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They reinvented the blues and made them even cooler. The one-two punch of "Good Times Bad Times" and "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" that kicks this album off had to feel like a major paradigm shift in the rock world. But I still don't think this is a perfect album. A few forgettable ones here. And has anyone noticed how much they rip off Greta Van Fleet's sound?
Classic
This is a tough one to rate. On one hand, I'm really not a fan of the overall sound and the influence of 12-bar blues. On the other hand, there are so many elements that make it such a solid album that it's hard not to respect. This album utilizes the best organ (both in sound quality and technique) that I've heard so far. I also love the instrumental track and the vibe there. And Babe I'm Gonna Leave You is masterful enough to elevate the album on its own. While I may not be as quick to listen to this again as other albums I put on this tier, the quality is undeniable. And if nothing else, we'll bump it up to a 4 because of the cover art.
The hardest rock had ever rocked at the time. I’ve heard this album before and I wouldn’t say I love it, I can’t put my finger on why, but I still like it a lot. Bonham’s drumming is crazy. Best song: Dazed and Confused
Like..... the guitars are good, but it's not like a thrilling listening experience anymore.
Classic
A classic debut from a classic band. Zep at their most bluesy, with their influences clear on their sleeves, it showcased how hard rock could become. Every song is outstanding, but How Many More Times is still an all time favorite.
I've always heard of the group, and know a few songs so I'm excited I like the cover, I'm such a visual person so I think I always pay more attention to the album cover Hmmmm so far this album might not be for me.... Like babe I'm gonna leave you, found the vocals kinda irritating 😭 maybe the super slow and then yell, just not my vibe Okay we're on Your Time Is Gonna Come, might be more my vibe Ooooo instrumentals of Black Mountain Side is really nice, makes me think of the kinda drum you'd hear in a dholki Really like Black Mountain Side omg maybe because there are no vocals 💀💀💀 Don't like the vocals for the album
I can’t believe “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You,” “You Shook Me” and “Dazed and Confused” are back-to-back-to-back. Just one epic blues scorcher after another. Insane. I love the following track sequencing: The bright 60’s singalong “Your Time is Gonna Come” which melds right into the Indian rhythms meet American folk of “Black Mountain Side” which abruptly ends and smashes directly into the killer heavy metal riff of “Communication Breakdown.” Inspired sequencing. This album is just pure sex blasting out the speakers. That blues guitar. Ugh. So good. Jimmy Page is incredible. So expressive. “How Many More Times” is such a fun closer. I love how the drums change up around 5:40. So cool. What a debut album! An absolute masterpiece.
What a crazy good debut. Going from "Good Times Bad Times" to start and then into "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" is such a great series of tracks to start your first album with. "Dazed and Confused" is one of the best Zeppelin tracks. I feel like it's universally loved by fans of the band and yet it's still underrated. I love the haunting riff and equally haunting vocals. Just another bang of an album by Zeppelin. It's eclectic, it's electric, it's magnetic, it's got everything.
We have to thank Led Zeppelin for taking hard rock and giving it a much-needed edge. While it's still very blue-rock in it's nature, the distorted guitar tone, hard-hitting drums, and impactful dynamism in their songwriting had elevated the genre to make it so much better. Good Times Bad Times, Dazed and Confused, and Communication Breakdown all emphasizes these elements to a great degree, and all on the band's debut album! In between the heaviest moments on the album are quieter interludes which are a nice bit of pacing, either as seperate songs or within the song itself. Page and the boys had a great handle on what made the genre rock and how to maks it rock even more. That's quality.
Solid instrumentals and vocals. I get why people give it a 5/5, but this music isn't my cup of tea. Went in with an open mind and this is what came out.
Oh hell yes
This was a very pleasant listen, old school rock and blues vibes coming through with some really good riffs throughout.
A really fantastic album. A truly incredible debut. Good Times Bad Times remains one of their best songs. I don't think this is my favourite Led Zeppelin album but it's special in its own way for sure.
Babe I’m Gonna Leave You // Your Time Is Gonna Come // 3.5/5
Amazing. They are the definition of rock ‘n’ roll band.
First time i properly listened to LZ, but this was really good.
As much as I wanted to enjoy it more, it was still a good listen with some obvious favourites.
🎉
One of the best debut albums in music history. A badass blend of blues and hard rock. Standout tracks: Good Times Bad Times, Dazed and Confused, Your Time Is Gonna Come, Black Mountain Side, and Communication Breakdown.
It goes, it's a banger, let's go let's goooo L.J. you can put notes here too I love you <3
Very good album! Some of the song go on for too long with the same structure but overall very good
it's ok
Pretty average
classic
I almost feel like reviewing this album is a moot point. Every song is in the public conscious. What's impressive is the fact it is the debut. Such a realised sound. I'm not the biggest fan of the Zep sound in general, but you can't deny the power of the album.
I have a hard time lingering to Zep without thinking about they and cultural appropriation. They didn't borrow licks from blues. They stole them and made it big with them. This album is good, as all of their records are. But it's tainted.
God-dayum! Led Zeppelin literally never misses
otru discu que parecen dos
Es Rock. Pd. Dazed and confused es fácilmente una de las mejores canciones del siglo XX
Great debit and Bonham was outta this world!
I had never heard of this band and went in very skeptical. Turns out this is album is an absolute masterpiece just hanging out there in the world without anyone really knowing about it. Complete hidden gem. 5 out 5, totally debating on listening to some of there other stuff.
Great album with hit after hit. I always think about how I don't listen to Led Zeppelin enough (since I don't listen to their albums often), but every time I go to listen to an album I recognize nearly every song. Great vocals, guitar, drums, and bass. I love the inclusion of organ and some other instruments in there as well. Minus 1 star for having a lot of rip offs on this album. NOT Cool Led Zeppelin!
First great album by and absolutely legendary band not much more needs to be said
Such a classic. Dazed and Confused, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, and I Can't Quit you Baby are standouts for me. What an insanely good debut album.
There's a lot about this album that I don't love, but there's a lot about this album that I do love. It makes rating this one particularly difficult.
