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This album has its historical value. The 70s sound, although it's a 1969 album, great riffs (or ripoffs, but at least they improved the original ideas), Bonham, JPJ and Page are incredible musicians... and there is Robert Plant. Overrated for sure... good vocalist, mediocre lyricist. All factors considered, it's a solid and heavy blues rock album. 7,8/10
While I find elements of this album a bit dated now, I’d love to time travel to 1969 and here how revolutionary this must have sounded.
Favorite songs: Good Times Bad Times, Babe I’m Gonna Leave You, Your Time Is Gonna Come, Communication Breakdown,
One of the greatest debut albums of all time not only for the musicianship and vocal delivery of the band. But for the fact they did it on their own without the need of a record company and got a recording contract from it and then international fame. Most songs on the album are or influenced by some great blues musicians resulting of listeners delving into these blues musicians catalogs.
Not the biggest Zep fan, but can't deny the great songs on this album. 4.5/5.
more bluesey than their other stuff, drums are always great. iv is better
I always knew led zeppelin as a “my dad” band, but after listening to this album through, I enjoyed it. There were a few moments that were a little long but overall it was a good listen
Viele meiner früheren Lieblingssongs, die ich beim Zeitung austragen gehört habe. Sehr schön, vor allem auch mal die anderen Lieder zu hören und nicht nur die Klassiker die jeder kennt. 10/10
Cover album pesawat zeppelin sangat terwakilkan oleh tembang-tembang pada album ini. Dari stadium anthem GTBT, Dazed and confused, commbreak, dan how many more times yang menggelegar dan penuh energi lalu dibawa mengambang dengan track sepeti babe I'm going to love you, your time is gonna come, dan black mountain side yang floaty dan indah. Akan tetapi, seperti pada album cover, beberapa lagu fall short dan dilematis seperti you shook me & i can't quit you baby karena blues yang di telinga saya kurang. Cultural appropriation? kurang tau, tetapi menurut saya mending gak usah ada disana.
The guitar solo hit me
Rock masters masters of rock
A few absolute bangers. Starts great with Giod Times Bad Times. Not consistent but solid. One of the best games rhythm sections in history. I don’t think they had very healthy relationships. Maybe that’s why the band broke up.
heavy experience, absolutely powerful
Ok - his voice is not great without a lot of instrumentation to support it. I liked Babe I'm Gonna Leave You and Black Mountain Side the best. 3.5
Catch up #11 October 17 2026 Led Zeppelin came in with a bang- their music rocked, hard. Their tunes were unlike much else of the day- largely due to their compositional approach to writing music. Each song was fully written out together, rather than an effort that came together through experimenting, though there’s plenty of that too. They were deliberate about structure and modes, influence and theme in a way most bands had never touched before. Sure there were rocking contemporaries like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Hendrix, etc but these guys were doing something new and fresh. Not their greatest album, but a great one. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Loved it
From a band that pioneered the Tolkien Rock genre, but to be Fair And Balanced and Honest there are no Tolkien songs on this album. You can just close your eyes and imagine they are singing about elves and orcs in a bloody war murdering each other. In my opinion Led Zeppelin is one of those bands that forever be a sound that no one will be able to imitate again. I have no doubt that in 30 years Hot Topic, or whatever store replaces it, will still be selling Led Zeppelin shirts but maybe not My Chemical Romance (or whatever hot shit band the youths are into these days).
Now we're talking. An amazing debut album and it just may be my favorite Zeppelin album, but there are so many great ones to pick from. The feeling on this one is rawer, but the technicality of the music is still just as great.
Face melter.
Sometimes I go into the records this website spits out and think I'll surely like something, and then hate it. This time I thought I'd hate it, but I liked it.
Lo escuché mientras caminaba en la cinta
whips ass.
Not much anyone can say that hasn't already been said. There are no misses on this album. 5.0/5
Hey I know that one (I can’t wait to taint the statistics)
Good songs bad songs, this album has its share
Well, what am I supposed to think of this? Admittedly a big name, but to be honest, I find the music disappointing.
Here’s a fun game. What band or artist had arguably the best song of their entire career as track one on their first album? For example: “Straight Outta Compton” - NWA; “Welcome to the Jungle” - Guns & Roses; “Black Sabbath” - Black Sabbath; “Blitzkrieg Bop” - The Ramones; “Head Like a Hole” - Nine Inch Nails; “More Than a Feeling” - Boston; “My Name is Jonas” - Weezer; “Blister in the Sun” - Violent Femmes; “Dog Days are Over” - Florence and the Machine; “I Wanna be Adored” - Stone Roses; “Let the Good Times Roll” - The Cars; “Time to Pretend” - MGMT; “See No Evil” - Television; “Running with the Devil” - Van Halen; “Radio Free Europe” - REM, and perhaps more than any of these others, “Good Times Bad Times” as the first track on this album. What an amazing introduction to one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Led Zeppelin has a lot of problems (blatant plagiarism of blues artists, pedophilia) and I have a lot of problems with Led Zeppelin (hearing them too much on classic rock radio growing up, a singer with a high-pitched voice, the annoying orgasmic moans he does) but I can’t ever bring myself not to think that they rock. You can be good at lots of things or you can be truly great at one thing and Led Zeppelin is truly great at rocking. That is enough for me to enjoy your music, despite all the issues associated with it.
no es mi gusto musical, pero muy bueno el instrumental. en algunas fue aburrido y me aturdió un poco.
bueee, es mucho rock para mi really. Es un rock sueve y chevere me gusto haberle dado la oportunidad y terminar de escuchar el albúm , me fui adaptando y me gusto más. Pero no es algo q escucharía a cada rato. Pero si estuvo bien escucharlo, fue una experiencia acústica que hay q tener.
Almost a perfect debut album, very good
This is a tricky one. The musicianship is great and I really like some passages of some songs, but it can also feel a little self-indulgent at times too. I will listen to it again to see if I can see why it’s so lauded. It may grow on me more.
Good old Led Zeppelin always delivers. This is a great debut album, but they, for me, improved with their later albums hitting home.
It's good
Даже не знаю что ещё нового и интересного можно сказать о таких легендах и гигантах на музыкальном поприще. Уже все было сказано и написано за долгие годы до моего рождения. Это мое первое полноценное знакомство с группой. До этого слушал изредка только некоторые отдельные песни. Очень живое исполнение, наложений и всяких продакшен-штучек по минимуму и даже обилие "бэйби бэйби" от Планта и некоторая лирическая скудность текстов не считаю особым минусом, все играет на настроение и общую атмосферу альбома. Шикарно.
...ehh? I prefer my led to have a polished sound, thanks
Very self congratulatory. Dull guitar solos and lots of yowling. Did not enjoy
i remember learning about this fucking blimp in elementary school from our english teacher who was the biggest nerd.. he also made us sing the beatles whole discography and i remember once he told us a horror story he made up about jim morrison getting bit by a snake in the jungle and he had to get an arm transplant from a gorilla. vaguely also remember him telling is about some brothers with the name gallagher
Fue mí disfrutable el álbum, Gran variedad en ritmos y letras lo hacen muy entretenido
Its Zeppelin. Its good. Not their best album but its a good one all the same
¡¡Glorious music!!
Fav: Good Times Bad Times Worst: You Shook Me
Led Zeppelin definitely fits this list, their first 5-6 albums should be included due to their cultural importance and influence on music history. There aren't many bands with historic album runs like Led Zeppelin, and it started from (this) album #1. It is impressive just how consistent and singular the sound is from the jump.
can see why this album is considered influential, but it didn’t really connect with me. The sound feels powerful and raw, yet sometimes repetitive and not very emotional. There are a few strong moments, but overall it lacks the depth I usually look for. I respect it more than I enjoy it
me gustaron más las primeras canciones del álbum que el resto
Energy, music, that voice, great album a moment in the evolution of Led Zeppelin
Que locura que sea un primer disco este. La mezcla de blues y rock que logran es impecable. El arte de la tapa siempre me pareció grandioso.
