Led Zeppelin III

Just gets better and better every song.

- Yesss, Led Zeppelin, finally <3 und hoffentlich nicht das letzte Mal - Ich mache ja kein Geheimnis daraus, Led Zeppelin ist nach den Beatles in meiner Wahrnehmung die größte und wichtigste Band aller Zeiten - aber meinen allgemeinen Zeppelin Hype spare ich mir mal für ein Album auf, das sicher noch kommen wird… - Ich muss sagen, dass ich die Platte lange Zeit nicht wirklich geschätzt habe. Bis auf den unfassbaren „Immigrant Song“ und „Since I‘ve been loving you“ wollte immer nicht besonders viel hängenbleiben und ich fand das Album in der Vergangenheit teilweise etwas einschläfernd - Beim erneuten Hören habe ich nun eine ganz andere Erfahrung gemacht! - Also grundsätzlich ist das Album auf jeden Fall ein Turning Point im Sound und Style von LZ. Auch wenn sie vorher durchaus neben den Hard-Rock Nummern auch immer wieder Acoustic Songs eingebaut haben, ist hier doch ein klarer Shift hin zu einem breiteren Portfolio aus Folk, Akustik, Blues, (Hard-)Rock und dabei einem klareren Fokus auf den ersten beiden genannten Richtungen. - Das Album legt somit den Grundstein für Led Zeppelin IV, auf dem die Mischung dann auf ein anderes Level gehoben und perfektioniert wird - Neben den Hits ist „Tangerine“ ein extrem geiler Song - Ebenso „That‘s the way“ oder auch „Celebration Day“ und einige andere - Grundsätzlich finde ich Led Zeppelin III das „schwächste“ aus der Album-Quatrologie, was immer noch super ist! - Vielleicht werde ich mich dem Album jetzt auch nochmal öfter widmen, ich glaube es ist einfach ein Album in das man sich reinhören muss. Da es mir nun schon sehr viel besser gefallen hat als sonst, würde ich weitere Bewertungssteigerungen nicht ausschließen… Rating: 4,25-4,5/5

- Cooles Album, gehört aber leider nicht zu meinen Favoriten - Während ich andere LZ-Alben gerne am Stück höre, wende ich mich bei III eigentlich immer nur einigen einzelnen Tracks zu, da es für meinen Geschmack eine zu große Varianz für mich innerhalb des Albums gibt - Immigrant Song, Celebration Day und Gallows Pole absolute Banger. Der Rest fällt bei mir leider etwas runter. - Fand die Prog und Hard Rock Zeps immer ein bisschen geiler, als die Akustik Folk Zeps (Auch da gibt es natürlich Außnahmen und grandiose Songs) Und ich finde den Blues und Folk-Einschlag auf dieser Platte leider etwas zu doll. - Nichtsdestotrotz ist es immer noch Led Zeppelin und die haben einfach immer Charme und Charakter 4/5

its fine

Not at the level of the first two but still a solid one

very great tunes tangerine is jus great, not all songs are my fav but really good .

Some classic stuff, occasionally feels like a glorified garage jam band though.

Couple standouts but nothing special

Amazing! Love it.

I get a doomsday-vibe listening to this album, and it hits me how much inspiration Guns n' Roses have drawn from Zeppelin.

My favorite Led Zeppelin album is Physical Graffiti, it wasn’t always, but it is at the moment. Really any of their first 6 albums have been a favorite at some point, they’re all just so good. They had three phases each consisting of three albums, I-III, IV-Physical Graffiti, and Presence-In Through the Out Door. I was always the middle phase fan. I was getting tired of hearing “Immigrant Song” but then the opening scene in Thor Ragnorok completely revitalized how I hear that song. It was such a perfect pairing of old and new, still gives me chills when I watch that movie. I’m sure more Zeppelin albums will be on here, I love them all and I don’t really have any cool stories about my life long enjoyment of their music but I’ll try harder when we get to the middle three.

Immigrant Song is a great start to the album. Such a banger, and my favorite. I love the music on Friends, but his voice doesn't go well with it. There's a heavy Blues element on this album, particularly on Since I've Been Loving You. Mars Volta has drawn influence from this one, no doubt. There's bluegrass and country on this album, too. Extremely diverse record. My favorite record from them is Houses of the Holy followed by Physical Graffiti, but this one ranks III for me.

Growing up in 80's New Jersey--around the high school kids and especially in line for rides at Great Adventure (i.e., Six Flags)--I'd see plenty of cool kids wearing band tee-shirts of groups too unsafe for my parents to allow me a listen. By the time my elementary and middle school mind finally heard The Doors, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Led Zeppelin, I wasn't ready for it. I didn't get it; it was too far removed in sound and theme from the Sesame Street, Chipmunks, and Smurfs albums I had in my boyhood collection (and still have, and they're great, btw (well, maybe not the Smurfs)). But THAT many people couldn't be wrong, could they? Could they? Instead of doubling down on my initial opinions, I figured it was me; it was something I just didn't understand yet, a greatness that needed time before all will be revealed. Of course, I eventually favored many of these groups, but never fully got around to giving Zep a deep listen. Similarly to Bowie, I started with the wrong album (Coda, because hey, it has a drum solo (and Space Oddity, if yer curious)); similarly, I heard singles I liked but couldn't fully dig in to albums like I wanted. So this is my first complete listen to Led Zeppelin III, continuing their trend of boringly uninspired album titles that offer no hints of the inventiveness within. And kicking it all off with "Immigrant Song" is a surprising knock out blow that hits you hard just as you drop the needle. I took a trip to Iceland in 2016 and this song kept bubbling up to my subconscious, that driving bass-and-bass-drum gallop propelling me through the trip. Like many of the songs I heard in my youth, I often sang along without really considering the lyrics. I realized I was singing "We come from the land of the ice and snow," and as I kept singing "From the midnight Sun where the hot springs blow," I understood why my mind was playing this back to me. Granted I went in January (cold enough???) when there was no midnight Sun as darkness was 18 hours a day (and it seemed like I was always witnessing the sun rise and set throughout the day), but we did experience plenty of hot springs and geysers. A quick search of lyrics and sure enough I see they wrote this about Iceland. Now I could yield this personal mental theme confidently as a weapon like Thor's Hammer as I dominated and conquered this land for the remainder of the trip, looking out a window of a heated tour bus and eating my 'Cool American' Doritos. Regardless . . . what a way to open an album. Wow, I know almost all of these songs; I would imagine a Greatest Hits album would consist of some random singles and almost this entire album, much like Rumours and the greatest hits of Fleetwood Mac. "Since I've Been Loving You" is a prime example of this band's ability to not just hit the right notes, but to make them lyrical, connected, and emotive. How many times have I heard someone play the blues scale, but not PLAY the blues? Led Zeppelin makes every sound sing, cry, strut, or wail. The music breathes. The vocal and guitar performance here moves me in a way most blues does not, both paying homage to the genre and pushing it to new heights. I move and swell along with the band; they take me, and I'm not fighting it. I wouldn't think I'd give any album a 5-star review for only one song, but if ever there was a case for it, "Since I've Been Loving You" would be it. Fortunately, the rest of the album is great, so need for this distinction. If this song showcases Jimmy Page's inspired playing, "Celebration Day" puts John Paul Jones' bass playing on display, climbing all over the bass like it owes him lunch money. Let's not discount his organ and mandolin contributions as well. What an experience. We get hard rock, folk, blues and even the dreamscapes of "Tangerine" and "That's the Way" on this album. None of it sounds out of place, none of it is redundant, and no trace of Tolkien anywhere. It's a win. The only song that doesn't do much for me is "Hats Off to Harper." (Yes, I left out "(Roy)" but it rolls better that way, as I'm sure they're aware, hence the parentheses.) I never even heard Roy Harper, but he's got some kind of hold over the Brits. (Except for The Wall soundtrack) the only non-member of Pink Floyd to sing male lead vocal on a song was Roy Harper on Wish You Were Here's "Have a Cigar." Then I heard of this song title about a month later and thought, "just who all owes this guy some favors?" Anyways, this isn't a bad song, but it is standard 8 bar blues of which I'm not a fan, as it is predictably formulaic. Robert Plant sings it beautifully, though. Again like Bowie, I can finally see what all the fuss is about. Like Bowie, I will add more of their gems to my collection. It's a win.

