam megszeretni mert jó zene ez, de nem meeeeegy.
I already knew this album but it had been a few years since I last listened. It was okay. I know this is a fan favorite but I just didn't vibe with it overall. There were a few songs that were amazing though but as a whole It was just okay for me
Good to try a new style - very cool but just not for me - I can see how it is for so many others though - thanks!
Physical Graffiti It is often said that Physical Graffiti is Led Zeppelin at its peak. Which is interesting because the album is a mixture of new songs and songs created in earlier sessions up through Houses of the Holy. Up through Kashmir (the first disc of a double album) the vibe is much different than what follows. If released separately, the first disc could be titled “Long Songs Where We Repeat Chords and Riffs Until We Get Bored.” This is the rockier disc and the structure of the songs are oddly repetitive. Almost as if there is no true bridge or chorus that we frequently expect in later rock albums. But it works quite well. I think the true hero of this disc is the rhythm section of Bonham and Jones. They provide the soul that holds the songs together in a powerful way. The second disc is almost a startling turn. Here the songs are influenced by different genres. Whereas the first disc provided raw intensity, the second disc allows us to cool down a bit. I enjoy these songs, but they are not frequently played like the first disc. Listening to Physical Graffiti makes me wonder what it was about Led Zeppelin that later 80s bands would cite as one of their biggest influences. These later bands played nothing like LZ. It almost makes LZ misunderstood and mislabeled as merely a hard rock band. But their songs, spanning multiple albums, visited many genres. They weren’t really a metal band in my view. I imagine 80s bands were focused on Plant’s high pitched vocals. But to single Plant out seems to miss the essence of LZ. They are truly a sum of parts. I could easily rate every Zeppelin album from II through Physical Graffiti as “5”. Maybe I should. I am a big LZ fan.
First half absolutely rivals every other LZ project. If it stopped there, it would probably be my favorite all-time album of theirs. But, the second half exists and while still incredible, it does not live up to the promise of the first half. Like I said, still incredible. But there’s a little too much bloat that leaves me wanting to restart the album after Kashmir.
Ihan pätevää Zeppeliiniä, laittoi pään nyökkymään. Tosi pätevää oikeastaan. Ei tuntunut yhtään pitkälle. Kashmir ainoa tuttu biisi, mutta oli kyllä tasaista Zeppelinin laatua koko levy. Parhaat: Kashmir, The Rover, Trampled Under Foot, The Wanton Song
Crazy good songs here. In The Light, Kashmir
Loved about half the album
Bardzo przyjemne, ale nie sluchałem uważnie. 4/5
Classic led zeppelin. This is probably my 6th favorite zeppelin album and I still really like it which is pretty crazy. The songs are super varied across the whole album and very quality. I think there is something lost compared to the other albums in terms of songs with a real punch. Outside of kashmir their isn't anything with that power. Some of the songs ramble a bit too long as well, contributing the the 1.5 hour runtime. That's what brings it down a bit to me, but still really cool album
superb. Really enjoyed
I know this some people's favorite Zeppelin album, but there's quite a bit of filler on here still ("Custard Pie," etc). However, there are some really fantastic songs on here; the album deserves 4 stars for "Kashmir" alone.
Great album
My all-time favorite Zeppelin album!
Hell yeah. (No other noted needed, its Led Zepplin. What do you expect?)
Best Zeppelin album? Best double album of all time? Physical Graffiti is absolutely in the conversation. Perfect album. No notes.
Not my favourite Led Zeppelin album (IV) but it’s definitely second.
Very good Zep
I wasn't expecting to, but I actually somewhat enjoyed it. I don't think this subgenre of rock is my thing, but there were a few songs I'll likely come back to, namely "Custard Pie" and "Kashmir."
In my opinion, one of the greatest rock albums of all time. LZ is so good. Each one of these dudes was at the top of their game. They're like an all star team of musicians. One of only a few bands where the "deep cuts" might be even better than the classics.