More like zed leppelin. cuz this album is a 0
Fundacional
7 - GOOD
Discovered this album in college so it was a very inspirational an experimental time in my life.
No skips
STOP. SHOWING. ME. LED. ZEPPELIN. also I knew they were weird with kids but I wasn’t expecting them to fully say it out loud in a song
A great, classic, rock album. Fantastic, fun to listen to.
Sounds like a very pivotal album for the rock genre, I liked it! I love how passionate rock is.
Zep is one of the greatest bands in the world when they stick to hard rock and let the rhythm section drive things, and not as much when they deviate from that with organs, harmonicas and other bullshit. This album sticks to the formula on half the tracks ("Good Times, Bad Times" "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You" "Dazed and Confused" "Communication Breakdown" and "How Many More Times") and that's enough to make this a really good album, if not necessarily a great one.
No comment needed. Killer debut album.
The first album by the greatest hard rock band and it sounds like it is there 5th not first, which is a testament to their musicianship and ability as performers. 4.5 closer to 5
Incredible debut for these kids, probably went on to do some stuff
5/5 I just love it. Their first album was one of their best
7/10 Not as heavy as I usually like but still very enjoyable.
Album that made me dive into Rock! It’s pure magic in this album delivering raw initial rock and roll talent.
I really got into this album, 3rd LZ album this week, I even downloaded it, saw Huey MorgAn last night - he lives LZ, that’s good enough for me
As a debut album it is certainly very ambitious. None of the notable zeppelin songs are on this but a lot of favourites such as baby im gonna leave you and dazed and confused. This is a band finding their stride rather than hitting it.
Great
you think i would be more impressed, im really not. it wasn't stand out. they get some plus points because this is LITERALLY led zeppelin
Definitely not my favorite Zeppelin album, honestly outside of Good Times Bad Times and Dazed and Confused its mostly filler imo
C’est reparti, encore ce foutu dirigeable de plomb qui refuse de s'écraser, de sombrer une bonne fois pour toutes dans les limbes de l’histoire. Je me retrouve aujourd'hui face au premier album de Led Zeppelin. la genèse du mal, le patient zéro d'une épidémie de testostérone rance et de solos interminables qui ont pollué les ondes pendant des décennies. Je m'attends aux hurlements des puristes, à leurs litanies sur la « virtuosité », le « groove » ou le « génie » du guitariste. Mais après une vie passée derrière le comptoir d'un disquaire indépendant et dans les studios d'une radio qui avait vraiment quelque chose à dire, je refuse de cautionner ce silence complice. On va mettre les points sur les i et je vais vous expliquer, par A + B, pourquoi Led Zeppelin, et ce premier album en particulier, représente tout ce que je déteste dans le rock. Ce n'est pas juste de l'animosité gratuite — enfin, si, un peu, ça fait du bien — mais c'est surtout une question d'hygiène mentale et de cohérence artistique. I. Le pillage organisé ou l'art de ne pas citer ses sources Commençons par le plus flagrant, le plus honteux : le plagiat car ce premier disque n'est pas une œuvre mais un catalogue de vol à main armée. On nous vend du « Blues Rock » novateur, j'y vois du colonialisme musical pur et dur. Le groupe a pillé les maîtres du Delta avec la subtilité d'un bulldozer dans un jardin d'enfants. On nous vend ces morceaux comme des créations originales, mais ce ne sont que des reprises à peine déguisées. S'approprier la souffrance des vieux bluesmen pour en faire un spectacle de foire pour stades bondés me soulève le cœur. On est loin de l'authenticité d'un blues crasseux car ici, tout est passé au vernis brillant d'une production boursouflée. C'est du blues pour les gens qui ont peur du vrai blues car chez Led Zeppelin, le blues ne sent pas la misère, il pue le patchouli et l'argent facile. II. La voix : L'elfe sous hélium Et puis, il y a la voix. Mon Dieu, cette voix... On nous l'a vendue comme l'instrument ultime, le cri de la liberté. Pour moi, Robert Plant est juste un elfe égaré qui aurait inhalé un ballon d'hélium avant de se coincer les parties intimes dans une porte de studio. Ces glissandos permanents, ces petits cris orgasmiques poussés à tout bout de champ au mépris du ridicule, c'est une insulte à l'intelligence. Dans ma discothèque personnelle, j'ai besoin de profondeur, de noirceur, d'une voix qui porte le poids du monde, qui raconte une vérité, aussi sombre soit-elle. Ici, le chanteur ne raconte rien, il fait juste de la gymnastique vocale pour flatter son ego et celui de ses admirateurs. C’est une performance de cirque, pas de l’art et il n'y a aucune émotion réelle dans ses hurlements, juste une démonstration technique agaçante qui cherche à masquer le vide intersidéral des paroles. C'est l'école du cri pour le cri, le début de cette tendance insupportable des chanteurs à vouloir prouver qu'ils ont trois octaves dans le gosier alors qu'ils n'ont rien dans le ventre. III. La branlette de manche érigée en système Parlons-en de la « virtuosité » car on arrive au cœur du problème : la branlette de manche. Jimmy Page est le précurseur de cette maladie mentale qui consiste à penser qu'un solo de guitare est plus intéressant s'il dure huit minutes et qu'il utilise toutes les notes de la gamme sans aucune retenue. C'est l'antithèse absolue de ce que j'aime. J'ai toujours préféré le minimalisme, la puissance brute, la texture sonore ou la dissonance travaillée. Là où chaque note devrait compter et chaque larsen devrait avoir une raison d'exister, chez Led Zeppelin, le solo est une fin en soi. C'est de l'auto-congratulation sonore, on est dans l'exhibitionnisme pur. « Regardez-moi, je joue vite, je joue fort, je mets un archet de violon sur ma guitare parce que je suis un artiste mystique ». C'est pompeux, c'est lourd, et surtout, c'est d'un ennui mortel. Le rock, pour moi, c'est l'urgence, c'est l'accident, c'est la tension. Ici, tout est calculé pour impressionner le bourgeois en mal de sensations fortes. Et cette démonstration de force permanente n'est que l'aveu d'une immense faiblesse créative. IV. L'ego surdimensionné et le folklore de pacotille Il y a une arrogance insupportable qui émane de ce disque. Dès 1969, ces types se posent en demi-dieux. Tout est trop gros : le son de batterie, les riffs, l'imagerie. Ils ont engendré ce monstre qu'est le « Rock de Stade », une machine à cash déconnectée du réel. Leur côté « mystique » avec des références aux sciences occultes ou à la fantasy de comptoir, c'est le degré zéro de la pensée. C'est du folklore de dortoir car quand je cherche de la radicalité ou une démarche intellectuelle dans la musique, je me tourne vers des univers autrement plus complexe, pas vers des décors de théâtre. Ils jouent aux sorciers alors qu'ils sont juste des rentiers qui s'achètent des châteaux. Une imposture qui a ouvert la voie à toutes les dérives du hard rock bas du front. V. Le Rock n'est pas une musique de pantouflards C'est peut-être là le point qui me fâche le plus. On nous présente Led Zeppelin comme le summum de la rébellion. Putain mais quelle blague car il n'y a absolument rien de contestataire dans cette musique, c'est une musique de confort, c'est la musique que vos parents écoutent en tapant du pied, persuadés d'être « rock'n'roll ». Le rock est né pour faire chier le monde, pour bousculer les codes, pour être une menace sociale. Led Zeppelin, c'est la musique de l'establishment qui se déguise en rebelle. Ils ne contestent