This is somewhere between three and four stars for me. I enjoyed this, with Immigrant Song being the obvious standout; that song never fails to get me hyped up. I listened to it while going hard on the Stairmaster, and I was glad it was under two-and-a-half minutes in length. The rest of the songs, while not "low energy" were not as hard hitting. A lot of blues. I quite enjoyed "Since I've Been Loving You" which is longer and unfolds and builds slowly into a blusey crescendo, and "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp," bringing a galloping, twangy energy setting it apart from the rest of the tracks. This music doesn't seem like 1970 to me somehow. It doesn't feel newer, nor older than that either. And it doesn't feel British. It's like they mined the best in American blues and country/bluegrass, put those influences in a blender, and came up with something familiar but still it's own separate thing and still of them.

The mighty Led Zeppelin. They always bring a smile to my face. I know a lot of songs on this album through listening to them on compilations. I did like this album and for me it's tough to go wrong with Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin is one of those bands that upon first hearing them as a 14 year old in the 90s I automatically liked what I heard. John Paul Jones and John Bonham are two of my all time favorite drum and bass duos. They are up there with Aston and Carlton Barrett, Flea and Chad Smith, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk, Chris Squire and Bill Bruford, Geddy and Neil, Les Claypool and Brain. I spent countless hours trying to learn Led Zeppelin songs on my bass. Sometimes I was successful other times not. The guy puts on a clinic in so many of his songs. I am probably biased on this one because Led Zeppelin is probably one of my top 20 bands. This album is good. Led Zeppelin is one of those bands that can weave in and out of genres yet still be themselves. That is what I hear on this one. 'Immigrant Song' is a juggernaut. 'Out on the Tiles' is one I hadn't really listened to much and I will be adding it to my Likes on Spotify. Bonham is relentless on it. I dug the strings on Friends.

So good. Loved "Out on the Tiles" "Tangerine" and "That's the Way". The last song wasn't loading so I almost skipped it, but boy I'm glad I didn't. Can hear where Jack White gets some of his inspo from for sure.

Led Zeppelin's music is solid. Robert Plant's vocals sound like someone put a cat in a bag and proceeded to kick it for 45 minutes.

Can't dig on too much Zep. Blame 101 The Fox

Love Led Zeppelin, great album Top tracks: Immigrant Song, Since I’ve Been Loving You, Gallows Pole, Tangerine, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp

Admittedly I probably have a classic rock bias, so I may rate this one a bit higher than it's worth but it's an enjoyable listen. Out on the Tiles was a surprise standout. 7.5/10 (3.75/5)

Perhaps my least favorite of all the Led Zep albums aside from In Through the Out Door and Coda. Grew on me over time. Since I’ve Been Loving You is perhaps in my top Led Zeppelin songs, especially their live version. Would give this 3 1/2 stars if possible, knowing I would rate their others 4-5 stars. Also enjoy this album more than the ones I ranked 3 stars so far.

Third Led Zeppelin album in less than two weeks. I guess we're just gonna pound all of these out at once, huh? Let's listen. Eh, it's no masterpiece. Starts off strong with the iconic "Immigrant Song" but kind of peters out after that. I don't think it's Led Zeppelin fatigue, I just don't think the highs hit quite as high as in Led Zeppelin I and IV (the LZ albums I've already drawn so far). Interesting that this is the point in time in which LZ shifted into a more folk rock sound, but a few of the tracks feel...experimental as a result.

What an opener Then a settling, soft side As rock bleeds to folk

I love Immigrant Song but otherwise I'm not really that big a Led Zeppelin fan. Try as I might nothing much grabs me. They can play and they can sing and some of their songs are epic however something feels missing

Good album. Favourites- immigrant song, out on the tiles, that’s the way

Immigrant song as an opener goes HARD. The rest was nice but did not blow my mind like other LZ albums here. 3* Highlights: immigrant song,

Led Zeppelin at their very best - one of my favorite albums

As someone who grew up with streaming, and has pretty much only listened to music like that, something I find really interesting is to listen to an older album from before streaming or even CDs, and figure out where the split between side A and side B is. One of the things I love about this album, is how it almost feels like 2 smaller albums, but still sounds really good as one coherent piece. Side A is just classic Zepplin, and their iconic blues rock sound. And the way they change things so drastically but naturally on side B is amazing, taking a more acoustic borderline folky approach to their music but still remaining true to their signature sound.

Parts of this album dragged for me. I like Zeppelin, though never enough to buy one of their albums. Sure, I ripped one or two from Pirate Bay eventually, after reading When Giants Walked the Earth. The first song here is a good example of how I can get charged up listening to them, and then lose interest as the album progresses.

Thumbs up

What an opening Immigrant Song is. So many of these songs I rarely hear, like Out on the Tiles, but are great.

This is classically good. They have a great sound that is very distinct and bluesy….and very much rock.

It started off really well, but faded farther into the album.

Fantastic album. "Since I've Been Loving You" is an all time favourite.

Of all the pedophile rapists in the world, Robert Plant is certainly one of them.

We come from the land of the ice and snow From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow The hammer of the gods Will drive our ships to new lands To fight the horde, sing and cry Valhalla, I am coming On we sweep with threshing oar Our only goal will be the western shore We come from the land of the ice and snow From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow How soft your fields so green Can whisper tales of gore Of how we calmed the tides of war We are your overlords On we sweep with threshing oar Our only goal will be the western shore So now you'd better stop and rebuild all your ruins For peace and trust can win the day despite of all your losing Yeah, this is a must-hear album if there ever was one. 5/5

For once, a classic I thoroughly enjoyed !

The hiss on this is weird, right? Like it was mastered direct to cassette, which was then duped 3-4 generations prior to pressing.

This album is like a shit sandwich, but the shit is actually the bread while the middle is delicious. Celebration Day would have made an excellent album opener.

I always feel like III is the black sheep of the first four Zeppelin albums. Much more unplugged and raw. And while I love it for what it is, I do find that this and I are always the two I come back to the least. Need to be in a certain mood to really enjoy the whole album. Still incredible because nothing Zeppelin ever did was short of incredible, but it's never the first record I'm reaching for. Top tracks: Immigrant Song, Tangerine, That's the Way

A great album showed the creativity in the band. So many musical instruments on the album, both acoustic and electric. Great writing and arrangements.

Part of my enjoyment from listening to this album came from having a friend play along with me. It was a real joy to have someone with which to discuss how fire each song here was. Highly recommend.

a couple songs that I really enjoyed on here--Immigrant Song & Since I've Been Loving You--the others didn't stand out as much. They were just your typical Zep sound.

One the greatest classics. May test the changing tastes over time.

This one is a classic. Very enjoyable from start to finish

Rock on. Great licks and psychedelic sounds.