«I have two sides» moment. Шестой студийный альбом группы Led Zeppelin содержит всё то, за что эту группу любят и уважают: фирменное звучание, концептуальность альбома, запоминающиеся рифы, невообразимой красоты и уникальности вокал и великие треки. Physical Graffiti состоит из двух контрастирующих частей: в первой представлены композиции в жанре хард-рок, где барабаны в совокупности с гитарой выдают знакомое всем звучание Led Zeppelin. В ней же встречаются такие шедевры, как Kashmir (та самая песня из CS), 11-минутная In My Time Of Dying и заглавная Custard Pie. Переходной становится первая песня со второй части альбома In The Light, которая бодро начинается, но спокойно заканчивается, давая тем самым начало новой, более спокойной акустической части альбома. Следующие за ней треки Bron-Ur-Aur и Down by the Seaside показывают Led Zeppelin совсем с другой стороны, давая слушателям насладиться акустической гитарой и мелодичными ритмами. Альбом можно назвать слегка затянутым, в особенности из-за длинных треков, которых на нем предостаточно. Но это не мешает насладиться его атмосферой и красотой исполнения песен. Крутецкие 5/5.
It has really good songs, but for me its just too long and there are different levels of songs on this album that combined with its length takes the great ship down. (3.5/5.0)
Night flight, great song that reminds me of college.
Killer. The sound of Bonhams drums alone make this a classic. A bit too long to hit a perfect 5 but a three sided album gets a 4. Kashmir is incredible. Trampled Underfoot the shame
All timer
2nd best Zep lp. More of a slog to get thru now than it was then, but every song is great
Good album when it’s not fretwanking, which isn’t very often. Kashmir is a great song though. Would it have been a double album in the age of CDs? Not sure I gelled with most of the second disc. Probably worth it to have the 9 minute Kashmir though. Obviously one of the bands Jack White borrowed from.
vibes
Like groovy man, pretty much the definition of groovy man!
Not their best, but it does have a couple of jewels, such as Kashmir, Ten Years Gone, Wanton Song, and many songs that are just fine. 7/10
This is a fantastic single album stretched out into an ok double album.
Led Zeppelin’s double album, and it’s a good one. Some of the fat could have been trimmed to make it a bit tighter, particularly in the back end, but there is some really interesting work here. Edit: I had issues with this and still gave 5.
My favorite album by the mighty Mighty. One of my ten dessert island albums.
Loop Zoop surprised me with this one; I was always a bit annoyed with Plant's vocals (not my style) but the writing and instrumentals on this one are so good that they really do overpower his — for me — unpleasant voice. And even that is really tolerable on this one, unlike the other records it fits the album it's on. Really good stuff - runs a bit too long for me to give it a 5 though. But still, great - especially because and even if the rest of LZ for me is mostly a no. Favorite tracks: In My Time of Dying, Kashmir
Not for me
It has kasmir which is awesome. The albums too long overall though and I was getting bored.
Disc One - FUNK Disc Two - MYSTICAL PROG Disc Three - heavy folk Disc Four - A Grab bag o' blues If you make it through the whole thing you are rewarded with the tasty treat that is "Sick Again." Zeppelin's more "mystical" stuff is better entertainment than the prettier love songs for me. "Houses of the Holy," "Kashmir," and "In the Light" stand alone as a post-psychedelic excursion into other worlds, atmospheric, swirling, immense. Only Down By the Seaside leaves me wanting, and Ten Years Gone is a bit of a toss-off. But Led Zeppelin's toss-off is a thoudand other bands greatest possible achievement. This album is another monumental piece of work, a great bridge to their later more polished stuff.
