Led Zeppelin

Sweet hazy summer nostalgia

Nice old school rock sound. Not as good as the later albums by them.

This is a good album that starts off great but for the life of me I don’t understand the exuberance about it. There’s nothing new about what they were doing, they just were doing it bigger and louder. A solid album overall but not one of my favourites.

Ook Led Zeppelin is me inmiddels niet meer onbekend aangezien dit voor mij hun 5e album in deze lijst is. Ik kan er weinig nieuws over vertellen. Tussen de 3 en 4 sterren.

Unbelievable- hard to imagine what this would have sounded like in 1969. Not a bum note in the whole thing - my type of record, keeps building and building and just when you think there will be a reprieve another sledgehammer hits you

meh i thought this was gonna be semi iconic, but i guess not my cup of tea

Jeg liker jo dette godt, men føler vel det kanskje ville truffet meg enda hardere for flere år siden. Det gir på en måte litt mindre motstand/påfyll nå. Men jeg liker det jo veldig godt.

Alright. The project has brought me to the point of defining my application of Zeppelin in HD. I and II are the bomb! And I don’t think I ever like them as much again. But these first two albums? Damn if they aren’t perfect. And I generally DON’T appreciate blues appropriation. But they really do take the form and make more with it. And THAT I can get behind. Their music has soul in the beginning. I think they progressively loose their souls to the devil of drugs and rock and roll as time goes on. And that loss is transmitted in the music. 5 Boolean: True

Not so bad

Good Times Bad Times - 88 Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - 96 You Shook Me - 90 Dazed And Confused - 94 Your Time Is Gonna Come - 89 Black Mountain Side - 78 Communication Breakdown - 92 I Can't Quit You Baby - 88 How Many More Times - 96 Led Zeppelin - 91

The musicianship is solid, creative, groundbreaking at times. But Robert Plant's vocals hurt! Don't get me wrong, he is very skilled, I just can't listen to him long term. It's a great album, and there is a lot to extract from it musically, it's just not my style. "Your Time Is Gonna Come" sticks out as my favorite track.

Vad kan jag säga om ett album som jag faktiskt också äger mer än att varenda låt är väldigt bra?

Captain Beefheart took the blues to the limits w/ Trout Mask Replica, so I'm generally unmoved by those who declare Led Zeppelin to be an inside-out kind of blues - Zeppelin's innovations aren't that far-out. What Zeppelin is in the end is a proof of concept: talent alone can get you really, really far. I mean, is there another band that's essentially a supergroup w/o being one in the technical sense? Plant, Page, Jones, Bonham are all respectively the very best at what they do. I love their first record not only b/c its rawness is palpable, but b/c it generally rejects the medievalisms that complicate the love I have for many of their later releases. This is really just dumb rock 'n' roll, & I say that favorably. +, 'Your Time Is Gonna Come' is an unsung gem.

Sometimes I forget how amazing this album is.

Incredible debut. Resisting the urge to give it 5 stars, despite how much I love it, just because Zeppelin IV exists and is surely included in these 1001 albums. I could never get enough of the drum fills on Dazed and Confused.

I mean love this album!! Have to save the 5 for better Zeppelin Albums (IV).

the other Zeppelins are simply more powerful

It’s too much of a sacred cow for some to even debate whether it should be on the list, while also driving some people insane with how much they just ripped off other artists. Either way, it’s well-delivered and the high points are excellent but I prefer them nestled in a Best Of collection.

Probably the best of all 5 albums

Babe I'm Gonna Leave you is great and I like the overall slower, bluesy feeling for the album.

Feels like Zeppelin but before they really figured out their sound highlights: good times bad times communication breakdown how many more times

One of the best debut albums in history! Led Zeppelin's stunning debut is one of the greatest albums of all time! It is hard rock at it's finest! How Many More Times is one of the most underrated Zeppelin tracks. Amazing!