Excellent album. Definitely some songs I knew, but I thought they were all pretty good.

Average Zeppelin

"Led Zeppelin III" is a remarkable departure from the band's earlier work, showcasing a more diverse range of influences and experimentation. While their previous albums leaned heavily on blues and hard rock, this album delves into folk, acoustic, and even hints of country music. Tracks like "Immigrant Song" and "Out on the Tiles" maintain the band's signature energy and intensity, while songs like "Gallows Pole" and "Tangerine" demonstrate their ability to craft intricate, melodic compositions. The acoustic-driven tracks like "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" and "That's the Way" reveal a softer, more introspective side to the band. The album's artwork and packaging, featuring a rotating wheel of images, further emphasize the band's desire to break away from convention and explore new artistic avenues. While some fans may have initially been taken aback by the departure from their established sound, "Led Zeppelin III" has since become recognized as a bold and innovative statement from one of rock's most iconic bands.

Musta been ahead of its time because it’s better now than it was in the 70s. This album is tucked in between II and IV so didn’t get much play at our house (other than Immigrant Song - we would play that one frequently.) Who’s listening to III when ya can listen to IV? We did love the Huusker -Du cover (which may in fact be why this album makes the 1001 list.) Solid album with a lot of variety in songs (3.6*s)

This album is often overlooked due to Led Zeppelin's other massive hits but it deserves a serious re-listen (LZ fan or not). It's the most varied in style and the song "Tangerine" truly belongs on their top list. The blues vibe and build up on "Since I've Been Loving You" is so good you're just dripping in emotion by the end of it. I also really dug the more acoustic and folksy songs on this album that I previously forgot about. You can feel the passion throughout. This is real music people.

Let's go! Get the Led out. This album shows the range and talent of this monster band. With how much great music they have, this album doesn't stand at the top but it is strong none the less. Starts you right out on an epic viking journey to Valhalla and then sends you through a more mellow, instrumenatlly rich, song romp. Plant sounds great. Love the album cover as well...husker du style.

I've always found III to be the weakest of Zeppelin's "core" albums. This re-listen confirmed this. Outside of some of Plant's vocals it does very little to highlight any of the strengths of the band. There are hardly any riffs or solos from Page. The drumming doesn't feature much of Bonham's hard hitting style or creative fills. Not much of what JPJ does on his other instruments stands out compared to their later work. It's not that its a bad album its just a clear step below nearly everything else in their discography. For some reason they leaned a little more into a folky rockabilly style which is fine but not as good as what they moved into. It's still a good album, it's just mostly forgettable when you put it up against a handful of all-timers from the rest of their catalog. The album is limited in terms of its "hits" though I will say I've been sleeping on Since I've Been Loving You for years. 3.35 stars

Increasingly aware that I don’t know any language to describe music so Im confident no one can disagree when I say this is a classic because of all the good noises

I think that this one gets a little left out in the general Led Zep conversation, which is a shame. It’s also seen as their acoustic record, which is understandable, but that doesn’t do justice to the rockers, which are all fucking barnburners, or Since I’ve Been Loving You which is just a masterpiece Blues jam. It’s the ‘essential’ Led Zep album I come back to least, but when I do I remember how much I like it. It’s a high 9

I feel like the more Zeppelin I listen to the less I like them :-/ They're starting to feel like AC / DC to me — for the most part, if you've heard one of their songs you've heard them all. Also, the lyrics are major yikes on some of the songs. The "Gallows Pole" is just gross — dude pimps out his sister to try to get the hangman to commute his sentence and the dude's like 'thanks for sending your sister to keep me warm ... still gonna kill you, though.' BARF. And what was that whole thing about front doors and back doors on "Since I've Been Lovin You"?? 3/5 One star for the "Immigrant Song" and two stars because it's not literally unlistenable, but I wish I could go back in time to when I'd only ever heard the IV album.

An absolute classic album, cementing Zeppelin as the monolith of 70’s rock!

‘Friends’ reminds me of The White Stripes, who I think are big fans of Led Really liked ‘Bron-Y-Aur Stomp’

Never heard this album- knew some songs ( Immigrant Song, Gallows Pole, Since Ive been loving you). Just love the flow and all the songs are great. They are known for rocking out but the ballads are just next level. Totally awesome.

- immigrant song most recognizable (thanks school of rock) - friends has a damn good guitar riff (wtf are those synths) - since i've been loving you has the best guitar solo so far - tf is going on in gallow's pole - tangerine > immigrant song - 4/5, last 2 tracks are skippable

От стерео в последнем трэке у меня закружилась голова ((

So, it's Zepplin III, one of their more folkiest, acoustic albums which was conceived at a remote Scottish cottage. There are several bangers in the first half of the album; Immigrant Song, Celebration Day, and Gallows Pole, but the rest is kind of boring.

No THIS is my actual favorite Led Zeppelin…until the next one pops up. I love this album. Beautiful guitar and diverse album

Great album through and through. Probably my 4th or 5th favorite Led Zeppelin album, and I guess I'll reserve 5s for my top 3. 4.5

Rock de Led Zeppelin. Un megahit. Un 4.

Not my favorite from them, but it has great quality!

Three in a row. The Zeppelin continues down a deeper and darker path that excites and dazzles.

Every time I hear zeppelin I imagine a bunch of pimply Bevis and Butthole lookalikes playing Dungeons and Dragons in a damp basement with shag carpeting.

Immigrant song is really really good but otherwise it falls behind 2 and 4. Overall it is a good album though.

This isn't my favourite Zeppelin album but partway through I had to remind myself to hear it as an album in its own right. Great vocals, great guitar work, great drums. They had some better before this and got better after but if it was another bad, this could easily be their best album and they'd be known for a reason.

A couple of great track's, but not their best. I find the Blues has the most connection emotionally when it feels raw. Just a person's voice and an acoustic guitar. Led Zeppelin takes that sound and fills it out really well but it becomes something else. Some of the sound on this album comes closer to ACDC. At times knowing they are from London, this comes close to feeling like parody of music from the Southern States. The final track I would say maybe goes a bit too far.

Tiene dos canciones que me gustan mucho (Inmigrant Song, Tangerine), pero otras no.

Always a classic

I'm so fucking over these sorta albums. This is probably a decent album, it was a bit more interesting than others in the genre. 2.5/5

Not the best Zepp we've had but still pretty cool tbh. One of these legacy acts that I can pretty immediately understand how they came to be that way. So much confidence in the performances, never overstays its welcome. Good rock and roll, uhhh, music. Three and a half. Fave track: Immigrant Song

Good shit

Dos caras, una con blues-rock típicamente Led Zeppelin (Inmigrant song es una de sus mejores canciones, Since ) con algún toque psicodélico (Friends) y la otra con aires folkies igualmente buena (con Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp y Tangerine como mejores temas y el brillo de That´s the way). Se trata de un disco que en su día no tuvo la acogida del resto de obras de Led Zepp, no está a la altura de los dos primeros ni del cuarto, si bien por muy poco, y que sin embargo es un disco enorme. Otros discos de 1970: THE KINKS- Lola versus Powerman and the moneygoround, CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - Cosmo's factory y Pendulum, VAN MORRISON - Moondance, THE STOOGES - Fun house, THE DOORS - Morrison hotel, NEIL YOUNG - After the gold rush, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - Loaded, BADFINGER - No dice, GEORGE HARRISON - All things must pass, FLAMIN' GROOVIES - Flamingo, IKE & TINA TURNER - Come together, ERIC BURDON & WAR - The Black-Man's Burdon, MC5 - Back in the USA, DAVID BOWIE - The man who sold the world, WILLIE DIXON - I am the blues, FLYING BURRITO BROS - Burrito Deluxe, SANTANA- Abraxas, Miles Davis- Bitches brew, Simon and Grafunkel- Bridge over Troubled Water, SIXTO RODRIGUEZ- Cold fact, THE SOFT MACHINE -III, JJ PERREY- Moog Indigo, THE WHO- Live at Leeds... y debuts de Elton John y Kraftwerk.

