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Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

1969
4.07
Rating
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Distribution
Genres: Metal, Rock Styles: Hard Rock, Blues Rock

Reviews (page 14 of 15)

Brings back memories of wild nights in my formative years. Black jeans, long hair and cheap beer. Makes me feel all dirty in a good way

5 Classic

amazing debut, great mixing

Not a fan of super loud music, especially rock-related genres (it just seems a little too much and too unpredictable in my opinion). I do gotta say that the instrumentals were pretty cool (especially the guitars in "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You". The blues airs here and there in the disk are also quite agreeably welcome. At the end of the album, I do have to say that none of the songs really strike me as memorable. I did not particularly like any of the songs either, but this is most likely a matter of my own musical taste. Both songs I liked most were both with the strongest sense of Blues and instrumental rather than vocals. Fav Tracks: - You Shook Me - Your Time is Gonna Come

Solid hard rock album. Just not a fan of the singing style (subjective) and boring lyrics (objective). Nice riffs and stuff, i guess. FAV tracks: Babe im gonna leave you, dazed and confused, good times bad times Least fav: black mountain side - i thought an ad started playing when this came on wtf

Today's Led Zep is predictably top stuff. Maybe not a 5 because it's short of something that elevates it into superior air though Your Time Is Gonna Come gets damn close.

This is consistently very very good, but not quite great - lacking really memorable standout tracks. But, blimey, what a debut! Not a bad song on there, although it does suffer from the same issue as every Led Zeppelin album imo, it's almost all a little bit too long and drawn out, could be a bit tighter. Otherwise, it's great, like the bluesy style, feels very much like a British CCR. 4/5.

My favorite led zeppelin album to listen front to back.

Wonderful

A handful a great tracks where they next level their Blues origins and some OK ones which are saved by Robert's vocals. A decent listen.

I listened to it and still have absolutely nothing to say.

I can see the value of it all but cannot get that much into it myself. Robert Plant's singing mannerisms get old quickly and the lyrics are subpar at best. There's no denying the production value or the honest fun of Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Dazed and Confused and Communication Breakdown, but the whole album gives too much away of its unauthentic, laboratory-formulaic structure. No soul or sparks here.

LZ come out of the blocks running. Stealing poor old bluesmens' songs for yourself has never sounded so good. Best Tracks: Good Times Bad Times; Dazed and Confused; Communication Breakdown

Classic riffs, guitar solos, drum fills. Babe I’m Gonna Leave you is awesome, fun to play on guitar. They were still figuring out what their band could do, clearing blues songs from their back catalogue, and they hadn’t yet discovered their mystical side or funky side.

It probably is a historically significant album, but it didn’t stand out to me.

Good times bad times is good. Rest of the album — meh. Nice album art. I think they have a unique sound and the guitar work is very nice. I think it just reminds me of stoners in high school.

i didn't hate it i enjoyed it nice Highlights: - Good times Bad times - Babe i'm gonna leave you - Dazed and Confused

It is, perhaps, the most appropriate introduction of perhaps the four most important contributors to the rock genre of the upcoming decade. Whereas John, Paul, George and Ringo were winding down, Robert, Jimmy, John Paul and John usurped the mantle and, along the way, became the standard bearers of a multitude of genres that would be refined and perfected; at times by them too. This is where it all begins and what all the fuss is about. A perfect blend of blues, hard rock and folk that caused an explosion not unlike one on the album cover. Tremendous!

Uma das minhas bandas favoritas e um dos melhores álbuns de estreia que já ouvi! Perfeição! Melhores músicas: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You e I Can't quit you baby

A phenomenal album that still only scratched the surface of what was to come from one of the bands that defined Heavy Metal/Hard Rock. I've often heard that every band in these genres can trace their roots to wither Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath. Discovered this album when I was about 15 and 30+ years later it still comes out regularly.

I've always loved the Zep and they were a huge influence on my guitar playing growing up. Bluesy, stompy, noodly guitars, that's good. The noodling gets self indulgent - which was great for learning bluesy scales as a kid but less great to listen to outside of that.

I love Zep, but this is not my favorite album. It's basically a cover album of their favorite blues songs. But the raw energy they bring to every track was a hell of a signal as to what was to come.

Absolutely brilliant. One of the best ever.

Not chumbawumba but as close as it gets

Enjoyed this much more than I was expecting.

Amazing.

Heel dik natuurlijk

Stone Cold Classic

The beginning

Alright, didn't fully click with me though.

Babe i’m gonna leave you - mega vibe worth the build up Dazed and Confused - 2nd half is where the songs goes good Mellow album

Classic through and through. Not a bad track on there.

One's 17-year-old self is delighted that this record still sounds as good as it does and one's current mid-50s self is surprised to have enjoyed it so much. The openers on each side are powerful starts. The range of guitar – the massive, jagged soloing to the slide whooshes to full-on folk pastoralism – are as impossibly broad. The singing is over the top when its not under the moon – Plant was the best of all the late '60s-to-early-'70s singer-screamers. Easily one of the highest-impact debuts of history.

Pas fan du style de chant et un peu trop blues pour moi, dans l'ensemble les morceaux sont trop longs du coup je m'ennuie un peu. Mais chanson 4 est plutôt bien :D

First one of 1001 nights, great start!

How on earth do you release this as your debut album in 1969?? It's completely insane to think about. Side one is out of this world - 'Good Times Bad Times', 'Babe I'm Gonna Leave You', and 'Dazed and Confused' are sublime. Side two doesn't quite keep the ball rolling with 'Communication Breakdown' being a highlight. I love this album, but somehow it doesn't quite feel like a 5/5.

Absolutely insane that this is a debut album. And released in 1969? I mean... Side one is non-stop perfection with an absolute highlight in "Dazed and Confused" (inspired by Jake Holmes). Side two is not quite as strong but still contains incredible tracks such as "Communication Breakdown" and "How Many More Times". Even when the record gets almost too close to just being blues Plant's voice comes roaring in and saves the day. This is not on the verge of being handed a 5/5 but it's definitely not a 3/5 either.

GOATED album

So much of todays music in there. King gizzard Tame impala drums The fucking 60’s man, would blow my mind

Thumbs up

Been a while since I listened through this album. Glad we had time apart because it allowed me to appreciate this album. Intricate and powerful sounds. Evokes a lot of emotion.

defo something I would like to listen to occasionally, maybe even try to play it myself.

Not a whole lot of songs. I'm gonna leave you baby is my favorite but every track is a banger. Perfect record, wish it was longer.