Great album there are songs that were weird but liked it

# In-Depth Review: *Led Zeppelin* (1969) **Bottom line:** *Led Zeppelin* is not the band's most sophisticated album, but it may be their most important. A self-financed, 36-hour recording that fused Chicago blues, British folk, and Eastern textures into a sound that was heavier and more dynamic than anything else at the time, it launched hard rock as a commercial and artistic force. Its weaknesses are real—thin lyrical range, derivative blues covers, and occasional self-indulgence—but they matter far less than what the album *did*. **Pros:** Explosive, telepathic band chemistry · Revolutionary guitar tones and production techniques · Unprecedented dynamic range · Definitive versions of several classic songs **Cons:** Lyrics almost entirely about women and heartbreak · Two Willie Dixon covers that add little to the originals · Some tracks run longer than their ideas sustain · Initial critical reception was hostile for good reason ## Lyrics The lyrical content of *Led Zeppelin* is its most limited dimension. Nearly every song deals with romantic loss, sexual frustration, or the aftermath of a relationship—"Good Times Bad Times" (a woman leaving), "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" (a man leaving), "You Shook Me" (sexual confrontation), "I Can't Quit You Baby" (addiction to a lover), and "How Many More Times" (a patchwork of blues tropes about women and hardship). The album's emotional register is narrow: desire, betrayal, defiance. This is partly by design. The band was working from blues and folk templates where these themes were standard, and Robert Plant's lyrics were often placeholders for vocal performance rather than poetic statements. "Good Times Bad Times" opens with a classic blues coming-of-age trope—"In the days of my youth / I was told what it means to be a man"—and never moves far beyond it. "Communication Breakdown," despite its proto-punk energy, is essentially a song about failing to talk to a woman. The exception is "Dazed and Confused," which hints at something stranger and more sinister—obsession, manipulation, and psychological unease. Its lyrics are fragmentary and impressionistic rather than confessional, and they benefit from that ambiguity. But one track does not redeem an album's lyrical narrowness. As one reviewer put it, the songs are "basically about the same thing: a woman," and the band didn't fully break this habit until *Led Zeppelin III*. **Verdict:** Functionally adequate for the blues-rock idiom, but not a strength. The lyrics serve the performances rather than standing on their own. ## Music The music is where *Led Zeppelin* justifies its reputation. Four musicians with complementary but distinct instincts—Page's session-player precision and experimental bent, Plant's raw and soaring voice, Jones's harmonic sophistication, Bonham's seismic swing—locked together almost immediately. The album captures a band that had rehearsed extensively and toured Scandinavia before entering the studio, and that preparation is audible throughout. **The blues foundation** is explicit. "You Shook Me" and "I Can't Quit You Baby" are Willie Dixon compositions, and "How Many More Times" borrows liberally from Howlin' Wolf and Albert King. But Zeppelin's treatment of the blues was louder, more theatrical, and more dynamically extreme than their British peers. Where Cream or the Jeff Beck Group played blues with virtuosic flair, Zeppelin played it with menace and physical force. **The folk and Eastern textures** set the album apart. "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" alternates delicate acoustic fingerpicking with crashing full-band passages, establishing the quiet-loud dynamic that would become a Zeppelin signature (and, later, a grunge cliché). "Black Mountain Side" is a solo Page instrumental built on Indian modal scales and tabla percussion—an unlikely inclusion on a hard rock debut that works because it's placed strategically between the brooding "Your Time Is Gonna Come" and the frantic "Communication Breakdown". **"Dazed and Confused"** is the centerpiece and the most fully realized statement of the band's ambitions. Its descending bass riff, built on a chromatic line, is simple but ominous. Page's use of a violin bow on the guitar created a new vocabulary of sound—screeching, animalistic, and genuinely unsettling. The song's dynamic shape, from whispered verses to full-throttle instrumental sections, became a template for the band's extended live performances. **"Good Times Bad Times"** deserves special mention for Bonham's drumming. His use of the kick drum in the opening pattern—rapid, syncopated triplets that most drummers of the era would never have attempted—announced a new standard for rock rhythm sections. The entire band plays with a looseness that belies the precision underneath. **Weaknesses in the music** are mostly matters of proportion. "You Shook Me" and "I Can't Quit You Baby" are competent but not transformative; they function as genre exercises rather than statements. "How Many More Times" runs over eight minutes but doesn't have eight minutes of ideas, relying on a riff that grows monotonous and a mid-song breakdown that feels like padding. The album's raw, almost live-in-the-studio feel is a strength, but it also means that some songs feel like captured performances rather than composed statements. **Verdict:** A remarkably cohesive and original musical statement for a debut, marred only by a few tracks that don't rise to the level of the best material. ## Production The production of *Led Zeppelin* is as important as the music itself. Jimmy Page financed the sessions himself—approximately £1,782—to retain complete artistic control, and the result was an album that sounded unlike anything else in early 1969. He produced, Glyn Johns engineered, and together they created a sonic template that would influence hard rock and metal for decades. **Page's "distance makes depth" technique** involved placing microphones both close to the amplifiers and drums and at a distance of up to twenty feet, then blending the two signals. This captured the natural reverberation of the room and gave the recordings an ambient, three-dimensional quality that was unusual for rock at the time. The drums in particular benefit—Bonham's kick and snare sound enormous, but not artificially so. **The reverse echo effect**, most audible on "You Shook Me," was another innovation. By reversing the tape so that the echo precedes the sound, Page created a disorienting, almost psychedelic effect that emphasized the album's more experimental moments. **The guitar tones** are a production achievement in themselves. Page's Les Paul through a Marshall amp, recorded with the distance-miking technique, created a sound that was aggressive and articulate at the same time. On "Communication Breakdown," the guitar is almost punk in its brittleness; on "Dazed and Confused," it shifts from clean to distorted to bowed within the same song. The album was recorded in roughly 36 hours of studio time across scattered sessions in September and October 1968. The speed is evident in the best sense: the performances feel immediate, unpolished, and alive. But it also means that some arrangements could have benefited from more refinement. Page's production is confident but not yet as layered and detailed as it would become on *Led Zeppelin II* and *IV*. **Verdict:** Sonically innovative and hugely influential. The production techniques Page pioneered here became standard tools in rock recording. ## Themes Three thematic currents run through the album: **1. Blues as primal expression.** The album treats the blues not as a historical artifact to be preserved but as a living language for expressing raw emotion. This was controversial at the time—critics accused the band of exploiting Black American music for commercial gain—and the debate has never fully resolved. Whatever one's position, the album's relationship to the blues is reverent in its way: it treats the form as worthy of amplification and reinvention rather than imitation. **2. Masculine anxiety and bravado.** From "Good Times Bad Times" to "How Many More Times," the album's persona is a man negotiating his place in the world through his relationships with women. The bravado is often a cover for vulnerability—"I know what it means to be alone" is one of the more honest lines on the record. But the emotional range rarely extends beyond this axis. **3. The old world and the new.** "Black Mountain Side" and "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" gesture toward British folk and Eastern modalities, while "Communication Breakdown" and "Dazed and Confused" point toward the future of hard rock and metal. The album sits at a transitional moment in rock history, and its willingness to hold these tensions together is part of what makes it compelling. ## Influence The album's influence is difficult to overstate. It arrived at a moment when the counterculture's optimism was fading, and it offered something darker, heavier, and more physically intense than the psychedelic rock that had dominated the late 1960s. It was not the first heavy rock album—Cream, Hendrix, and the Jeff Beck Group had all preceded it—but it was the one that defined the genre's commercial and artistic potential. **On hard rock and metal:** The guitar tones, the dynamic structures, and the sheer volume of the album became templates. Bands from Aerosmith to Guns N' Roses to Rage Against the Machine have cited it as foundational. The "quiet verse, loud chorus" structure of "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" is now so ubiquitous in rock that it's easy to forget how striking it was in 1969. **On album-oriented rock:** Page's refusal to release singles (only "Good Times Bad Times" was issued, and not in the UK) helped establish the album as the primary artistic unit for rock bands. The album's success demonstrated that long, non-radio-friendly tracks like "Dazed and Confused" and "How Many More Times" could reach a mass audience through FM radio and word of mouth. **On production:** The distance-miking and reverse-echo techniques became part of the standard toolkit for rock engineers. The idea that a producer could be an artist in their own right—that the studio was an instrument—was not new with Page, but *Led Zeppelin* was one of the most commercially successful demonstrations of that principle. **On the critical establishment:** The album's hostile initial reception from Rolling Stone and other publications became a case study in the gap between critical consensus and popular taste. The review that called Page "a very limited producer" and "a writer of weak, unimaginative songs" is now remembered as an embarrassment. The album's rehabilitation in critical opinion over the following decades tracked the broader reevaluation of hard rock as a legitimate art form. **Verdict:** One of the most influential debut albums in rock history, not because it was the first of its kind, but because it was the most complete and compelling statement of a new direction. ## Pros and Cons Summary **Pros:** - **Band chemistry:** The four musicians play with a telepathy and instinct that most bands take years to develop. Page, Plant, Jones, and Bonham sound like they've been together for a decade. - **Production innovation:** The distance-miking and reverse-echo techniques gave the album a sonic depth and power that set a new standard. - **Dynamic range:** The album moves effortlessly between delicate folk, heavy blues, and proto-metal, often within the same song. - **Definitive performances:** "Dazed and Confused," "Good Times Bad Times," and "Communication Breakdown" are among the best recordings the band ever made. **Cons:** - **Lyrical narrowness:** Nearly every song is about romantic loss or sexual conquest. The emotional range is limited. - **Derivative blues covers:** "You Shook Me" and "I Can't Quit You Baby" are competent but not necessary. They dilute the album's originality. - **Occasional bloat:** "How Many More Times" overstays its welcome by several minutes. - **Raw production cuts both ways:** The live-in-the-studio feel is exciting, but some arrangements feel underdeveloped compared to later albums. ## Final Assessment *Led Zeppelin* is a debut album that sounds like a statement of purpose rather than a first attempt. It has flaws—the lyrics are thin, a couple of tracks are superfluous, and the band would become more sophisticated on subsequent records—but those flaws are inseparable from its strengths. The album's power comes from its rawness, its willingness to swing for the fences without worrying about refinement. It is not the best Led Zeppelin album. *Led Zeppelin IV* and *Physical Graffiti* are more varied, more ambitious, and more fully realized. But *Led Zeppelin* may be the most *important* one: the moment when a new sound, a new attitude, and a new commercial model for rock music all arrived at once.

brits play black music. oh well at least it's not the doors. 3.5

Greatest debut album ever??? It has to be up there. Imagine being a teenager in 1969 and hearing this for the first time. Mind blown! 9/10 Top song... Black Mountain Side

Relisten. Uhhhhh yeah. Album of ALL TIME. This is partially biased since I personally have such a nostalgic and emotional connection to this album (it has the priviledge of being the first CD I bought with my own money), but it also is such a powerhouse of a debut. I've listened to a lot of albums from the late 60s and nothing comes close to sounding like it. Despite the genuine issues surrounding the lack of credit to the covers displayed in the tracklisting (initially. Zep have since added credits), it's impact is undeniable. Still sounds as loud and powerful as ever. Fav Tracks: "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", "Your Time Is Gonna Come" and "How Many More Times".

Die A-Seite: vier geniale Songs. Die B-Seite: Ein bisschen mehr Hit and Miss, aber immer noch auf hohem Niveau. Meine Probleme mit dem Album: Irgendwie bilden die einzelnen Tracks kein rundes Ganzes, so dass gerade die Übergänge zwischen ihnen sind komisch anfühlen. Außerdem stößt es mir schon ziemlich auf, wie viel der genialen Musik auf diesem Album nur von anderen Musikern geklaut war. Einen guten Song auf geniale Art und Weise covern ist das eine - aber das Material einfach verwenden, ohne die Urheber anzugeben, und Jahre oder Jahrzehnte lang auf Millionen sitzen und warten, bis jemand klagt? Das ist schon ein ziemlicher Arschloch-Move 🫣 An sich tolles Album, aber mit Beigeschmack, der es mir irgendwie madig macht. 3/5

A masterpiece. Plain and simple.

I loved this album. Some of the songs reminded me of songs that someone would play by a fire in an apocalypse. The guitar solos were very nice to listen to and his voice was very nice. I had to listen on Spotify so it played in a random order, but I think I listened to all of the songs. They were sooo good

come on man.

i LOVE led zeppelin(s music, the members are evil)

This is definitely a very unique album for its time. I don’t think there was anyone else back then mixing blues with hard rock the way Led Zeppelin did. The rawness of the music, driven by that blues influence, has always been one of my favorite elements of their sound.

Peak

FAVORITE SONG OF ALL TIME 5 I LOVE BABE IM GONNA LEAVE YOU

Great heavy blues sound. The guitar and drums are really good together.