The Led Zep that started it all. This is an amazing first album. I think if you listened to this first and knew they would make better albums you wouldn’t be able to believe it because this is a very solid album. Super late 60s and they’re jamming hard rock to what some say is early metal. Whatever you call it l, it’s awesome and it rocks. This isn’t their best album though so in the grand scheme of things it does get dropped a little bit. Probably ranked right there with physical graffiti but for vastly different reasons. This album was hard rock and to the point. 8.2/10
Ei mullistava kuuntelukokemus. Ei oikeastaan edes pysty hypettämään, mutta ei tästä mitään huonoakaan löydy. Kultainen keskitie 3*
On vaan huikee, kova, käsittämätön. Alusta loppuun dimangia!
really?
Good debut, Plant cums all over the place, but it only gets better from here...
Very bluesy debut from the iconic led zeppelin. Laid foundations for rock music as we know it. Dazed and Confused and Communication Breakdown the highlights Has to be a 5/5, it’s Led fucking Zeppelin
A rock and roll classic
går aldri galt med led zeppelin
Idk. Maybe this was like mind melting in 1969. But since I already know what Led Zeppelin sounds like, it kinda just sounds like a pretty mediocre collection of Led Zeppelin songs.
Classic/10
OG rockers. History may not see them fondly but without a doubt, the music rocks.
Lot of ups and downs on this album. I love Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You and Dazed and Confused (though listening to Robert Plant jizz in my headphones has never not been awkward), and Communication Breakdown. Rest of the album is decent. I'm rarely in an entire album of Led Zeppelin mood anymore, but would probably give this another whirl some day.
Good album, but lingers in the blues-y stuff a bit too much for me. Good debut for sure though. I just prefer later albums more. 3.49/5
I think I mentioned this when we did the last Zeppelin album, but they were one of my first musical obsessions. And the first album is probably still my favorite. I understand the criticisms, most of them are valid, but it’s still so good. A
Real good!
Great debut album. Controversial view reinforced here, that the remarkable musicians in the band were not Page and Plant, but Bonham and Jones. The drumming from the very start is just remarkable. There's a (mercifully brief) sitarish track so could never be five stars, but definitely 4.4.
Stunningly good debut album by a band that was pretty perfect out of the box, but somehow only got better with each successive album. This is pure, early Zeppelin. Long on blues and dripping with sex. Slow burning and ethereal one minute, raw and blistering the next. Not a bad song to be found. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Communication Breakdown, Dazed and Confused, Good Times Bad Times, How Many More Times, You Shook Me, Your Time Is Gonna Come, Black Mountain Side
4/5 Best: Good Times Bad Times Worst: You Shook Me
Whole lotta wank. Good musicians, entirely derivative music, and not enjoying it at all. I do like some of their songs, but none on this album.
Hundans intro på ett debutalbum.
Led Zeppelin's self-titled debut album is a monumental work that laid the foundation for their legendary career. Released in 1969, it introduced the world to their groundbreaking sound, blending blues, rock, and folk influences. Tracks like "Dazed and Confused" and "Good Times Bad Times" showcase the band's virtuosity and raw power. The album's production is raw yet captivating, allowing each instrument to shine. While some tracks may lack the same level of innovation as their later releases, Led Zeppelin's self-titled record is a potent statement of their immense talent and set the stage for their future musical conquests. A must-listen for rock music enthusiasts.
Dunno that ive ever listened to this one. Great stuff
"Led Zeppelin" is the debut album by English rock band Led Zeppelin. The band was formed after the break-up of the Yardbirds and Jimmy Page formed the band to fulfill their remaining contract. The album recordings took place before Led Zeppelin was signed and Page fronted the money. He also produced the album. The album is a mixed of originals and remakes of blues and folk songs. The music itself is fusion of blues and rock. Believe it or not, the album initially received poor reviews but now is widely considered one of their best and an influential to the start to hard rock and heavy metal. It was a commercial success reaching the top ten in the UK and US charts. The debut single "Good Tmes, Bad Tmes" kicks things off. The guitar riff, bass drop and drumming. A catchy vocal chorus. Lead singer Robert Plant showcases his strong voice in the Anne Bredon cover "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You." The start, stop, start. The bass, the eerie guitar with echo, Robert Plant screaming "Soul of a woman was created below and John Bonham's drum start their classic "Dazed and Confused." This is actually a cover of sorts from a 1967 Jack Holmes' song. This drifts to the pyschedelic side and Page throws in using a violin bow. A showcase for all the members' talents and one of their best. John Paul Jones" organ opens "Your Time is Going to Come" and continues to be the highlight of the song. Another great vocal chorus. Jimmy Page's guitar riff rips through "Communication Breakdown." Bonhams' drums. This song totally rocks and is considered one of the first "heavy metal" songs." I always considered this their bluesy album (II has a lot of blues too). The album highlights the immense talent of each member and a good example of the sum being better than its parts (yeah, I know, overused cliché). I always give all Zeppelin albums at least an annual spin. I would put this in the #4 or #5 spot along with III in my Led Zeppelin album list.
Jammie
It didn’t have too many memorable songs, but they all sounded pretty good. Yeah they stole a lot, but their music is still great. Looking forward to the rest of the albums.
3.4/5
10/10 - iconic
I used to listen to a lot of Led Zeppelin when I was in college, and when I did, I was more partial to IV and Houses of the Holy than I was to I and II. It's definitely been over 15 years since I last fired up this album. I don't know why I didn't like this album as much as IV or Houses of the Holy back in the day, but listening to this for the first time in so long was almost like experiencing it for the first time. This album perfectly utilizes elements of blues, hard rock, and folk to create one of the era's most unique sounds. Each track is absolutely fantastic, layered with complex sounds played by some of the best rock musicians of all time. The most impressive thing about this album to me, is that it's ambitious in its scope, but still manages to sound like a cohesive, singular body of work, as each track blends seamlessly into the next. I could probably write a paragraph about what I love about each track, but it's late, and I'm not good enough of a writer to make that worth anyone else's time. This album is fantastic from start to finish, and I'm so happy that I got to rediscover it today.
Fantastic. You can't go wrong with Zeppelin.
Incredible from start to finish. One of my favorite albums by my second favorite band of all-time. It's rock, folk, soul, and the beginnings of metal. And if I could emulate anyone's voice, it would be Robert Plant's - dude can wail! I ended up listening to hours of Zeppelin, as I often do when I feel like I need to a hard reset. Zeppelin is where my musical foundation lays, and everything else is built upon it. 5 perfect stars.
Not my favourite Zeppelin album by any means, but it's still Zeppelin.
A classic obvs.. but it only sort of holds up- there are so many wonderful live versions of these that the originals feel stale.