Not my favourite Led Zepplin album, II and IV are much better

This is definitely a classic album. I grew up listening to this album. Immigrant song has so much amazing energy behind, but on the flip side it’s a little misleading because no other song on the album really matched that level of energy. Either way, these guys were amazing musicians.

Review can't do the album justice. Just go listen to it.

Starting the record with the Immigrant Song is a sure fire winner - and the rest of the record that follows is actually a gentle subtle set of songs — that make this record one of their best in my opinion.

So far I’ve found that, although Led Zep’s numerous big hits are naturally the high points of their albums, the supporting tracks are usually decent enough to make the LPs as a whole pretty damn solid. And so it is here. The amped-up first half is stronger pound-for-pound but the mostly acoustic second half is nice too, and provides welcome variety.

Solidan rock album. Pred kraj se malo gubi. Fav songs: Since i’ve been loving you 7/10

Can't get the Led out no matter how hard you try

Another album recorded at the historic Headley Grange, this record opens up with track 1 hard driving and exactly how you would expect it to based on their earlier work. Then it takes a turn, a very interesting one. This album ranks somewhere between 3rd and 5th for me personally among Zep’s full catalogue, depending on my mood. This work really displays a deeper side of the group as musicians, and in terms of ideas and production. It doesn't have all the flashy hits, but it is a pivotal work in its own right; and best experienced complete - front to back IMO. Perfect placement of several LZ songs within the “Almost Famous” soundtrack, including two from these sessions. Other interesting notes are some of the left over songs from these sessions ended up on Physical Graffiti, and the “B” side of the “Immigrant Song” single was “Hey Hey What can I do” which was not released on a studio album and retrospect would not have necessarily fit with this grouping. Kind of genius in the way they lure you in with one track of what would be expected and change lanes. It’s only a 5 point scale so I’ll call this a strong 4.25 to leave room for what is to come later. 4.25/5

It’s essentially impossible to measure up on a complete album when the iconic Immigrant Song is your opener. Probably one of my least fave LZ albums, but I still found it pretty interesting from an artistic standpoint with obvious growth of the band venturing into more acoustic instruments and style. Some numbers were way too bluesy for me but I did like the use of mandolin and banjo, etc.

I love LZ, but LZIII isn’t among my faves and always fell like a bit of a lull in an otherwise stellar catalog. Just too much slide guitar, kick drum and banjo (really any banjo is sub-optimal). I don’t think this album really highlights why they were so amazing, but still a great album.

In full disclosure, I love some Led Zep immediately knee jerk to a high rating. I don’t think III is my favorite of theirs but still great. Solid start with Immigrant Song. Since I’ve been loving you is such a cool jam and page’s guitar is masterful on that song. And I greatly enjoy the pop friendly hook on tangerine.

I'm late to listening to this one and I'm about halfway through. Finally decided to be true to myself and concede that Immigrant Song is one of the best album openers ever and for that alone 5*. 4.75/5

Immigrant Song is one of my favorites from Led Zeppelin, and there were a few others from this album that I liked, but I would not put it in my Top 100. Felt like a bluesy exploration, and that was interesting. Just not enough to make me want to listen a second time all the way through.

Good but doesn't tickle me

While its not my favorite Zeppelin album, it certainly one that I listen to often. I feel that is is the album where the group started to hone their writing skills and explore new territory. Led Zeppelin III and IV are to the group as Revolver and Sgt. Peppers are to the Beatles.

Dieses Album erschien 6 Tage nach meinem wichtigsten Geburtstag. Es ist Hardrock mit angenehmen akustischen Elementen und variablen Instrumenteneinsatz. Das Konzept des Album ist erkennbar wobei Hammer Songs die Ausnahme sind. „Since I‘ve been Loving You“ ist der beste Titel, gefolgt von „Celebreation Day“ & „Gallows Pole“. Interessant ist wie die Band in „Hats of To (Roy) Harper“ einen uralten Blues-Song aufpimpt.

bestes lz album das ich je gehört habe fun & experimental

Led Zeppelin is classic

Pretty boring

This didn't grab me as much as I remember Led Zep I doing. Not sure if that's because this album is less to my taste or because I'm in less of a Led Zep mood today. I liked "Tangerine".

3 stars.

Good, especially the start

There is such a drop off from the banger that starts this album could i write poetry to this? n

This is one of my top three favorite Led Zeppelin albums (the other two being "Physical Graffiti" and "Houses of the Holy"). A new direction of the band, "III" shows new influences from outside of American Blues music. The lush, rural, and ancient setting of Bron-Yr-Aur cottage in Wales clearly had an impact on the songwriting. Having once been to the area, I could clearly understand where the lean toward traditional acoustic music came from. The songs that were written at the time, but left off the album reflect this even further (notably "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do", which was released as the B-side to "Immigrant Song"). Four and one-half stars. A half-star is lost because of "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper". That song kinda sucks.

Another very solid, almost perfect Zeppelin album. It's nice to hear a little more acoustic songs on this album, which probably has turned some off in the past. I love the mix of heavy, folk, and blues all represented on the album. They show more breadth on this album. Favorite tracks: Immigrant Song, Celebration Day, Since I've Been Loving You, Out On the Tiles, Gallows Pole, Tangerine, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp.

Good album

Epic classic rock!

You can't give this album a bad review as Led Zeppelin are such a highly acclaimed rock band. For me personally I wasn't so keen but my views do not represent popular concensus in any way.

I like it very much! One on the best and my favorite hard rock albums! It is very intense, deep and saturated with a lot of different musical themes and tricks. Masterpiece!

Been a while since I heard this one. It suffers from being between Led Zep II (their best album) and Led Zep IV (the one with Stairway to Heaven on it). Still, despite the comparisons to its flanking albums it is a fantastic composition through and through and deserves its five stars.

The hits are great but it's definitely among their weakest. If they insist on putting 5 of their albums in the list (which I don't mind), I would put "Houses of the Holy" instead of this.

Zeppelin is so incredibly overplayed, and I genuinely never want to listen to them again. That said, this album starts off so strong with Immigrant Song and then never really reaches that high again on this album. Quality music, but it’s not even close to Zep 4.

Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, Celebration Day, Immigrant Song, and That’s the Way were standouts for me. Other than that, I thought it was good but not something I would revisit.

One of my favorites with my favorite Zep song -since I’ve been loving you.

It’s got immigrant song on it - everything else is pretty mid for me.

Highly experimental and varied album. I find this very hard to rate because the things that worked, worked so well they became cultural icons. However, some of the other stuff didn’t seem to hold up as well. I’m leaning more to crediting the experiments that because mainstream than the experimental stuff that didn’t quite hit.

Very interesting reading the comments on this album. Many laud it as an amazing piece of music (which it is) and a band at the peak of their craft. However they are right to point out it's almost all 200% energy and is quite an exhausting listen. Still, it's good at being what it is and is rightly one of the greatest albums.

begins very strong but next one is a dud. It gets better again, but all in all everything seems a bit interchangeable : Pages guitar, Plants vocals.... Still i give it three stars, because let's face it, less good songs by LZ are still a lot better than the best songs of other bands. Compared to LZ back catalogue, 2 stars would be max, but compared to all other artists, still a solid three stars

It's alright.

tbf not rly sure how you are supposed to follow immigrant song as an opener but it wasn’t that

Has immigrant song but otherwise kinda 👎

Another fantastic Zeppelin album. It’s hard to compare between their other releases which it might be slightly less than for me but still so good. Rating: 4.6

a great one!