Fantastic album that I've listened to many times before. Just about every song on here is amazing and has something new to share. It's a long album but it shows the band spreading out creatively and bringing their own signature to a number of genres. But also, Bonham is such a beast I'd probably give an instrumental drum version of this album 5 stars as well
I’m not going to sit here and say that Led Zeppelin are a shitty bar band doing lame blues covers, because they are a lot better than that. They are talented, they are genre pioneers, and I do like some of their songs, I know I do. But my god, does Physical Graffiti really support that exact critique. I just don’t have a lot of respect for a double album in general, and I definitely am not going to give any to a double album where literally half the record is material left on the cutting room floor from their last three (!!!) albums. And almost all of those songs are bad, which is why they were originally left on the cutting room floor. To make matters worse, though, the ~original~ material of here is barely any better. Physical Graffiti sounds simultaneously lazy and overly complicated. From the weird song structures that are so obviously try-hard to show off how quote-unquote ✨talented✨ they are as musicians, to the fucking length of each song that extends a literal stairway to the 9th circle of hell, to the fact that 85% of this record is just straight-up bar blues done badly, there is very little here worth one LP, let alone two. For fuck’s sake, of the 5 songs I liked, only three were originally intended for this recording session, with one of them being “Kashmir,” aka a song that I have basically known my whole fucking life and sincerely can’t untangle from my brain enough to look at it objectively. The rest? Well, “The Rover” is a song that I like in *comparison* to everything else on here, which isn’t saying much; “The Wanton Song” is the only metal-adjacent/trad-Zeppelin track on this record really, so it’s Zeppelin IV energy helps even if it was made for this record; “Ten Years Gone” is good only because it sounds like nothing else here and is a breath of fresh air; and “Bron-Yr-Aur” is 2 minutes long and an instrumental interlude, so it shouldn’t fucking count. Everything else here is insufferable to me. Whether it’s the weird cover-esque song “Boogie with Stu,” or the meandering “Houses of the Holy,” or the purposefully weird time signature of “Custard Pie,” it all sounds so obnoxious, and also so fucking vapid. Physical Graffiti has the exact same energy as a frat boi telling you about your own horoscope chart. I want to say that if I focus on the showiness of one player, especially Bonham, it becomes more tolerable, but also, good records are more than, “Wow, that drummer can play, man!” It’s not the worst record I’ve ever heard, but goddamn does it toe the line. Ban the double album, ban books on the occult from weird men, and ban interesting time signatures from bands that want to be blues bands but think they’re above that genre so they claim to be something else entirely. Physical Graffiti was a painful listen, and also feels like it really shouldn’t qualify to be on this list– both because of its background and because it just flat out sucks.
I LOVE LED ZEPPELIN!
Going through alot of firsts in this 1001 journey, this was my first Led Zeppelin album and I gotta say I've been missing out a little bit, a more than average lengthy listen here, with its ups and downs, but I'd say solid 4 stars here. I enjoyed it.
Yeah this album was what I expected. Nothing but heaters. Normally on an album, there's a song or 2 that are meh or bad, but this album was just good or great all around. Favorite Song: Trampled Under Foot
It certainly is an album by Led Zeppelin!
I'm enjoying this a lot more than their debut. The songs that stray a bit from pure hard rock are the standouts to me. Also, I feel like I'm walking out onto the pitch listening to Kashmir.
Aquí no puedo ni podré ser neutro. Son la banda por antonomasia, y jamás podré dejar mi ingreso por su puerta a su musica
Strong album. "The Rover" is my favourite Led Zeppelin song.
There are some really classic Led Zeppelin radio staples on Physical Graffiti. And there are plenty of great album cuts. But on the whole, Physical Graffiti suffers from double-LP bloat. As a set of recordings, it doesn't feel as unified in sound or theme as the Zeppelin LPs that came before it. And there are enough lesser tracks present to make me wish that they'd trimmed about 20-minutes off of this 80+ minute double album. It would have been a stronger album. The core songs here are excellent.
Kashmir is an all time best song, sadly nothing else on this album quite lives up too it. There are other great songs here though like Bron-Yr-Aur, Trampled Under Foot, and Houses of the Holy (which always bugged me that it was on this album). My biggest problems with this album are that I am just not crazy about In My Time Of Dying, and In The Light and they are so long they just take up such a large chunk of the album. Also the second half has a lot of filler that are throwaway songs. High 4.