Easiest 5 I've given so far
Man i love led zeppelin. heard this one so many times, own this one on CD as well. led zeppelin is so many memories for me. a 9 year old me with my dad driving to the hospital to visit my pregnant mother at the time blasting an mp3 CD i bought at a fair for a buck. the CD was half side eric clapton's money and cigarettes and half of zeppelin's long songs like dazed and confused, stairway, since ive been loving you and babe im gonna leave you. still have the CD in the car, still listens to it in every chance i get. a few months ago i built with my friends a Rehearsal room in our school shelter. we put Acoustic tiles all over the walls and posters. we had to paint the walls of the entire room in black so me (A guitarist) , my friend (a drummer) and our singer ainted the whole room in 3 hours while listening to this album and trading stories all the time. i lost a good pair of pants that day because of that paint man. thank you led zeppelin for your legendery music and the memories. Led Zeppelin 1 is a perfect zeppelin album A perfect rock album A perfect debut album PERFECT. if you are reading this you are welcome to follow my band instegram page, check us out! https://www.instagram.com/pahimaband/
Album #2 What an amazing start to a legendary band. Still think they have better albums (Led Zeppelin IV) but when this came out in 1969 few were as heavy and hard rocking as this. Although there is great material on here, I wish some songs were cut a couple minutes, songs such as "You Shook Me" and "How Many More Times" meander a bit too much and don't deserve their song length. Other than that, I don't really have any complaints. Everyone's performance on this project is amazing but Jimmy Pages bluesy riffs and John Bonhams frantic yet disciplined drumming are the big standouts. Favorite Track: Dazed and Confused
Boring blues-matadors. 2/5
One of the greatest rock'n'roll albums of all time.
Don’t tell me you guys’ve never gotten the Led out.
Some pretty epic hits on here. Prefer this one way more the Zep 3
It’s early Led Zep, what’s not to love ? It has certainly aged well. It doesn’t sound as though it was recorded in the 60s. An easy 4*
Almost by default.
Detta tycker jag fortfarande är bra!
didn’t like it that much but i can’t say it’s bad music just not for me
What a debut record. Flawless in execution with some of the greatest musicians playing together.
Não é meu rock favorito, mas é bem bom
great album! good old school vibes, nice change from my daily work tunes.
A great collection of bangers. Some of their greats, with interesting fluff around it.
Solid
Not my favourite album of theirs but a classic.
I was a bit hesitant to give this a 5, as for me it's very 50/50 between 4 and 5, but seeing the average level of this list, and the albums I gave 4 to, I feel like it would be quite unfair not to rate this a 5. Really feels like a timeless, all time classic, very good album.
One of the best debut albums i have ever encountered. The band is unbelievably tight and the album flows like water. The production and mastering (or remastering?) is flawless. The line between appropriation and inspiration is fine, especially with Zeppelin. But regardless of who should get the true credit, this albums rocks.
our second zeppelin in a row, and this is just as good. incredible for a debut album, it feels like the band just appeared fully formed with all their later trademarks. a great listen and an easy 5
Need to listen still. Assuming the rating from what I’ve already heard before.
What a beautiful first album bienvenue!!! Hello Mister Plant and Mister Page Jon Bonham forgive whoever I am forgetting. Off to a good start wahoo
Te vuela la peluca
Obra maestra indiscutible!
Probably the best debut album of all time, if not one of the best albums. You Shook Me the only track letting the side down. All the rest are 5* material.
yayyyy
Pretty damn great.
COMMUNICAAAATION BREKADOWMNWNNNNN é uma bomba, o mais rock de verdade do zeppelin. meu favorito.
Man, I really wanna hate Led Zeppelin for being overplayed and for shamelessly stealing music from black blues musicians and for Jimmy Page raping a 13 year old girl, but this album is just so fucking good. This band really took blues rock to another fucking level. Fuck Jimmy Page.
Classic
It's ok
Have only listened to LZ3 in addition to this and while this album still has some good songs I was a much bigger fan of the rock acoustic sound of the 3rd album compared to the bluesy sound of this album.
A good album without being great, signs of whats to come from the band. Good Times Bad Times and Dazed and Confused are mega hits and deservedly so.
Interesting that I had The Stooges yesterday. Two visions of how the sixties were coming to a close and how music would move on. One chaotic and giving birth to punk, new wave and so on. The other a mix of testosterone and guitar wanking. Can't say I'm a fan. Well executed though.
It's a solid album but not their best material. You can certainly hear the beginnings of what their sound will evolve into.
I think this is the last Led Zeppelin album I’m going to get on this list and it’s honestly a sad one to end on because instead of it feeling like a young band that’s rough around the edges it’s just more of the same after hearing far better work. Like yeah this is all well and good hard blues rock but I’ve already listened to Led Zeppelin 2 and stairway to heaven. I know the list should be random but for albums like this I wish I could’ve gotten them in order.
A classic, but more chaotic than a lot of their later stuff so it loses a point. Also it’s hard to separate the music from what we’ve since learned about the band
Great
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
awesome
I can see why this album is well rated. You can hear the star power and beginnings of what would become one of the highest rated bands of all time. But the album has aged poorly, and has some really misogynistic overtones. Not my favorite.
Not quite as sharp as future Zeppelin work but dang! What an incredible debut album! Fantastic music and good variety
When a debut album is better than any album other bands release you know the band is good. This was about as good as you can get for a debut album.
This is an amazing debut record that Zeppelin was able to build upon for success after success in their repertoire. It sets the foundation for their future and probably deserves more credit than it gets. As a personal preference it has a few songs that fall a bit under the “outstanding” level, but a great album nonetheless.
Combinatie van rock'n roll en blues. Niet meteen mijn favoriete muziek, maar goed te luisteren op de achtergrond. De zanger is wel wat schreeuwerig.
Banger love me some zeppelin
Contains two of my favourite LZ songs (2 and 4), overall solid bluesy rock and nice singing by Plant. Nevertheless, just like the other albums just doesn´t feel like a 5 start album.
In general I prefer the late LZ albums, or at least that's what I thought. This really is a great Led Zeppelin album.
Truly enjoyable debut album.
Outstanding but they refine further
curto da antigas já, bom demais
🙉
etourdie et confuse
An amazing rock album and a monster of a debut. A good start to a great carreer.
veel rifs gehoord van anderen bands dus duidelijk influencial
Ja Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin is goed maar ook niet meer dan dat? de grote schijven zijn niet aanwezig op dit album?