I find Led Zep a bit overwrought on longer pieces, prefer their short, four minute rock n roll songs. This is an okay album, tho'.

What a great album. It starts with an bang and the complete first side is great. The B side then shows the ability of the band to write great folk songs as well.

❤️

Not a hater on the Zepp, but they were not my thing as a teen, which feels like it makes a difference. I like a lot of their hits, and tbh, “Immigrant Song” might be one of the best album openers ever. Just goes so incredibly hard. They lose me some when they indulge in their bluesy Americana thing, which this album has a lot of. Don’t begrudge anyone who love this stuff, it’s just not my cuppa tea.

Classic but played the fuck out

Passabler Folk Rock.

Esto es una maravilla

Nunca fallan

You know, you don't have to put EVERY Led Zeppelin album on here... 1 album too many by these guys = 1 star, sorry but them's the rules

Querría que me gustara más. Inmigrant Song es un guantazo, pero luego no se mantiene la altura. 3/5

Iconic like the other (I, II, IV) Albums

Opzich wel lekker, vooral Immigrant song. De rest vind ik wel weer typisch Led Zeppelin geschreeuw, kan het soms moeilijk handlen ook al heb ik het album twee keer geluisterd.

Zoals ik zei Derk, wel goed. Niet fantastisch

Gitarrenrock wie er einfach nur rockt, heftig und zeitlos, damals schon gut, heute, im Vergleich zu den vielen Nachfolgern, oder soll ich sagen, Nachahmern, erst recht. Einfach nur gut.

I have heard this album before and listen to a lot of Led Zeppelin’s music. This album has a lot of great songs that I immediately recognize so it makes for a great listen. My favorite tracks are: Immigrant Song, Since I’ve been loving you, and Tangerine. It’s already in my playlist so definitely listening again!

First album! Celebration Day, Since I’ve Been Loving You, and Out on the Tiles is a crazy 3 song run, highlights of the album. Tangerine and That’s The Way are both pretty solid, nothing TOO memorable but I liked them. Immigrant Song is obviously a classic. Outside of that, rest is forgettable to bad. Couldn’t get through the last song. All in all, first half was really good, second half was pretty meh, a fine album overall.

Yea…no thanks

The first Led Zeppelin album I ever bought. They were never top-tier for me, but that's personal. The talent, still, is obvious.

Oooh yes. Could possibly be my favourite zep album. Written in the Welsh valleys, it shows through in the second half. Since I've been loving you is an all time classic

Led Zeppelin 3 I know this album but I didn’t own it as a kid so I don’t know it as well as others. It was cool coming back to it. Immigrant song- some cool trebly bass with lots of movement I never noticed before Just friends- weird song. I liked it. Celebration day - 70s rock Since I’ve been loving you- their blues tunes were never my favorite tracks on the albums but this might be one of the best ones. I love bonhams drums on here Out on the tiles- so 70’s sounding Gallows- I like their acoustic arrangements Tangerine- classic and such a great chorus love the pedal steel That’s the way- cool vibe love the pedal steel Bronyaur stomp- guitar intro is cool. And i like the spoons Kind of cool to hear an album where the tempos fluctuate a bit and everything is not perfectly tuned. Not my favorite Zeppelin album but a 5 I’m context of this list. My favorite album of theirs is Houses of the Holy and it is somehow not even on this list. Rain Song, the Ocean- how’d they leave that one off?

Love some of the b sides on this, the acoustic vibe and direction of this album is cool, not my fav of led zep but still iconic.

This was fun. My fave was since I’ve been loving you. I like the songs where hes a bit more dynamic with his vocals.

Masterpiece

Definitely the weakest of their first 4 albums. Still some good stuff though.

Led Zeppelin - III Starts off great with Immigrant Song. Then just typical rock songs. It's ok, not as good as their previous 2 albums. 3/5

3-4 very good songs but overall not a favorite

This is definitely my least disliked Zeppelin album. First half is actually really good. But the second half is just a huge fall off. I understand this is an important band and I see why people like them, but personally I really can't stand them. This album is okay though

3/5 Always like Zeppelin, wouldn’t say it’s my favorite. Definitely more folk and acoustic guitar driven here but I dig it.

very nice

If I could listen to Led Zeppelin without the vocals, I might like them.

!!!!

Not in the top bracket of Zep albums but interesting enough all the same. Witness, for example, the foundations (“That’s he Way”) for the “acoustic sets” on future tours. Also notable for arguably Page’s finest solo on “Since I’ve Been Loving You” (and a low-key favourite of mine on “Tangerine”).

3.5/5 Not much to say about this album, it’s just good. I enjoyed it, not my favourite of led zeppelin but still good.

Fun rock album with several catchy songs.

Þegar ég byrjaði að gefa dóma á þessari síðu vissi ég ekki að ég myndi fá nokkarar plötur með sömu hljómsveitinni þannig að ég gaf þeim hæstu mögulegu einkunn af því að ég get endalaust hlustað á Led Zeppelin. Hér erum við komin í aðra plötu og ég held mig bara við nákvæmlega sama. Ég get endalaust hlustað á Led Zeppelin. Hæsta einkunn möguleg. Algjörlega mitt grúv.

Hate the techno

A killer album by a killer band

i really like the change they made on this album to folk rock, some really great tracks on this, i don’t have an issue with any tracks, i think this thing is great decent/strong 8

Good length for an album, not too long, not too short. Songs are unique.

My favorite Zep record since forever.

Gli album che partono con la canzone migliore poi si perdono un po', vediamo come prosegue dopo 'Immigrant song'. E infatti tra 4 e 5

Honestly, I never given Led Zeppelin my attention. I like the acoustic songs on this. I love the vocals and riff of Out on the tiles. I’m glad I gave this a listen but not really my cup of tea, still I can see why they are an influential band.

7/10 Only heard the big LZ songs before, not much of a fan So this surprised me - much less hard rock than I expected. Actually liked it Musically I get it now - I can hear the quality and influence they had. I can hear aspects in groups that I like But the vocals don’t do it for me at all. Do t like that style, don’t like a guy from the Midlands singing like a Deep South blues guy So despite this having 2 of my least liked things - hard rock vocals and bluesy American rock style - this was decent Best: Gallows Pole

i find it hard to focus on albums like this one... i've listened to this straight before and had the same experience... someone needs to explain it to me maybe.

Definitely not background music. This album demands full attention. Love it.

Good

This was a lot of fun. When it started with the overplayed radio smash, Immigrant Song, I was gearing up for Led Zep rock front start to finish. Then it spun to blues, still holding their theme sound. Then folk. Then something from the Renaissance Fair. It kept changing, kept rocking, and kept sucking me in. Easy 5 stars.

Mid Zeppelin

This is my personal fav Zep album.

Not connecting with this one all that much. A few song tracks but the rest aren't sticking with me as much. Somewhere between a 3 and 4 for me.

Strangely, as a person into loud guitar music, this is my first time listening to Zep 3. Immigrant Song is such a hard opener, the riff that launched a thousand ice cold Coors Banquets. Drum tone is insane throughout, I hate that dirtbag classic rock jagoffs in high school made me not want to mess with Led Zeppelin until I was like... in my 30s

I’m a Zeppelin fan but this is not my favorite of their albums, so not a 5. But even my least favorite Zeppelin album is more musically complex than most anything I hear on the radio these days. Genius musicians.

