Reviews (page 8 of 14)
Cracking listen start to finish
4/5 Beautiful guitar solos with some of the worst vocals of all time. Not sure why I enjoyed this album as much as I did, but it would easily be a 5 if these guys ever shut their damn mouths. The synth in so many of the instrumentals was a nice touch, too.
Whenever you play this, the musicianship is the thing that hits hardest. Just always jaw droppingly impressive. I've always struggled a bit with Robert Plant's voice, but it can't spoil the party in the end. Never bought into this being the birthplace of Metal, that belongs to Sabbath. All the same, this is the birth of something pretty unique....heavy blues is the best label I can give it. Must've been astonishing to hear this for the first time back in 1969. Do I love it. Nope. But I'm still amazed by it....kind of envy those that do love it! 4
More bluesy than I would have thought given their later albums. Still, the seeds are there, and Robert Plant sounds awesome as ever
Pretty good for a debut album. Wonder if they made anything else
Feels more improvised, but they are still giving all they've got.
BRA
Four stars
Jan ‘69 debut of arguably the greatest all time rock band. Every band member is a virtuoso musician in his own right. Heavy blues influence. Vocals are raw. Plant really evolves between this and II.
This album has a lot of complexity and layers. I really appreciate how they blend the instruments.
4 dudes moving in different directions somehow find ridiculous grooves. As such - JPJ is the true standout here. Comes out kicking and stays ferocious. Hungry. II is better. But this...wow.
Darn great preformance by every member of the band
I am biased against Led Zeppelin bc they're my mom's favourite band which makes them inherently uncool in my mind but I must admit this rocks.
Great classic rock album. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You the best track, but the album flies by despite the length of its songs
Classic one of the best Stones albums
With Led Zeppelin, the whole is LESS than the sum of the parts. There are many great riffs and musically interesting moments - my favorite might be when the music explodes halfway through “Babe” - but the end result often feels less than authentic. I think a lot is explained by the fact that Robert Plant was only 20 when this album was released. (Jimmy Page 25, John Bonham 20 and JPJ 23.) This renders the lyrics and the blues presentation less credible, even as each individual musician shines. Still, it is an impressive debut album with great musicianship.
Hells yeah. Not their best but still fantastic.
Rock and roll!
classic rock album good starting place
Desde el primer disco lo tenían clarísimo. Fusionar lo mejor del rock con el que crecieron, sin dejar atrás las raíces de todos los géneros musicales que les dieron voz. Este podría ser el mejor disco de cualquier banda. De los Zeppelin, aún nos faltaba mucho, MUCHO, por descubrirles. Joya.
Don't think I've ever listened all the way through, better than I expected to be honest.
Not my fav zeppelin album but goated..
I definitely prefer Led Zeppelin IV, but this was still a great listen
This is insane. It's absolutely great. I like every song and with a few listens, I'm sure it's going to be a 5 star album for me, but meanwhile 4.5⭐
It's a classic for a reason, again. I feel like I say this often but it's true.
Yeehaw! 🤠🎸
4.5 44:45 (9 tracks) Debut Album. 1969 Classic album that further merged blues/folk with rock and cemented England as a 'home away from home' blues mecca (Yardbirds, Cream, Jeff Beck, Clapton, etc., etc., etc.) It's hard to overstate how important this album was to all rock to come. I give it a four (not five) only because I'm very stingy and it's not my favorite Led Zeppelin album but again it's probably the most influential. Interesting trivia is Page paid for the recording out of pocket, and it cost under $2,000 (that's about $41k USD in 2025, which for a musician without a fan base after leaving the Yardbirds. This was a heck of a gamble; obviously he knew he was on to something.) This investment gave Led Zepplin artistic freedom most bands in the 70's and 80's never enjoyed. Had this not happened who knows what Zepplin II, III, IV, et. al. may have sounded like.
These guys are geniuses. Jimmy page manages to shred a sound that is still so influential almost 60 years laters. This album could still to numbers if it was released today. Hadn’t ever listened from start to finish but Jesus. I can’t even fathom how anyone could create such a pure sound. Love the blues vibe of You Shook Me. Long song but made better by Page just crashing out on the strings. Only voting down because I prefer their later albums more.
Solid. Some great tracks
Man what a voice! The call and response between vocals and screeching guitar had me going. Cool sound for the era. Seems so much more well produced than its peers.
Long time peripheral fan of the band going back to high school when I discovered LZIV. This is a solid album and insane when you consider it’s their debut…the late 60s spawned some incredible debuts. Page soars and Bonham fills are great. Plant remains for me the weakest link - the sexual moaning and droning on about women is why Sabbath is the better band. This was the first time I recognized a number of recycled riffs...for example portions of Communication Breakdown feel Whole Lotta Love. As a debut I’d give it a 5/5 but I don’t think it’s their best. 4/5.