4.11 stars out of 5 for Led Zeppelin I, but I'm bumping it up to 5 stars because that's just how my scale is. There truly isn't many albums that can come out of the gate and say, LISTEN TO THIS! Only a true handful have done it, and this album is one of them. Mixing a beautiful blend of blues rock, hard rock, proto-metal, this album proved that Led Zeppelin could rise from the ashes of their various endeavors and make something that stood the test of time. Page's guitar is like a 5th member of the group, Robert Plant's singing is beyond amazing, the drum work, the bass, all of it is just pure perfection. I like Led Zeppelin 2 better, but this is really close too.

8/10

Messy and in-your-face, but not in a good way. Low quality music with horrid whinging, screeching vocals, which made 'Black Mountain Side' my favourite track (purely because it was the sole instrumental.) It hurts to play this knowing the band is highly-regarded, because if an all women band made music as low-quality as this, they probably wouldn't even be given a chance in the industry. There were okay moments, like the swelling, hard hitting instrumental breaks on 'Dazed and Confused', or the organ feature as religious allusion on 'Your Time is Gonna Come', but overall there are far better quality rock bands out there (from this time period, and in general) that I would much prefer listening to.

Such a great band. It is exactly how rock should feel to me. Loved this album as a kid and was really great coming back to it. Such a big influence on me and probably most people that have ever played rock music. Also their albums have really great variety and flow. One of the few English rock bands at the time that can actually play a blues well while bringing their own style to it and making it interesting on an album.

Everything zep made is a 5. Every one of these songs is iconic and life changing lol. And you could say that about most of their albums

Really solid. The end you shook me made me go down 1 star

Not for me. Very few songs that grab me. Most songs felt too busy and almost self indulgent. Feels like they could use an editor. Your man's voice is very impressive, not necessarily good, but impressive what it can do. Drumming was satisfying on the most part.

Ik had heel erg zin in dit album en had erg hoge verwachtingen. De ratings zijn ontzettend hoog. Maar ik ben een beetje teleurgesteld. Vind het niet zo bijzonder als andere mensen dat vinden. Zal wel een leeftijdsdingetje zijn

Respect the artistry, never really got Zep.

hay que escucharlo. no me gusta mucho personalmente. a veces los grititos me vuevlen loca

Listened

My neighbor used to blast this on Halloween.

After listening to this album I want to become a drummer or a guitar player or a bass player or lead vocalist. They’re a perfect band and this is a perfect rock roll album!!!

One of the best bands ever 🎸 🎸

Loved it!

A classic. Such a strong debut record. The chemistry these guys had was insane. Just also absolutely at the top in terms of musicianship. You can debate how well the songs blended and if their youthful silliness got in the way of some more mature songwriting, but they could do it all and basically no one else could.

Earns its stars for the group having the chutzpah to pull this off, despite warnings from friends not to. However, it doesn’t quite get to five stars for me, because I feel like I am literally being bludgeoned during most of this. Most of the bludgeoning is courtesy of Robert Plant, who puts the wretched into wretched excess; his vocals are really over the top here. The drumming is also pretty intense and lacking subtlety. Which I guess is the point. A promising start for the group. We know how this turns out.

Fuck yeah. Love rock n roll

(6 estrellas)

I don’t really care for Led Zeppelin. I think they are pretty overrated. Their music is very derivative, comes from the blues.This is their first album. It has a cool cover. Historically significant. There are a lot of guitar solos on the album and pounding drums. Robert Plants vocals are not that great but okay. A lot of the music sounds like Muddy Waters or Howlin Wolf. I would rather listen to them. Lots of the songs have negative stereotypes of women. Regarding the songs the only one I really liked was Communication Breakdown. It had some zest to it. The rest of the songs sound like tired blues retreads. Not a very good album at all. Two stars. I don’t understand why a lot of people view Led Zeppelin as God’s gift to rock and roll.

Masterpiece. No one else will ever be able to replicate the magic of hearing Robert’s high notes and the insane talent of the band members. To think this was just their debut album? MAGIC.

Love this album, babe I'm gunna leave you, dazed and confused etc

Led Zeppelin two is better

Words not necessary

Incredible.

Okay, so it's basically just amped-up blues cover versions. But when they're amped up to a sound this powerful, this new, and by such a hugely talented group of musicians, it's hard not to be bowled over by the result.

Dropping the needle on this for the first time in 1969 (I was three years old, so I missed out on the experience) must have been quite the head trip. The opening song "Good Times Bad Times" was absolutely the bellwether of everything that would be great about Zep. The marriage of blues and psychedelia influences into something really "heavy" that would become a genre of its own. Just a perfect opening salvo. "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" has the finest vocal on the album and I have read that Page coached Plant through a reinterpretation of an earlier vocal he had recorded, so kudos to Jimmy as a producer. "You Shook Me" (along with really all of the overtly blues material on the record) is where things start to fall apart. The problem I have with almost all white, British blues bands is that they always sound tepid. Just a flaccid imitation of something that isn't deep but is meaningful in its authenticity. Sorrowless blues music is just vacuous, and nobody who listens to that track believes anyone associated with it has ever known sorrow. It's what Clapton made a career of except he did it better. "Dazed and Confused" is an amazing track that will forever be sullied for me by the blatant plagiarism. If Page hadn't claimed ownership of a song he stole I would consider it one of the greatest ever cover songs. I would pit it right up there with the way Harry Nilsson took a B-side from a second tier band and elevated it to one of the most majestic recordings in history. I wish I could consider this track in the same light, it would be merited, but unfortunately the deception is a disqualifying element. Side two doesn't fare nearly as well. The first two tracks are straight up filler, and I have already shared my thoughts on the blues covers, which pretty much only leaves "Communication Breakdown" and parts of the closer. They also point brightly to what this band would become. 4 stars.

I don't know that I've ever listened to this album as a whole, but I've heard all of the songs before. Some definite classics. While this is probably not my favorite Led Zeppelin album, there is so much good stuff on here. Just absolute classic rock.

Enjoyed it more than I was expecting as I am not a massive Zep fan

I liked the Led Zeppelin-y tracks. The straight up blues ones not so much. Still, there are some fantastic songs and moments on this album.

This is another iconic album. Hard not to give it all the stars, but whiney Brits appropriating black music...again.

Undeniably a 🐐

goated

This record had me hooked from start to finish.I think being less familiar with Led Zeppelin's debut album contributed to me enjoying it more than their later ones that I've listened to. I can also better understand why this band became so important - I can only imagine how groundbreaking this type of music must have been in the late '60s.

You and I can both agree that the Zeppelin only gets better from here

⭐️Babe im gonna leave you ⭐️Dazed and confused ⭐️Your time is gonna come

already listened to it a classic not their best though

Rockin. The guitar is great

It shows promise, some songs are dynamite, but over all I do feel underwhelmed by this one. There is not rhe wow effect I have come to expect from them. They do sound a lot alike on this record, and their later stuff is very similar just more well crafted and more indisputable.

He escuchado de Led Zeppelin toda mi vida (35) pero primera vez escuchándolos conscientemente, increíble

I think I've come to accept led zeppelin isn't for me. Some songs in this are great, really great but others don't stand out as much and disappear a little. I can see why they are important and have left such an impact on rock/music in general but that impact isn't there personally. 3.5

Flashes of greatness, but between a lot of blues rock noodling.

Classic 🙏

Mainly a raw blues album. A few classic songs but not enough to give it more than 3 stars I'm afraid

Very solid but song quality falls a bit short of a 5. Including this but not houses of the holy on the list is a surprise.

Remember when i first put this on in 69, life changing moment frfr

a timeless classic

Excellent debut album with some real dynamic guitar playing by Page. Plant has a voice so unique and attuned for rock n roll blues. Bonham is the hammer. JP Jones steady and nice keyboards. Has a nice raw sound to it.

second best led zeppelin album thats for sure

Love the variety of styles (rock and roll + country + blues) and love the energy. Some of the songs seemed to drag a little, but most kept fresh for their entire 6-8 minute lengths

Classic. Have to listen with grandma (wish we could get high and listen to this, just sayin xoxo)

Standard Zeppelin, long songs, long instrumentals, weeping voice of Robert Plant, and meaningful lyrics, felt really good to listen to them this morning ✨👌

One of the titans. Love it.

their best work

First time actually listening to Led Zeppelin. Overall I enjoyed the experience -Great songwriting -Instrumentals were very good(Enjoyed the use of the organ on your time is gonna come)Bass and Drums gave the most routine great performances. -I felt the vocal performance was lackluster at times. Best songs- -Your time is gonna come -Good times Bad times -Black Mountain Side -How many more times Overall Rating- 7.7 out of 10

Vibes but all same sounding

Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones were seasoned session musicians by the time they made this album. You can hear the variety of influences. Bonham's drumming on Good Times, Bad Times is spectacular. And Plant brings it all together.