Props for Immigrant Song, an absolute cultural touchstone. I wasn't impressed by anything else on this album. It feels like I like Led Zeppelin less and less over time.

Immigrant Song is great. After that, there is nothing noteworthy, just aimless rambling. 2/5

Bombastic Led Zep at their best, have they ever given credit for all the blues riffs they stole. Plant's falsetto is a bit ridiculous. Zep was on heavy rotation when I was a teen, my friends were big fans. Plant is probably one of the greatest guitarists and Bonham hits the drums like he has iron hammers. It is all a bit absurd but it is entertaining. The soft/hard of Tangerine is beautiful, his overdubbed vocals remind me of auto tune. The acoustic That's the Way is sweet. It is hard to be objective when you've heard the album a million times.

Led Zeppelin rocking out before I was born!

Great album, reminds me of taking the bus to middle school and jack black in his brown school of rock van. Classic.

I assume this is the first of a few Led Zeppelin’s albums that will be on this list. While not particularly my favorite in their catalogue, it’s still great. The unique sound and genre blending style of LZ has always been my draw to them and this album was no different. Great to get one within the first 10 albums.

Legendarno bato

Not what I was expecting from Led Zeppelin, but pretty good none the less

2-29-2024 I didn't realize that Immigrant song was the first track. I started listening from the playlist that Sarah made for this sharing experience. I thought I clicked on the first led zep song but I hit the second. I really like Friends. Sarah mentioned Tangerine. It was easy to listen to multiple times consecutively. It seems short. The intro instrumentals fade from memory once they're over. They aren't bad they just ...I donno get left in the past. I started listening to DJ Shadow again after this. Also, this is a pretty good listen. The guitars are almost intimidating though. Like, dayum!...

Excellent

This album is great. There are some duds in the tracklist (Out on the Tiles, That's the Way, and Hats Off) but out of 10 songs that's still 3.5/5 hits. I'll be generous and round up. 4/5.

it started off really strong. Immigrant Song is an all-timer, or course, and the album continued along that vein for a few songs. Then it got kinda bluesy rock, which was also pretty damn good. Then the last few songs were just kind straight blues. Which isn't a bad thing in itself, I just think they're not particularly good blues songs. Decent, sure, but nothing really to write home about. I know this is considered a classic rock album, and I really wanted to give it a good score, but I just kind of think it's just OK. Good even - but not great

Classic

Nada que añadir

Excellent, classic Led Zeppelin!!!

Pretty good. This album sounded fresher and more interesting than I thought it would given Zep’s heavy rotation/exposure the past few decades.

About 10 or so years ago I gave Zeppelin another chance. Never disliked them, just didn’t really care. Maybe because it corresponded with my starting to learn guitar, but I really really dug them. And this album was a particular favorite since it wasn’t full of songs that got played constantly on KGGO. So yeah, I got this one on vinyl. And yeah it’s good.

Hot take: Jimmy Page is a fantastic guitar player. I could listen to him play guitar all day. Hotter take: Robert Plant grates on me at times and the band’s final product can, at times, leave me wanting. You know who Robert Plant reminds me of? Janis Joplin. This project sparked a new fondness for Janis in me. For Robert? Not yet, at least. Don’t get me wrong, there’s some 5 star songs from them, including the one on this album that starts it out. But Jimmy carries this band.

A bit of a folk-y departure for the Zep. Some really good, intricate songs and a few expected audio assaults.

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You just can’t beat Zeppelin III. An entirely new sound. This is unlike anything ever created before

I do not like every Led Zeppelin album that much, but this is a great piece of music. No weak songs, a few covers and great original material. This sets a standard for 1970s (hard)rock.

Very good

Favorites: Immigrant Song Since I’ve Been Loving You Gallows Pole Tangerine That’s the Way (!!!)

This is my first album review for this project. Does it get any better than this? It's a perfect album. I dare you to name a band with four better players. These guys are geniuses and freakishly good.

Not my favorite album but it’s Zeppelin.

Buen disco, buena banda.

Ok

I never fully got the Led Zepplin thing.. it always seemed to be a group older people revered as being awesome? This album opened well with the Immirant Song, and the rest was ok, but to be honest, I'm never gonna listen to this again.

Enjoy everything besides hats off to harper

Favourite tracks: immigrant song; tangerine; since I've been loving you; celebration day; gallow's pole

I don’t find this to be peak Led Zeppelin but it’s still a noteworthy collection of tunes. Friends was a nice discovery which I wasn't previously familiar with. I appreciated the general acoustic vibe of the record.

A more acoustic sound from Zeppelin than their debut, that remains a Standout.

Love Immigrant Song and the rest is hit or miss

Appreciated, but personally not my thing.

Fantastic album. Love that they went from hard rock to a more mellow sound on this one.

This is kinda tied with I for my fav Led Zeppelin album. Tangerine and That's the Way. So good :)

My favourite from Led Zeppelin because this album has Since I've been loving you, my favourite song from them.

Good album, good songs. Not their best, but says a lot that 'not their best' still makes it to the top.

Great record but the 2nd side is not as convincing as the beginning of the record.

Also known as the "Zep goes to the countryside to holiday together in a rural cottage and (mostly) gets in touch with their softer side" album! I have a memory of first discovering this record when I borrowed the CD from my local library in my early teens...and thinking, "Huh--this isn't like the first two albums at all." It grew on me from there. LZ III is a super satisfying listen, with some of the group's most memorable uptempo stuff (the heavy Immigrant Song and jaunty Gallows Pole) and quietest (the twangy Tangerine and That's the Way) that they put out over the years. As is pointed out in the 1,001 Albums book note about LZ III, it's clear when Jimmy Page came up with the 12-string melody for "Tangerine" that he/they were building the core intro for the mega-epic Stairway to Heaven (whether they knew it or not at the time). Throw this record on while you're driving to your own rural getaway for some fellowship with nature. You'll be glad you did. Wikipedia factoids: *The album was one of the most anticipated of 1970, and its shipping date was held up by the intricate inner sleeve design based around a volvelle, with numerous images visible through holes in the outer cover. (this allowed for rotating the inside image to display different images through the cut-outs in the album's outer sleeve.) *Following an exhausting concert tour of North America that spring (1969), lead singer Robert Plant recommended to guitarist and producer Jimmy Page that they should retreat to Bron-Yr-Aur, an 18th-century cottage in Snowdonia, Wales, on a hilltop overlooking the Dyfi Valley, three miles (4.8 km) north of the market town Machynlleth. Plant had spent holidays there with his family. This remote setting had no running water or electric power, which encouraged a slight change of musical direction for the band towards an emphasis on acoustic arrangements. Page later explained that the tranquillity of Bron-Yr-Aur stood in sharp contrast to the continual touring of 1969, affecting the overall tone of the songwriting and dominance of acoustic guitars. *With Led Zeppelin III, the group's songwriting dynamic also changed: from Page's domination of the first two albums towards a more democratic situation in which all four group members contributed their own compositions and ideas. *Plant wrote all of the lyrics, with the exception of "Tangerine." Standouts: Immigrant Song, Friends, Celebration Day, Since I've Been Loving You, Gallows Pole, Tangerine, That's the Way, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp

Awesome!!!

is good

I have loved this album most of my life. Immigrant Song is such a powerful album opener, but there's so many great tracks here. Friends has an amazing melody. Since I've Been Loving You might be my all time favorite Zeppelin song.