I love "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" more than anything. But then "You Shook Me" comes and bores me to absolute death. "Black Mountain Side" was cool and special. Over all quite a boring, but in the same way interesting album. 4

It's aight. The others are better. Shame that I own it on Vinyl, this delayed me discovering Zeppelin cuz it was lame to me because I knew the astronomical praise Zeppelin gets and it set my expectations too high. 4/5

I keep being surprised at how the early heavier rock songs/albums are so clearly influenced, by blues music, and Led Zeppelin is no exception. However, their difference is they don't overly rely on the Blues sound (personally, I think early Elvis and The Rolling Stones). Also didn't realise that they were English - totally though they were an American band. Best: Good Times Bad Times Worst: You Shook Me 3.5 Stars

Caveat - spotify provides remastered versions of the tracks (from 1990 or 1993). One of the greatest first albums ever, from one of the greatest bands ever. The start of a musical migration that originated with this very clearly blues influenced recording and that ended with some of the greatest rock ever produced. I simply can not find anything to criticise, yes Plant's voice can be a little screechy or shouty at times, but this fits the music. The songs are not as polished as later works but the execution is as virtuoso as ever

Led Zeppelin, doing Led Zeppelin.

This is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Album. Imagine sitting in your bedroom, sneakily smoking a joint, listening to "Dazed and Confused" for the first time ever back in 1969. Mind blowing. There is not a bad apple in the bunch. This is meant to be listened to from beginning to end. Many of these songs are in a daily rotation of mine.

Really top tier album. Started off thinking this was 100% worthy of the praise it received: Immersive, poetic, virtuosic and most importantly; entertaining. However as the album progresses it loses some of this magic and becomes a bit self-indulgent.

Classic.

A classic record that was an excellent debut for Zep. Underneath, the songs that got commercial attention and radio play, most of the record is a collection of blues songs performed by a dynamic white British hard rock-blues band. Sure, there are some slow moments and some filler, but for the most part this rocks hard and upholds the reputation of Zeppelin! One of their best!

Not how I expected but good

never actually sat and listend to Zep, but I have been missing out

Album opens with a bang and is great the whole time. The musicians are talented and they know how to work together

Quintessential

Led Zeppelin's first album is not only one of the greatest debuts of all time, but a perfect statement of what to expect from the band in the future. Through songs like 'Dazed and Confused,' 'Black Mountain Side,' 'Communication Breakdown,' and 'Your Time is Gonna Come,' the band showed that they were capable of longer ponderous exploratory songs, songs that experimented with eastern motifs, songs that exemplified hard rock, and songs that incorporated strains of Americana and traditional instrumentation. It's an incredibly enjoyable, varied, but cohesive album from one of the greatest rock bands of all time.

Not my favorite. Didn't realize LZ was bluesy (which I don't mind). Would probably be nice to listen to live.

Really enjoyed it. Haven’t listened to a lot of Led Zeppelin.

I'm trying to look at albums I've lived and loved with fresh eyes. Nope, that doesn't work Led Zep debut. 1969. Tunes, hooks, Page, Bonham, energy. It is brilliant. Timeless. Essential. Classic. Solid 5.

Heard it a lot. Heard it again.

Not my band, not my singer, pretty dissapointed.

Really good. Once or 2 songs towards the end of the album I liked that I'd never heard.

I thought it was alright, not really my genre of music, somewhat entertaining, at least some aspects. I enjoyed the back and forth between the lead and the guitarist on the second or third track. Overall I'd say 6/10, I'm glad I listened but have no plans to revisit.

From the infectious drum beat beginning of good times, bad times, to the lament of babe I'm going to leave you, this album has some of the hardest blues rock and some of the bluesy ist hard rock.

Damn. This must've been insane to listen to back in 1969 but even now it's clear where the sound of the '70s got it's start. Stand-out tracks for me: Good Times Bad Times, Your Time Is Gonna Come, Communication Breakdown, and How Many More Times. Great listen!

It is good but I probably wouldn’t relisten to it. Not super my style.

stop stealing songs

The album that changed rock forever, fusing blues rock with a polished alternating heavy metal and folk sound, shifting away from the chaotic garage style of their acid rock predecessors. The mixing and overall production work are fantastic, especially for 1969. You can hear everyone clearly. I've already complimented LZ in my other 3 reviews thus far so I won't reiterate, but that doesn't change that these are 4 of the most talented musicians in music history demonstrating pure talent. Only 9 tracks, with 6 of them being either perfect or close to it. "Good Times Bad Times" is an insanely strong opener, with an iconic buildup and short but catchy melody. Next three are masterpieces blowing people away with what this band is capable of. I can't believe they wrote "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" so early in their careers, my favorite use of the mystical acoustic and sudden jumps. Loving the faithful rootsy organ and harmonica in the blues "You Shook Me". What appears to be gimmick tracks turn into rock staples with how well-produced and structured they are despite their unusually long runtimes. Personally "Dazed and Confused" is a candidate for one of the best songs of all time, innovative and clever, carrying the feelings of paranoia through stages of isolation and busyness. Second side opens with the organ on "Your Time is Gonna Come," another folk track with a gospel chorus. Is that the steel guitar making that high-pitched tropical noise? Doubtful if Page is already on the acoustics. We get a sudden transition into the short raga instrumental track "Black Mountain Side," a bit sharp but fits with the psychedelic vibe. We get another sudden sharp transition into the loud and rampant "Communication Breakdown." It's a fun energetic track to rock to, in a lot of ways proto-punk, probably the most simple but also the most refined. "I Can't Quit You Baby" is our second full blues track, this time much more faithful to the original formula except harder. Finally, we end with my second favorite: the long and rhythmic "How Many More Times." Huge fan of the bursts of the drums with the satisfying reliefs. Has a bridge halfway through with a hazy and distressing atmosphere before returning to the original structure and ending with a wild and memorable finish.

I was lucky enough to never listen to classic rock radio stations, so literally no song was "overplayed" for me before I really got into music. Not even "Stairway to Heaven" - I overplayed that one for me myself. I discovered these songs like a caveman discovering fire. I wrote that previous paragraph like 5 hours ago and forgot where I was going with it so let me just say that this isn't my favorite Loop Zoop album (IV all the way, then Physical Graffiti and II tied for second place) but it's still incredibly good. These guys just randomly spawned from the mist in 1969 and decided to change musical history forever while dedicating 30 seconds of every song to Robert Plant having an orgasm. With songs like "Good Times Bad Times" and "Dazed and Confused", how can this be anything but a 5/5? That's why I'm giving this a 4/5. For any inquiry please contact me at: sexbreasts.gov Do not click that link if it somehow exists, I don't know where it goes.

Some poddling bluesy tracks mixed with some really good rock tracks.

Pretty good. Not a fan of Robert Plant's voice, especially when he's screeching all the, "Ooooh baby baby!" stuff, but the music itself is good and even awesome at times.