Note : 1/5. Voilà. C'est dit. Le sacrilège est commis, la sentence est tombée. Je sens déjà les hordes de fans aux cheveux longs et aux jeans brodés de dragons affûter leurs médiators pour venir me faire la peau. Mais que voulez-vous, le projet "1001 Albums" est une quête de vérité, et ma vérité, la voici : je n'ai jamais, au grand jamais, pigé le délire Led Zeppelin. C'est une sorte d'allergie pathologique, un angle mort dans ma culture musicale pourtant, je crois, assez vaste. J'ai 55 balais au compteur, j'ai usé mes fonds de culotte dans les bacs à vinyles d'un disquaire indépendant, j'ai crié dans des micros de radios libres, j'ai vu des scènes s'effondrer sous le poids de l'ego de certains musiciens, mais Led Zep... ça m'est toujours passé dix kilomètres au-dessus du casque. C'est de la musique pour des gens qui lisent des livres avec des cartes dessinées au début. C'est de la musique pour des mecs qui trouvent qu'un solo de batterie de douze minutes, c'est une excellente idée. Pourtant, le livre me l'ordonne, et votre serviteur, discipliné (parfois), s'exécute. Me voilà donc, en 2025, à me farcir l'intégralité de Physical Graffiti. Un double album, tant qu'à faire. Pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire long, n'est-ce pas ? Soyons honnêtes et rendons à César ce qui lui appartient. Objectivement, ce disque est un monstre. Sorti en 1975, au sommet de leur gloire himalayenne, c'est l'oeuvre d'un groupe qui a conscience d'être le plus grand du monde et qui le fait savoir. Tout est surdimensionné : la durée, l'ambition, les riffs, la pochette... C'est le Boeing 747 du rock. On y trouve de tout : du hard rock qui tâche, du blues (très, très largement "inspiré" des anciens, comme d'habitude avec eux), des ballades folk à faire pleurer une mandoline, des escapades country, des délires quasi-progressifs... C'est une encyclopédie du rock des seventies. Le groupe est une machine de guerre, une force de la nature. Jimmy Page est un architecte du riff, un sorcier de la six-cordes, et John Bonham... Bon, d'accord, John Bonham frappe sur ses fûts comme si sa vie en dépendait et, oui, c'est absolument monstrueux de puissance et de groove. Le son de ce disque, pour l'époque, est colossal. Voilà, j'ai dit du bien. On peut passer aux choses sérieuses ? Parce que, bon sang de bonsoir, qu'est-ce que je me suis fait chier. Le premier obstacle, et il est de taille, c'est la voix de Robert Plant. Ce cri strident, cette plainte d'elfe sous hélium, ce hurlement de damné qui semble constamment chercher une note que seuls les chiens et les chauves-souris peuvent entendre... C'est au-dessus de mes forces. Sur "Kashmir", ce morceau que tout le monde cite comme le chef-d'oeuvre absolu, j'ai l'impression d'entendre un guide touristique pour créatures mythologiques me hurler dans les oreilles pendant huit minutes. C'est grandiose, c'est épique, c'est tout ce que vous voulez, mais ça me laisse de marbre. C'est de la musique de stade, conçue pour être écoutée par 80 000 personnes en plein air, pas dans mon salon avec un café. Ensuite, il y a la boursouflure. Un double album ! Pour quoi faire ? Pour nous infliger des morceaux qui n'auraient jamais dû quitter le plancher de la salle de répétition. C'est le syndrome du "on est les rois du pétrole, donc tout ce qu'on fait est génial". Eh bien non. Il y a du remplissage, des longueurs, des moments où l'on sent qu'ils se regardent jouer en se trouvant formidables. C'est de l'onanisme musical, de l'auto-congratulation en bande organisée. Quand on a été élevé au punk et au post-punk, à l'urgence, à l'idée qu'une chanson doit aller droit au but en moins de trois minutes, écouter un morceau comme "In My Time of Dying" (onze minutes, onze !) c'est une épreuve. Et puis, il y a ce mysticisme de pacotille, cette fascination pour l'occulte, le médiéval, le "does my bustle still bustle in your hedgerow?". Ça manque de béton, de crasse, de réalité. C'est une musique qui flotte dans l'éther, qui parle de montagnes brumeuses et de reines sans nom. Pendant ce temps-là, à New York, les Ramones branchaient leurs guitares pour nous parler de sniffage de colle et de passages à tabac. Disons que je me sens plus proche du second sujet. Alors, bien sûr, je respecte. Je respecte le travail, le succès colossal, l'influence indéniable. J'ai vendu des palettes de ce disque à des clients qui avaient les larmes aux yeux en me le tendant. Pour des millions de gens, "Physical Graffiti" est une pierre angulaire de leur existence. Qui suis-je pour juger ? Juste un vieux con qui, après une heure et demie d'écoute, a juste envie de se mettre un bon vieux morceau des Buzzcocks pour se nettoyer les oreilles. Le livre dit que je dois l'entendre avant de mourir. C'est fait. Je peux maintenant mourir tranquille, en sachant que je n'aurai plus jamais à l'écouter. C'est un poids en moins. La prochaine fois, j'espère un truc un peu moins... zeppelinien. Allez, sans rancune.