rien, ils profitent du système jusqu'à la moelle et ils encaissent les dividendes. Le punk, quelques années plus tard, avait tout compris. Il fallait brûler ces idoles de pierre, ces « dinosaures » qui occupaient tout l'espace avec leur suffisance. Pour moi qui ai grandi avec des sons plus rugueux, plus honnêtes, Zeppelin est le frein qui a empêché la musique d'avancer. Ils ont figé le rock dans un moule réactionnaire où la technique prime sur l'idée, et où l'apparence prime sur le propos. Écouter la même musique que ses géniteurs, c'est la mort de l'esprit rock. VI. Une production qui vieillit comme du lait au soleil Techniquement, cet album est une agression, mais pas la bonne. Page en producteur omnipotent, a voulu créer un « mur de son ». Résultat ? C'est une bouillie sonore où tout essaie d'être plus fort que le reste. La batterie écrase tout, la basse est reléguée au rang de simple figurant utilitaire, et la guitare sature l'espace de manière hystérique. Il n'y a aucune nuance, aucune respiration, c'est juste du matraquage. J'aime les productions qui gèrent l'espace, le silence, la tension, j'aime quand le son est une architecture pensée. Ici, c'est juste un empilement de parpaings et c'est épuisant à l'écoute. C'est une démonstration de force qui ne sert qu'à masquer la pauvreté des compositions. Enlevez les fioritures et les hurlements, il ne reste pas grand-chose : quelques structures de blues basiques et une envie furieuse de faire du bruit pour épater la galerie. C’est du son gras, sans aucune finesse, fait pour être craché par des enceintes de mauvaise qualité dans des chambres d’adolescents boutonneux. VII. Pourquoi je refuse le respect imposé On me répète souvent : « Oui, mais il faut respecter leur influence ». Mais quelle influence ? Celle d'avoir engendré des milliers de clones sans talent ? Celle d'avoir transformé le rock en une industrie de la performance ? Si c'est ça leur héritage, alors je préfère rester sur le bord de la route Je préfère mille fois la dissonance, l'expérimentation ou la transe industrielle. Car ces musiques me parlent de ma vie, de mes doutes, de la complexité du monde. Led Zeppelin me parle d'un monde qui n'existe pas, peuplé de clichés sexistes et de postures d'un autre âge. Ce premier album n'est pas un chef-d'œuvre, c'est l'acte de naissance d'un conservatisme qui se fait passer pour de l'avant-garde. C'est un disque paresseux qui repose sur le pillage et sur l'esbroufe. C'est le triomphe de la forme sur le fond, du paraître sur l'être. On est au cœur du système de la « rockstar » dans ce qu'il a de plus détestable : l'éloignement total du public et de la réalité sociale. Conclusion : Le dirigeable est vide Bref, je n'aime pas Led Zeppelin. Je n'aime pas ce qu'ils représentent, je n'aime pas la manière dont ils ont dévoyé le rock, et je déteste par-dessus tout cette idée reçue qu'ils seraient intouchables. Sur ce point, il y a aussi Pink Floyd mais... ce n'est pas le sujet. Mon passage en magasin de disques et en radio m'a appris une chose essentielle : la musique est une question de sincérité et d'urgence. Et dans ce disque, je ne sens ni l'un ni l'autre. Je sens de l'opportunisme, de l'arrogance et beaucoup de vent. Ce premier opus est une baudruche. On souffle dedans, on fait beaucoup de bruit, mais à la fin, il ne reste qu'un tas de caoutchouc froissé au sol. Rangez-moi ça au rayon des antiquités, à côté des trophées de chasse et des vieilles gloires du passé. Moi, je retourne écouter des disques qui ont une âme, pas des disques qui ont juste un ego boursouflé. Led Zeppelin I ? Un naufrage auditif, une imposture historique. C'est une musique de poseurs pour des gens qui veulent se donner des frissons sans jamais sortir de leur zone de confort. Le rock mérite mieux que ces quatre-là. Il mérite de la sueur, du sang et des idées neuves, pas des reprises de blues survitaminées jouées par des types qui se prennent pour des sorciers gallois. Et non, je ne changerai pas d'avis et peu importe le nombre de fois où on me passera ces riffs éculé car ce sera toujours vide, vain, et surtout d'une lourdeur insoutenable.
Iconic
classy classic
Killer first album. We have to stan. Favorite tracks: Dazed & Confused, I Can't Quit You Baby, How Many Times.
Estaba bueno pinto me gustó el órgano
Had not listened to this album before. Good grooves, recognizable riffs, great guitar solos. Heavy blues influence. Lots of songs about mean, mistreatin' women!
I remembered it as a “5”. It’s held up to expectations.
Not a strong opinion either way but, it was alright.
Amazing debut record. Really love Babe I'm gonna leave you. Could be a bit more interesting at times in some songs for me, but overall its a great experience to listen too. Heavy. 1. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You 2. Good Times Bad Times 3. Your Time Is Gonna Come
This album is a classic. I have listened to this album 100 times at least. every song is a banger.
Good Times Bad Times - 4/5 Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - 4/5 You Shook Me - 3/5 Dazed and Confused - 4/5 Your Time is Gonna Come - 3.5/5 Black Mountain Slide - 3.5/5 Communication Breakdown - 4.5/5 I Can't Quit You Baby - 3.5/5 How Many More Times - 3.5/5 I didn't grow up around LZ a lot, so I think I've removed myself from any bias from anyone around me that would claim that they are one of the best bands there is. After seeing that 2/3's of this album are covers and half of those weren't given proper credit, I think I need to bump down the score. There's only so much Plant's "aaaAAAaaAAaaAA" I can manage in a single sitting and the solos rarely add anything besides the first few bars. It's not a perfect debut as some would claim but it's still a solid foundation. It's realistically a 3.5 but I'll have to round down to a 3 unfortunately. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Communication Breakdown
Ok
Measuring stick album similar to Black Sabbath, not quite to the upper echelon for me to give a 5
Masterpiece!
Great album! I don't many Led Zepplin albums that are bunk.
Not my first time listening to this album but I wish I didn't have to listen to it again. Plant screeching like a parrot on You Shook Me while Page answers with his guitar has to be top 10 worst sounds ever. It's not all bad, I just don't like Led Zep as a rule 2/5
Definitely not my favorite Zeppelin record so far with much more evidence that it is their first. Still incredibly impressive for a debut and had some outstanding tracks that I will be listening to in the future. The versatility throughout is as well very cool to see at such an early stage and proves their ability. I still love most of the vibes within each song, just some were dragged on a bit long and less interesting than others.
2.5 - not bad but nothing amazing.
8/10 q buena instrumental
que discazo!!!!!
well...yes!
This is by no means a bad album, but is it their best album? For the main part this is blues album. I think Jimmy Page is a great guitarist but is he a great blues guitarist? I’m not sure that he’s all that good - I Cant Quit You Babe. Could be the sluggt sloppiness is deliberate because he is undlubtably a versatile player. But blues rock folk bands in the 60s are a bit dime a dozen. Is this better than a Canned Heat album, a Mountain album, John Mayal? Its an extension of the yard birds but a pointer of what might come at the same time. Not a lot of originals on here and as a cover band, they’re pretty good. Many have argued that Led Zeppelin and are basically a cover band which I think is a bit unfair but this album is probably the most coverIsh of all their albums and I think they got better from here.