Almost a little jazzy, like I could hear them being a little improvising and its really cool. One thing i like a lot is the drumming. Its very crisp and it compliments and enhances a lot of the rest of the instruments. The singer is very passionate, almost a little tooooo passionate like sometimes he sings the riff the guitar is playing and its a little corny but otherwise a great album 8/10
Man, these guys did all of the drugs. Songs like You Shook Me or Dazed and Confused sound like it'd be easier to test their alcohol blood level than their blood alcohol level. Still great. I hope I can sing that well when I'm high/drunk. I prefer the more Hard Rock-adjacent sound of Led Zep IV compared to this album, but this is still great, albeit, so very drugs.
As far as freshmen efforts go, this may be the gold standard. Only reason it’s not a 5-Star is because I know they just get better and better.
Great songs, only rating it a 4 because I know how great the coming albums are.
This is a CLASSIC RECORD. It really is an amazing debut album, for undoubtedly one of the greatest rock groups of all time.
Timeless classic, out of the songs I didn’t hear before I liked Your Time Is Gonna Come the most. 8/10 album.
My favorite Led Zeppelin album so far. First one where I actually understood the hype
Love it
Killer start with "Good Times, Bad Times". What a way to kick off an album Never been a huge Zeppelin fan, but this album shows off their influences well. It's eclectic in its own way, but the foundations of everything we know the band to be are all right there from the jump.
Oh my my, what a day today “Good Times Bad Times” is arguably the best career opener of all time, “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” is amazing. “Dazed And Confused” is awesome “Your Time Is Gonna Come” is great and “Black Mountain Side” is a very pleasant instrumental. However and this is my hot take for the day, this album is slightly worse than it’s generally considered. The first half is truly excellent but the second half falls off a little for me. It’s very bluesy and pleasant but many of the songs are literally stolen and it kinda has very little variety in sound, something Zeppelin would get much better about in their career. However despite that this is an excellent album
Basically the epitome of rock
What a seismic change to rock n roll this must have been, and a lot of it shines through still today, but the four Zeppelin albums that followed this were just such undeniable 5-star classics, and this feels like more of a pitch for what was to come. Definitely brings back some Columbus Ohio QFM 96.3 sense memories listening to this all the way through.
Good record
Another I’ve heard before and love! My Zeppelin phase in high school was strronnggggg. I listened to their first 5 albums + parts of Physical Graffiti and Presence on repeat. This album is great! I love the blues influences on here, probably the strongest it ever is on any Zeppelin album. Standout tracks: - Good Times, Bad Times - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Dazed and Confused* - Your Time Is Gonna Come - How Many More Times John Bonham is tha GOAT
Rock, Blues, 1969 -> 4
Great but not my favorite Zep
4.4/classic basslines and good riffs. i love it
I remember this record fondly as a young teen. It had been out a couple of years before I discovered it in around 1974. As a freshman in high school the older kids had already discovered this and Black Sabbath. As a freshman it was like being offered entry into a cult. The seniors had discovered pot and acid and this record and Vol. 4 were part of the soundtrack to my high school years. Dazed and Confused, Communication Breakdown and Good Times Bad Times were in an endless loop as most of us, myself included, had these tracks on endless loop as we spent summers drinking, smoking and dropping at parties by the lake about 20 miles south of Whitehorse. I bought the album and played this songs skipping over the more traditional Blues numbers. Not that they were not good songs - they certainly were but the guitar noodling particularly on tracks like I Can’t Quit You Baby and You Shook Me were too traditional for my taste. Over time I came to appreciate other tracks on this record, in particular the last track on side 2, the wonderful How Many More Times, which I discovered while higher than a kite during a show at the Planetarium in Vancouver BC while I was in college. It was crazy good watching stars with a plant and Page grooving on this marching song. As I think about how this period was so fertile for new sounds, this album is at the start of that journey and certainly influenced rock going forward. I discovered punk in 1977 and that altered the journey again. This record would never be played again by me until now. I recall it fondly and time (and a great remix) have treated this gem well.