Bias upfront: one of my all-time favorite and one of my most-listened-to bands in the rock genre. I know they were all seasoned, professional musicians by the time they formed this band, but it's still remarkable to me as a rock group's debut album. I love this little intro bit from the Wikipedia article: "[The album] contains a mix of original material worked out in the first rehearsals, and remakes and rearrangements of contemporary blues and folk songs. The sessions took place before the group had secured a recording contract and totalled 36 hours; they were paid for directly by Jimmy Page, the group's founder, leader and guitarist, and Led Zeppelin's manager Peter Grant and cost £1,782 (equivalent to £31,203 in 2021) to complete. They were produced by Page, who as a musician was joined by band members Robert Plant (lead vocals, harmonica), John Paul Jones (bass, keyboards), and John Bonham (drums)." 36 hours, and pretty much paid for and orchestrated entirely by Page. For those who know the story of Boston's debut album, you know it's a lot like the story of Boston's debut album, although that one was even more bootstrapped and cobbled together by Tom Scholz. Superb, iconic, timeless album to my humble ears. Rock on, my fellow travellers!

Led Zep is the best cover band that has ever existed. Is this a good album? I would say yes, but the fact that a lot of it is liberally taken from other artists with no credit leaves a bad taste in my ears.

Banger, but not their best

A banger

Not my favorite Zeppelin album, but some good tracks on this one

The live version of Dazed & Confused, with the 5 hr. drum solo, is as boring as watching paint dry. The album version, on the other hand, is only 4 minutes too long. Using a violin bow to play a guitar solo sounds like a fun idea but it doesn't sound any good. The cherry on top is that they stole the song. The whipped cream around that cherry is that they stole it from a TV commercial jingle writer. Why would anyone steal from a poor sum bitch like him? btw, this is but one of many stolen songs on this LP and they don't just steal from poor jingle writers; they also steal from former band mates. Communications Breakdown tells all you need to know about this band musically. Page carries the song with excellent leads and Bonham's playing is quite competent and entertaining. Jimmy's acoustic work on Black Mountain Side is top shelf. Likewise, Communications Breakdown would be a lame song if it weren't for Page's solo and his solos on I Can't Quit You Baby make the argument that his playing is in the same league as Hendrix's. Plant wouldn't have made it past Horseshoe size venues without Page. The last song on side 2 is a slot where you often find filler. No exception here. Am I the only one who, half way through the song, thought that it should be named "How Many More Minutes"? Definitely mixed feelings on this one. Page's guitar playing is too good for this rating but the song thievery and all the yawning brought on by the last songs on each side don't leave me in a generous mood.

This clearly would have turned a lot of heads in 1969 with it's heavy, aggressive sound and over-the-top vocals. I remember reading that, when Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple heard this (DP sounded more psychedelic & proggy then) he came to the band and said "this is what we are going to sound like", and fired their singer. In many ways the sound of Rock Music changed after this album. I've heard all of the songs separately but hearing it all together, it's bluesier than I remember, and a bit folkier as well. "Good Time Bad Times" is a great lead off track. My favourite is "Dazed and Confused", and it's good to hear the composer got paid royalties 41 years after this release.

I’ve never been a big fan of Led Zep so 1,001 has forced me to listen to a Zep album for the first time in its entirety. Turns out it wasn’t too bad and I recognize most of the songs. I find the heavy blues / hard rock mix to be interesting, but I can do without Plant’s shrill vocals.

Amazing album, brilliant opening tracks, just not quite a 5 starts

There's a few things going through my mind for rating this album. Going to take a star off for basically stealing every song and claiming credits Going to put an extra star on because these versions are truly the best versions of these songs Going to take a star off for the song "You Shook Me" Going to have to put 2 stars extra on for the raw and rocking "Babe I'm gonna leave you" Going to take a star off for cringy lyrics like “Every day I work so hard, bringin' home my hard-earned pay/ Try and love you baby but you push me away,” Giving a star back for this being their debut. All in all, this is freaking rocking. The songwriting of Zeppelin definitely became better over time, but never was it this raw, blues and energetic.

Saw this and thought, I'm not in the mood for this album. How wrong was I. Loved the drumming. Hearing the emergence of the trademark Zep sound mingled with some blues was great.

I do like LZ, but I sometimes get a bit Planted out.

I have a feeling that if I listened to this for the first time today I wouldn't be a big fan, but as it is my teenage self refuses to let me give this anything less than a 4.

A classic. More bluesy than I remembered but not a bad thing. I love Robert Plant’s voice. Organ on your time is gonna come…why so much organ in the late 60s/early 70s? It’s ok though. This album definitely has its moments.

Deres første, meget indflydelsesrigt, hard rock, lidt blues

Good shit

Astonishing first album

A classic. First exploration of the genre by the band - I liked the experimental hook of some of the songs. Highlight: Dazed and Confused

git, najlepsze: "dazed and confused" oraz "Good times bad times"

Mało do dodania. Ledzi są zawsze świetni, choć to nienajlepszy z ich albumów, jakoś tak przeleciał

Good, not great. Bluesy sections felt inauthentic. Any time there was an acoustic guitar was a plus. Vocals got on my nerves.

8/10. Good stuff

Definitely my favorite so far compared to II and IV. 10/10

One of the greatest albums of all time. Revolutionary. Each song on this is a favorite of mine. I have a very deep love for this record.

i understand it is their first album but it was definitely not spectacular, but of course the talent was there.

I've had the discussion with friends on what is the best / most dramatic debut song by an artist in history. "Good Times, Bad Times" was on everyone's short list. But also...over the years I had kind of forgotten about this album - I'm very hit and miss on Zeppelin; so much overplay on radio from the 90s on turned me off to even their best for years, and I also don't care for some of their longer/more self-indulgent cuts (e.g. Kashmir no thanks; same with Dazed & Confused here). Zeppelin II->Houses has always been my sweet spot if and when I go back to them, but it started here and this debut is pretty damn great all things considered. ...even if you consider that half the tracks are literally ripped off from older blues artists. But still... Quite a few highlights aside from the kick-ass opening track: "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" just sounds really good with the contrast between acoustics and electric bombast, super heavy reverb... that grandiose and gorgeously huge organ intro to "Your Time Is Gonna Come" and the pure simple power of "Communication Breakdown" - both classics. Negatives: This will seem like too many negatives but the band was just finding themselves on this album - once they started writing more of their own material their diversity really shined. On the debut even when *sounding* great, it still drags in parts. "You Shook Me" is a plodding and dull ill-advised cover; "I Can't Quit You Baby" is similar, too often sloppy/ugly (i'm no fan of Jimmy Page solos - love his chord voicings/progressions but the blues solos are a hard pass from me); "Dazed And Confused" (despite being one of their more famous cuts) just drags too often (and ffs if you agree with that avoid their execrable live version which goes on for 3 weeks...). Hell, it is a very bluesy album which does occasionally sound repetitive by the end. Still though that's really nitpicking - this is a worthy and amazing debut overall and one which they'd refine to perfection just months (?!?!?) later on their near-perfect second album. 7/10 4 stars.

Over rated.

Masterpiece!