Excellent blues rock and musicianship, but some cringey vocal antics. Quite disjointed in places. Led Zeppelin II is better all round.
Nog n classic, grondleggers wel.
Chaos muziek, maar wel een paar vette solo’s!
Niet echt mijn muziek maar ik vond dit beter dan ik had gedacht.
beetje blues rock. Zat lekker op de john deere het gras te maaien terwijl ik dit luisterede dus voelde me een beetje een Amerikaanse boer.
Kan er niks anders van maken behalve dat dit album SCHEURT!!!! Stel het is 1969 en iemand zet Dazed and Confused, dit blies andere bands compleet uit het water. Inmiddels al het derde album van led zepp die we hebben gekregen uit de lijst en ik wil ze ergens nog een 5 geven, dit is degene die het in mijn ogen het meest verdient. Wat een debuut
все, что я слышал ранее у них вызывало у меня большой интерес. этот альбом каким-то скучноватым мне показался. некоторые работы очень короткие, но звучат невыносимо затянуто. где-то 2+, пару треков на 3-4
это не лучший LZ, но вы представьте себя в 1969 и когда вы слышите такую новую охуенную музыку, то башка взрывается
Классика жизни... Про группу я конечно знал, слышал и так далее. Что она культовая, мегапопулярная, продаваемая и тд. Но никогда много и конкретно не слушал. Мне кажется, даже папа мой больше слушает Led Zeppelin, чем я. Ну то есть мой уровень знакомства с творчеством - Stairway To Heaven, Immigrant Song, Whole Lotta Love, может ещё пара песен. Глобально мне понравилось. Забавно, что здесь, среди плотного тяжелого звука могли затесаться и какие-то лирические баллады. Или вообще трек "Black Mountain Side", использующий какие-то восточные мотивы и гармонии и играющийся вообще без электрогитар. Это разбавляет поток тяжеляка, который сваливается на твою голову, даёт немного отдохнуть. Опять же, из моего небольшого опыта прослушивания Led Zeppelin, кажется, что они нас ещё сильнее удивят на третьей и четвёртой пластинках. Но до этого пока надо дожить. Пока что - абсолютно заслуженное место в списке и твердая 4+.
Ожидания – самое отвратительное, что может быть в 1001...
I love Led Zeppelin I love Led Zeppelin I freaking love them. There is at least one song on every album that never fails to scratch an itch in my earballs just right ('Babe I'm Gonna Leave You'). I can't in good conscious give this a 5 while informed that Led Zeppelin IV exists and still requires my validation. But this is a very high four, no doubt I will be second guessing myself.
Ok let's be straight up, every album of Led Zeppelin's on this list is a 4 or 5. It's a shame they only lasted 12 years. Personally I'm not a self proclaimed fan of theirs, but their music is still amazing. Every member of the band is spectacularly skilled and it shows on this album. They grab your attention from the first note and never let go of it, even with 5+ minute long songs. However, this album to me is missing the sort of pizzazz I'm looking for in a 5 star. Very very close though. I'm pretty sure my 5 star ratings will go to II and IV, but stay tuned for any surprises.
Loved it. Black Mountain Side is the only song I wasn’t a fan of.
One of the first albums I ever bought on vinyl. "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" used to be my favorite Led Zeppelin song. The last time I listened to this top to bottom was on vinyl years ago. This time, "Your Time is Gonna Come" really stuck out to me.
Once again… who hasn’t heard this one. 8/10
Bluesy rock
Not as good as the other zepplin album
Perfection, from the first note to the last. Pretty much every song is a timeless classic, with some all-time greats mixed in as well. Absolutely loved it; would give it 6 🌟 if I could! 5 🌟
Not my favourite Led Zeppelin album (I’m particularly partial to Led Zeppelin III), but all Led Zeppelin tends to be good Led Zeppelin, even their debut. Fav tracks: Babe I’m Gonna Leave You, You Shook Me, I Can’t Quit You Baby Least fav tracks: Good Times Bad Times, How Many More Times
That is not an album. That was 9 criminal acts in music industry. I could listen this piece of… history only at background.
Very bluesy, lots of high energy
Eh
The album that started it all. Not as cohesive as later efforts, but it has some great moments that foreshadow the monumental albums of the Seventies.
Yup, still good. Standouts: Good Times Bad Times, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Dazed and Confused, Your Time Is Gonna Come, Communication Breakdown
So so good. It’s really hard to beat Led Zeppelin and they have such great songs that also contain a ton of variety. 9/10 only because this isn’t even their best album
Honestly, it's better than I expected
A classic.
Yep, apart from two full blues stodges, this album rocks brilliantly. Communication Breakdown is one of the greatest rock songs of all time. And Dazed and Confused is great in the complete opposite way. Almost pompously bloated but it works a treat. If it weren't for the two dull bluesy jams, this would be one of the greatest albums ever. With them, we have to wait for Zep II
call and response part between page and plant is cringey but other than that it’s good
Peerless. Or it would be if it weren't for the other Led Zep albums. Anyway, it's brilliant - and one of the best starts to an album of all time..?
The front of this is great. The back falls off slightly which for me drags it just down from a 5.
Klasyk
Good
Possibly my favourite Led Zeppelin album, I really like the more bluesy style.
Parts of this album got a bit tiresome.
Just when i thought i lost hope in rock. Zeppelin shows that there are still good albums out there.
Awesome
This is not for me. I don't think I've ever listened to this record the whole way through, probably because it's just a bit too noodly and bluesy for me. I guess I can say it's certainly a strong debut album and clearly the lads are talented, but man is this so boring. I'd be fine to never had to slog through Dazed and Confused again.
Led Zeppelin is the debut album by English rock band Led Zeppelin. The band did such a great job of fusing blues and rock while embracing the emerging hard rock sound, that it payed off with this album being a critical and commercial success. This is considered by many to be the best Led Zeppelin album, and it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004. This album has been certified platinum in the US and UK. I like Led Zeppelin, so it was great to finally listen to their debut album in its entirety. Their debut album is exploding with hard rockin' content, and it's also nice to see how much the band has progressed since their earliest work.
Classic for boomers by boomers
Great album, shame about the noncing
I realise this is going to lead to people thinking less of me, but I got bored and turned it off.
Bit proggy for me, one or two bangers
I know there great and all, but was left a little bored on this listen.