8/10 This is a really great debut, particularly from an, at the time, unsigned band. While they haven’t fully hit their stride yet, Led Zeppelin are only a few steps away from hitting the heights of what they would achieve in the albums that followed. In its best moments, there is some truly special work on this album, from the dynamic range of Babe I’m Gonna Leave You to the hard rocking excellence of Communication Breakdown, but there are also times when things don’t quite hook up in a completely satisfying way. I feel like there are little drifts here and there, and some of the tracks that would no doubt have been epic live experiences don’t necessarily translate quite so well onto record, like the call and response guitar and vocal solo in You Shook Me. It’s probably also worth highlighting the outright thievery of Jimmy Page for a number of these tracks. Zep did start to swing more to truly original compositions as their career progressed, but the uncredited plagiarism on display across this album is a real shame. In the blues tradition, there’s no problem covering, adapting or borrowing, just give credit where it’s due, eh Jimmy? But that aside, this is a really enjoyable and fascinating listen. It’s the sound of a band finding their sound, creating (or stealing) some fantastic songs and putting them together into a really competent package in preparation to continue their journey in future albums. This will rarely be the first Zep album that I choose to put on when I’m in the mood, but that’s as much due to the quality of their later work rather than a low opinion of this. Great songs, quality album, better yet to come. Good Times Bad Times - It’s a good start to the album. Solid if unspectacular bluesy rock, with some strong work from Bonham and Page in particular. Robert Plant gives us a few hints of what he can do, bit it doesn’t really catch fire just yet. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - We’re starting to lift off now. The soft opening with just Plant and Page is excellent, and the dynamic switches are really great. The vocal is that typically languid style to begin with and then he drives it harder into the soaring sections later. This track is patient in its delivery and shows great restraint to save top gear for key moments. You Shook Me - Back to something more trad blues. That languid, pitch sliding on the vocal and lead guitar is great and there’s some really solid harmonica playing here. It perhaps lumbers along a little bit too long, particularly at the pace it moves at. I feel like this is one of those ones that would be a fantastic experience live, but doesn’t quite hit the same way on record, particularly the vocal and guitar call and response at the end. Dazed And Confused - This has more of the slow blues thing from the previous track, but throws in more pacy sections to pick the momentum up here and there. There are some really quality riffs here and about halfway through, things really take off. It takes its time over certain sections, but it’s a really great journey of a track, and every member of the band really shines. Your Time Is Gonna Come - The intro is perhaps a bit disjointed from the rest of the track, but when it drops to the stripped back organ line and the band joins in, it’s so, so good. It’s folk, bluesy and rocky in a brilliant blend. It’s fairly straight down the line, but it’s executed so well. Black Mountain Side - Some Bert Jansh playing here. It’s apparently a pretty straight take off of how Jansch played this himself before Page stole it and failed to give credit. It’s very well executed, but this is probably the most stark example of uncredited thievery on this album, as even the playing style is so closely copied. Communication Breakdown - Ok, you’ve got me back on board gents. That riff is top tier Page work. This is the kind of Zep stuff that I love. It’s driven, exciting and so hooky. It’s a fantastic slice of heavy blues rock and every element of it is engaging and invigorating. Quality. I Can't Quit You Baby - Back to a song with some fantastic tempo and dynamic changes. It simmers along and Page and Plant get to show off their chops while Jones and Bonham lay down a super cool groove. They strike a brilliant balance of all of the different elements here and it’s such a satisfying performance all round. How Many More Times - There’s a great swing to the opening of this and that psychedelic guitar effect is great at building the vibe. It’s another one of those journey songs like Dazed and Confused and there are some really top notch riffs in here, and moments when the band just come together in a beautifully connected form that gives everything such drive and impact, especially those triplet breaks. It’s a pretty glorious way to end the album.
Probably more like a 3.8 but giving it a four because it is such good quality. Very good music, songs stand out as something special. Would listen again. Albums like this makes me with we had half stars!
They would do better later... still, nice mix of rock'n'roll, hard rock and blues
Incredible production for a first album, but then again, it's Led Zeppelin, so prolific from the start. This album has a few longer songs that transcend a regular listening session, and make it even more enjoyable. Excellent.
I may have listened to this before but I am not sure… I did really enjoy it, though. Good riffs, excellent musicianship and good structures. Almost veered into noodling territory at the end but kept it in check.
I really like the heavy blues influence on this, particularly some of the lesser known album tracks. Some overstay their welcome a little bit, and Plant can dial it down quite a bit but the drums and guitar in particular carry so much weight in the tracks it kind of fits and doesn’t sound as rubbish as it might otherwise.
O que falar de um clássico desses, um álbum de estreia que começa com Good Times Bad Times não tem como dar errado. A história está aí pra provar isso.
favorite song on the album: Good Times Bad Times
Yeah, it's Led Zeppelin. The first one. I'm not really good when it comes to understanding the cultural and time context of an old album, but I can "feel" that this one was a shocker. It is very very good, timeless and classic, and not a 5 star album because you can compare it (now) to their other stuff, and I feel they have better, more complete, works. Unfair, but in a good way.