Típico sonido de los 60s y solo puedo decir que me hizo obsesionarme aún más con jimmy page y robert plant
I don't even own all the LZ on the list, but if the ounces I do own those is my least favourite. Which is just to say that as well as the staggering majesty of the best songs there are some relatively mediocre stuff mixed in. The first two sings are some the best rock songs ever written, the last two are just average. Still a great album and undoubtedly influential but slightly less than their best
yup, good ol zeppelin
Great album and definitely reminds me of senior year lmao. It’s a super engaging album, very interesting sonically, especially during the long instrumental breaks. I love some good classic rock and Led Zeppelin is one of the best.
I surprisingly don’t have a lot to say about this one, maybe because it’s one of the albums I’ve listened to so far that I’m most familiar with and have probably heard the most recently. It’s classic Zeppelin. Great musicianship. I do feel like they hadn’t cemented their personal identity as a band yet on this record. It feels more derivative than their subsequent work, and the context of them failing to credit Black musicians makes me knock a point off of this record for its sound that does little to innovate on the Blues it’s inspired by.
Nothing to add here. Sometimes they sound like a parody but when they hit, they hit hard.
ta bueno
Love the blues feel, solid first album
Man Zeppelin’s early albums are so good. This is arguably the weakest one of their early work but it’s still incredible. It got it all - the folkier side in Black Mountain Side and Babe I’m Gonna Leave You, bluesier Dazed and Confused and You Shook Me, and intensive hard rock in Communication Breakdown. Honestly no skips great album and they somehow got even better in zep 3 and 4.
4/1001 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (1969) First Led Zeppelin! My experience with them started and ended with listening to Stairway to Heaven when I was younger... and Guitar Hero. And honestly, what an album. It's crazy that 1969 was such a good year for music that you could reasonably argue this doesn't even crack the top 5 or even 10 albums in that year. "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" and "Dazed and Confused" are timeless and I cannot imagine being a teenager in the late 60s, turning this on, and having your mind completely blown. ★★★★
Not my bad but I appreciated it.
Buenardas, la mejor es dazed and difused
I debated between giving this one a four or a five. As an album, it's a great listen. In the context of what Led Zeppelin would subsequently achieve, it serves as a preview of greater things to come. While Zep would continue to grow as artists, their debut is still outstanding.
best album before physical graffiti
Cool kids
MC and 1001 have encouraged me to challenge various musical prejudices, Led Zeppelin being one. It must have been an explosive debut album at the time.
It seems as though this album is trying to burst out into something more than it is but just does ever quite do it.
What a day to be alive. (Possibly) the best debut album ever. Kicks ass from the opening two chord slashes of Good Times Bad Times through to the unrelenting drive of the final track. Let's overlook the blatant plagiarism for the moment and focus on the musicianship. A fabulous 5*
Millions of words have been penned about Led Zep. About their musicianship, about the plagiarism, etc. This album is screams childhood. Blasting it while my dad zoomed down the M4. Then maybe swap to Budgie or Black Sababth. I can't not give this five stars.
Perhaps not led zepellins best but still an incredible album. Great rock n roll album with some brilliantly catchy riffs
3.5/5. An interesting but pointless exercise I like to do is thinking “in what year did a decades music really ‘start’.” As an example I’d argue that the 90’s really began in 1991 with grunges mainstream explosion. And the 70’s I would say began In 1969 thanks to albums such as In the Court of the Crimson King or this debut from Led Zeppelin which displays the heavier, bluesier style of rock that would go on to be massive in the 70’s. And for a debut album this is good stuff, especially on songs like “dazed and confused” which just have great guitar riffs. I do think Led Zeppelin will go on to make much better albums but this is still a good record that helped to shape how rock music would sound going forward.
non l’ho sentito tutto, comunque non è propriamente il mio genere però ovviamente è tanta roba
Album importantissimo per la storia dell’hard rock e poi il groove di good times bad times è tra i groove più iconici di sempre
Great album. Rock and roll!
So good
perfect!
Solid all around 4/5
A classic add an amazing freshman effort, but, man, some of the transitions between tracks are jarring.
Led Zeppelin es un referente del rock, este álbum es un clásico y una joya, es excelente.
Maybe my least favourite of their albums so far? Idk it was good but others were better
It didn’t say deluxe so I’m listening to the regular album. I can’t say I have the best taste in music, but this album wasn’t my favorite. (9 songs, 44 mins)
Not their finest, but still pretty good. Right up my street.
Since the 1980s, so for 40 years, I have periodically interacted with this classic hard rock album, with its iconic cover art and compelling lead single, Good Times Bad Times. The result has always been the same: underwhelmed(edness). There are really good moments, Jimmy Page is obviously very good at playing guitar, but ... eh. Only one song is fully successful (Good Times, on which all four membets of the band shine). Several months ago I went through the Zep catalog for purposes of capturing the songs of theirs I like in my Apple Music library. I offended a friend of mine, who loves this band, by complaining to a text chain that their catalog is thin. But lots of it is plodding and underdeveloped. Sorry, Ross! I found the provenance of Black Mountain Side to be highly interesting ... Al Stewart taught it to Page based on Bert Jansch's arrangement, but got the tuning wrong ... the record company wanted to sue, but couldn't quite get there... Down by Blackwaterside - Wikipedia https://share.google/9qTkwYSegQjQPCZFI
Peter Adams was cool AF. He's still an unusually skilled musician, and also cool AF. Peter Adams' brother, though, was... 4 years older? 5? He played an aged Fender Stratocaster was a soupcon of weed and tobacco, and owned a Twin Reverb that was an altar to ROCK. Long stringy hair... sparse blonde beard... HE was cool AF. ANother one: I'm 15, and I love guitar. I'd heard Musette and Drums (huuuuuge Thanks to Annie) and I was obsessed. So I took Jazz Band at LHS... an opportunity I'm still amazed even existed in 1985. Holdover from the NEA bounty of the 60s-70s for public education. I was a sophomore. In the class was a long tall dude, a senior, with shaggy black hair. He would rip a solo before class started, every time... and 9 times out of 10, it was "Whole Lotta Love" by Zeppelin. Suffice it to say, Zeppelin was a titan in the cultural universe of my suburban white liberal town. Zeppelin tied me back a couple high school graduating classes to the era at LHS when smoking was allowed on campus, students all had hall passes and Open Campus, and weed was regarded as a tolerable nuisance by the school administration. When Rock rode the halls unbridled and unashamed. Our elder brothers and older cousins, the guys a part of me wanted to BE, took Zeppelin as gospel, Jimmy Page as a satanic prophet, and the pro-sex pro-drugs pro "mind-expansion era of the early 70s--Zeppelin's heyday, as the best and mightiest way of life ever invented. So yeah, I listened to a LOT of Zeppelin. Zeppelin III was Aaron and I getting high and wandering around Bard, and Tufts, and the woods of Lexington. Zeppelin II was a cassette that filled me with abyssal desires, mostly alone with my stereo. Physical Graffiti was a numinous missive from the mighty halls of The Furthest Rock Could Go. Also Jack White stole sooooo much from Zeppelin. And made good things with it.
I liked it more than I thought I would. Listened with hubby and it was very nostalgic for him. My mom saw them at a tiny hall at Harvard on this tour and she met the band. It was fun talking to her about that experience.... She remembers what she wore and where she sat. It brought a big giggly smile to her face.
I have friends who looooove this band. And they're not even 55 year old men! But it's just not for me. I am not interested in the guitar solos and most of the lyrics are misogynistic at worst, stupid at best. Yes they can all play and sing but it just doesn't add up to anything appealing to me.
not for me
Few albums have such a distinct opening track like Led Zeppelin with the two beats followed by the hi hat count. It set the scene for what would become the band Led Zeppelin. They started the movement towards hard rock, leading to bands like Black Sabbath, Creedance Clearwater Revival, others. The album is an ode to the blues, with Jimmy Page masterfully building up emotional riffs while John Paul Jones and John Bonham kept the beat with Robert Plant adding haunting vocals to accompany adding haunting vocals to accompany Page's riffs.