Whole album is endless instrumental solos

It's Led Zeppelin. What isn't to like?

So far II and Physicaly Graffiti have gotten a 4 from me and I still have II and III to catch up on. Fave: Dazed and Confused

2.5, I guess. Probably their worst album out of the ones I've heard so far.

Not their best but still classic.

p174, 1969. 5 stars. 60's tail end classic. White man blues meets heavy rock with a garnish of folk, and world domination ensues. I'm still not a fan of Robert Plant's voice, but here it hasn't evolved into the hysterical shriek of later years. Bonham and Jones are on top form, and Jimmy Page seems quite a good guitarist.

Great album, full of swagger and bluesy tinged rock riffs

ein god klassiker

Babe babe babe [...] babe babe babe babe I'm gonna leave you

do i even have to say 5 stars?

How can any other band compete?

Splendid!

First time listening to any Led Zeplin albums and the opening tracks were more British blues rock than I was expecting. Dazed and Confused, and Communication Breakdown were on the heavier end and better for it. Interesting first album, with some great vocals and guitar, but not the revolution I thought it might be. Looking forward to their later albums

My ears were pleased with this selection of delightful sounds

One of Led Zep’s great albums, with some outstanding classic tunes.

That was good.

This is definitely a rating about my own personal enjoyment of this record. There's no doubt it needs to be here. However, I personally find this album a bit bloated and indulgent. It's got hits, but leaves a lot more to be desired for me. Favorite tracks: "Baby I'm Gonna Leave You", "How Many More Times"

Discazo incomparable de uno de los grupos más grandes del mundo del rock. Excelentes melodías, acordes y conjunción.

crazy album to start your music career with

Very raw sounding, almost has a live quality to it. Production quality is low, but not in a bad way. You Shook Me has a lot of blues influences to it, clearly. More organ that I was expecting.

Did people straight up die when this came out?! The drums are so loud, the bass is on some other shit, and the guitar sounds like how lightning looks!

Good Times Bad Times: El inicio del álbum me llenó de una nostalgia increíble, recuerdo tener esta canción como una de mis favoritas por el 2018-2019. Un ritmo anímico, muy buen inicio. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You: Una canción que empieza melancólica, pero pronto toma un giro potente (BABY BABY BABY). You Shook Me: Un sonido de Blues puro, estoy seguro que AC/DC ha tomado este sonido para inspiración de algunas de sus canciones(OUOUOU se alocó con los gritos XD). Dazed and Confused: El mismo inicio seguido de la anterior canción, ni se sintió el cambio, muy bien logrado. (Hasta ahora el álbum está para escucharlo mientras das un viaje astral, muy agradable al oído). Your Time is Gonna Come: Inicio con un ¿órgano?, parecido al de un funeral. Bonito empleo de la guitarra acústica. Me recuerda a una canción de iglesia. Black Mountain Side: Continuación del sonido acústico de la anterior canción, sin voces, muy chill. Communication Breakdown: Y volvemos al sonido anímico que me gusta, un sonido que caracteriza a este álbum que me está agradando bastante por el momento. I Can´t Quit You Baby: Sonido coqueto de guitarra, lento y provocador, me gusta. Sin duda, el vocalista lo mejor hasta ahora (Robert Plant que bueno que eras), mejor dicho toda la banda es excelente. How Many More Times: UFFF que buen riff al inicio. Bajó la intensidad por la mitad y parece otra cancion (Dura 8 minutos :0), y acabó como empezó con los ánimos por las nubes. Reseña: Un álbum que no suena de 1969, tiene un sonido tan innovador, que parece un disco de fines de los 70s, un gran trabajo de Led Zeppelin.

Good shit.

When Led Zeppelin rock hard it is genuinely thrilling to hear such high octane, guitar and drums driven blues rock, originating so much we take for granted today - quiet verse, heavy chorus, thrashing guitar chords and cymbal heavy percussion. It’s quite brilliant hearing Good Times, Bad Times, Babe I’m Gonna Leave You and Your Time Is Gonna Come. Where Led Zepp come unstuck is their attempt to sing the blues which really comes off as a bad tribute to blues pioneers. There’s only so much one can stand from Robert Plant talking about all his Babys and Babies before it becomes ridiculous. How Many More Times is especially grim with his school girl fetish; I Can’t Quit You Babe is a pale imitation of twelve bar blues; and the Plant call / guitar response on You Shook Me is cringeworthy. Pioneering and influential for sure but it may be sacrilegious to say there’s a better band somewhere in there…

Led Zeppelin is the biggest group of thieves in music history. 6 of the 9 songs on this album are ripped off or stolen. Look it up. I literally makes me want to throw up when I hear them.

Love led Zeppelin

Top album, loves learning to play Babe I’m Gunna Leave You on guitar. Dazed and Confused is like slipping after taking a deep zen pill.

I liked this one a lot, surprisingly. It felt gritty and powerful. Generally I'm not a fan of this kind of sound, but they pulled it off very well. That being said, there were some songs on here that didn't fit the feel of the rest of the album. Even then though, they still sounded great. Favorite track: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You

This album has a couple of my favorite of all time Zeppelin songs, but I believe they become a more focused, better band on later albums than this one. Still a very good and deserving spot to be on the list. Highlights: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9.

I really struggle to enjoy Led Zeppelin. They're obviously superb musicians but I don't really like Robert Plant's vocals and I find some of the slow blues numbers are a little bit boring. I like their folky side more; 'Black Mountainside is an enjoyable acoustic raga track but it's a short side trip rather than a main event. Thankfully this element is more prominent on later albums. The quality of the band playing together is undeniable but my 3/5 rating is probably more out of respect than enjoyment factor.

Was alright I want to like them more than I do. They have some cracking songs but not on this album.

Classic bluesy rock but somehow not everything it should be

Great stuff

I know a bunch of Led Zeppelin popular songs, but hadn't listened to the albums. Enjoyed this one, really dig the classic rock vibe.

Okay I grew up with this one. It’s still an A+ album, rocks hard, and placed in 1969 it’s no wonder it changed rock music like it did. I still love it, especially Good Times Bad Times, but I have to finally acknowledge that Robert Plant’s orgasmic moaning and groaning and his lyrically complicated relationships with women are annoying but fortunately it doesn’t hurt the album overall. Bonham’s drums are fucking fantastic, Page and Jones are fantastic, and Led Zeppelin 1 stands the test of time.

I wish I could give it 10 stars.

No todas son buenas canciones, pero las canciones buenas son excelentes! 5 estrellas porque está mi bajo favorito de Zepellin Good Times Bad Times

Great debut. Some songs drag on a little but generally really cool blues rock sound. 8-9/10 1. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You 2. Communication Breakdown 3. Dazed and Confused

This is so good. Although I prefer the later, more mature Led Zeppelin, there's no denying the raw power they displayed right from the start. I'm trying to imagine hearing this for the first time right when it was released in 1969. They just blew away Cream, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, and every other band on the heavier side of rock. John Bonham, Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant were all standouts individually (sorry John Paul Jones, I'm sure you were really good too, your part just doesn't stand out as much), and combined they were so strong. As I listened today, I paid special attention to the drumming - just amazing. 5 stars.