Listened to on 2/28/23 4/5 Favorite song: how many more times I love Led Zepplin and this album did not disappoint but isn’t as good as IV
As are all Led Zeppelin albums, this was a good one. Communication Breakdown is my favorite on this one. It’s just tough to compete with II and IV.
One of my favorite albums. This band has a sound that I have not heard anywhere else, a nice mix of blues and rock. Some songs dragged a bit but there is little else to complain about. Pretty much a perfect album.
Classic.
What an album from the opening note of Good Times Bad Times through to the final notes of How Many More Times this album is fantastic. The driving rhythm section of JPJ and Bonham, Page's guitar Plant's vocals are spot on throughout. Listen to this and listen to it loud, your ears will thank you
Vive led zeppelin, mon band prefere 5.
There is some classic Zeppelin here, legendary riffs and vocals and strong hard rock and metal blueprints. But not quite as epic as their later work, as it is still reliant in the blues standards and basics that seems quite “done”, though Page’s diversity is on full display.
Good album however the last real wow factor is missing for me here, especially when it comes from a big name like Led Zeppelin
why is this sparbossa energy,.,.,. babe x6 sickest guitar solo ull ever hear
Rock suave. Un 4.
Escuchable
Solid influential debut by overrated ratty-haired wannabe bluesmen.
zep
Finally had a chance to listen to it.
Je commence à reprendre goût à Led Zeppelin avec les albums que j'ai eu. Très bon album, beaucoup de classiques incontournables du band.
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La quinta creo que se la doy por su importancia más que otra cosa. "mimimi algunos son covers y los chorearon para..."zzzz me chupa un huevo marco un antes y después en la música y la mitad de su repertorio son las canciones más importantes y vigentes hasta en la actualidad
I well remember purchasing this album in reel to reel format at the PX in Nurnberg, Germany while I was living there in 1969. I spent hours listening to it on my headphones as it played on my Sony TC530 tape deck. I also remember the battle that raged in court in Germany between the band and the offspring of Count Zeppelin over the band's use of the family name. A truly seminal recording by one of rock's legends and our introduction to the band and John Bonham's drumming.
What can I say I love this album, so many great songs and still sounds great.
A blues rock & roll album as strong as this as a debut; it’s hard to imagine. Plant sounds like he’s been at it for years with howls to match Page’s guitar and Bonham’s thunder. I don’t even consider myself a Led Zep fan, but damn, one has to at least recognize how great this record is.
Some really good songs on this one. A bit more scattered then some of their later albums. Still has that great big sound.
Blues, rock, great songs. One of the best debut albums of all time? Great album
Classic
A wee bit shouty/noisy. Not the sort of music I would normally gravitate towards, but I definitely appreciated some tracks. Enjoyed Black Mountain Side, I Can't Quit You Baby.
Zeppelin finnst mér hafa elst svolítið misvel, en ja hérna, þetta er frábær plata. Ekki bara nostalgían sem ræður því mati. Þetta er í alvöru frábær plata.
Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
A marriage of rock and blues by people who can actually play instruments Iford a rich sound and vibe. Really enjoyed this, their first, album.
Legendarisk blues rock. A true anthem
pretty lit, dadddddd rock. 7/10
I sometimes forget how great a band's debut can be. Especially considering the rest of Led Zeppelin's catalogue. Really powerful sound. Every song has a moment that made me stop and listen closely. Songs like Communication Breakdown help me understand why some punk artists and bands were big fans of Led Zeppelin and cite them as an influence. The little drum fills were instantly recognizable, but foreign as I hear them most in punk elsewhere. Playing with speed. Punk Zeppelin.
Wow. Yet another dad album. Pre Stairway Zeppy. I have listened to this Zepp album the most out of their entire discography by far just due to the fact that LZ1 was the only Zepp album my dad had in his car. I know these songs more than the rest of their catalog so I may be a little biased but here we go. I recall being something like 6 years old when I asked my dad if Jimmy Page was the greatest guitarist of all time. No joke this record is why I picked up the guitar. Wow. Buckle up, I’m writing about every song. Good Times, Bad Times. Banger. Bonham triplets out of the gate. Technique. JP making the tele scream. Good times, bad times. You know I’ve had my share. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You. BANGER. This was one of the first songs I ever downloaded on Kazaaa back in the day. That chorus is heavy as hell. SO sick. The slide that starts every measure. Shit, man. All of Page’s noodling throughout is hot heat as well. This song ends with that cowboy shit. Hell yes, brother. You Shook Me. I remember always thinking this song is way too damn slow. I still do. Sounds like Plant is covered in tar and is melting. Didn’t learn until much later that this was a cover. JPJ on the organ, killing it. Robby P comes in hot on that harmonica. Page comes in even hotter with that eeeeeelectric power. Plant and Page close it out with some excellent back and forth. Banger. Dazed and Confused. Banger! Legendary riff. Bonham’s drumming on full display. Spooky bridge part with JPJ casually grooving in the shadows. “Tink tink tink blam” here we go down the rollercoaster weeeee! How did they just show up and do this? HOW IS THIS THEIR FIRST RECORD? Your Time Is Gonna Come. Talk about a song that takes me back to a time and place like a familiar scent. Vivid memory of me and my dad pulling out of the Chevron on the corner of Sepulveda and Rosecrans setting out on a roadtrip. Perfect roadtrip music. I will be honest this song was just a big buildup for me to get stoked for Black Mountain Side. I knew damn well what the next track was and I still do. Black Mountain Side. This right here is the song that made me want to learn guitar. I remember being hypnotized by this lick. That lick combined with the percussion offered up by JB and one Viram Jasani always teleports me to some little temple in the middle of the jungle. 2:13 that just goes by in the blink of an eye. Communication Breakdown. BANGER. Rock and roll. Shred. Communication breakdown, dude. It’s always the same. This track laid the foundation for so much rock to come. I Can’t Quit You Baby. Another blues classic that I didn’t understand as a kid. But even though I thought of this as another song that needed the tempo to be doubled, I have always loved the way that Page makes the axe cry on this track. The imperfections. The sloppy steez. Good ol’ fashioned blues with Jimmy’s talent on full display. A 25 year old playing like a 75 year old blues veteran. How Many More Times. That intro. So cool. Rob has rings, pearls, and all. This song rocks. That march bit with the harmonized guitars? You kidding me? This track goes so many places. How in the hell was this their first album? The Hendrix shit that Page gets on for a minute there gives me goosebumps. Never realized how creepy the lyrics are at the end. And now it’s over. My trip down memory lane has finished. Stellar performance from the Johns the Jimmy and the Robert. JPJ with some groovy bass licks and organ highlights, Bonham with some career defining technique, Page with the financing for this album and just virtuosic guitar playing, and Plant rounding it all out with trademark vocals. This album is a classic. This album is full to the brim with legendary music that had stood the test of time. There is no record that takes me back to being a kid in Manhattan Beach more than LZ1. 6/5