Good! This is kind of the opposite of the spectrum from the other things Ive liked, but it would very fun to have in the backgground for me. I think a few moments are not as exciting for me, but they act as very good lead ups. I think a slice would end up in my regualr rotation, and the rest are just pleasant to run into. I think my favorite is a tie between good times, bad times and babe im gonna leave you.
Good Times Bad Times: 4.5/5 Babe I’m Gonna Leave You: 4.5/5 You Shook Me: 2/5 Dazed And Confused: 3/5 Your Time Is Gonna Come: 3.5/5 Black Mountain Side: 4/5 Communication Breakdown: 4/5 I Can’t Quit You Baby: 3/5 How Many More Times: 3.5/5
Great album
Una obga de agte
Led Zeppelin were fully formed straight out of the gate, this is far more mature than your average debut rock album. The opening four tracks are classic stomping blues rock tracks are really show how tight a group Zeppelin were. ‘Your Time Is Gonna Come’ introduces a glorious choral element to the album. ‘Black Mountain Side’ is a beautiful instrumental which shows off how adaptable they could be away from the straight blues rock. ‘Communication Breakdown’ is a classic, sounding like a wild release of frustration.
This is a solid debut album, highlighting their blues influences and Robert Plant’s vocals at possibly their best. I’d give it 4* but for it still feeling too long in places, which causes it to lose some of its spark.
First two tracks I really loved and I figured this was definitely in line for a 4 or 5 but then You Shook Me started. The most plodding 5 bar blues ever. It was so so so slow. I debated what it would sound like if the speed was doubled - I think it would improve it, especially as it would mean it wasn't so fecking long. After that I intermittently enjoyed and was ambivalent towards tracks. There were some definite high points for me - Your Time Is Gonna Come and How Many More Times were enjoyable from the second half of the album. I love the vocals and they're clearly skilled musicians but You Shook Me annoyed me so much though, there's no way I could ever give it more than: 3/5
Great debut by a great band. It hits you in the face from the start with Good Times, Bad Times and then it doesn't stop, even with the slower bluesier songs like I Can't Quit You Baby. Biggest Hit - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You Biggest Miss (if I had to choose) - Black Mountain Side Not So Hidden Gem - How Many More Times
Good. Glad I started my 1001 albums with this one.
I love this album. One of my favorite bands, and I’ve heard this album a thousand times, but it never gets old.
Having listened to very little Led Zeppelin before, I was sort of looking forward to this being life changing or something but it was, well, alright. A few cool riffs, specifically the first and last tracks. A couple of blues numbers that are a little feeble. I think they would work better in a voice that's not Robert Plant's high-pitched thing. It fits alright, but like. Say, Howlin Wolf singing I Can't Quit You Baby may just fix this whole world. Hell, I just listened to Willie Dixon do it and uh yeah, I'm definitely in the camp of Dixon on this one. The Otis Rush version is lacking in recording quality but that voice just fits the blues better imo. That's a motherfucker that's got the blues. Led Zep doesn't have the blues. Wasn't the biggest fan of tracks 4-6, at least not right away, but I'd be willing to give Dazed and Confused another shot maybe in the right headspace. Maybe if I'm high or sleep deprived or something. Can't imagine listening to that 30 minute live version. Communication Breakdown is a lot closer to what I thought I'd be getting this album, and it's probably the track I enjoyed the most. The rest is a mix of decent licks and 60s white Brit blues, which can work on rare occasion. But never as well the og Chicago blues covered here, or any blues from the American South invented by black people, which I feel will pretty much always blow Brit blues out of the water. So didn't change my life. It was alright and there's plenty more Zeppelin on this list, I bet. I'll try some more if I get there.
I should really like this more than I do. Bluesy rock, great guitar, but it just doesn’t hook me. It was just ok for me. 3.5/5
Is there any other option but 5? The vocals, the guitar, the storytelling, everything about the ride of this album is incredible. Dazed and confused and Communication breakdown are songs I sing to myself weekly.
Ah, le premier Led Zeppelin ! C'est un cas particulier. J'aime Led Zeppelin, dans l'ensemble, même si deux gros problèmes se posent : - Robert Page est sorti avec une gamine de 14 alors qu'il était bien adulte, - leurs débuts débordent de plagiat et si par la suite, ils se sont bien plus basés sur leurs propres compositions (en sortant au passage leurs meilleurs albums), c'est honteux de piller les compositions des autres sans les créditer. Peut-être que c'était de la naïveté de la jeunesse, mais le fait qu'ils n'aient jamais par la suite crédité qui que se soit et qu'il y ait même eu des poursuites judiciaires en dit très long sur l'éthique de la démarche. Et le problème il est là : les deux tiers des chansons ici reprennent des titres d'autres personnes en les faisant passer pour celles de Led Zeppelin et c'est carrément dégueulasse. Alors oui, c'est très bien joué, les guitares sont plutôt monstrueuses pour l'époque, mais ça n'excuse rien. Et puis de base, j'ai jamais trop aimé cet album, que je trouve trop mou et pas assez aventureux par rapport à ce qu'ils feront par la suite. S'il n'y avait pas eu cette histoire de plagiat, j'aurais mis 3, eut égard à l'influence du groupe, d'ailleurs je comprends pourquoi cet album figure dans la liste, mais la démarche du groupe est honteuse et je peux pas en tout honnêteté mettre plus de la moyenne. On en reparlera aux prochains albums de Led Zeppelin (j'imagine qu'on aura les 4 premiers) quand ils arrêteront un peu leurs conneries.
Like many people I grew up on Led Zeppelin. The first couple of songs are killers and staples, particularly "Dazed and Confused". Other songs are filler here as they're reaching to grasp their full potential and break out from the blues artists that they stole from.
I was nervous for my informational interview yesterday morning and this was the perfect album to listen to on the way to work. I particularly loved Babe I’m Gonna Leave You with the pounding drums and guitar. An album that rocks.
Þvílík veisla. Ekki þeirra þekktustu lög (en nokkur þeirra) en samt svo hrikalega góð lög. Mér finnst svo leiðinlegt að hafa ekki verið uppi á þessum tíma því þetta er mín týpa af tónlist.
Completely game changing album, and they went on to get even better.
i heard a lot of the songs before during my rock phase im gonna have to give this a relisten
It was hard not to be a smidge disappointed with this one coming off of Physical Graffiti back in December, but I went into Led Zeppelin's debut album assuming that it'd sound a little primitive by comparison and that definitely helped taper my expectations. It's just a solid blues rock album – nothing less, nothing more. Highlights: Good Times Bad Times, Dazed and Confused, I Can’t Quit You Baby, How Many More Times
first song's best part is the drums and the bass. vocals are not my fav vocals are better on the 2nd song. and the drums 🤌 dazed and confused is a banger, the drummsssss and the bassss the amount of accoustic instrumentation is surprising. differenting the bass and the guitar is hard many times, but the way the drums and the guitar interact with the bass is great didn't feel much emotionally tbh except like the fact that it was COOL. drums drums drums. subject matter was corny but I liked the passion in the vocals good album but I didn't feel much or connect much with the album with an emotion other than awe.
My stance has always been that Led Zep are shite, but tried to approach with an open mind. Clearly, they're an amazing bunch of musicians, but the end product on this record is quite annoying. It's definitely at least in part due to Robert Plant. Bonham and Jones are very enjoyable, and the guitar is sometimes great, sometimes showboating. In the end, my concentration slowly drifted off as it's not that interesting overall.