Just WOW!!

Great album from start to finish.

An easy fiver. What an absolutely ridiculous year 1969 was for music. This is just one of like 10-20 masterpieces released that year.

Perfection

Kind of a disappointment. Some absolute bangers (the opening 2 tracks) with some overly long, stodgy, and outright plagiarism.

wonderful

A classic, but I'm going to round it down to 4 stars. Excellent considering it's their first album and there are some familiar hits. However, the songs that weren't released as singles don't particularly stand out to me and it's more bluesy that their later albums with a lot of "oooh baby baby baby".

yes nice

What more needs to be said? One of the greatest debut albums ever. I think the songwriting is better in later releases but the performances are impeccable.

Zep is still refining its sound and covering songs here. However, an album that includes a song like “Baby I’m Gonna Leave You” could not be considered as bad. “Good Times, Bad Times” is one of the most rocking songs in history.

Everything a classic rock album should be – loud and proud, impassioned and (okay, sure) a little bombastic. They steal the blues template blatantly and shamelessly, of course, but somehow they expand, amplify and make the blues their own (e.g., “How Many More Times”) much more effectively than other bands that took the same starting point. Awesome opening moments on both “sides” – the drum-spliced riff on “Good Times, Bad Times” and the organ on “Your Time Is Gonna Come.” Plant is surely the best of this generation of vocalists – selling “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” like an actor dying on stage, with such rollicking drama in the arrangement in the playing. Page is just a genius, unleashing massive, outlandish solos and jagged riffs, and then applying the subtlest of touches (e.g., the slide echos on “Your Time” and the pastoral bits on “Black Mountain Side”). And has there ever been a more authentically druggy song than “D & C”? Bonzo and JPJ lay down an appropriately bottom-heavy beat – like immovably leaden. One of the best debuts in rock and roll history, surely. My 16-year-old self is delighted that this record still sounds as good as it does.

Bluesy zeppelin, the Spotify after this album is incredible

An absolute classic

What a fucking insane debut album. Just drops trou and shits on all the 60s pop rock of the day. So bluesy. Rocks so hard. Amazing.

This is a game-changing masterpiece.

I've grown to really love Zeppelin, much more than in the 70s, 80s

Greatness!

A good album not perfect some good songs but enough great songs for it to be 5 stars for me

Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath are 2 big exceptions to my "fuck off late 60s" vibe on this project. This album doesn't fly as high as their later stuff, they hadn't really let the cat fully out of the bag yet, but they don't have a bad album anyway. Everything is at least "pretty damn good". 4/5.

Loved this album….classic Led Z

Awesome album cover . Didn’t care for the music. They were like a combo- blues ,rock, acid rock, mixture of stuff

It is always a good day when we can drop a five star. Led Zepplin is one of my favorite rock bands and their debut album starts to explain why. From Plant's wailing and crooning to Paige's shredding of the guitar (something few were doing at the time) to Bonham's expert drum work, this album has it all. And it isn't even my favorite album of theirs! Every song oozes both the 60's and coming right at the tail, a promise of exciting things during the next decade and beyond.

Oh here we go. I've been waiting for this moment for a while. The OG Led Zeppelin album, the one that started it all. Talk about a debut album! It's got a handful of blues covers that just rip, and the original songs have mostly become classic rock staples. This is just a foundational album, a must-listen for anyone who cares about rock music. I wonder if they knew when they made this the kind of legacy it would have? Did they know they were making one of the greatest rock albums of all time? Well, they did. Favorite tracks: Every single song except for How Many More Times. Album art: Iconic, the zeppelin. Just a tried and true classic. It's honestly not that special or impressive, but when you tie it to an album like this it's unforgettable. 5/5

I bought Led Zeppelin IV first (of course) because I was already sort of familiar with several songs, especially the big one. Then I bought Led Zeppelin II and I remember being surprised at how much I liked the whole thing. It seemed unlikely at the time that I would like two albums, front to back, of the same band. Then I remember buying this one and thinking 'No one ever talks about this one, I don't know any of the songs. This is probably going to be terrible.' And then 'Good Times, Bad Times' started up and I loved it again. I figured the blues-hippie-Tolkien -ock thing would burn off at some point, right? But it seems like these guys just had endless riffs and melodies to mine. I still think this is a great album.

These guys certainly knew how to filch from the best, I'll give them that!

Well, it ain't my favorite Zeppelin album but it was honestly a little refreshing to listen to the band and NOT hear a song off of Zep IV, so there's something to be said for that. And while not every song here shakes the foundations... Jesus Christ, boys: I cannot for the life of me imagine what hearing "Dazed and Confused" in 1969 must have been like. For real, can you imagine hearing that on the radio when a mere decade earlier something like that song was just completely unthinkable? Bobby Darin was in the top 5 in 1959. *Bobby Darin*... I can't do nothin' but 4 stars, and that's only because I know they best it later.

classic ldldl

Wat zijn ze toch goed, die Zeppelin mannetjes, hoewel soms ik niet helemaal in de mood ben voor die schuurpapier-stem van Robert Plant.

Deze lang niet in zijn geheel geluisterd. Klinkt toch wel wat gedateerd, maar nog steeds wel erg goed.

Blijft een fantastische band! Ken al veel nummers van dit album maar ook de onbekendere nummers zijn erg goed.

<3 Led Zeppelin

Hmmm, I liked this a whole lot more than III. It's one hell of a debut, alright. I guess it has more of the stolen blues draped all over it, so seems fresher, whereas III became the template for a whole swathe of hard rock, and thus now sounds generic, as it spawned a genre? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Fave track - "Dazed and Confused" that's a monster of a track!

Lots of good songs on here. Love Zeppelin.

Pretty good

Absolute classic.

One of the greatest debut albums of all time

Masterpiece

4 original songs, 36 hours of recording, not bad debut.

Solid heavy rock debut from one of the all-time greats. Blues and folk influences abound and it's delivered in such an assured and accomplished manner. Every musician here is at the peak of their talents.

A classic among classics. Sure, it doesn't get the love that II or IV get, but I think it even surpasses them at times.

On a second pass 3-4 years after I first listened to it, this pass illuminated this as a bit more of a standout for me. A lot of very cool tracks and particularly strong musical choices for a debut.

One of the best debut albums. Love it.

Pretty awesome record. Pretty much every song on here is beautiful in some way, and Plant’s vocals have a lot of passion which makes it all even batter. 7/10

this is what i imagined this whole project would be: not much songwriting, lots of guitar. unfortunately, it's also pretty good.