3.5
Love Led Zeppelin, if if the songs are to long
Like a lot of double albums could do with being trimmed a bit but still some absolute classics here 4.5*
Kashmir. Enough said
Ya know… never been able to get into led zeppelin
I’m slowly but surely becoming a Led Zeppelin fan thanks to this challenge. Physical Graffiti is nothing short of a masterpiece, and I absolutely love it. The guitar work on this album is exceptional, truly some of the best I've heard. The lyrics and vocals are powerful and captivating, adding so much depth to each track. One thing that stood out to me is how much Trampled Under Foot reminds me of Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand. It feels like the band must have drawn inspiration from this track while crafting that iconic song. Favorite tracks: Trampled Under Foot and Kashmir Least favorite: Honestly, every song is worth a listen—there’s not a bad track on this album. Album artwork: The cover art is brilliant—I love its design.
Didn't blow me away.
Great album. Very little "borrowed" music on it. So that's a plus. Lots of great songs and great musicianship.
Before: If I'm being completely honest here, I fucking hate Led Zepplin. I don't think they're as good as everyone makes them out to be. It also doesn't help that every music class I had for two years, this one boy wouldn't stop playing Stairway to Heaven on the guitar. So I'm going in extremely biased but I'll give it a go After: It's nice to know I'm right about something, though I'll admit I didn't expect to be extremely bored during this album. All of the songs sounded almost identical to each other, why is this album rated as highly as it is?
Led Zeppelin is Led Zeppelin but this record didn’t really blow me away or anything. Guitar riffs were kind of repetitive in most songs. Objectively, it’s cool but yeah just not what I’d seek out. Favorites: The Rover, Down by the Seaside, Ten Years Gone
I’m sure it was great at the time but not my cup of tea. I do like Boogie with Stu a lot though.
rock n roll will never die
4/5
Le dernier grand album de Led Zeppelin. Le disque 1 est immense, le 2eme plus inégal mais avec quelques pépites moins connues.
Always loved Kashmir and I could listen to most of this again but nothing really captivating
Music’s great but the bloat on this double album makes me waver on my rating. Like, I really like the song Kashmir but it’s too repetitive to run for 8+ minutes.
Led Zeppelin has a seat at the head table, always have, always will. And there is a reason for that. I am NOT in love with classic rock and yet I love this. This band is, was, and always will be fantastic across the boards. Very rarely do bands like this come along and we are, collectively, as music lovers, better off for them. Even if you, like me, are not a huge fan of their genre.
Очередные динозавры
Trots along nicely then you hit Kashmir - classic - takes it to another level
Wth is he saying at the end of in my time of dying? I've often wanted to look up the lyrics but I'm going to keep it a mystery 😉🤣🤘🏻. This album has always meant a lot to me... And I've discovered different tracks through the years. Kashmir was always a favorite of mine, and I love the guitar riff in the opening song, custard pie was always a not so famous favorite of mine. Disc 2s the Wonton Song is another one with an exceptional riff that is a hidden gem.
LED Zepplin’s sound has a heavy dark fog that is distinctive and dramatic. Certainly the best at their craft. Could have been a single album, it gets long.
I'm a big Led Zeppelin fan so I'm no stranger to this album, but it's not my favourite of theirs. I've always felt like the back half was way too bloated, unfortunately I usually skip most that comes after Ten Years Gone (with the exception of The Wanton Song), it just feels unnecessary. The album does have some of my all time favourites, though. Favourite song: The Rover Other highlights: Kashmir, Trampled under foot, Ten years gone 4.5 stars
If you haven’t gotten the Led out in a while, I recommend doing so, but I’d put on Houses of the Holy or Led Zeppelin 2 instead. Physical Graffiti obviously has some huge songs on it, but there’s a few I could do without and the band has more thorough albums for me personally.
More chill than I expected, Kashmir is obviously great but the album was quite long... felt a bit too much
Feels kinda swampy, groovy, grundgy. Why is the first song called custard pie? Seems a bits mysogynistic. Like I know nothing about music but the git long guitar solos seem unneccasary and a bit showy off-y. The lead singers voice is really jarring. The songs go on a bit too. Like I see why people like it but not for me
Despite the length, I am going to go with a 4. Overall, I enjoyed the variety. The guitar, drums, and Plant’s voice were spot on. If the album were about 20 minutes shorter then would be a 5.
I understand the hate for it being long but just at least acknowledge that the skill that they all possess is ridiculously good.
I'm shocked I loved this as much as I do. Normally I'm pretty opposed to albums over an hour long and this one was pushing hour and a half territory. But they make it work and work well. They all sound incredible and I think track 3 showcases it the best. Just phenomenal. The variety is really what helps this album, it is all over the place. So many different styles and feels to each song. Without all the variety there's no way this would be getting as high of a score as it is. Loved this, much better than their debut (which is the only other album I've listened to). Great album.