Bangin
Hell yeah this was great. Very enjoyable listen although I can't help but think I'm listening to Black Sabbath at times
3/14 Classic album
Classic debut. Led Zeppeling take Blues Rock a make it heavier and punchier. The mysticism elements would come a couple of albums later, but here we get a no frills Hard Rock release, performed immaculately. Of course being the late 60's, we also get some psychedelic excursions, like in "Dazed and Confused". Really great starting point for a band that would get even better from here. And yes, haters will be quick to claim a lot of these songs were stolen from earlier (black) blues musicians, but blues song all sound pretty alike anyway. Key tracks: Good Times Bad Times Babe I'm Gonna Leave You Dazed and Confused Communication Breakdown
Cool musicianship. As usual with Led Zep, I prefer the least-ornamented bluesy songs to the more complex ones; and I don’t like Robert Plant’s voice (although he’s more restrained here than sometimes).
Early Led Zep which shows many early examples of what would become their own brand of rock blues. Not one of their best albums but they were only just beginning to work together. Still good to listen to from time to time.
What more can I say?
Not a huge fan.
uau um self titled!!! FAVS (top 3): babe im gonna leave you, dazed and confused, communication breakdown mençoes honrosas: you shook me, your time is gonna come um bom album, o final é tipo ok nada q nao tenha mostrado antes, mas é um bom album em geral, nao é muito grande mas enfim, as tracks sao grandes e coesas, nao ficam muito repetititvas e nao mudam muito do nada, otimo e perfeito nota final: 4/5
Super good. Zed Leppelin
Eh. "Good Times Bad Times" is evergreen brilliant but my attention drifts through much of the rest of this album.
While I think there are too many Zeppelin albums on this list (this is already, what, our fourth?), this one is justified. For starters, the riff on “Dazed and Confused” is molten lava. Come on. Secondly, “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” just crushes with its mix of emotionally raw, amped-up blues rock and psychedelia. Yes, you have to endure the two indulgent Willie Dixon covers, but Robert Plant mostly avoids the cliched bluesman affects he would entertain on subsequent releases and is in great voice. The band behind him sound fantastic, with Bonham’s drumming and Page’s guitar playing summoning fire. Overall, the band sound exciting and fully formed on their debut, without the baggage of fame, ego and other trappings that quickly took root.
I've moved on from this band and album long abo, but I must grudgingly admit this still holds up.
Not a fan
One of the last British empire conquests was these guys stealing that Mississippi Delta flow. 4.5/5 a good start but not one of the best Led Zeppelin albums.
A band that has never clicked with me. It makes me think of movies that have used their songs, and that makes me feel good.
Hard asf. Sounds very grand
Incredible, only complaint is that it’s too short
Can’t go wrong with most Led Zeppelin albums Not my favorite Led Zeppelin album but definitely not my least favorite. A very solid album that is similar to most of their popular tracks, no misses, but doesn’t reach the peaks that some of their later work hits. Still a great album all around
Decent album.
embole perrito
This is one of my favorite albums of all time. I’ve been listening to this since I was a kid, and it never gets old. The music takes you on a journey that’s easy to get lost in. This is definitely a “no-skip” album for me!
3/4 Zeppelin picks at exactly 150 albums in, and still no Rolling Stones is kind of wild. I'm supposed to review the OG Led Zeppelin album? It speaks for itself.
Another great Led Zepplin album 👍
Cutting edge rock by four of the most amazing individuals who picked up an instrument, pure synergy.
1. good - 1.5 2. babe - 3 3. zhook - 2 4. dazed - 2 5. time - 1 6. black - 1 7. communication - 2.5 8. baby - 1.5 9. timez - 2
Must admit I listened while working but I think it was good
While this barely cracks my top 5 Led Zeppelin albums it still is damn good. The harder faster songs work really well with the slower bluesier songs. Legendary riffs and some of best bass work and drumming around. Led Zeppelin is one of the few bands where each member could have an argument for being one of the best at their respective instrument ever.
4 stars not 5 because they ripped off a lot of blues players, but still hard not to love this right from the opening bars. Long time favorite: “How many more times”
pretty good
Not a fan.
This album tends to switch between being pretty banger and then having moments that are yeah they’re fine I guess. They’re alright. I’m kind of a lyrics snob and I think it was a lil nothingburger in that regard. But it was good!
I didn’t know any songs on this. I just don’t get the hype of Led Zeppelin.
Apparently I really like Led Zeppelin but this album is not quite up to Led Zeppelin IV. 4.5
Classic album. The start of something great!
Dober ampak the other one were better
Boy those guys plagiarized some good stuff! Nah for real though. They’re obviously talented but you can tell this is their first record, the much more interesting stuff comes later.
Super
Credit where its due... I liked this much more than I thought based on my pre-concieved notion of what Led Zep is I'll probably keep this in rotation
Meh. Waiting for Stairway to Heaven.
10/10 Love the blues on their debut album.. this is a perfect record for me
This is a good time, but I don't even know that it's my favorite Led Zeppelin album (that would be "IV"). Great bluesy sound with a hint of what they'd grow into. Favorite tracks: "You Shook Me" and "Dazed and Confused"
never been overly excited by LZ but it's good
Good ole Zep. Thee rock band of the 70s. Pioneers to metal and androgynous hair bands. There was honestly an abundance of Zeppelin/Robert Plant copies in the 80s. Truly an all star rock quartet. A lot of loud, electric blues rock on their debut. This is a solid 3.5 that I’m rounding up because Zeppelin gets the benefit of the doubt. Their later efforts are much more composed, original and cohesive.
Mitt første (ordentlige) møte Le Zep var IV som var den eneste av skivene deres som var å finne i CD-hylla i kjelleren. Et litt mer fruktbart møte skjedde etter at de slapp Mothership Connection som jeg egentlig hørte veldig mye på på ungdomsskolen og veldig lite på etter. Tror aldri jeg har hørt noen andre studio-skiver. Med unntak av et par kjipe blues-låter, synes jeg dette er ganske bra. Ikke overraskende liker jeg best de sporene som dypper tærne i psych, spesielt Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, men også Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused. Jeg trives også godt i gospel-modus på Your Time Is Gonna Come hvor Led finner opp Lynyrd Skynyrd. Siste låta er også en banger.
Soloen på "Good Times Bad Times" edger deg i et mikrosekund før den slipper løs det som høres ut som tjuvstartskuddet på hele 70-tallsrocken. Joda, "You Shook Me" er plain kjedelig blues, men oftest tar de bluesen til et nytt nivå, gjerne med en dose psych. Jeg klarer ikke helt å sette fingeren på hva Zeppelin gjør for å høres så mange år fram i tid foran andre psychband fra samme tid. Kanskje ved å ikke kopiere Beatles i like stor grad, men heller råskapen fra bluesen? "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" tar meg alltid på senga over hvor hardt de går. Det er en låt som fortsatt kiler litt når man skal utfor stupet. "Your Time Is Gonna Come" foregriper Led Zeppelin 2? Nå har jeg ikke hørt ordentlig på 4 på en stund, men debuten står seg enda bedre vel?
Like the instrumentals and how they sound kind of raw. Not so much the vocals, too much "baby baby".
oh mr zeppelin i wasnt aware of your game
This debut album turned out to be one of the most influential rock records of all-time giving the start to Led Zeppelin. It is consistent and it combines blues and rock in a way that would echo through the years. The songs are bold, sexy and timeless. Listening through them is a breeze and they can really make you move. You may also start feeling like the main character of a novel from the 20th century. My favorite track is "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You".