Sometimes playing guitar makes you appreciate music more and sometimes it makes you appreciate music less - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp is probably good, but it sounds like what you play fucking around in a new blues alternate tuning for the first time. If I didn't know about all the blues musicians Brits of the 60s & 70s ripped off I'd probably find this stuff amazing. Don't think I like any of the rockers on here as much as the other albums. That's The Way is on my Shuffle Zeppelin road trip playlist, and I maintain that Shuffle Zeppelin driving down some coastal highway is the best Led Zeppelin 'album'. Led Zeppelin III is very III. music: hated. (⌐■_■)

This is (I think) my favourite Zeppelin, but still. Man. Their songs always start off so groovy, and then Robert Plant comes in with his awwwweeeeeaaaaayyyyyaaaaa baaaayyyyybaaaaay stuff. A guy can only take so much. I thin

Some of the lesser known songs are pretty good like Tangerine and That's the Way. I've heard the popular songs tons of times.

How much I enjoy Led Zep is very dependent on my mood. I listened on a day I was open to their sound, and I could hear and appreciate how it was developing.

Good in a "I know I'm supposed to like this, and I do, just not as much as the true fans do" kind of way. Also, I can't think of another good song ruined by terrible production as much as "Hats off to (Roy) Harper" was.

Fuck yes. A masterpiece including one of my all time favourite tracks, since I've been loving you, bluesey and phenomenon, wish I could give it 6

It's Led Zeppelin. It's 3 of the best best 4 albums.

Sublime. This album offers a huge variety of musical explorations.

4.5

This started strong, and I really enjoyed it. I think I'd rank it higher than two but around the same as four

Is it a hot take to say Led Zeppelin III is the best of the numbered Led Zeppelin albums? Because it absolutely is and I don't think it's particularly close, even with an entirely skippable song in "Friends"

*sighing heavily* I do think I like the Karen O version of "Immigrant Song" better.

Immigrant Song song is a pretty epic opener, but it's been driven into the ground. 3 is really where they started to get more weird with it beyond their blues licks. Friends is great string and percussion arrangements. Since I Been Loving You is a top 5 Zeppelin song. Lots more folk and americana influence (Gallows Pole, That's the Way, Bron-Y-Aur stomp).

couple snoozers keep it from a 5 but zep good

One of the great albums

Think I've always had my fair share of oppositional defiance when it comes to Led Zeppelin. Years and years of dudes telling me the full extent of their classic rock royalty status and that just never being met when I actually sat down to listen to them. Probably doesn't help that my two favorite Zeppelin songs are "Fool in the Rain" and "D'yer Maker" which are like the least Zeppelin, Zeppelin songs. Having to start what will be a long piecemeal revisit of the band's discography with III is probably the worst place to begin. At the end of the day I don't care about how much of an alleged sex symbol Robert Plant was at the time, or even how much of a guitar G-d Jimmy Page was because Zeppelin was corny as hell. "Immigrant Song" ruins it's hammering blues-stomp with dumb ass viking imagery, "Gallows Pole" is an atrocity. At the very least they haven't gone full Tolkien here, but their pale blues imitation at times really doesn't work for me, "Since I've been Loving You" is about as close as I get and even then Plant's vocals take me out of it.

Great Album, classic

I slept on this album for several years, but it's worth the wake and wait! Hearing 'Since I've Been Loving You' again stirred some special feeling within me.

Immigrant Song is a beyond fantastic way to open an album The rest is fine but never particularly moved me

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Love it. Didn't know the album as a while but knew a bunch and in general very good album

Best likely described as Zeppelins folk album. The blues numbers aren't quite turned up to 11 like the remainder of their catalog and several songs feature picks and runs similar to traditional music from the British Isles, later finding itself in Americana and even bluegrass. Zeppelin has a loving sloppiness to their sound: clean enough to impress but off enough to be human. They come off as too cool to care in those instances. Bonham and JPJ are easily in my top 5 rhythm sections as they so cleanly build grooves with Bonham's brutal attack on the drums and JPJ cleanly driving the band forward. Even in what might be their least heavy album, that pocket still carries. Plant, prior to the full tilt destruction and remodel of his voice, was (and still is) a special treat. LZ was always destined to be a live human blues jukebox but the things they insert and add into that repertoire are what made them great. Immigrant Song stands out. The most brazenly Led Zeppelin track and the oft used in movies and commercials (rightfully so if you want a track that drives energy). After that though the album, as said earlier, calms down. Since I've been loving you and Gallows Pole perfectly represent the ability of the band to both imitate traditional music and then rearrange, respectfully. My personal preference is That's The Way. Hindsight being 20/20, by the end of III, you know IV is coming. You hear it throughout the album, you heard traces of it on the previous albums. Part of an incredible run of albums.

The classical rock!

Starts with a bang!, rock Songs gid, slow songs meh

Another album of a band I thought that I knew what they were about, and another album where I'm wrong. That said, the falsetto/yelling gets old and makes it difficult for me to differentiate one band from another. The musicality is fascinating. More blues influence than I expected.

This album is fantastic. I love the instrument variety compared to LED Zepplin 1 & 2. The ringing acoustics and blue grass esque sounds are awesome. I really like the songs Tangerine and celebration day. 4.16

Uno de los discos más fuertes de la primera etapa. De todas formas no soy fan de esta banda. Lo aprecio, pero no es lo mío.

Falls easily into my list of the top 10 albums. Huge sounds on this album, launching with Immigrant Song, a song that puts your soul into battle mode.

ja nice. alleen niet zo nice tijdens door madrid lopen lol

More acoustic than I thought. Robert Plant has a unique voice, but of course that's nothing new. This album manages to blend folk, blues, psychedelia, and rock into a mixture that matches the cover. Definitely meant to be listened to as a full album project.

Not a lot of thoughts. I hoped it would be a good listen and it was.

❤️ Yes! Fantastic — the 2nd half is mostly acoustic and really shows just how good of a band they are. Gallows Pole, Tangerine, That’s the Way are three of my favorites!

I liked the acoustic songs like tangerine

Ooh I liked this!! Since I've Been Loving You is amazing, and the other song that stood out to me on an early listen was Tangerine. Great album!

It's a classic for a reason!

no surprises. 3

3.5

Led Zeppelin, un clásico de la música. Si bien no soy fan, sus canciones son épicas, con solos de guitarra que se deben escuchar.

Talent a good album does not make. I'm not sure what the planned effect was here, but this is a chaotic, disjointed album in about every sense. Almost every song feels as though 2-3 separate songs are playing at the same time. The wailing and cooing and murmuring of the vocals on top of that just leads to a mess, frankly. I recognize the skill, but this isn't it. Fav tracks: Immigrant Song, Tangerine

This may be a tick down in raw power and overall quality from I and II but one has always regarded it more highly and felt a greater emotional attachment to it for reasons having to do with non-obviousness and personal circumstances; to wit, one listened to the “acoustic” side during a stoned afternoon nap in the first few weeks of college and, such were the wondrous dreams one had, awoke a different person — and an even more satisfied Zeppelin customer than one had been during high school (which was already an extremely satisfied customer). The experience also precipitated a classic Dead vs Zeppelin debate that would rage til spring term when one would drop out (a consequence, perhaps, of an excess of stoned naps). “Immigrant Song” is a great hook but it belongs on Physical Graffiti, as probably does the excellent and wildly underrated “Out on the Tiles.”"Friends” is the appropriate spiritual opener and sets the gloriously realized and mellow pastoral bliss of side 2. Never did they do a better blues than “Since I've Been Loving You” and what can one say about “Tangerine” other than one’s never loved a song (or frankly much else, artistic or otherwise, in this, our fallen world) more. It still sounds great and is one of not many things to not be embarrassed about from one’s long ago painful and pure youth, sad and hopeful and stoned as it was. “That’s the Way” seems objectively the better song now, it must be said.