Lenghty for today's ears.
No podes clavar un disco así en 1969. 8/10
Good
I was just sitting here enjoying the album and all of a sudden it was over! Zep has a way of just flowing over you like a cool breeze on a warm day.
OoOoOooO BABY babyy Oh woman OooooOoooo BABBBYYYY
Segundo que me toca de LZ e igualmente brutal. Estará todas su discografía, que me faltan al menos el II y el IV
I think I get the evolution of blues to rock now maybe
I don’t think this is my favorite Led Zeppelin album I’ve encountered so far, but it’s still extremely well done. No standout song as they all kind of flowed into each other, but enjoyed throughout
Enjoyed it - haven’t really listened to the album for a long time and it’s more blues influenced than I remember.
grosse fan vo dazed and confused
recht geil! mängisch ischs mer chli zu abgspaced oder rockig gsi für en müede fiirabig.. aber sehr vielfältig, vo ruhig bis wild, vo rock bis country-artig. z.b. de kontrast vom erste zum afang vom zweite song isch mega schön. d akkörd in your time is gonna come töned doch wie die in sweet home alabama oder?
No doubt one of the best first albums ever. Robert Plant's screeching does grate on me after a while, though
Damn, i had a whole thing about how zeppelin is good but i hate them, and this debut is also good, but some of the songs are too long and robert plant sounds kind of annoying on them (the longer ones). Oh well, helluva debut.
Every Zep album contains some classics and this has four of them. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You… just so good. For a debut it’s seriously impressive, and it *sounds* great too, with tight playing enhanced further by forward-thinking recording trickery. On the other hand, the remaining 5 tracks are a marked step down, with a couple of them being bog-standard blues numbers - their very best albums are more consistent and more consistently original. This album also leans on other people’s songwriting a few times, which may detract from its status a bit? 3.5 / 4
I came into this not expecting much, as I don't tend to like hard rock. The last thing I expected was a blues-heavy, psychedelic-heavy collection with the greatest guitar work i've heard in a while, that somehow makes the harmonica hype. As I said the guitar is incredible. the singing could be a lot worse, not too much technical skill but its perfect for the purposes of this music. It's a bit hard listening to this with the modern ear, as this type of rock has become mocked and parodied extensively to where it's hard to take entirely seriously, especially as this is not my style of music, but it's still great even considering that, although I don't think it's the masterpiece it's said to be. Good Times Bad Times: 79/100 - good teen rock feel, guitar work is incredible and i like the chorus Babe I'm Gonna Leave You: 69/100 - weird switchup from the last track in the intro, although i like it, but from 1:00 to 1:15 it just sounds like a generic country riff, and the lyrics are quite lacking. After the 2 minute mark the guitar picks up a lot of slack and the lyrics actually fit the intensity, but from 3:30 to the end of the track it just feels unnecessarily long. You Shook Me: 76/100 - I like the psychedelic sound (although I can't appreciate it fully as I've never done drugs), and the organ and harmonica sections are great. The blues-y feel is something I love although I don't listen to blues much. Just doesn't live up to the Muddy Waters version, but that's some of the best blues I've ever heard so I can't fault it for that. I don't like the screaming at the end though. Dazed and Confused: 81/100 - The loud vocals work so well with the instrumental work. I've never heard a harmonica or an organ sound as sick as they do here. The instrumental break around the halfway mark definitely adds to the ethereal feeling but not in a way I like. The instrumentals afterwards though, were great, if a bit extended, which unfortunately seems to be a common theme (at least up to this point) Your Time Is Gonna Come: 74/100 - Out the gate, the organ intro is lovely. other than that i don't have much to say. it's alright Black Mountain Side: 66/100 - it's alright but i don't understand why it was included Communication Breakdown: 75/100 - definitely better than the last, the raw almost desperate vocals are a very nice touch although some of the harmonies i don't like I Can't Quit You Baby: 84/100 - Definitely my favourite of the tracks with this format of 'raw intense vocals // instrumental break // soft vocals // intense vocals' How Many More Times: 64/100 - Did this really need to add 20% to the album's runtime? No, it didn't. it gets boring after the first 4 minutes honestly. From around the 6 minute mark onwards is great though, lifts this up from being a skip for me (mostly) overall rating: 74/100
Strong 4. So nearly a 5. Really need half points man
Classic album by a great band. A bit before my time and I never listened to them too much growing up. Never had any of their albums. But hard to argue with the classics.
ok, now I get why Led Zeppelin is so hyped- they *are* that good. I think with many eras of classic rock my enjoyment of it is directly proportional to its distance to blues--this was very bluesy and I liked it a lot
Not their best work, but still some of the best music ever made.