I'd never listened to this before. Pretty good, and unmistakeably Zeppelin from the outset - it's a really strong style. That said, several of the tracks don't justify their length, and I wouldn't listen to it over and over.
Fantastic album. Really Bluesy, Rocky, classic. Every song a belter. Just under a 5 for me because it isn't my favourite of theirs. Overall an absolute classic from start to finish.
muy buen album, claramente se escucha que estaban adelantados a su epoca y me gusta mucho la llamada y respuesta de la voz y la guitarra lo único q me falta en el album es una canción q fuera un gran hit, algo que pegue, como en otros albumes de led zeppelin fue rock and roll, black dog o stairway to heaven igual alto album, me encantó
Good but nothing that sticks with me.
Great album. I didn't know there was so much blues as a part of it
It’s good. I liked it. I most likely won’t be listening to it again but I can appreciate the music and the impact. Favorite: communication breakdown
great album
Oh yeah
I have been pleasantly surprised by every album I've listened to on here, and this is no exception. I love when the blues seeps through the rock in some of these tracks. Once again, not something I'm probably going to listen to on repeat, but I won't shut away from listening to Led Zeppelin in future.
A lot of toying with guitar melodies but no memorable songs.
Rating: 7/10 They made better albums, much better albums. Overrated.
Goeddd
Theirs is no doubt this is a total classic debut album. What can I say other than what a fantastic rock record
Spectacular album. Guitars ripping, some fast paced song, some slaw and soulful. There is passion and emotion in this one.
One of the best debut albums ever.
Not their best - but a very good introduction to Led
Solid front to back. 8/10 Top songs Dazed and Confused Black Mountain Slide How Many More Times
I really tried to like this
Led Zeppelin I (1969) Записан за 36 часов. Тридцать шесть, Карл. Пейдж пришёл в студию с готовыми аранжировками — он годами оттачивал их ещё в The Yardbirds — и просто дал четырём людям сыграть то, что они слышат внутри. Роберт Плант до этого пел в полузабытых блюз-группах Мидлендса. Джон Бонэм молотил так, что звукоинженеры не знали, как его записывать. Джон Пол Джонс пришёл из сессионных музыкантов и мог сыграть всё что угодно лучше всех остальных в комнате. Это блюз-альбом, который не знает, что он блюз-альбом. Половина материала — переработанные Вилли Диксон, Мадди Уотерс, Роберт Джонсон. Зеппелины взяли чужие скелеты и нарастили на них такое количество мяса, что оригиналы стало не узнать — что потом вылилось в несколько судебных исков, часть из которых они проиграли. Но именно это и делает альбом великим — не оригинальность материала, а то, что четыре человека первый раз зашли в студию и сыграли так, будто играют вместе всю жизнь. Этот альбом — не дебют, это явление.
You can’t tell the story of rock n roll without this album. Easily one of the greatest debuts of all time.
Like a longer slower Greta Van Fleet
I own this on vinyl. Groundbreaking album. Hugely influential for decades to come
Oh hell yeah. I haven't hear much Zeppelin, but this was fun. Loved the Rock blended with Jazz, Blues, and Folk elements seamlessly. Awesome guitar riffs. Soulful wailing vocals. Didn't immediately blow me out of the park, but I warmed up to it quickly!!
a classic!
I liked half of the album
This made me feel nothing. I guess some of the instruments are good? I swear I’ve heard better songs of theirs but I guess they’re not on this album
Led Zeppelin belongs in the academy of the overrated in my opinion. Robert Plant’s screechy voice combined with mediocre songs just don’t do anything for me.
Zeppelin is one of those bands that people consider rock and roll gods that always left me cold. The first couple of songs were OK, but starting with You Shook Me, the album degenerated into a series of long, monotonous boring songs. I think the only way to enjoy this album is be stoned.
These boys literally started their career with the song Good Times Bad Times. Not my favorite Zeppelin albums but still very strong
Astounding album, truly brilliant to listen to. Dazed and Confused was my song of the album and Your Time Is Gonna Come (my fav first listen of the album) and I Can't Quit You Baby were my other highlights
Kan'ke klage for mye på denne. Sparker fortsatt bra fra.
No sabia si cogerme a mi mismo o hacerme la paja. Buen álbum pero hay mejores
blues / rock!?
Good listen, probably won’t listen again
This is classic hard rock, straight from the book. It features strong blues influences. Highlights include "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" and "Communication Breakdown. Lyrics are a bit disappointing. Apparently it's all about leaving girls, not leaving girls, cheating girls and so on. Maybe it's typical in 1969 but certainly not interesting at all in 2026.
I don't know. I see the relevance and there are nice songs on it, but it's just not my cup oft tea.
One of the classic Classic Rock albums. Manages to exhibit all the standards of the genre without being formulaic or stale.
kinda short and more varied than expected. Still not my style.
the definition of "classic rock". But a few nice blues titles that show the roots and their influence that cant be seen in later works.
Surprisingly buesy album. No real standout songs, sometimes the tracks go on for too long. But enjoyable rock musi overall.
i mean this is such a good album. “dazed and confused” is my fav zeppelin song.
5/5
Not going to lie. I didn't give this album the best shot I could have. But I've already not been that into Led Zepplin's work, so it would have been a surprise if this was the album to get me. It was not.
I listened to this album on my most productive morning in awhile; I woke up well-rested at my first alarm with enough time to eat breakfast at home before work. The temperature outside for my walk around the public safety facility was warm, but not too hot. As the third Led Zeppelin album I have come across on this list, I can not help but view this album in comparison with III and IV, the two albums I am familiar with at this point. So far, III remains my favorite by far; this first album doesn't match the versatility or songwriting of the third installment, and it feels like it lacks the power of the fourth. The flow of this album is also very strange and inconsistent; some songs end rather suddenly, fading out in what feels like the middle of the track, while some songs seem to flow together seamlessly with well-crafted transitions, and then some others crash into each other haphazardly, with a new song playing over the end of the previous one in a way that just feels messy. Maybe I'm burnt out on hearing so much Led Zeppelin in such a comparatively short amount of time (three of their albums withing a month and a half out of a 1089 album list!), but nothing here is as interesting to me as their later albums, and some of the bitterness towards women and ex-girlfriends in the lyrics makes me feel even more disconnected than I already felt. Highlights: Good Times Bad Times
The writing on this is so musical. Everything about this album is superb. It starts amazing and ends amazing.
Reminds me of Nick from freaks & geeks, the clingy bf you don’t want listens to this! But I like it so far, bonham is good!!
10/10
Great album
Id give this a 85/100 off first listen. I can see why this one was very influential for the genre of rock n roll
great sound...
First one i am listening to and rating. this is my first pure Rock Album and i quite enjoyed it but i dont realy have a lot of comparison so 3,5/5.
voix rock blues 9/10
Will listen to it again
There are times where this album has me jolted, excited and thoroughly enjoying every second of music on display and others where I'm snoozing with my headphones on. However some of the songs on here are truly special and cornerstones of every rock fans diet, including mine. I think that actually sums up my opinion on Led Zeppelin as a whole really.
How do I sum up my favourite album by one of my favourite artists? Led Zeppelin I is by far my most played record. I think it's sheer perfection. What an amazing introduction to the band! Fun fact: My cat fucking hates this album. His disdain has not dimmed over time; every time I spin this record he glares and huffs and shows his annoyance. He is the biggest Led Zeppelin hater and it is hilarious.
Really enjoyed moments of this. I think with more listens I would adore it, sometimes it wasn't my favorite but sometimes it felt like I was soaring.
The bombastic reinterpretation of blues riffs.