One of the all time greats. Not a skip on this album. Amazing that this is their first.

schon ziemlich gut, sehr entspannt

wow

I know this album fairly well but this was my first listen in about a year. It amazes me that this was recorded in such a short space of time and before they had a record deal. 4.5/5

Fine. Nothing that particularly stood out for me.

Otroligt bra! Så många bra och stilbildande låtar: Babe I'm gonna leave you, Dazed and confused, communication breakdown, I Can't quit you. Det är coolt, snyggt och bra och Robert Plants röst bär allt med den äran. Tajt band där allt funkar med varandra och gör att det blir så bra. Älskar detta!

Yeah, now that I know that II is MY 5 album I can recognize why I think their debut is still a 4. But maybe tomorrow it’s a 5 as well. It sure is good. I’m a WAY bigger Zeppelin fan than I ever expected. Thank you 1089! 4 Boolean: TRUE

reminds me of my dad

2.75 - nothing special

Ура! Ура! Ура! )))

I dont like them that much and don't usually listen to them. But they were geniuses and their greatness cannot be ignored. It's just not my cup of tea.

Day 381 Classic Highlights You shook me Your time is gonna come Communication breakdown

Classic:)

Late 60s hard rock. Excellent old school rock. Bluesy.

This one's pretty good. The music is complex, innovative, and iconic. Led Zeppelin know when they've got something good and the instruments should just take over the song for a while. This album has aged well and really sets the stage for their future work. I wasn't very familiar with this album, but I'll definitely come back to it some time in the future. Favorite track: "Dazed and Confused"

Bangers on bangers. Robert plants voice is just next level

I never had this record despite having been very enthusiastic about Led Zeppelin when I was a teen. There's good stuff throughout. Some of it feels rougher and more like straight-up blues (of course with weird effects) than their later stuff, which I might not have liked when I was 14 years old but can appreciate now. "Dazed and Confused" is of course pretty great, with all the spacey weirdness in the middle, and then the drums kick in. And "Black Mountain Side," with the trad-sounding guitar, and wait, is that a tabla? Robert Plant will of course always be Robert Plant, so we have our share of bay-bay! aaaaaa-haah WO-MAAAAAN here like on all of their other records. I had to skip past the end of "You Shook Me" when he went a little too far with it for my patience. Summary: Yep, this is Led Zeppelin all right. I enjoyed a lot of it, but don’t intend to dig back into it again anytime soon.

I found this album to be just ok. I haven’t been in the mood for classic rock for a long time so it wasn’t a fair review. I did like some of the organ arrangements but wasn’t blown away by anything in particular.

fav songs: good times bad times babe, i'm gonna leave you dazed and confused heavy, gritty, swaggy 70/100

Oh I adore Led Zeppelin, like so many others. The lyricism is so fun! The guitar! The drums! The weird mix of whimsical story telling and intense musical breaks! The iconic vocals!!!! Honestly, listening to this album just made me realize how much I love this group in a new way. I know a lot of their singles, but it's different to hear their debut album. All timers for good reason.

Great album. It contains at least four classics I really like: "Good Times Bad Times", "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", "Dazed And Confused" (probably my favourite) and "Communication Breakdown". And, on top of that, a couple of further songs I really enjoy: the instrumental "Black Mountain Side" or "How Many More Times". The songs I enjoyed the less (although they are still very good) are the Blues numbers by Willie Dixon. This is between 4 and 5 stars for me. I think it would be 5 stars if not for the blues covers (which I guess are probably very much appreciated by blues fans). Overall, a very solid 4 star album for me.

Really enjoyed this, believe it or not my first time listening to a Led Zeppelin album in full. That opening side from Good Times, Bad Times through to Dazed and Confused is masterful hard blues rock. The second side continues in a similar vein. Look forward to more of their albums to come.

Good album. A bit of it sounded the same but I thought it had a cool sound. Loved the themes of love on the project and how it ties together. Solid 7/10

All bangers all the time

Laid-back grooves, iconic guitar riffs, makes you wanna keep going 🙌

i love this album

This rocks. Too many long ass instrumentals for it to be a 5 tho

Miiiiiiiiid. I won’t go 2 for another Led Zeppelin album just because this one has baby I’m gonna leave you which is their best song.

Pretty good. I prefer some of their later albums.

favorite(s): babe i'm gonna leave you

Pretty good

Look, is it the *best* Led Zeppelin album? I don't think it is. I think some of the songs on this album are pretty boring, like You Shook Me, or Your Time is Gonna Come. But it starts with Good Times Bad Times, Dazed and Confused and Black Mountain Side are on this album. How does that not get at least 4 stars?

dont like led zeppelin

A solid Led Zeppelin album, though nothing really stood out for me. Maybe it will take a second listen... 5/10

I've disliked Led Zepplin due to hearing Immigration Song a few too many times, but this album has opened my eyes and ears to how great this band really is. Truly a pinnacle of classic rock. 10/10.

i was delightfully surprised by this one! i expected it to sound samey like black sabbath but there was enough variety that kept me interested! i also really enjoyed the vocals, thought they sounded passionate and epic the sounds felt unique too i liked it! i was admittedly distracted while listening to the latter half but nevertheless, surprisingly good! though the tracks leading to the next were not seamless and sounded abrupt stand out track: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You

Oh hell yes, I love me some Zeppelin. They hit it out of the park with their first album with a great mix of hard rock and some slower, more bluesy tunes. I feel like it's impossible not to smile when Robert Plant is doing some call-and-response with Jimmy Paige's guitar. I'm glad I watched a video a while ago that explained why John Bonham's drumming is so good—I was able to appreciate it more for this album. As I listen to more albums from start to finish, I do find my mind drifting a bit once I get towards the second half. I wonder how much of this is my TikTok-riddled attention span, though I think the mark of a good album is its ability to hold your attention throughout. I could be wrong, but I also think that modern music isn't designed to be listened to in a cover-to-cover album—they're largely a set of individual, catchy tracks that are meant to be streamed at will, whereas older albums were an experience as a whole. So just like how movies will have some slower, more ethereal scenes to counter the big spectacle moments, older albums will have some more vibey songs to counter the big singles which are meant to be listened to in the context of the album as a whole. I think that's why I'll sometimes zone out in the middle of these albums; I'm used to just picking all the catchiest songs from various artists—the big singles—rather than listening to a single, deliberate album. And I usually miss the more vibey songs that aren't part of an artist's top ten most listened-to songs on Spotify. Anyway, all that is to say this album did have some more vibey songs that I did kind of zone out too, but I don't think that's a bad thing. I like the mix of sounds on this album, and on the whole I think it's great.