The #1 song of 1969 was “Sugar Sugar” by the Archie’s. I know this not only because I looked it up, but also because I was 5 at the time; and we got a free copy of the single pressed into the back of a cereal box (which probably helped propel it to #1). You should definitely listen to Sugar Sugar, and THEN listen to Led Zeppelin’s debut album. It’s only then that you can appreciate the seismic, watershed event that was Zeppelin’s appearance on the musical stage in the context of music history. I loved the reviews in this group almost as much as this album. It’s always a delight when someone of my generation actually gets someone of the next generation to sit down and really listen to and appreciate Zeppelin (though I realize some in this group were more familiar than me). It’s just incredible musicianship. And to think that not only is this their debut album, one they recorded in only 36 hours of studio time, and they had only been together for a few months at that point. Robert Plant had just turned 20 and he sings with the confidence of a seasoned frontman. John Bonham is a generational talent. JPJ’s musicianship comes through in every song. Page is a MONSTER on the guitar - just drink in the solo after the heavy downbeat in Good Times Bad Times, and you get an idea of what set the world on fire. So wonderful to listen to this again. You can hear how some of their early music presages what is to come. For example, you can hear some Bron-y-aur Stomp in Black Mountain Side. I actually didn’t get into Zeppelin until I was in my early 20s. By the time I was growing up, they were fading out and known for smashing hotel rooms, drugs, and general excess. Then I listened to them and finally “got it”. It was about the music first. This early work brings that out. Just because the later work gets even better doesn’t make this any less than 10/5.
A classic. I’m prejudiced against led zepplin as a whole but still loved the songs on this album. Ill come back to a few of them for sure.
I mean what can you say? It’s Led Zeppelin. It’s their debut album. It’s through and through a brilliant, stunning, raucous blues rock debut and as significant an album as I can think of. I myself am more partial to their later stuff. Particularly that which moves away from the classic blues, hard-rock standard and into the realm of post-rock; especially Physical Graffiti cuts like “In The Light.” But there is something undeniably raw and special about the band’s first two albums. And at least once per year I find myself listening to the bands’s whole discography (or at last I through Graffiti) because it’s just that good. I woke up a little tired this morning, and frustrated I had to work. But Good Times Bad Times perked me up and got me moving. It was an all Led Zeppelin kind of day. :)
Wow. I get what all the fuss is about. This is the kind of album that 1001 Albums was made for... an album that you might have some ambient awareness of, that you might think, abstractly, "that sounds like it would be good," but never actually gave it your ears. This is the first time I've ever properly sat with a Led Zeppelin album, and I've gotta say... it was pretty unforgettable. I was taken from basically the first moment of the first song. So many things were clicking for me... Robert Plant's feverish, skrelt-y vocals that immediately recall a half dozen other singers so clearly indebted to his sound, the drums (the drums!!) and how creative the fills were, the inventive ways they're re-interpreting blues records... I really, really got it. It was like a lightbulb moment... ah, so that's why every late 60's band and their mother was trying to make this kind of music. They were all listening to Zeppelin! I was really on the edge between 4 and 5 here. Truth be told, I spent the next several hours mainlining as much of Led Zeppelin's next 3 albums into my ears as I could, and what I heard was... insane! So now I know where the story goes with this band. I know how they rapidly evolve, how some of the best music they ever did is yet to come. But for introducing me (and the world at the time) to such a bold, intense, sexually-charged-guitar-solo sound, I have to give the album high marks for sending me in a tailspin. With so many albums to get through, it's rare to have an instant conversion experience. A well-deserved 5/5
Sets the groundwork for what followed but as an album is not great to me
3.8 + Dare I say, I found myself a little bored? Being a so-called “super group”, their musical chops are obviously unimpeachable. But their fascination with electrified blues is pretty par for the era. They tread where countless Brits explored before and since, which makes songs like “I Can’t Quit You Baby” sound tired and overblown to my ears. Still, there are plenty of amazing moments throughout so it never feels like a complete bust to return to this. I especially love the guitar sonics on “Dazed and Confused.”
The idea of being like "hey let's check out this new band" and hearing this album for the first time is fucking insane. One of the strongest debuts of all time.
3-4
Quite boring actually, more nostalghia
Favorite tracks: good times bad times, your time is gonna come, black mountain side (instrumental) Least favorite track: babe I'm gonna leave you
Just short of their absolute best for me but it has one of my favorite songs in "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You."
A good listen, very Led Zeppelin. Not their best songs but I appreciated listening to their debut front to back, quite sure I've never done that before.
An undeniably powerful and heavy debut.
Haven't heard a lot of these tracks, but defnitely a very strong debut. I kind of enjoy the production with the bleeding of vocals into other tracks with a few rough edges left in, definitely has more "oomph" for me this way.
already like this a lot more than the sex pistols album - soooo good. i think i like that you can discern what the words are in this album along w the sick rock. you shook me is SO good. very sexy communication breakdown is sick really appreciate that the song ended on an 8 minute song, great wrap up.
4.1
One of the best debut albums of any era
I like to think of this as Led Zeppelin Greatest Hits Vol. 1
Phenomenal debut album.
A slapper of the album. Your time is gonna come is a very under rated song.
I mean, 2/4 of the best songs were stolen, but the other 2 were Zeppelin originals, and they all absolutely slap. I'm also pretty sure Bonham blew everyone's faces off with the intro to the first song alone
Iconic
It’s Led fucking Zeppelin. Top to bottom the musicianship and songwriting are great. Everything sounds incredible because the production while not top notch is mixed excellently. An album that stands out in a year full of stand outs.
This is their best, one of my top 10 favorite albums ever. Easy 5! T3B 1. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You 2. Dazed and Confused 3. Your Time Is Gonna Come
Quite enjoyed this. Often Led Zep stresses me out - loud, shouty, headache inducing. Sure, the odd fat lick but also often boring and kind of directionless. Did mind this one though, still not a fan but not unpleasant.