I'm only familiar with a handful of tracks from this album. there are quite a few really good ones on here-love the driving beats, and forward guitars, Plant's vocals are stronger than other albums. BUT it is waaaaaay too long. should have been divided into two entirely separate albums & would have been much stronger. 3.5 stars
(8 known/13 new)
I liked ittt. I gotta listen to more led zeppelin fr. Very cool sound
It’s too long a hour and half is too long for any album
Propper hard rock.
A rambling shambles of an album that not even Kashmir can salvage! Didn’t get them back then and still don’t get them now!
4eme album de Led Zep généré. Même sentiment qu'avec les 3 autres : l'album contient quelques pépites vraiment intéressantes (Kashmir +++, In the Light, Ten Years Gone +) et d'autres morceaux très moyen. Malheureusement sur un double album (qu'il est long ...) les moyens sont majoritaires. =>2/5
Classic blues and rock, good punch to the face in a double album, filled with classics
Who would Led Zeppelin be without John Bonham?
Favourite zeppelin so far. I wasn't too huge on their other stuff (obviously it's enjoyable and amazing, but it's not blowing me away) but side C of this! Wow. Incredible.
Great album from a great band!
Most of the songs on this album are solid-a few that I don’t ever need to hear again (not because they’re bad, but because I maybe played Kashmir one too many times in high school) and a few that feel like a bit of filler, but overall a strong album. 3.5 stars.
These guys rock
This project has made me warm towards Led Zeppelin to some degree. I really wasn’t a fan at the start of this list, but I can see the appeal in a certain time and place now. But end of the day, I’d rather listen to Long Train Running than Trampled Under Foot or Wake Up than Kashmir.
Nothing too special, probably won't listen again. Had some solid solos on there though.
All in on Zep I fear
If it's Led Zeppelin, it's good.
Two thumbs up for Led.
Something you'd listen to if you're up to no good, must be a classic for many, just not my style
Led Zeppelin... Ik snap niet wat mensen hier nu zo geweldig aan vinden, misschien heb ik nog niet het juiste album gehoord maar dit is gewoon niet zo bijzonder voor mij. Dit klinkt gewoon als simpele hardrock, ik ben vooral geen fan van de zanger. Anderhalf uur is veel te lang voor een album trouwens, of het moet echt goed zijn en continue iets nieuws doen en dat is gewoon niet het geval bij dit album. Nummers worden compleet uitgesmeerd, al was het 11 minuten durende In My Time of Dying wel mijn favoriet, tenminste totdat de zanger besloot dat dit nummer wel wat enthousiast gekreun kon gebruiken! Kashmir, als grootste hit, voelt een beetje als 'Blauwe Ballen het nummer'. Het hele nummer voelt als een opbouw naar iets episch, maar eigenlijk komt het niet helemaal tot ontploffing? God, ik ga slecht op de zanger zeg, wat een vervelende stem... Als instrumentaal trio had ik dit denk ik best 3 of 4 sterren kunnen geven, maar deze zanger, gecombineerd met het feit dat dit album te veel tjak bevat, vooral in de 2e helft zeg.. Dat zorgt toch echt voor 2 sterren, wat een lange zit zeg.. FAVO: Trampled under foot, Bon-Yr-Aur
Even though this is my era I didn’t grow up with LZ, it wasn’t my family’s thing and I was too little to have a choice in the matter. This is the first time I have listened to a LZ album all the way through. Would give it 10 stars if I could. What is so interesting is to realize that everyone that came after them simply copied them. I have been listening to LZ via every artist since, as all they do is channel LZ in one form or another. truly groundbreaking artists.
I enjoyed this album, it reminded me of Jack White but more voluminous and detailed
The Rover for the win. Ok this might be my favorite album of theirs. So many good tracks. Kind of crazy cause I think Kashmir is the weakest track. Yeah it’s a landmark but it doesn’t have the spunk or vibe of all these other tracks. Dang what a finish.
Mais um disco que sofre do mal do disco duplo: acaba tendo coisa demais que poderia ser resumida em um disco só. O fato de apontarem muitas direções diferentes ao mesmo tempo que traz músicas interessantes, acaba tirando o foco do disco.
faz um EP com bron-yr-aur e kashmir e eu subo uma estrela
Kashmir and Bron-Yr-Aur were good, but since I left my air guitar at home the rest of the album wasn’t as fun.