In the history of music, few bands are still currently discussed and cherished as much as Led Zeppelin. There is genuine discussion to be made that they had the best singer, best guitarist, best bassist, and even the best drummer on the planet. This is compared to every band before and after them. On Top 10 lists, you’re always going to see Led Zeppelin. No one is going to call you out for listening to them unlike some people do with The Beatles, it’s just understood that the music kicks ass and deserves your respect. Hell, there is legitimate evidence that this may be the most important debut album in history. And it makes sense that it would also be the penultimate Led Zeppelin album that I would roll on the site. I’m barely 33% into my journey, and already I’ve rolled Led Zeppelin 1, Led Zeppelin 2, Led Zeppelin 3, and Physical Graffiti, not in that order. Some criticisms I’ve given the band on their later albums was that they really do love putting filler all throughout the album, especially on Physical Graffiti. That being said, it’s still the best filler on the damn site, but that’s besides the point. Led Zeppelin 1 has “Black Mountain Side”. As much as songs that I’d consider filler are concerned, on the full 44 minute and 9 song album, I’d consider that to be the only one. And it’s a very pretty song at that. It’s probably my least favorite song on the album, but it’s very pretty and has its place. You know what’s also very pretty and is also my favorite song on the album? “Dazed and Confused”. Most big bands take a few cracks at albums to really show their best stuff. Not Led Zeppelin though, no no no. This album STARTS with “Good Times Bad Times”, which is a catchy banger, and to think that they made a hit with the very first song on the album is as amazing as it is special. Got it in 1, boys. Every single song on this album is a different vibe, and the tone shift can usually be summarized as “Are they going to play fast or slow?” Sometimes they do just one, sometimes they do both. It really leaves you guessing. You could be listening to a slower song like “Babe I'm Gonna Leave You”, and then out of nowhere, the tempo picks up. Plant starts shrieking his lungs out, and the rest of the band follows suite to match the tempo. I’ll be honest, I hear a lot of “Stairway to Heaven” in this song. I don’t normally return to this one in particular, but I should. Let’s talk about “Dazed and Confused” a little bit. Now, I like to bring this up casually in conversations about the band, but there’s a bit of an elephant in the room that no one talks about. They allegedly, and allegedly is doing some heavy lifting here, allegedly stole a whole lotta their music, and “Dazed and Confused” is maybe the first example of such. I hadn’t mentioned that yet in the other reviews, and even though I really don’t care, it was something that had to get brought up. And let me tell you something. Dude, they could sing the ABC’s and it would still be a 5. It is funny though. No band is without fair criticism, and the shadow over Led Zeppelin has always been their alleged plagiarism. My silver medal on this album is “Communication Breakdown”, and it was almost my gold metal. Was hard not putting that at number 1, but it’s just so short. The fastest, jammiest song on the album by a good margin. It needs no introduction. Just flawless, fast guitar playing and more of the iconic vocal performance that only they can pull off. There is only 1 Led Zeppelin. Many newer bands have tried to copy (ironic) the success of this band to varying degrees of success. Some fizzle out quickly, others go on to become notorious for even attempting to try, and some actually manage to be pretty close to the real thing. But there is only 1, and will only ever be 1 Led Zeppelin. It’s a unique genre of music that they are the only band who fits the category of. And god damn is it some good stuff. A 5, out of 5.

Fantastic album. Bluesy - heavy - fast - slow. Just awesome songs. If you told someone that has never heard of LZ this was a best of album, they would believe you. At least 5 all-time great songs on one album. Fantastic in every aspect. 5 out of 5.

Not the best Leppelin Zeppelin album, suffers a bit from weak production and a few bits of filler, but this is great. More bluesy than most zep albums. Has about 5 of the 100 best songs in history on here. Really good.

Stand-out tracks: Good Times Bad Times, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Your Time Is Gonna Come, Black Mountain Side, How Many More Times Pretty underwhelming listen considering how loved this band and album seems to be. The later half was especially weak for me, but the transition from Your Time Is Gonna Come to Black Mountain Side is great. Babe I'm Gonna Leave you is probably my favorite track on the album, I love how explosive it gets by the end.

Highlights: Good Times Bad Times, Your Time Is Gonna Come, Communication Breakdown, I Can't Quit You Baby, How Many More Times At certain points a very fun listen, at others I cried how long and boring some of the tracks were. The blues is the worst part. Blues can be dope, but the way they do it always sounds the same and I just couldn't care less about it. They do too many solos and jam bits. It's cool when you do it once, but these twats do it on every other track. For instance the solos made me split on Dazed and Confused. I also love How Many More Times, but if it was even a second longer it wouldn't be a highlight... Overall it seems I liked side two better, and I swear it's not some contrarian shit. I'm truly amazed how the most boring songs from side one have the most streams. Not interested in revisiting this record anytime soon, but the highlights are a good listen.

Mediocre mind numbing rock. Did you know that Jimmy Page was supposed to be on the Hindenburg on 5/6, but he missed his flight because of a hangover?

There is a reason why classic rock is played in McDonald's: nobody hates Led Zeppelin.

An awesome blues rock album and a solid debut for a historic group. Good Times Bad Times and Your Time Is Gonna Come are some of my favorite tracks of theirs.

Some spectacular hits and some very good blues/roots rock.

I always hated on Led Zeppelin out of principle but this album is actually hot shit. I don't always love the classic hard rock vocals but man, it really comes together.

É um album muito fixe - e sendo estreia é ainda melhor. Mas ainda não é o 5 estrelas para mim

nice i enjoyed it

Esto es básicamente uno de los mejores álbumes debut de todos los tiempos

Classic

Zeppelin’s never been for me. I’ve tried a bunch of times, I tried again here and I still don’t like ‘em. Oh well.

5.78/10 No songs added to playlist

7/10

Otto: "Zeppelin Rules!" Me: It might be stolen but man does it sound good.

Great album.

I love this!

None of my favorite Led Zeppelin singles are here, but this definitely a strong foundation for what was to come.

I don’t hate Led Zeppelin but I think they’re super overrated

Stunning debut. I’m not the biggest Led Zeppelin fan, but they’re undeniable

Loved it. Super interesting!

Great band, nice blues and rock, enjoyed this album and excited for their others

So great! What an opener! I love psychedelic 60s rock! Lol

Lite för bluesigt och tidigt rockigt för mig. Men återigen hör man att det har något. 6/10

Awesome debut album. Not my favorite Zeppelin album but every track is good. One of my favorite bands from the era.

Es ist ein wuchtiger Auftakt, roh, laut, voller Hunger. Die Band schleudert Blues‑Riffs und Hard‑Rock‑Energie in die Welt, oft beeindruckend, manchmal noch suchend. „Good Times Bad Times“ knallt, „Dazed and Confused“ brodelt, doch nicht jeder Moment trägt die gleiche Wucht. Das Debüt zeigt enormes Potenzial, aber noch nicht die spätere Größe.

A real good one. Not perfect, but some of these tunes are stone cold killers.

Amazing

Quand même fun quand tu t'imagines être sous acide. Les guitares acoustiques sont vraiment cool. Et quand t'es en crise et que tu t'imagines faire la batterie, toujours sous acide lol, ça aide à apprécier.

One of the greatest debuts in Rocks history from the guys that popularised had rock

I always have to smile at people that complain Zepplin stole music than casually highly rate Elvis Presley. Led Zepplin somehow goes above rock for me. As in, the rock genre in itself tends to not be my thing, but somehow these guys are.

Led Zeppelin more like Bad Zeppelin I had a root canal today I'm very tired

Very bluesy

Good, but too old school for me... Strong start, low end...

turns out I like listening to Led Zeppelin for less than 45 minutes in a row.

Um daqueles álbuns que mudou a história da música com o combo de originalidade, técnica acima da média e muita personalidade. TRIxHBB Kai.

I am not sure what I was going to expect but there was a blues/rock mix in this album that I genuinely enjoyed. I would listen to this again. I wish I knew how to talk about this album more but I can see how Led Zeppelin was an influential band.

Possibly the greatest debut album in the history of rock ‘n’ roll. It’s banger after banger, with 19 year old Robert Plant belting with the hard-earned world-weariness of a man in his ‘40s. Just an undeniable rocker.

Fantastic album. The hits are a bit played, given the decades of radio airplay, but everything still holds up start to finish. Bonham’s playing is incredible. 4.2/5.0

Mostly bangers, some misses

Bien

Super super excited for this one. Good times/bad times was a great start! It had enough heaviness to it to really carry itself but wasn’t overpowering. Babe I’m going to leave you had a good buildup to it. It went on a bit, but overall it was quite good. In Dazed and Confused, I specifically really liked the guitar. Your time is gonna come was a different vibe, but I thought it was good. If I thought that was a different vibe, then black mountain slide was even more. It was incredibly pretty though. Communication breakdown was pretty good! I really liked how smooth I can’t quit you baby was. How many more times was a gorgeous end. Even though a lot of these tracks were quite long, they didn’t feel like it. I enjoyed this album a lot!! 4/5 ⭐️ 219/1089

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First album that I've listened to previously before this project! Not to get onto my soapbox, but this shouldn't be considered in the greatest bands ever. Greatest supergroup sure, but Jimmy Page was already a successful musician (as this band was once "New Yardbirds".) Anyways - classic, classic album from a legendary band. Good Times Bad Times and Communication Breakdown are all-time songs IMO. Not a lot to say here. Exceptional from front to back.

I have nothing funny or insightful to say about this album, so I'll just say that this is a good album. I'll give it a mid 4

It’s been at least a decade since I’ve listened to this album start to finish because it’s easy enough to hear most of these songs on their own in the wild. This one is still as great as it ever was.