The babe babe babe babe of babe I’m gonna leave you might be one of the most annoying things produced by a band I like
Wow these guys sound a lot like that new band Greta Van Fleet. Pretty derivative tbh
Album's great, but yeah Led Zeppelin stole EVERYTHING. The blues part is debatabale, but the song credits definitely.
From a debut in Daft Punk's "Homework" that felt very much like a debut to a debut that sounds like a band that has been playing for 10 years and already has a few albums under their belt. This album kicks ass. I was familiar with some of the songs but I never listened to it all the way through and I am very happy that I was given the opportunity, and on a Friday no less!
Very good
Great album with a great instrumental
You know, at least it’s not the fourth 70s rock album in a row. Cuz it’s a 60s one… but it is Leddy Zeppy though. In all seriousness this was actually an incredibly good album and a big refresher from the slop I’ve had recently. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You really stood out to me. Great all around though.
(3.75) would listen again
Whole Lotta Zep!
Brilliant!
Very good. Kids thought it was good. It dragged on a bit but you can't beat that opening of an opening song for a debut album.
It's good rock and roll, but I dunno, something about it didn't totally stick with me. I think I've been spoiled listening to amazing rock albums over the years and maybe this one didn't feel as impressive? Maybe I was over hyped and was expecting a life changer? I dunno. But it's still good.
4.6
The origin of the sound. I’ve listened to IV many times before, so I don’t know if it’s the same level for me yet, but definitely very good.
I think this is one of the best all time Debut albums by a rock band. Each song displays the band's individual Virtuality and their unique ability to bring it all together In a sound that was avant guard for the day, And is still fresh. Oh yeh, jonh Paul Jones and John Bonham are absolute beasts.
241021 11:50 3.5
Cet album de Led Zep est tellement mieux que le premier qu’on a écouté …!!! En y repensant, je ne suis aps sûr que j’avais déjà écouté un album en entier. J’avais oublié « baby I’m gonna leave you » dont j’étais fan plus jeune, ça m’a fait du bien de l’entendre ! En comparaison avec l’autre album : mieux structuré, on comprend mieux l’histoire. Plus dynamique.
J'ai vraiment bien kiffé 4/5
HELL YEAH!!! love me some Zepc baybay!!
Great record. A few duds, but overall a solid joint.
The birth of Heavy Metal started with Led Zeppelin 1. This album is so much HEAVIER than I remember it being, although I do think they lean a little too hard on the slow, psychedelic blues thing (even though that WAS their thing). While I’m not the biggest fan of the slower blues numbers, just like I’m not the biggest fan of KISS’s 1998 disasterpiece “Psycho Circus”, I was much more accepting of them this time around (says the 40 year old white dude). They definitely have their place in Led Zep lore and really anchored the early years of the band. The songs that really stand out to me are the original rock jams. “Communication Breakdown”, “Good Times, Bad Times”, and “Your Time is Gonna Come” take this album out of blues cover band status and give us a glimpse of the band soon to come: absolute Rock Gods.
Fantastic album, not their best but a good start Favourite song - Communication Breakdown
Not my favorite Zeppelin, but still better than almost every other album. Wishing again for half stars!
Certainly not their best album but an amazing debut.
Ei mitään moitittavaa. Hyvät vibat
Geiles Album aber zu viele gitarrensolos 4/5
Just iconic. So many zeppelin bangers. The transitions better songs are so quick and seamless. Great listen from to back. I’m sure there’s better ones out there so being conservative for now but this is a top tier album. Overall rating: 4.6/5
This must’ve blown peoples minds in 1969
This is such a great debut album, probably one of the best of all time. Although it's not my favorite Led Zep album (hi there, Led Zep IV), it's right up with Led Zep II and Houses of the Holy for being just downright amazing. Blues rock at it's finest. 4.25 / 5 stars
It's Zeppelin so obviously it's great, not their BEST album but still great
Sixties, but in a good way.
I have no idea how many times I've heard this album, but out the first 5-6 albums, this is the one I've listened to the most. It's not their best in my mind, because they were still doing the brit bluesy thing and not really going off course with their own vision. I't s damn good record none the less.
Classic Led
Banger after banger. There is a reason I asked for the box set for Christmas. Yea they stole a bunch of blues stuff but at least that added their own thing. What a treat.
This is a pretty good album. Pretty much sets the tone for future LZ albums to come later.