An undisputed classic. Nostalgia for me, but it still holds up after all these years.

Classic!

Classic. Loaded with energy.

5/5. One of the easiest 5/5 scores I've given. Every song is classic.

Great album, but just doesn’t reach the highs of led zeppelin II and IV.

Class. Everything a classic album should be. Cover art: 5/5

This is just a brilliant album. To make an entrance like 'Good times, Bad times' is just unreal. However, I do feel like this album is really kept alive by Jimmy Page and his mind-blowingly good guitar skills. He is really what makes this album special. So many classics set a foundation for their style for many years afterwards.

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Ukratko. Album me dosta iznenadio jer inače nisam neki fan Led Zeppelina, međutim ovaj album je stvarno dobar. Prvi puta kad sam ga preslušao mi je sjeo na glavu, drugi puta na volej!

Po sjećanju

So many different musical styles in one album. What's not to like!

Some bands on this list get the added benefit of nostalgia but some get a handicap. I loved Led Zeppelin as a kid, long after their heyday, I was listening to them in the late 90s. I idolized them and thought they were geniuses for the music they created. Years later you hear the stories, you hear the similarities in their music to older blues songs and things, then all of a sudden you hear the music a little differently. Each member was an all-star at their instrument and they were at the right place at the right time, but they were walking the line between flattery and stealing very closely. That line is ambiguous at best, one guitar player can play a lick and it sounds like they're paying homage to the players that came before them, then another can play the same riff and it seems fraudulent, I can't really explain it but I guess it has to do with their intention and I don't know how you can know what that is for sure. On another note, It's not advised to judge the past by today's standards, but some of the debauchery involving underage girls they were known for is gross to me now too. I know it was the 70s or whatever but still hard to look away from that. If you want to live in blissful ignorance, don't meet your idols and don't read their Wikipedias.

Legendary band with a legendary debut album!

Holy zeppelin. Absolute classic; one of the greatest debuts ever; not quite peak zep but not that far off

Damn! Zeppelin was always fire uh?!

HEAVY AF. Can't go wrong with Zeppelin.

This album keeps the misery of the blues without any of the accompanying spark. Everything is over-played, probably to hide the lack of much else. The riffs seem endless, and not in a good way. Just because you CAN play it doesn’t mean you SHOULD. Turgid.

By default I should despise this type of music. Middle class white men whingeing. My prejudices haven't changed much after listening to it. I didn't know the Glyn Johns connection. This still doesn't rescue it. You need some Roll with your Rock. This album lacks any rhythm. I felt like I was listening to the soundcheck for a ropey pub covers band.

Hup de beuk erin. Lomp en hysterisch.

Couldn't get past the non-stop creepy dirtbag lyrics. Including such gems as "'Cause I got a little schoolgirl, and she's all mine", "Said you messed up my happy home/Made me mistreat my only child", and "Lots of people talk, and few of them know/Soul of a woman was created below, yeah". I've had enough Robert Plant beleaguering his girlfriend for a lifetime.

OMG did I love this album and still do. Dazed is low on the list of my favorite songs. How Many More Times... c'mon

It's daunting to stand before a Very Important Album and pass my own humble judgment. As a youth, I was not a huge fan of Led Zeppelin, or Album Oriented Rock for that matter. Not that I was unaware of the reverence and veneration that they elicited among the rock connoisseur. I just didn't get it. It was cool to listen today and really feel that I get it. There are amazing things here. This is the history of rock and roll.

Led Zeppelin!! I was not a fan until I hit college, maybe even grad school, but I am now. I loved the album, although I had never listened to it previous to today...mostly I have compilations. The bluesy-rock can really hit the spot and the seductive vocals of Robert Plant just embraced me and made me feel at home.

There may be other bands with them at the top but no one is on a higher shelf of my Mental Library of Favorite Bands than Led Zeppelin. They make me feel all of the good stuff. There is a lot to appreciate in this album. At the start of almost every song, I catch my breath a bit and think, "Oooh this one's my favorite." And at the start of the next, "Oh, no wait. It's this one. This one's my favorite." On some of the tracks, I'm often glad when Robert Plant's vocals start back up again after a long spoodly middle but any given song is back to being my favorite by the end. Love them all.

Led Zeppelin is one of those bands I have always thought I should be listening to but never have. I could name a few of their songs, but looking at the track listing of this album am not sure if I had heard any of this or not. I am glad their first album came up on this first. Turns out I think I have heard at least some of this, probably played at friends’ houses over the years, as parts of this album seemed familiar. As I suspected, I should have been listening to this. This is a great album and I liked all of the music on it. Among my favorite tracks are “Good Times Bad Times” (I know this one from before) and “How Many More Times” (great rhythm in that one!). “Your Time Is Gonna Come” (love that organ intro and background!), “Black Mountain Side” and “Communication Breakdown” is a perfect trilogy at the start of side two! The songs go perfectly together and it was my favorite part of the album. Glad to finally get a full Led Zeppelin initiation after putting it off for nearly a half-century!

An ok album, but quite boring in places. Well constructed, but in the end more background noise than truly interesting.

Was ok but not really my taste.

I do really like some Led Zeppelin. This one isn't my favourite album of theirs but it still has a lot of classic tracks on it, strong 4

So this is where it started then? Fabulous, unique. However, I still have a preference for the bluesy slide of tracks like 'I can't quit you baby' - but judging by the Spotify Plays - i'm in a minority!

Re-listening for the generator: good stuff here. May have overrated Zep’s beginning in the past or it may be my headphones, but it’s still a 4/5 for the purposes of the 1001 ratings. Good times, good times. 8/10

All Zep had to do was fucking give credit where credit was fucking due! Some folk singer named Anne Bredon whom no one has ever heard of getting partial songwriting credit for the second track wouldn't have detracted from Page's arrangement, his playing, or Plant's wailing. Must've been an ego thing, which doesn't make sense, considering how excellent the band is. Adaptation is its own form of artistry, ya cunts!

I wasn't especially fond of this album when I first got into Zeppelin, and I'm actually less fond of it now. I never really liked blues rock all that much, though there are certainly outliers. This album is way too blues heavy that it feels plodding and much less exciting than the band they would become in a very short time. I can understand why this album is held in high regard, but its just not for me. There are several better albums by the band, this one can be largely ignored I my opinion.

The start of something very special.

I don't know if I've ever heard an album that's all bangers and no hits before this one. I loved every track but none of them were legit hits. The album was soaked in that sick vibe that you know and love from Zepp but not a single track had any of the monster hooks that you associate with the band. Still a super enjoyable listen, though.