Easy 5

150/5 - Brilliant debut buy the gods!

Will be relistening

Bij Led Zeppelin moet ik altijd denken aan Stephan uit That’s 70s show. Muzikaal zit dit echt wel goed in elkaar. Al moet ik wel zeggen dat ik dit als ‘achtergrondmuziek’ beschouw. Classic Rock.

Heel sterk album, alleen iets te gitaar heavy voor mijn smaak. Wel beter gedaan bij van halen ofzo. Maar het heeft mij niet weg geblazen. Eigenlijk zijn drie sterren te weinig voor de kwaliteit, maar ik ben ook niet heel enthousiast

Leuk album, er zit veel dynamiek met hard rock en akoestische stukken. De bluesnummers vind ik niet zo top, waarbij de band aan de haal gaat met bestaand materiaal van blues legends zonder er credits voor te geven. Verder vind ik het een indrukwekkende debuutplaat, de sound staat als een huis en ik kan me goed voorstellen dat dit baanbrekend was voor die tijd.

I can't believe that I'm not rating this with a full 5 stars. Compared to most drivel on this list it'd deserve them, but I have to recognize that when it comes to Zeppelin albums, many later ones are just that much more enjoyable.

Classic rock just is not my favorite genre

Good tunes but vocal delivery is too self-indulgent for me

This wasn't as good as I remember. I much prefer the less overtly blusey version of Zeppelin which came later. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You is an all timer though. Best thing on this album by a mile.

What a sick sound. This album really surprised me in a good way.

These boys know how to rock. From possibly the best opener to a debut album EVER (Good Times, Bad Times) to Dazed and Confused, Communication Breakdown and Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, there isn't really anything I can fault here. Awesome rhythm section (possibly the best of all time), a sensation guitarist and a frontman who sounds like he about to climax at any second, what more can you ask for in a rock band.

Not my favorite Zeppelin album but still insanely loaded and a debut album to top it off.

Not their best album in my opinion but it’s got some good songs

Biblical.

not my thing 1.5 rounded up

Actually pretty good

Great drumming. A side is superior.

Solid album!! There are a few Led Zeppelin albums I've listened to more, but it's fucking Led Zeppelin

The Zep just doesn't connect with me, which is weird cause I love some facemelting rock. Idk, I just can't shake the song stealing stuff, and maybe it's just SO rock that it's somehow too vanilla? Crazy to say but thats how I feel at least for now. Can't deny it's a great album though.

The first Led Zeppelin album has a lot going for it, but for me the primary appeal has always been the guitar. Jimmy Page is the true star of the show here, taking standard blues riffs and bending them to be more aggressive and in-your-face. The band alternates between hard rock bangers and longer, bluesier slow burns, and while my favorite moments are the bangers I'm always impressed by the raw atmosphere the blues cuts bring to the table. I also love this album's ramshackle, unpolished sound. It's not something you often get out of bands of this size, and it's definitely how I prefer my music to sound, so I appreciate it quite a bit. A lot of their subsequent albums would get more adventurous, but I'll always appreciate the more straightforward nature of this one.

I mean...yeah.

A strong 4

I still don't get them.

Muscular

A strong 4. Not as good as physical graffiti

not bad, jimmy page carry lowkey, prob a 3.5

This album has a massive over-use of the the word "Baby" Listening in 2026, it really is a lot Not my fave LZ album, especially Shook Me & Dazed are not hitting as well as they did in the 70's But then again, this is one hell of a debut record, so it still get four stars

Here we go. We’re on a run now folks. Been kicking around the idea of doing the Zepathon and this might just be the sign. You know when a song just sounds different? For whatever reason it stands out from the songs around it? That’s how all of Zeppelin’s music sounds. The sounds these guys pulled out of the musical ether are unbelievable. And I do mean not able to be believed. It’s hard to argue against them as the greatest to ever do it. Jimmy Page is truly one of the greatest guitarists ever, and I do mean one of a very few. This album is perfect. Perfect length, each song delivers and then some, there’s no filler or fat or low spots. I said this about Back in Black — want to know what rock and roll is? This is rock and roll. As pure as it comes. So easy to listen to over and over again. A beautiful weaving of country, blues, rock, and their special touch. Man did the Brits have rock in a stranglehold. You Shook Me is a proper blues stomp. Good Times Bad Times is a perfect opener, and How Many More Times is lights out as a closer. I mean, just imagine — it’s ‘69, you buy a record from a band you’ve never listened to but everyone’s talking about, the needle drops, and Good Times Bad Times is what plays. It’s surreal now, I can’t imagine what it must have been in the day. It always amazes me how they can bring a crescendo all the way up, slow it right back down, play soft, play loud, and go on these cosmic, psychedelic, haunting runs of instrumentals. Their music simultaneously feels like falling and flying in a dream. Truly amazing. 6/5. What else could it be? I’m not a Zeppelin die hard either, they’re not my personal favorite, so I’m not throwing a bunch of bias on this. I played this five times through and was a kid on Christmas morning the entire time. Their music is simply that undeniable.

Overall: 9/10 One of the most important rock albums to ever exist. Led Zeppelin is so insanely influential for so many reasons. There's a couple songs on here I don't love, but it's overall a great album that I'll never get sick of. Fav Song: Dazed and Confused

Incredible album. Genius

Zeppelin is always good. It's not my favorite but still a good time

What a debut! It’s wild how many hits Led Zeppelin has. And how not 1969 this feels. Quite a masterpiece they started with.

Led Zeppelin is cool. You know, they take the structure of blues music, add distortion, a bit of speed and the shrieking vocals of Bob Plant. It's nice and all, but I suggest you cut the middle man and go to the original electric bluesmen from the 60s. You will thank me later.

Shame they turned down Woodstock same year..But i guess they seem like a bit of over their own head bunch. Classic album nonetheless with the ultimate entering 70s rock vibe. Tho 70s brings a lot of better records tho.

Amazing!

7/10 Buen album, ruidoso sin ser molesto y divertido

Escuchar esto a los casi 40 años debe ser una experiencia muy diferente que a los 16. No me dieron ganas de rebelarme, me dieron ganas de gritarle a alguien más joven que no se está rebelando bien.

Got Led Zeppelin #1 four days after getting #2. Can't recall if I've ever listened to the whole thing at once before but I've definitely heard most of the songs. There's some strong playing on this one that stands out more than the songs themselves. A strong four stars.

Babe I’m Gonna Leave You is easily my favorite Led Zeppelin song. A perfect song in my opinion. And the rest of this is pretty damn good too.

- man they just keep going lol

Really groovy Great for late night drives Some of the songs are long but the accompaniment is nice. Will be listening to again

I don't know why but I've never really liked Led Zepplin. Not sure this is changing that much. I know they are a good band but maybe it's his voice that just throws me off them. Also too bluesy which I am also not a fan of. I know they are like a legendary band and helped pioneer hard rock but I really don't like them. They do belong on this list but they are not for me. I couldn't even get through this album, it's been forced on me more times than I would have liked so I already know how much I hate it. 2 stars for being pioneers of music I do like.

Led Zeppelin: first a shoutout to my mother for listening this with as little bias as possible With that said, I think this album rocks big time. Robert Plant’s voice is chock full of raw emotion which I think shines on this album more than anything. But to go along with that is music that is similarly raw and emotional, with a decently wide breadth. I’ve never listened to this album, so I was pleasantly surprised by the blues tracks on the album. Babe I’m Gonna Leave you stood out especially with the transitions between soft acoustic guitar and the hard and noisy parts. I think that track encapsulates how much emotion was put into this album. Im finding that a lot of these albums don’t have the feeling that I associate with the best albums of all time…but this one certainly did. 9.2/10.

Probably my favourite zep album if I had to choose one. One of the more stacked albums. Robert plant still annoys me tbh 4.0/5.0 Best Song: Communication Breakdown

Its certainly not their worst, but i still don't enjoy listening to it that much. First half of the album is pretty good but the second half ruins it a bit. I think I cruicially just can't get on board with his fucking voice

If the worst album on this list had Dazed & Confused and Communication Breakdown I would still grit my teeth and give it 5 stars.