Can't tell if this sounds unremarkable because it is or because it's the blueprint
Lamento no haberme equivocado. Pensé que no me iba a gustar la primera vez que escucho un disco completo de Led Zeppelin. ¿A estas alturas y todavía no lo habías escuchado? Pues no. És lo lógico, después de haber conocido los cuatro o cinco temas más populares seguía sin interés por conocer más. Ya sé que es una banda esencial en el rock, pero mira, a mí, ni fu ni fa. Y menos cuando se ponen blueseros. Cosas que pasan.
Oh yeah, now this is a good meal. I loved the blues vibe of "You Shook Me", and the rest of album was an enjoyable listen. Definitely can see myself on my balcony listening to this in the summer. 8/10
It's sometimes easy to forget this record is almost 60 years old with how well it holds up to this day. Moody, energetic, and electric; fresh and purely out of love for crafting, composing, and experimenting, creating. Without Led Zeppelin there would be no metal or rock or punk to speak of today. Favorite songs: Good Times Bad Times, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, I Can't Quit You Baby 9/10
7/10
Classic. Every song is good but there isn't quite enough pure riffage and excitement for me to go full 5 stars. Black Mountain Side, yes please.
Arguably the greatest album of the greatest rock band ever
Good Times Bad Times is another strong contender for best first track off a debut album. Dazed and Confused is another great song. Led Zeppelin is one of the few bands that had an amazing debut album and was able to maintain or top it in following efforts. A truly amazing group, so much talent in four guys. Your Time Is Gonna Come is my favorite song from the album, and that is really saying something. One of the greatest bands of all time. I'm guessing that for Jack White hearing Led Zeppelin for the first time was similar to losing his virginity. How Many More Times is a tremendous album track.
I really enjoyed this album
Zu hart
Ok
Classic ofc
This is my first ever Led Zeppelin album listen. I have heard so many other bands I listen to reference them as inspiration, and the source material does speak for itself. Each instrument is prominent and loud (especially the drums), and Robert Plant's voice is so soulful. Some of the parts of the album were too bluesy for me, but the overall concept and sound of the album was amazing. Notable songs for me were "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" and "Dazed and Confused".
wonder how many LZ albums will be on this list.
Absolute banger, especially for a first album for Led Zeppelin. Many classics are in it. I would recommend this album to new fans for good song exploration. As I said, many songs from Led Zeppelin are very good. In this album, "Good Times Bad Times", "Babe I'm gonna leave you", "Dazed and Confused" and "How Many More Times" are still some of my favourites to this day. The band, renowned for its distinctive sound, dominated by Page's virtuosic guitar riffs, Plant's powerful vocals, Jones's excellence, and Bonham's unique groove and drumming force, the group remains the best rock band of all time. My dad bought all of their banger vinyl albums, and we listened to them on the record player like some kind of ritual. Led Zeppelin holds a place in my heart forever. ❤️ ƵØ§Ø 𓆣 ◯≋◯ ◯◯◯
10/10 best album ever i love led zep yayayayayayyayyay so happy i got this today okay bye
When people say 'Beatles or Stones', I say Zeppelin. This is the band at their most raw. If ore the thievery if you can and focus on how they took any song they touched and made it unmistakably theirs.
None of them are ones I want to save, but they are all decent songs. I can see why ppl fw led zeppelin
Listened to a million times in high school but still a banger
I have always been interested in listening to this album, and of course, it is good. The album’s opening is verrrry strong, and gets you immediately invested. The next three songs are slower, and upon listening to the album after a while of it, it was starting to lose me, however, it picks back up a little on Dazed and confused with some cool riffs. Even so, these three tracks were starting to have me a little worried for the rest of the album. Luckily the album reeled me back in from here on out, i like the 5th and 6th track(which feels like a fun jam session). the album is very bluesy at times, and those songs can feel formulaic to me at times, but you can’t deny the talent and uniqueness of this band.
12 bar blues annoying, but the rest were very good. Nice guitar
This was my second Zep record in a week. I started the week with Physical Graffiti, and while there is nothing quite as collosal as Kashmir on here, it's still a very good blues album with some nice digressions into folk and Eastern music with tabla on Black Mountain Side
After a long dry spell, another great album has made it onto my version of the list. Here, too, I'm impressed by how much extraordinary music can be found on a debut album. Dazed and Confused is one of my all-time favorite songs. I found the story behind it all the more exciting when I heard the original by Jake Holmes for the first time. In fact, I think his version is even better than the cover. I also find the rather tragic story of Jake Holmes touching. 5/5
Led Zeppelin are so good. The opening to this in particular is unbeatable. Not my go to record from them but it’s still really great.
I like this album a lot. I found it to be very cool.
It’s really not my music style but was interesting to listen to.
beste immer noch the rain song
I hear Bonham, I give 5 stars
Amazing! I don't think I would of appreciated a rock album like this until I listened to Jeff Buckley late last year...I am in love with rock vocals!
This album really blows my mind. And this was their DEBUT. You hear the roots of folk and blues, but Zeppelin takes everything to a completely new level of rock. I have so many favorites! "Dazed and Confused," "Black Mountain Side," and "Communication Breakdown" are the top.
This absolutely knocked me out when it was released in 1969. It’s still a joy to listen to. Jimmy Page will never get any kudos for being a decent person, but he knew what he was doing when he put together this band and musical direction. The album is perfect.
Amazing production, can’t believe this came out in 1969
Amazing album, it's the start of the career of one of the greatest rock bands to ever exist. While they did have some amazing stuff later on, this debut album is a bit too much blues for my liking. "Good Times Bad Times" might be one of the best openers to an album ever, and "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" is a perfect follow up. "Dazed and Confused" and "Communication Breakdown" also are instant classics. I have reviewed this album before, and while I gave it a 7 / 10 back then, I do think it should be a bit higher than that, but it's a bit too heavy on the blues for me, so I'll give it a 8 / 10.
More bluesy and even soul-y than what's to come. Loved that last track in particular, that was just fantastic music and it lasted more than 8 minutes!
There is no bad song on this album. Everything is perfect: lyrics, guitar, drums, voice, etc etc etc. I LOVE THIS ALBUM SO MUCH. I grew up listening to it through my family so its sound is very familiar. It's just such a classic album. My favorites are "Good times bad times", "Babe I'm gonna leave you", "Dazed and confused" (obviously), and "communication breakdown"
You can hear the roots of what Zeppelin would become, but this is not their best work. Some good songs, but not as good as their best, and some pretty bad ones.
GTFO, this is an all timer!! One of the greatest debut albums of them all. Just killer.
Good, for long trip. Second track very nice
That’s not really the type of music I would usually listen to, it was different, but worth it. I love the instruments and voice arrangements of all of the songs, still, that’s really not the music genre I’m into. “I Can’t Quit You Baby” is definitely going to my playlist though.
Ah yeah. Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin. I mean, this history isn't it? It contains some bangers. Good Times Bad Times. Some songs in here were like whaaaaaaaawhaaaaaaaaa. Some songs were good times. It is well produced though, and does contain some good stuffs.
Pretty gud. Not yet their peak, (and huh a lot of songs are relationship related here) but some good sounds of the band getting revved up.
beh i led zeppelin sono i led zeppelin. non 5 stelle perché un album con tutte canzoni stupende non l'ho ancora trovato
All time classic
How many five star albums can I give to Led Zeppelin? I think that's the real question. Listened to this probably hundreds of times in my life so far, listening to it today, and will listen to it hundreds of more times. Thinking through it, and the albums I'm assuming are coming from LZ, I think this still makes five stars. There are no skips on this album and even Black Mountain Side is pretty awesome and if that's the "low point" on your debut album then something has gone terribly right. And to have the audacity to close with How Many More Times? Get out of here.
Nice
I've listened to most of the Led Zep albums 100s of times. All 5 star winners