12/17/2021 Today's Album: "Led Zeppelin" by The Led Zeppelin - Alright this first song is blowing me away so I want to go song by song. Good Times Bad Times kicks offthis album with an extremely solid start. The drums are doing this crazy thing with the pedals and the guitar is going nuts. I could have done without that weird fadeout at the end but still and amazing song. Babe I'm Gonna Leave you immediately slows things down for a slow ballad. There is a lone guitar in the beginning playing these really nice arpeggios until the bass comes in. The vocals on this song are really the focus and for good reason as they are incredible. The guitars and drums really do take it away in the second half, though. There are some feelings that this song is going on too long, but it sounds so warm those doubts are getting quickly dismissed. The sentiment of needing to lead a relationship despite the love attached is very emotional and lends well to the whole band just giving it their most sappy performance possible. You Shook Me is even slower, with the beat and distorted guitar sounding like a shovel being dragged through the mud it's so behind the beat. The blues progression gives this really cool contrast between the lamenting vocals and the absolutely gross effects on all of the instruments. The organ soloing, like in any 70s rock album (even though this one is '69), is fucking phenomenal. That paired with the harmonica, whose solo is fucking masterful, actually feels really revolutionary for the genre. Immediately after maybe one of the best guitar solos I have heard out of the entire decade it's from holy Christ it's actually so good. I also like this back and forth between the vocals and guitar before the ending and the singer actually goes fucking sicko mode. That immediately transitions into Dazed and Confused and the transition is actually really random and sudden, adding to the title. This song is hypnotizing, with insane drum breaks in between the moments of rocking grooves. Half way through the song picks up and the drums lay on the symbols. It's really disorienting but in the best way. My mans on guitar is just shredding. Your Time Is Gonna Come has a bunch of organs playing chords with one soloing on top of them. They drop out and the following song is a swaying soft rock groove with a country twang and a hard edge with the drums. Absolutely great tune and it works really well as a single (presuming it is one). There's a super cool drum break with these weird muted tones in the right channel and I love it. Smash cut to Black Mountain Side. It's this really cool guitar Jam with some amazing playing joined with a bunch of eastern percussion. It also cuts off right into Communication Breakdown, which feels more like a straightforward Zeppelin track, with a chugging bass and crazy high vocals. I am not as much of a fan of this style of theirs, but nonetheless the production on all of it is amazing and the playing is top notch as always. It is also a great way to keep the album flowing so I think it still is excellent, especially if you consider it's killer guitar solo. I Can't Quit You Baby is a slow grooving track that reminds me a lot of Voodoo Chile by Jimmy Hendrix, which came out a year before. However, the track does go in a different direction with it and focuses much more on the bass, which is turned up to 11. The solos are great and I have to say, I love how up front in the mix the drums are throughout this entire album. How Many More TImes is the 8.5 minute closer on this album and it is pretty crazy, with extremely loud guitar and symbol crescendos and some insane riffs to kick off the vocals. Every instrument is playing off of one another and bringing each other up and it is just amazing to take everything in. I now understand why people say Led Zeppelin is their favorite band. This is some of the cleanest and well performed rock I have ever heard. I want to listen to this album more and I absolutely regret not listening to it sooner. Do yourself a favor and give it a listen. Score: 10/10 The. 1970s. Rock. Template. **Perfection** Highlights: The entire thing. **Please listen to this album**

Not for me. A classic tho

This is a foundational album having a major influence on modern music genres across a wide spectrum.

So bluesy, loved it.

Era defining rock n blues album from some of the best musicians assembled in the late 20th century. Jimmy Page is the man for assembling the group and the tunes. This was the band we all overplayed in college. Still love it today. Five easy stars. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Oh the humanity! || Five stars, huge for Rock and Roll and metal. So clear seeing British musicians take American Blues and twist/build off it. The blues had a baby and the baby is incredible stuff like this.

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!

One of the best debut albums of all time. Favorite Track: Communication Breakdown Relisten: Yes

Awesome!

An incredible debut, can't believe I've never listened to this as an album or really got into Led Zeppelin - classic rock didn't know what I was missing! Lacking in parent influence and didn't find them for myself somehow? Loved this, so much variety in sound, so much feeling, so much unique musical ingenuity!

Loved it! Another banger from Led Zep. So many fun and epic tunes. Features my favourite LZ some "Babe I Gonna Leave you"

Just such an excellent album. Imagine this being your bands debut album, nuts. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You is one of my favourite Led Zeppelin songs. This album is chock crammed full of the bangerzest of the bangerz.

This one is just kind of okay

I've never really gotten into Led Zeppelin although I do appreciate their fusion of blues, hard rock and psychedelia. They made a sound that was not so much of their own but far better than their contemporaries. There are some epic songs on here which far out weighs the selections on here that are purely masturbatory

I wish i could grade it and move on, love this album, 5 stars for sure!

Czyzby Zeppeliny beda kolejnymi beatlesami listy, bo jesli nawet debiutancka plyta z 69 pojawila sie w zestawieniu, to bede zawiedzony jesli reszta dyskografii rowniez nie znajdzie sie na liscie, bo przez 10 lat wspolpracy wyplula tle dobrego materialu, wiec jesli chodzi o debiut to najwazniejsze w nim jest to, ze taka banda w ogole sie zawiazala i nie rozleciala po stworzeniu mocno sredniego pierwszego krazka, bo 45 minutowy album zdecydowanie nie pokazuje na co stac zespol, jedynie 5 z 9 trakow to autorskie kompozycje, reszta natomiast to covery klasycznych bluesowych i folkowych utworow, wiec znajdzie sie tam i cant quit you baby czy you shook me, ktorym zeppelini nadali o wiele ostrzejszy charakter, bo jednak ostre i surowe brzmienie jest dobrym okresleniem na muzyke zeppelinow z tamego okresu, ale nadal jest to szukanie wlasnej tozsamosci muzycznej, nawet pan Plant nie brzmi zbyt charyzmatycznie poza kilkoma momentami, do ktorych mozna zaliczyc singlowe kawalki plyty, wiec otwierajacy good times bad times i communication breakdown z naciskiem na ten pierwszy, ktory swietnie dziala jako otwieracz, jest to takze debiut pana Page jako producenta, a jak wiadomo nie od razu pitrkow trybunalski zbudowano, wiec brzmienie tego albumu miejscami skrzypi niedociagnieniami ze strony produkcji, ale tak to jest wlasnie jak sie eksperymentuje, bo chyba byl on jednym z pierwszych producentow, ktory uzywal nagrywania w roznych odleglosciach od zrodla dzwieku, a taka wypadkowa miedzy dwoma nagraniami dawala ambientowy dzwiek nagrania, ale jakich cudow jeszcze on przeciez nie probowal, jak to odwrocone echo z wspomnianego juz you shook me, wiec nie tylko pod wzgledem muzycznym jest to mocno eksperymentalny material, ale takze technicznym, takie swobody moglo zapewnic tylko samofundowanie plyty, bo przed wydaniem nie byli zwiazani z zadnym lejbelem i sami musieli pokryc koszty nagran, ale to juz miejsce na calkiem inne opowiadanie o el generalisimo bandy czyli panu Grantowi, na plejke leca kawalki singowe albumiku, mam nadzieje, ze reszta dyskografii rowniez pojawi sie na liscie, bo to dopiero 2/9

heavy, blusey, psychedelic, with a pinch of kitsch. a darker, more interesting Cream.