Nyt ymmärrän Led Zeppelinin ylistyksen. Onhan tämä debyytti aivan valtaisa mestariteos täynnä loistavia biisejä. Levyn huippuhetki lienee albumin avaus Good times bad times ja sitä seuraava Babe I’m gonna leave you. Albumihan on periaatteessa ihan älytön tyylilajien sekasotku mutta silti toimii kokonaisuutena täydellisesti. Paljon parempi kuin aiemmin listalla ollut III. Tämä on täydellinen rocklevy. 5/5

It is a great album, and probably my favorite from these hairy rock gods. Is it a coincidence that most of the songs were written by others? I think not. Gotta ding em for stealing art. Naughty lads.

Not bad, but I don't think I like this style of music.

Was not a fan. Too slow, not good sounding music to me.

Certainly not the best from Led Zeppelin, but still one of the best debut albums in the history of music. What strikes me the most about this album is that it still sounds relatively fresh after all those years.

An album I grew up with. Love it

This is not my favorite Zeppelin album, but today I am most drawn to "Your Time Is Gonna Come." The whole thing is fine.

I like the hits on this one

*1969. *I like LZ, but I just can't do a whole album. RATING - 6.5/10

Was hopeful it'd pull my ear a bit more, but I really only ever want to listen to Good Times Bad Times to hear Bonham's footwork on the bass drum. I think this list is just teaching me I do not love the blues because it always sounds the goddamn same to me. Even reggae has more variety.

Amazing debut album

A strong record with considerable strengths and shortcomings that Led Zeppelin largely overcame over its next few records. Without Grade A original material, too many songs seem like they are just a vehicle to show off Jimmy Page. Theremin and violin bow solo on “Dazed and Confused”; Albert King and Otis Rush skills on “I Can’t Quit You, Baby” and “You Shook Me.” The prerequisite nod to Indian music in “Black Mountain Side.” Editing and better integration into the song would have to wait until future efforts. The ponderous nature of Led Zeppelin kept peeking out on the first side. After the spirited opener, “Good Times, Bad Times”, three long tracks follow. I enjoy the acoustic gallop of “Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You”, a skill that future metal bands could not match. Unfortunately, “You Shook Me” and “Dazed and Confused” test patience. I certainly love the doom of “Dazed”, which certainly must have made an impression on Black Sabbath, but there is not enough variety to boost these two songs nor the closing tracks on side two. The opening three songs on the second side have less Zeppelin quality but are the strongest parts of the debut. “Your Time Is Gonna Come” makes a real attempt at a song with its stately organ intro and bright drum work. I was not knocking “Black Mountain Side”, the "Embryonic Journey” of the record. I wish Zeppelin recorded more songs like “Communication Breakdown.” An absolute buzzsaw that foreshadows Motorhead and The Ramones. It still has a spot for Page to step into the spotlight, but he keeps its brief with a burst of notes before returning to the song. My complaints outnumber my praise here, which is unfair. Every song has great moments with each member displaying the magic that would turn Led Zeppelin into a great band. At this moment they got a contract before they had the material to make a record. They needed time (a whopping six months or so) before they harnessed their abilities.

tbd

what an insane debut album. robert plant’s vocal style has never really clicked with me but it doesn’t matter so much when everyone else in the band is putting 110% into their performances. gorgeous guitar here especially

literally just hooting and hollering

I like LZ more when they start incorporating more styles around III but I found myself more in tune with the extremely loud guitar and drum production on this this time. There are still too many instances of Robert Plant moaning bluesily.

Que se puede decir de este álbum que no se haya dicho antes. Es un gran álbum de principio a fin. Tiene un gran estilo musical, pero será mejorado en los siguientes álbumes.

Disappointed to have to listen to two albums of theirs consecutively. Also bang average in my opinion

A monster of a debut album. Basically defined hard rock. In the days of my youth, even those of us on the punk side of the ledger had to give these guys their due. On this album they establish the blueprint they would expand upon for the next decade. I think goofy references to Lord of the Rings is the only element of their unique alchemy missing here. They grew as a performing unit over the next few years, so I favor II, Houses Of The Holy and Physical Graffiti but can't complain about this one.

A little ominous to discover that at #923, this is only the third of five Led Zeppelin albums in the collection, so I suspect there's a lot of Page, Plant and friends in the near future. And given our surfeit of fairy rock riches (thankfully largely absent in this album), I kind of question including their debut album in this project, except perhaps for completeness' sake or part of the evolution of "heavy" rock? Unlike albums "IV" and "II", this one's pretty light on timeless/classic Zeppelin fare (aside from the eternal and fantastic "Good times bad times"), I suspect largely because nearly half of the songs aren't theirs, but I enjoyed "Your time is gonna come" and their classic "Communication breakdown" more than the rest, as well as Bonham's fantastic drumming throughout (especially on end track "How many more times"). I'm also impressed to read about how technically proficient Jimmy Page was, both guitar- and recording/production-wise, even this early in his career; also interesting to read that this album was largely panned when it was first released, and only achieved greatest-album status after a few decades. To be honest, I'm kind of inclined to agree with the contemporary reviews, and regardless, this is definitely before Zeppelin found their groove.

Not my favorite Led Zeppelin but any day I get to listen to Led Zeppelin is a good day.

In 1969 Led Zeppelin spawned in and changed musical history forever. For sure not my favorite zep album tho 4.7

Led Zeppelin at their best (like on this one, the group’s debut) were less a rock band than a raging mastodon destroying everything in its path. They were by no means a consistent group (even their best records always have one or two lesser tracks) but their best work is so jaw-dropping that all that is forgotten. Theirs was a sound that was harder and more violent than metal, blues music stripped of all its sexiness and shot through with demonic energy. Words simply fail when presented with something like the middle three minutes of “Dazed and Confused”; it may be among the ten or so greatest instrumental passages in all of rock music. Best track: “Dazed and Confused”

Me gustó, ya conocía. Una estrella menos porque es más blusero que rockero, pero lo amo.

Love Zeppelin but also, sometimes, don't like Zeppelin very much at all. It's complicated. I've always considered the first fifteen seconds of this album my favorite fifteen seconds of Led Zeppelin. I reserve the right to change this opinion. This album is fine to listen to but I never find myself eager to return. There's so much music out there, man, some of it directly ripping this off. But, still, I'd rather listen to many other things. I have to be in a very specific mood for this, and as I age that mood comes less and less. Rambling today, in honor of "Ramble On" which does not appear on this record.

Fun album

Defining rock and roll

Fuck yes. One of the best rock albums ever made and almost certainly the best rock debut of all time. Every song is so good. The performances, the volume, the passion. Must-listen #374.

Rather enjoyed this. Was a first listen for me.

When they do rock, it’s the peak of the form, a singer-guitarist pairing so electric they’ve rightfully cast a shadow over the entire genre ever since, inspiring pale imitators who can never hit their heights. But when they do blues, they’re boring. I always feel like I don’t like blues listening to bands like this do it, but then I put on muddy waters and realize it’s only boring when rock bands do it — however technically impressive they may be.

I think I’m going to prefer later LZ albums as I didn’t love the over-the-top 12-bar blues songs. Clearly a super talented and influential band defining what rock music means. I just prefer them a bit more psychedelic/progessive. Dazed and Confused ✅

classic rock ./,,/

One hell of a debut. I remember the first time I heard "Dazed and Confused" and it absolutely blew my mind. I wish Robert Plan wrote better lyrics.

Being that this was their first album, and they found their characteristic sound. I gave this a 5 due to the fact that they laid one of the strongest foundations with their debut album. Not my favorite album, nor do I think it’s their best.

No es mi tipo de música, pero no está mal :)

I don't know why this is so much better than all the other 60s blues bands. Just immediately sounds so much fuller. Drums are going crazy Robert Plant is not trying to be cool guitar is not noodly it's riffy. Every song is great.

543/1089 - Absolutely no filler (eh maybe You Shook Me). Page had a vision and he got the best people for the job. One of the best debuts.

Arguably one of the greatest debut albums ever. Zep at their freeform, bluesy best. Page's guitar is a bolt of lightning that you've only started to see. Bonham is a monster, Jones an architect of the groove, and Plant painting sonic landscapes.