Woah. Looks like I got the perfect firecracker this new year!
Solid
4.5
decent album, bombastic yet a bit forgettable. could have used lesser meandering but was otherwise a solid hard rock album
Loved it. Already in my rotation.
Another chance to dig out some old vinyl for this list. I like this, I've been a Zeppelin fan since I was a kid. It's clearly an important album in heavy metal and rock history. I'd put II, III, IV, and Physical Graffiti ahead of it in quality and importance on my own Zeppelin list though.
Een legendarisch album, goede gevarieerde songs. Van rustig naar stevig piekfijn
I definitely respect what this did for music, and the fact that this is 1969 is amazing. It's a bit too bluesy for me, and many of the songs are a bit too long. Still, there's some jams on this album. It starts out very strong. Unlike some people, I don't really mind Robert Plant's voice. This record just didn't truly connect with me, except for a few songs. Maybe I'll like some of their other albums on here more. My favourite songs were Babe I'm Gonna Leave You and Dazed and Confused.
****** - 6 stars
Opens with a belter “Good times bad times” then becomes samey precursor to much better things
One of the best rock debuts. Strong front beginning to end, must listen
Epic debut album
Almost impossible to believe this came from 1969...
This one is interesting because you can still hear the bluesy influence in some of these songs, something that definitely phased out as the albums went on. Sadly, that isn't a great thing in my book, as blues isn't exactly my favorite genre. This album was alright, and I think Babe I'm Gonna Leave You may be my favorite rock-centric Led Zeppelin song I've heard, but a lot of this album felt it went on quite a bit longer than needed, despite it's small amount of songs. And while the guitar and vocals were excellent, sometimes there was just too much empty space, due to the blues influence mentioned earlier. Overall an alright album, but you can definitely tell Led Zeppelin only got better with time, at least in my opinion!
Solid. Holds up both as DNA to everything that comes after it and as a stand alone album
Well what can be said. One of the greatest debut albums of all time. Every song is a classic, thought the Willie Dixon cover You Shook Me is one I can skip over but everything else is just classic Zeppelin. There's even a nod to the middle eastern influence that would become more pronounced later in their career. A no brainer 5 star album.
good times bad times - ok! 6/10? babe im gonna leave you - não sei pq mas acho que a natalie tinha essa no wrapped? mas não prestei mta atencao porque tava preocupado com a tarefa de otimizacao aqui da pós entao sei la ?/10 you shook me - po essa tem uma parte muito reconhecivel depois tenho que dar uma olhada qual é found it ok!! not really my style but better than i expected
This is one of the best debut albums there are. They did a tremendous job of immediately setting themselves apart from the rest of the rock scene at the time. Even though it's their first album together, all band members played in perfect harmony with one another; allowing each other to shine in their respective areas of musical expertise. While they are known for being a heavier band, they deliver beautiful soft songs that let you know they have range and talent. I love this album and it always leaves me wanting more. 5/5
zep!
Rip Bonzo
great album
Yes! More of this
Right at the roots of rock. Wild and amazing!
So I like one of my favorite bands? Of fucking course
Not their best but certainly a solid entry in their catalogue. I think they were still finding their footing here but you can already see the makings of a classic band.
Jimmy page is the saving grace on this album
Love this album. The recent remastered edition is even better, and not just because it credits the actual songwriters!
Was very late to the Led Zeppelin train (think that’s called super off peak in train terms), only giving them a proper listen in my mid twenties. Boss sound that’s very recognisable. Enjoyed this one
Quality debut album.
This album was my first Led Zepplin album and I am very upset I have gone 32 years without getting on them. This album was a belter.
For my first time listening to Led Zeppelin I was pleasantly surprised, even after all the praise I’ve heard, still I underestimated this band. I could see myself calling this a 5-star album in the future, I just need to sit with it a while longer for that to happen. Nevertheless, this album is amazing. Everything is done so brilliantly. From song structure, to instrumentation, to vocals, all of it is being done at the highest level and that makes for one hell of a debut. There is so much nuance to these songs. For example, the band knows when to be patient, when to speed it up, when to turn left, or right etc. The sheer number of ideas on this album make me very excited to hear more from Led Zeppelin.
Obviously great. I wish I could give it 4.5 starts.
The first in a long line of incredible music that shaped a generation, and forged new paths in rock and roll. Hard to beat.
I mean, it's ok...
кажется мне понравилось вопросов не имею очень хорошо :))))
Absolument une dinguerie, Babe I'm Gonna leave you c'est un banger intersidéral, la cover est incroyable, vraiment que du bon laaaa
Led zeppelin keeps surprising and entertain me! Each song have a different touch, a different genre almost... But always well executed. Keeps you wanting for more song even when the album is over. 5/5
Tycker att det är ganska påfrestande musik. Visst, de har gjort Stairway to heaven och Kashmir och de är ju bra. Den här plattan hade ett par skapliga låtar, inte mer. Inte sämre än hiphop dock.
vittu mikä bias... ei voi mitään... ei kiinnosta että varasti biisejä TURPA KIINNI EI KIINNOSTa. monumentaalinen tuotos...Para ser el primer album de un grupo musical de la epoca, este fue lo maximo....ei voi muuta sanoa kuin JASSOO. dazed and confused... veli....
I know this is an all-time great album, but I didn't absolutely love it.
No es mi disco preferido, pero es una gran debut para semejante banda. Siempre me molestaron esos gritos de Robert Plant pero también me he preguntado qué sería de Led Zepelin sin éstos.
A very good start but not quite a great album for me. Led Zeppelin seem to be overrepresented in the 1001, this is one I would have dropped. But 4 stars nevertheless.
Outstanding
4.75/5 Some absolutely filthy classic rock. -.25 for the slower bluesy jams that don’t work as well as future attempts do
I just got generated Mudhoney's excellent Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge only to find its global ranking to be under three. I fully expect this album, like every Zep album, to be a high three or perhaps a four on the global ranking. I honestly find this absurd. I can't believe any thought goes into the lionization of Led Zeppelin's catalog. It really feels like an emperor's new clothes situation to me. I haven't heard a single Zep album as good as Mudhoney's Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge.