I was not a super fan. It seemed okay in the background.
Great album. Listened many times with my father in my childhood.
Love the opening half or so. This was first zeppelin album I got into
Dare I say better than IV, Symbols, whatever you want to call it?
This is the eleventh album I’m rating. I am familiar with Zeppelin 1-4. However, I have yet to listen to a full Led Zeppelin album. I’m also not familiar with this album aside from Kashmir but I hope this is as good as Zeppelin’s other stuff. Custard Pie - Adding to my Playlist. This is definitely a Led Zeppelin song. The Rover - Not Adding to my Playlist. I don’t like the singing. In My Time of Dying - Not Adding to my Playlist. This is way too long. Houses of the Holy - Adding to my Playlist. I didn’t know this was on Physical Graffiti. I always assumed this was from Houses of the Holy. Trampled Under Foot - Not Adding to my Playlist. This is pretty boring. Kashmir - Adding to my Playlist. I’m surprised I didn’t already add this. In the Light - Not Adding to my Playlist. The singing sounds bad but I like the synth on this song. Also, way too long. Bron-Yr-Aur - Not Adding to my Playlist. This sounds different and I don’t like it. Down by the Seaside - Adding to my Playlist. A nice and peaceful song that just sounds good. Ten Years Gone - Adding to my Playlist. A little long but pretty good. Night Flight - Not Adding to my Playlist. I’m not a fan of the singing. The Wanton Song - Not Adding to my Playlist. Side four is pretty disappointing. Boogie with Stu - Adding with my Playlist. I don’t know who Stu is but this sounds pretty good. Black Country Woman - Not Adding to my Playlist. The singing was nice at first but it started getting annoying. Sick Again - Not Adding to my Playlist. Usually I like Plant’s singing but something just feels wrong. All in all I liked 6/15 of the songs. This was a pretty disappointing album, I expected better from Led Zeppelin, I mean it isn’t bad, just not that great.
Another absolute banger from koffi, in the light probably my favourite but so many good tracks on this. Mid 5.
An epic hammer of an album and one of my favourites outside the numbered albums. It's long and big in scope but has great dynamics between the songs so doesn't outstay its welcome and become a chore.
It’s good, just not into the sound
Zeppelin are always great on the singles, but repetitive in an album. Some outstanding tracks in kashmir and houses of the holy but overall a dull experience. I don't see myself returning to the album just the hits.
Boomer rock doesn't do it for me, mid
It was fine. I've never been a huge LZ fan. All of their songs felt a bit dull.
Never gave this a listen before, but I am very familiar with LZ1 and LZ4 so I have some perspective. A decent addition to the discography . Led Zeppelin always gets bonus points from me because their lyrics are only really about 3 topics: 1. LOTR and other mystical realms 2. Love making (Minus points for having a ton of lyrics that didnt age well.) 3. Bluesy type shit Definitely too long.
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin god damn i'm sorry this is so boring to me. trampled under foot is the first track that stands out to me. i like the bouncy feeling of it. i recognise kashmir, it's pretty alright. the guy singing has the worlds most annoying voice though. i will never call myself a bad singer again the rest of the songs so far on disk 1 have blended into a blob in my mind. the start of in the light is pretty currently at down by the seaside, the main word coming to my mind is 'slog' beat switch was cool tho releaseeee meeeee that riff in ten years gone was slightly irritating as i was listening, i googled and found an article on led zeppelin. i noticed kurt cobain said they sing about their dicks too much. I haven't been listening to the lyrics because the music doesn't make me interested in them, but if most of the songs are about sex that's actually boring as fuck lol. kurt cobain seems to have a lot of similar criticisms to me, rip dude wanton song was an absolute snooze oh jesus and they are plagiarists?? i feel awful for the people they stole from, damn. imagine these guys stealing your song and turning it into the blandest shit i've heard in a while. why do people rave about these jerks? i mean i know the answer but i won't bring it up in a music review or it'll turn into a rant black country woman- uhh i hate this sick again- hey what the fuck are these lyrics? "From the window of your rented limousine I saw your pretty blue eyes One day you're gonna reach SIXTEEN? Painted lady in the city of lies" i fucking hate this shit i hate it i hate it stay away from teenagers you fucking freaks oh thank fuck its the last song 1/5 this was ass
Diverse, big rock record. Don’t love every song but the great ones carry it far for me.