It's not the album i reach for first when I listen to Led Zeppelin. In fact, it's pretty far down on the list. The rankings can depend on the day and the mood, but it's something like III, Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffiti, IV, Presence before figuring out if I want to listen to II or I. In Through The Out Door gets no consideration. But damn, this is a good album. A really good album....and if they didn't go on to record all their albums they did...say they had a Hendrix-like run of 3 albums...I'd probably play this more than I do. Everything is here. Plant's vocals kill it, Page's guitar is excellent, Bonham hits hard and, for my money, JPJ is the underrated glue that holds a lot of this together. They arrive fully formed...not fully polished, but fully form, full of swagger and heaviness. Giving this a 5, even though I probably won't return to it anytime soon. Like I said, if I want to listen to Led Zeppelin, it's probably one of their other albums...but that doesn't mean this is less than a 5, it's just that their whole catalog (minus In Through The Out Door) is that incredible.

How are you that good on your goddamn debut album? I thought this would be a bit of an underwhelming listen compared to Led Zeppelin IV, the only album by them i listened to so far, but this is just so good. These guys just knew how to create enganging songs and how to switch between the calm and the storm in order to create tension in their songs. The blues-influences on the album create some nice contrasting textures to the moments where LZ goes completely berzerk. I can see myself yelling Your Time Is Gonna Come during an emotional breakdown in the near future. And that call and response between the lead vocal and the guitar during the end of You Shook Me? I was CACKLING. Damn, i love this album.

Zep time (remastered 2026) I’ve grown to like this a lot more than when I first heard it. I was talking with my dad about it, when I got this as my 150th album on the list of 1001 albums you must listen to before you die. When I first listened to it, I think I was really caught up in the perception of it, and what it represented, rather than the merit of the music itself. So, I decided to revise my opinions, seeing as it grew on me kind of significantly. “Good Times Bad Times” is pretty incredible, pretty much perfect as an opener, with lyrics about youth, and a really good representation of the album’s sound. It’s also really well produced, with the guitars sounding nice and bluesy, psychedelic and distorted, but still very, very distinct. The performances are also all incredible, and Robert Plant’s vocals are better than I remember. “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” keeps the momentum of the album going, with an excellent folk-rock vibe, turning a traditional folk song that was a popular subject of covers at that time, and turning it into an absolute barn-burner. This entire song sounds like a storm, and each climax is crazier, wilder, and more wanton than the last. It’s a beautiful, incredible song, and my favorite here. Sadly, the good on the album is interluded by the worst song by far here, “You Shook Me.” Now, even though the song is obviously bad, Plant’s vocals suck, the instrumental is more lurching than anything, and the use of blues feels almost condescending, as if it’s a self-aware demonstration on how electric blues “should” sound, it’s even worse when you compare it to Muddy Waters’ rendition, the most popular version of the song outside of Zep. Waters is lively, warm, and easygoing. Plant is a good vocalist, but I don’t believe he is capable of any of those adjectives. Thankfully we get right back to the good, with “Dazed and Confused,” a psych classic, with some really important parts (meter switch, the first minute or so), and some really impressive aspects too. Nowhere near my favorite song on the album, but it’s a truly admirable work. Opening up the B-side is “Your Time Is Gonna Come,” a real pretty song that’s really pleasant after all the craziness. I love the backing vocals during the chorus, and Plant’s softer side is kinda pleasant. It’s followed up by “Black Mountain Side” which is another real easy going cut. Not much to say about it but it’s pleasant, and serves as a nice segue in between these two songs. I adore the next song, that being “Communication Breakdown.” It’s the only proto-punk song Zep ever really made, so I’m obviously all over it. It’s so heavy and hard, much more than anything else here in my opinion, and it’s So So So Good. The structure, the vocals, the musicality, instrumentation!!! It’s fucking next-level. “I Can’t Quit You Baby” is the other blues cut, and while it’s more forgivable, it’s still quite milquetoast, especially compared to this album’s outstanding highs. “One Too Many Times,” the album’s closer, is pretty un-noteworthy, except for the fact that it’s a jam song, which I appreciate. I think I like this song more for the fact that it fulfills yet another specific crevice of rock to end this album out, since that’s what they’ve been doing this whole time: making hard, folk, psych, punk, and blues rock songs, so now to have a jam song to close it out, and a decently epic one, works very well. The album, though sporting some awful songs, is still really great. The highs are ridiculous, and the sequencing couldn’t be better. It’s an obvious and easy classic of an album, and I enjoy it plenty. 8.3/10

How appropriate we should get LZ by LZ as the first LZ on the list. I hope all albums come in release order for an artist. What can be said, its LZ. However, its not the best LZ. Nothing on this blows me away, its not the heights of III and IV. However, it is consistently good. 4 stars.

I knew going in that this was one of my least favorite LZ albums, but hadn’t revisited it recently enough to double check that. This listen has confirmed it. To me, this sounds less like an album and more like hanging out during an LZ jam session. A lot of the songs are too long and too directionless to hit. Standout Tracks: Good Times Bad Times, Communication Breakdown Rating: 2.5

not their best, not their worst.

Fantastic blues rock, I love LZ. Powerful guitars , drums and a great voice. I feel like I’m in a smoke filled bar listening to this. Brilliant stuff thought maybe not their best album.

Very good blues rock debut. But u prefer other zeppelin albums more

Uhh its kinda a middle of the road Zeppelin record for me. And for the 5th time im not a huge Zeppelin guy. Don't hate em but not in love either. This one has i think the least amount of big songs. Nothing really caught my ear much but I will give it the passionate performances. Every song feels like it could be thier last and they put it all on the table. I respect that alot . Solid bluesy sound is a nice touch. Im just not huge on the songs overall. They are fine but nothing more than fine. Even 24 hours later im having a hard time remembering what was here. Dazed and confused I gues I know that one but it took some doing to pull it back. Well its still decent. There are things to like and other things that just wash over me without any punch. Its ok

yes

zeppelined the tunes right to my ears

Babe I’m Gonna Leave You is huge but as with everything else Zeppelin in can’t get into Plant’s singing. RYM: Y (#278) Saved a song: N

Way to aggressiv, absolutely not my taste, to much, like the cover tho

It's fine. I was expecting it to be a bunch of crap I'd heard a trillion times on the radio but I was pleasantly surprised this was not the case.

chill

Great album.

really good rock very 60s but its very basic to me i dont know i feel like its not that special or maybe its like a template to a much better type of music not my favorite favorite but great first listen to led zepplin!!

A classic.

No just not I do not like any of his vocals.

music is love

An excellent debut album, though in listening to this vs some of their later work, this just isn’t quite as good. There’s some great tunes on here, no doubt. Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You might be my favorite Zeppelin song ever. Just a great slow burn that turns into a powerful burst from the entire band, then veers back to a softer close. Just great stuff. Communication Breakdown and Dazed and Confused are other highlights. I know people like Good Times Bad Times, I’m just not as big a fan of it. Other tracks on here are good, but not amazing to me. 4 stars. An excellent record, but far from amazing for me.

Solid Zeppelin album.

really great sound design. communication breakdown all time classic great experience really like i cant quit you aswell

Pretty great album - I can see how something like this was blowing heads back in '69, it would have been quite the sonic revolution. What a year - Abbey Road, Velvet Underground, and Black Sabbath shortly on the way. Now Zep suffers from what one might dub 'the Seinfeld Effect' - that what was so special about it at the time has been retrodden to death so much since that it feels retroactively tacky and dated. For the record, I don't think Led Zepplin's self-titled debut is tacky - just that it's influence over the musical landscape to follow over the next fifty years is unmistakably vast and substantial. Some really great technical guitar work on the tracks, some flirting with more experimental instrumentation, and obviously there's the epic saga of Dazed and Confused. Plant's punkish vocal delivery continues to sound great, despite the lack of control (or perhaps because of it), and it's immensely listenable. Fav tracks: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Dazed and Confused, How Many More Times

It was good. I don’t have anything more I can add.

A great run of tracks, amazing guitar, occasionally just too orgasmic from Plant, but it was 1969 after all. Remarkable for a first album and still brilliant.

The only problem I have with this album is that I struggle to listen straight through because I always want to immediately listen to "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" again before moving on. A true front to back masterpiece.

A classic for a reason. Can’t say that I revisit it that much though.

i like this

I liked it.. Jefrey was right :(

I like it more than I thought I would.

I don't listen to them but this stands as a proof how good they were. 4.4

Great album. Everyone knows it....

I know and like some songs on this record but never listened to the full thing. Was thinking about buying this record for my brother's birthday just yesterday, what a coincidence!

Fine, not their best.

Great Led Zeppelin album, highlight is always Dazed and Confused for me!