Great, but... I was expecting more? 8/10
Blows me away this was 1969 , every guitar slide, every crack in Plant’s voice, every Bonham stomp still feels alive.
Classic all time great rock and roll album, every song is a hit
I thought that this was my favorite Led Zeppelin album but now I'm not sure. There isn't really one that stands out to me as being better than the rest. I think I have to relisten to Zeppelin 4 and Physical Graffiti again. Anyways this is an obvious classic with obviously classic songs. 8/10. Favorite track: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
Mästerverk.
Goated
8/10
4.5. Not as good as LZ IV
Crazy how this album isn’t even in LZ’s top 3
The voice, the guitar, the bass, the drums. Zeppelin fuckin rules. Not a bad song on this album imo. I slept on the song Your Time is Gonna Come, now it’s one of my faves. I can only imagine how many brains melted the first time this shit hit the airwaves
Prettyyyyy pretty good. Lots of standards, but some skips if I’m not in the right mood.
Had a small Led Zeppelin phase and now coming back to these songs... they are even better than i remember
A fantastic debut to a fantastic band. A level of sound and energy, alongside a beautiful musical arrangement that captivates you one minute into the album. Great work. ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
love this one!
The big tracks are great, I hoped the 1st album might not have as much of the the indulgent slow stuff but it is still there
My ratings thus far have shown Led Zeppelin IV is the best. Pretty awesome for a debut, tho. 4/5
hell yeah LD1, that cover is punk as fuck. Communication Breakdown has always been my fave song by them. from start to finish, the beats of this record are timeless. its been forever etched into the HUMAN zeitgeist, way beyond just music. since i first heard it, I've had a fascination for Babe I'm Gonna to Leave You. its such a clean buildup - no pretention, no gimmicks, no dead space - just a solid song that no one had seen before that. I don't love every song, and i don't really like this band, but this is the best thing they have ever done imo. Good Times is an okay opener. i don't love all these songs, but in order, everything is here. Black Mountain Side shows that this isn't fad music but has some experience to justify all these choices. i like the meandering ending. its 4/5 but pushing it so close to 5. i like the gospel choir feel of Your Time Is Gonna Come.
Probably underrated in Zep's discography. I think this is top 3.
Gutes Album, sehr stimmig alles und auch noch echt kurzweilig. Ging schneller zu Ende, als ich es erwartet habe. - "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", "Dazed and Confused" sind mir sehr aufgefallen / hängen geblieben 4/5 4 – Hat mir gut gefallen 👍 Ich hatte Spaß beim Hören, einige Songs bleiben hängen. Könnte ich mir gut nochmal anhören.
8/10 Favorite: Good Times Bad Times
Музыка: 9/10 Разнообразие: 8/10 Тематика и вайб: 8/10 Цепляемость (отдельные песни зашли): 6/10 Реиграбельность (можно ли рандомно врубить на фон): 8/10 Итог: 7.8
Great album. Heavy, bluesy. Sounds a couple of years later than 1969. Would have been 5 stars but some of the songs are overlong.
Such a great raw and great rock sound. For a debut, this gotta be one of the best, no wonder they got so big.
Really good all-around rock album. Not LZ's top one, in my opinion, but still a great listen with some awesome songs. It's worth some added consideration since it's their first ever album as a group. I've already talked about LZ and my affinity for guitar-heavy, blues-based rock quite a bit in prior reviews, so not a lot new for me to say here. That makes up the majority of the album, so I was happy. I'll note the added instrumental track, Black Mountain Side, was an interesting change up from the rest of the album. Being more critical, I have to again note the number of covers/re-arrangements take away from my ranking. As happens often with LZ, there is some dispute about how much of their work is truly original compositions. Even so, they still do it incredibly well. For me, it's pretty simple- just listen to it and rock out. It's a really good record for that. Just a few minor qualms keep it out of 5-range for me, especially comparing it to some of their other albums. Overall: 4.25/5
This album has been reviewed to death and there's nothing I can add that hasn't already been said by someone more eloquent than me. However, as a biased Zeppelin fan, there are a few songs on this album I don't love, which stops it from being a full 5/5.
Great album, bangers start to finish. I really thought about giving it five stars, but landed on four because I gave five stars to Led Zeppelin IV, and although this album is great, I do think that IV is better!
It sounds like the essence of rock and roll.
Raw, bluesy and energetic. Loved this although it wasn't as versatile as Physical Graffiti.
These guys love the blues. It can feel a little more bare bones at times compared to where they would get to. An interesting debut album. Dazed and Confused is the best track here. This isn't as strong for me when they are just doing the more basic blues songs. There are moments with Led Zeppelin where it's like Greensleves English traditional folk music meets the blues. Which I also find interesting. I'm giving this a 4 just comparing it to future albums, but still great.