The debut album from the infamous music thieves. For posterity's sake, I decided to listen to every song on here, followed by the original version where applicable. Let's goooohoohooohooohoooowoowbabybabybabyooohowowoo..oo...o...0o....0....0.........o.......... 1. Good Times Bad Times - Whaddayaknow, an original Zep tune, not really feeling this one. 2. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (original by Anne Bredon, Led Zeppelin covered the Joan Baez version) - Bredon's version has a cold, detached immediacy, she's leaving you and she doesn't care, Baez is more emotionally invested, bearing her soul, Plant sounds like he's parroting Baez but singing like what he thinks an emotionally distraught person is supposed to sound like, while injecting about 100 too many "baby"s. Be forewarned, this is going to be a recurring theme on this album. Flamenco guitar is kinda nice though. Personally the Baez version is best. 3. You Shook Me (original written by Willie Dixon, performed by Muddy Waters) - So they slowed the original waaay down. Like almost absurdly slow. And added some unnecessarily long solos. Another L for the Zep. 4. Dazed and Confused (original by Jake Holmes) - This is the best song on the album hands down. As with all the songs so far, Jake Holmes has more raw emotion and feeling and the better lyrics, while the Zep cover relies a bit more on production gimmicks and effects, but they do some pretty interesting stuff with their version, so I'll call this a draw. 5. Your Time is Gonna Come - Side B opens with another Zep original. And it shows. Stick to doing covers lads. 6. Black Mountain Side ("inspired" by Bert Jansch) - Listened to both and.. Zep just took the guitar riff and played it over some tablas (?) in a different key without the vocals. Neither version is worth much more discussion or bandwidth. 7. Communication Breakdown - 3rd and last original composition on this album. They're starting to formulate their own sound a bit. Plant's vocals are annoying though. 8. I Can't Quit You Baby (original by Willie Dixon) - This might have the biggest gap between the original and the cover. Seriously. Go listen to Willie Dixon's version. Robert Plant is not in that man's league. 9. How Many More Times (hodgepodge of blues inspired bits and pieces) - I'll actually give LZ a break on this one, anything they may have "borrowed" to make this song has been transformed sufficiently and legitimately made their own. And as a song, it's actually pretty damn good, that is if you manage to ignore the "school girl" line. Final verdict; can't be too hard on the lads, it's a debut album after all, and they did introduce me to Jake Holmes, so major props for that. I rate this 2 court orders - one to pay all royalties to deserving musicians, and one to stay at least 500 m away from all schools. 🧾 🧾
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You is good. The rest is just doing absolutely nothing for me. Some great riffs but they get lost in tedious wailing. Led Zeppelin are very talented but none of this is making me feel anything. That's just me though.
Mjeh
Good mix of rock and delta blues that mostly scratches the riffing itch. The longer tracks do tend to drag on - the band is at its finest on the shorter rippers like 'Good Times Bad Times' where it can barnstorm a riff and chord change. The longer tracks become monotonous after a few reps and drag down the momentum.
Fuckin great
Man, they sure came out of the gate swinging, didn't they?
Imposter syndrome usually sets in when people know I like rock music and play guitar, as I’m not particularly a fan of any Led Zeppelin songs I’ve heard. It seems to be a key point in rock music to talk about Led Zeppelin with other guitarists. That being said, I don’t recognise any songs on this album so let’s see! Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Dazed and Confused, Babe I’m Gonna Leave You It’s going to sound like I’m being purposefully contrarian, which I promise I’m not trying to be, but I just don’t get it. Perhaps if I was a teenager when this album came out then it might have rocked my world, but when listening to it now it just feels very mid. The vocals are certainly very good, but the rest of the music definitely doesn’t blow me away. It seems blasphemous to say it, but I just don’t find Led Zeppelin to be that good! I’ll go hide somewhere now.
Most amazing first album. Classic right out of the gates.
Ripped off music with an over-singer. I cannot stand them. Just pretentious crap. His voice irritates me so much. Go and listen to the actual blues artists they are copying instead of this watered-down British junk with no soul.
One of my least favourite LZ albums. Individually everyone sounds great, especially Bonham, and it's a great sounding album overall. But it's always been too straight, too traditional for my tastes. At last when they nicked everything from the old blues guys on later albums they put their own stamp on it. So much of this first album sounds like an album of blues covers plus a couple of folk covers. Much greater things were to come.
Things would only get better. More druggy, too.
This is the cleanest five stars I've given so far. This album is fucking stuff of legends.
Solid rock music 3/5
It was good but nothing mind blowing for me. Tool is a lot bettee
Some good songs, but a good deal of filler. It’s their first album, seems like they were still developing their sound.
5. Superb from start to finish, amazing how well it holds up. Interesting how diverse some of the tracks are. Standouts: most! Good Times Bad Times, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, You Shook Me, Dazed and Confused, Your Time Is Gonna Come, Black Mountain Side, Communication Breakdown, How Many More Times.
What more can you say that hasn't already been said... The album that launched a thousand riffs. All four of them showing that they were masters of their craft. Turn it up to 11 (even on the school run)
What a treat to the ears
yeah, great stuff. Awesome start obv, but I find bits of the album drift here and there. Overall great to re-listen
Magnificent. Prime cuts: Good Times Bad Times, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, How Many More Times
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Dad rock pur sang. I never gave them a *good* listen, so I'm glad I did now, because I have underrated it.
- First listen to this album - Better than other Led Zep albums I've listened to, and I've liked all of theirs that I've heard - Every song is great - 1st 5* I'm giving to a first listen - Fav songs: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Good Times Bad Times, Dazed and Confused
Fantastic debut rock album
Leave it to Led Zeppelin to already sound like veterans on their debut album, They got their sound down really early on, and everything comes together to form something really special - from the catchy, bluesy guitars, to Bonham's insane drumming, and Robert Plant's unmistakable voice. Lots of standouts here, but I particularly loved You Shook Me, Communication Breakdown, and How Many More Times. The only reason this isn't a five-star album is because I know that their latter work gets even better. But for a first record, it's already oh, so close!
8/10 a lot of great hymns
This should be on the '1001 albums you shouldn't listen to before you die' list.
There is plenty of filler, it's derivative and the lyrics leave some to be desired; but with LZ, Zep started something that would come to open the gates for so many genres and bands. For that, it's timeless
Closing track bumped it from 3 to 4. They all clearly know how to play their shit. lyrically lacks big time
Some great songs here, but weighed down by a whole load of other dross which sound pretty much the same. Excess is probably the way to describe it; the vocals, the solos, the length of songs. Sometimes the excess makes a great track, as in the first two examples, but the rest of the time, it's a bit annoying.