Goddamn... this album. I wish I'd been around when it first dropped - how did people cope?! Fav new track: N/A (but Babe I'm Gonna Leave You for the music/vox interplay and emotion, Dazed & Confused for the bassline, How Many More Times for the breakdown...)

Let’s go track by track: 5-4-3-4-5-4-4-3-5 4.111 Bonham for MVP on ‘Good Times Bad Times’

More bluesy than I thought, pretty good.

Maybe I expected too much from the first album, but it wasn't anything special.

Pretty good

great loved since ive been loving you and need to finish the album tn!

Loved this

Glorious.

I forgot how good this was.

Excellent album, a few songs that I love, a couple not as much.

Peaks at the very beginning with the first 2 tracks. Then it's mostly downhill from that. Still very good as far as debuts go but Led Zeppelin made much better albums than their first one.

I mean. It's Zeppelin 1. It's pretty good.

Plant was 21 and Page was 25 when this album was released. Insane. Even if you don’t like this kind of music, how can you deny this kind of talent?

Safe to say, I'm not a fan.

Just a great album.

Absolute classic

good album, from top to end !!!

When I listen to albums so carefully, while reading the lyrics, I have the tendency to find faults that I never knew were there. But won't matter this time, what a great debut album!

Easily the most overrated band of all time. I like Communication Breakdown but everything else is just the same blues rock dribble.

As awesome as the first time I heard it.

Probably the best debut album ever. It's so clean, so well written, so well performed. Absolutely brilliant.

241021 11:50 3.5

5/5. Absolute Classic.

Absolutely bangin

Great album from start to finish.

Perhaps the best first album of all time. Each one is a classic in its on right. I’ve listened to this album so much without realizing it was the first bc it’s so well thought out and just a perfect reflection of LZ

Classic, even if they did steal all the songs on it

How this album could be a 60's/70's album and sounds so modern and fresh? For me, it's a definition of atemporal.

They are a band that i ddint think i would enjoy, but this was a well balanced album that i imagine was a bit ahead of its time.

This shit rocks!

I could do without a few of the blues covers, and i could definitely do without Robert Plant screaming like a giant baby on most of the songs.

A rock masterpiece. Hard to believe they hit the ground running like this. What a timeless (and perfectly executed) batch of songs. All 4 monster musicians making musical alchemy. Phenomenal.

zep was kinda overplayed by the time i came to hear them on my own. by the time i was working in kitchens, i was getting tired of them...and by the time i was done working in kitchens, i was pretty much done with them. (and aerosmith, for that matter, but that's another review.) that said...man, as a debut - as your first time hearing of these new kids from engerland, the opening seconds of the opening track of their first album (which was also their first single) really set the stage. there's that hard attack of page's guitar, jones' intertwining bassline, plant's vocals, whose style really never wavered, and of course bonham's stumbling over the kick drum's pedals that make you think you must've heard wrong...only you haven't, and that's really how he can play those things, and who IS this guy? i'm sure i've mentioned elsewhere i don't love them - overplayed, as i say, and the fan club by the late 80s was made up of...well, let's just say we were mutually exclusive. but this album, while i still don't love it, really says a lot about where they were going later on. plus, you know, bonham. jeezus, that guy.

Absolute classic! Not much more to be said.

Don't love the voice. Drums and bass are amazing though.

One of the greatest greatest. As any fule no.

Is a rock album

Classic sounds that still sound amazing today. Really impressed that these were the sounds from 1969.

Led Zeppelin de Led Zeppelin est ce que j'appelle un très bon album. Je n'ai malheureusement pas pu l'écouter dans les meilleurs conditions et vais vous détailler le pourquoi du comment. Ce matin, le restaurant de suhis à volonté que je convoitais depuis plusieurs jours, censé ouvrir à dix heures du matin d'après internet, n'était pas du tout ouvert à l'heure indiquée et n'allait ouvrir qu'à midi. Il me restait donc deux heures à attendre dans la rue le ventre vide. J'en profitai pour lancer Led Zeppelin. Malgré l'évidence de la qualité de ce projet, chaque piste qui le compose soulignait à quel point j'avais besoin de manger des sushis. Good Times Bad Times ? Manque de makis concombre-avocat-fromage. You Shook Me ? Pas assez de sushis saumon-riz. How Many More Times ? Absence totale de beignets à la banane. Une écoute frustrante qui fera certainement date.

Un album hautement superieur au deuxieme volet de la saga Led Zeppelin. Les realisateurs n'auraient jamais dû laisser Katniss Everdeen tirer sur le toit des Hunger Games avec une flèche electrique. A qui le dis-tu elpanez, a qui le dis-tu...

I feel there's a lot of promise to this band, and I'm looking forward to seeing what's next for this young lot. More seriously, this is probably the best debut album ever; musicians do not come more accomplished than this to begin with. Hard to believe this is only Zep's 4th best album (by my reckoning, which is widely regarded as the absolute truth by no one).

Can see why it was a game changer Jean genie bass line appears

Kinda classic and influential rock record, but toooooo boring imho

More Zep than ever before! Exciting to hear where it all began. A much bluesier Zeppelin that I'm familiar with. I can understand why this became a classic.

You can make a solid argument that Robert Plant might be rock's all-time greatest front man. Just as you could Jimmy Page its greatest guitarist, John Paul Jones the best bass player, and John Bonham rock's greatest drummer. Zeppelin is the ultimate super group. This isn't my favorite Zeppelin album, but it's simply one of the best debut albums ever. "Good Times Bad Times" is as great of a side 1, track 1 you're going to hear. I have Led Zeppelin IV way ahead of this one, but what I keep coming back to is imagining what it must have been like to hear this for the first time in early 1969. I was lucky enough to live through the time when GNR's "Appetite For Destruction" and Nirvana's "Nevermind" seemingly came from out of nowhere to jolt the system. Those albums benefited from MTV exposure. It took a few months before this album cracked the Top 15. They didn't need MTV, and I'm quite certain they wouldn't have bothered with music videos anyway. But movies? That's another ball game.

My first love.

Great album.

Led Zeppelin's eponymous debut is a staple in the hard-rock and blues-rock genres, and deservedly so. It's greatest strength lies in it succesfully combining searing guitar riffs and speedy drums with slower time-signatures that make for an intruiging and engaging acoustic sound... for the majority of the tracks on here. The main critique on this record is that the instrumentally focused parts on Dazed and Confused slightly overstay their welcome, that Black Mountain Side does not fit at all with the rest of the record, as it is quite a boring listen. 3/5.