Just a really good rock album. It's not Led Zep 2 though.
Great classic album. Lots of hits that I have heard a million times. It's great but I hear these songs often enough in my daily life that I would never think to put this album on. It's one of the best albums that I will never listen to again.
Only made it about halfway through but definitely enjoyed it and will finish at some point
From the opening stabs of “Good Times Bad Times”, you know this album is going to rock. Led Zeppelin strolled seductively across the stage so that heavy metal bands could run. There would not be an Iron Maiden feature Bruce Dickinson and his eternal and youthful energy without Led Zeppelin’s greasy, heavy blues rock. Other standouts include “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You”, the simultaneously sexy and trippy “Dazed and Confused”, and “Communication Breakdown”.
Powerful stuff, it almost feels/sounds like that with this album Zepp brought an end to the 60s and ushered in the 70s a year early.
Great musicianship, solid tunes, as usual though, I’m never over excited by Zepp and fail to get the hype. They are good, they albums never strike me as great.
Led Zeppelin, being one of my favorite bands, any ratings are going to be biased. This is a solid introductory album and has some incredible songs, but it’s not their crown jewel. Hovering between 4 & 5 here; will change later if I need.
I like when they sound like Greta Van Fleet
I understand why they are as big as they are
Well damn, for a debut album this one goes hard. I honestly went back and forth on the review for this because there were aspects of the album that I didn’t like and got tired of but then the very next part of a song was so good. High 4. I guess I like Led Zeppelin now.
No huge hits on this one but a handful of decent songs. Not my favorite Zeppelin but still better than a lot of the other stuff on here. 7/10
Deep Bluesy
Oooo I’m looking forward to this one. Pretty low key opener for a band like LZ…until the guitar solo comes! And ‘Babe I’m Gonna Leave You’ just so much heart and soul. We have arrived. And ‘You Shook Me’ for the blues substance. Each song just a complete journey. Drops of a bit for ‘Your Time Is Gonna Come’ and ‘Black Mountain Side’ but nice to mix it up. Some bangers on here and a great album as a whole. Welcome LZ!
Ok
For a 1969 debut, it's quite fully formed. It has strong songs with quite a bit of layering to them, no filler, and very strong instrumentals. It's a confident record. That being said, I find blues extremely boring as a rule. The Willie Dixon songs (You Shook Me and I Can't Quit You Baby) grind the record to a halt. From an objective standpoint, they're strong showings; from my subjective one, they threaten to bring this record down to 3 stars. I'm feeling generous though. Your Time is Gonna Come is the other song I'm not quite sold on. The remaining tracks would be great songs at any point of any band's career. There's quite a progressive feeling to some of these, like in Dazed and Confused. This is best seen in the magnificent How Many More Times, easily the album's best song. I appreciate that Page wasn't afraid to write longer songs that showed off the band's playing, where every other band tried to make a bunch of singles. I never realised before what a standout drummer Bonham is. I think the production also really lets his (and the others') playing sing. Great record. I enjoyed this more today than I did the first time listening to it. I may even be warming to Plant's voice. 4 stars.
This was really interesting! Love that it was their debut as a group. The genre blending of the album really worked and I loved how all the rhythms just sort of rolled and worked together. I’m less into the yell-singing but I understand that’s kind of a vibe of its own. Overall a very solid album!
Not the strongest Zeppelin album, but still full of solid hits
Amazing album...I just wish they'd given credit to the original writers such as Willie Dixon
I’ve lost count of how many times I’m listening to a song and think, “damn this song is rocks, who is this? Oh I hear it, it’s Zeppelin, of course.” I get into the songs that dive towards blues and find myself tapping and bobbing often, maybe some air guitar. I can feel why my dad loved zeppelin so much, picture him cruising around in his van
Good
Classic.
Great music from a great era.
Love love love this album!! I think my fave led zep to be honest (at risk of being controversial)
7 / 10 - Good time bad times is one of the greatest drum trades ever written, and half of this album slaps, the rest is just a spead up blues album. Not the greatest thing they’ve done but still a good album regardless
In my memories this was full of meandering middle 8 that's drift off into nothing like a doors album might, but on this listening I just enjoyed it all. The first 4 tracks are all killer, there is a bit of a drop off before communication breakdown, but all in all it's enjoyable, not there best, but good. Although as always with zeppelin I wonder how many of these songs they ripped off other people. Probably most of them.
One of the important rock albums ever and it bangs
Great psychedelic blues rock. Some classics on this album, really fun time.