This happens to be the first album the 1001 albums generator suggested to me. I'm going to take a very subjective approach to rating, not trying to assess the artistic value in some objective sense, but just how the music resonated with me. From this perspective, I have to say: It did not resonate with me at all. Maybe it is because this album was released a few years before I was born and I have not experienced its context, I find myself unable to relate to this style of music. I just don't "get" it.

One of the first cassettes that I ever bought. Still one of my favourite albums of all time. If you're looking for a good blues/rock song then Since I've Been Loving You has to be one of the best. Has to be one of the best top 10 albums of all time.

PALABRA MAYOR , CON DOS GRANDES JIMMY PAGE y ROBERT PLANT

Love a couple of tracks; overall like this album very much

Listened to this while playing ISS Vanguard. I won my mission! I didn't think I knew any of these songs, but after 8 seconds, I was corrected...ha ha. I enjoyed this more than I thought I would...a very low 4.

First time listening to III, though of course I'm familiar with The Immigrant Song and Since I've Been Loving You. As a whole it's great material from the band, but it just doesn't move me like the following album and Houses of the Holy.

Some of my absolute faves in here, but sprinkled with some just alright ones

That folkiness was fun. I didn't expect the banjo

The beginning of Zeppelin's peak. Staying in their blues-y hard rock pocket while venturing into folk territory that they would become known for. Every track on the album is at least enjoyable, while some of their best can be found on this album as well. Sequencing on this album is interesting. Their harder, more energetic tracks are all on the first side, and the latter half slowly winds down and gives us a nice collection of acoustic tracks. This album runs the full gambit of Zeppelin sounds. It has a bit of what they brought with I and II, and a good sampling of what would be coming in the future. While not the best they have to offer, It still stands above most of the rock that was being put out at the time.

It is not my favorite Zeppelin album but I cannot give them less than four stars.

Definitely a classic. A bluesy rock album, with guitar riffs quintessential to the time period, and keyboard lines that give the vibe of an American tent-revival. It's not hard to see why this is an album beloved by so many.

One of my favorites - feels like the album where Zeppelin put all the pieces together. Comes out of the gate literally screaming and doesn’t let up.

As my personal favorite of the group’s discography, this one is going to get 5 stars. Not because it’s perfect, but it’s been the Zepp album I go back to the most. Why isn’t it perfect? I dunno, because I already called the other Zeppelin albums on this list perfect I guess? Or because it doesn’t quite have a perfect direction? In a perfect world, I might off one or two tracks here, but then it wouldn’t really be a full length album, sooooo. Then why is it my favorite? Maybe because the acoustic guitar tones Page solicits from tracks like That’s The Way are nostalgic to me in a way I’ve never been able to fully explain. Or how about Plant’s angelic, soaring finale to Since I’ve Been Loving You? Oh, wait, I know. It’s because Immigrant Song is the greatest hard rock song ever written. Don’t make me explain why this album is amazing. Just go listen to it for god’s sake.

Though underappreciated upon its 1970 release, Led Zeppelin III has proven over time to be one of the band's most crucial and inventive records, marking a transitional, masterful fusion of their hard rock roots with emerging folk influences.

There are some real gems here when you dig in past the cuts you heard on the radio. Can really here the influence they had on Jack White both guitar and vocals. Hadn’t really picked up in that before.

I've always liked but not loved Led Zeppelin. Their first album is the only one I owned when I was young, but I did play it quite a bit. So far on this one, "Since I've Been Loving You" is the standout track. I think I've not gotten into this album because of "Immigrant Song". I've never liked that one and never gotten past it. "Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp" was in heavy rotation for me as a child as well.

Weakest of the first four, surprisingly. Only song I really enjoyed was Since I've Been Loving You (Immigrant Song is okay too). Not the best of their first four outings.

My "lightest" 5 stars of their first four albums, but 5 stars nonetheless. 5/5

4.5 Love this album just not zeppelins best

Rock Classic. The evolution of the Rock genre is in its DNA

The album gets off to a great start but can't keep up the pace. Overall it's a good album.

I still find LedZep massively overhyped, for relatively short songs they go on forever! Best track, Immigrant song which is fortunately track 1 so you can then skip the rest.

Really only like the Immigrant song.

Good

Les Zeppelin fait de la bonne musique qu'es ce que tu veux que je te dise?

Led Zep III c’est un peu comme Rubber Soul des Beatles; c’est un album qui en jette en ciboulette, mais comparer au autres albums que le band a sortie, il semble sous-alimenté.

Overall a pretty good album. Nothing incredibly standoutish, but would be a good album to throw on in the background while cooking or something. Immigrant song is obviously the standout, but I quite enjoyed since i've been loving you and tangerine as well.

Kinda folksy/country not really my style

A good album, especially immigrant song. Would consider this a classic album, as Led Zeppelin is one of the long lasting and classic bands out there.

Led Zeppelin III is a masterpiece, we all know that. Some of the prior ‘hard rock’ elements are replaced by acoustic guitars and string arrangements that give the album a much darker sheen than its predecessor. ‘Friends’ and ‘Hats off to Roy Harper’ are especially spooky whilst ‘Tangerine’ and ‘That’s the Way’ feel like great come down music. Plus ‘Immigrant Song’ rocks. My favourite of their imperious first four albums.

The zeppelin is on fire!

another set of bangers. I think the obvious issue with this band is how much their songs feel the same. It's not bad if you like them, but if you expect something more or don't like them, it's a big problem

Ok album but nothing special

Immigrant Song is so cool but nothing else on this album is to me. I think it's mostly Robert Plant's vocal.

Fantastic start to an album, solid throughout though Im not a huge zeppelin fan this does make me want to listen to more. Best song - Immigrant song

When i saw Led Zeppelin i thought "Yeah! this is gonna be some great Classic Rock!" And it was like Immigrant song kick in the door, screaming the iconic "Aha ahhh Ah" …and then it kinda trailed off. Like they started to mingle with people leaving the door kicked in on the floor. This was the opposite experience to other albums on this where they felt like the were gonna be bad but were good/okey. Really forgettable except for Immigrant song.

Outstanding rock album. Blasts into you with Immigrant Song and doesn't let up.

yup. good album

Led Zeppelin is the best band ever. 6/5

Definite departure from their prior, more rock-forward albums. Gallows Pole is one of my all time favorites, though I do get a little bit tired by the end of the folk acousticness

Not bad, an interesting fuse of genres and instruments with nice lyrics, but the overall sound of the album, which is ultimately the thing that makes me want the listen to the piece of music, feels a little all over the place, unclear, not really catchy apart from few tracks like the Immigrant Song. Maybe it's because I've listened to it only two times so far so I am not distinguishing the songs much from the other, but generally the album didn't really hit much for me. It was okay, but not really something I'd willingly choose to listen much right now. 6/10

Listened to this one before, thought it was great and then never came back to it. So I'm very glad the generator got me to relisten, since this really is a masterpiece. Like most people, my favorite is the Immigrant dong (i'm leaving the typo there).

Sweet. Only ever heard Immigrant Song on here. Some good tunes on here, not their best though

After immigrant song, it's just acoustic blues! I wasn't expecting that!