Apart from a perverse evening with In Through the Out Door, I've never properly listened to a Led Zeppelin album. The debut is a great place to join them in starting their journey. And, hopefully, the generator will continue sharing the band in order. Right from the off, Led Zeppelin I hits with the certainty of people who’ve already been in a hundred bands, played a thousand pubs, and found the one combination that finally works. It is a strong, impressive opener, especially Bonham's assured introduction to Good Times, Bad Times. They sound like they’ve been doing this forever, which, given their session backgrounds, is more or less true. That job is to sound like the people in the room have always been a unit. Thus the playing is tight to the point of claustrophobia at times. Brilliant claustrophobia. But then, brilliance without brakes has its limits. The polish, the power, the sheer talent do start to overtake everything else. There's no question they can do extraordinary things with just four players, perhaps the apex of what a four-piece can do with few overdubs. Still, in the way that ELP and The Nice might end up burlesqueing a classical piece, this music feels like prog rock by people raised on blues records. There's real force and intelligence here, but it often serves performance more than purpose. There is a fair carp about how Zeppelin stole blues riffs and full songs without giving credit or passing them off as arr. LZ. I excused or glossed over similar behaviour in the previous New Order review, so won't litigate it again. However, the burlesque does become a little ugly in Robert Plant's lyrics: he is wronged again. And again. And again. Women are always cheating on him and treating him bad. She "made me mistreat my only child," just a fancy version of "She turned the weeuns agin me." If this were coming from some battered Mississippi bluesman in 1931, you'd nod and feel the ache. The guy's probably no saint, but times are hard. However it’s Robert Plant: ethereal, shirtless, already mythologising himself by album one. At a certain point, if all your relationships are failing, you might consider the common denominator – it's either you or the jeans. But he’s not trying to confess anything. These aren't diary entries. They're postures, costumes, performance. He sings these things not because he's revealing himself, but because he and his band are playing music they love, and playing it better than almost anyone else ever has. And that’s its own kind of truth, even if it’s not confessional. I don't mean to slight anybody by saying Plant's medieval use of the word rambling makes his persona minstrelsy in two senses. He’s the troubadour as fantasy figure, wandering and wounded, peacockery and pageantry. So, yes, it's brilliant. But it’s also a bit ridiculous. And occasionally that ridiculousness curdles. Still, the power is there. Something enormous is starting to move. It is all artfully done, but, until - hopefully on some later record - it is done in the service of some artistic ideal, I can only enjoy it so far. Ramble on Led Zeppelin II. 3.5 How neat that our first of the six(?) Led Zeppelin albums on this project is the debut. Dazed and Confused was one of the first Led Zeppelin records I really loved but my first introduction to it was Remasters rather than this album. In fact this may have been one of the last Led Zeppelin albums, along with the late, terrible ones, that I listened to. It is certainly one of the best. It is questionable whether this album actually has (any) ‘good songs’ on it - lyrically it’s all of a (distasteful) piece; poor Robert Plant being misused by ‘little girls’ and ‘sweet babies’. Some of it is blues procedural. Dazed and Confused was plagiarised. Your Time is Gonna Come is just rotten. But then there’s the band… These four musicians at their best, as they are here, could spin poop into gold. The frequency of delightful details in these tracks might justly be compared with the Beatles approach to hit-making; assume the audience will be falling asleep after 30 seconds - give them a musical nudge. The differences are that Led Zepp do it sometimes across 6 or 7 minutes and do it mostly off the cuff. The brilliant thumb-hits on the guitar before the second verse of Your Time…; the flurry of double-kicks 3 minutes into I Can’t Quit You Baby; the comically expressive harmonica solo (or any of the other solos) in You Shook Me; the mesmerising bowed guitar on How Many More Times or Bonham’s introduction of a new, delicious drum pattern 6 minutes into the same track; everything John Paul Jones does. They are just wonderful and although the sublime economy of Good Times, Bad Times and Communication Breakdown makes a strong argument against the excess of most of the other tracks here I wouldn’t like to edit much of it. 4/5
Look, I have my issues with Led Zeppelin. They are personal, aesthetic, political, and more. But for this one, driving for hours in the BC mountains, I just let this sort of happen (and did not focus on the lyrics--never focus on Led Zeppelin lyrics), and holy motherfucking fuck. This is their *first* record? Some of these songs are really pretty awesome.
The lyrics get more and more embarrassing every year, and the stink of middle school hangs over a lot of this, but there is so much of this that is amazing instrumentally and recording-wise. Drum sounds are legitimately incredible. A big part of my world. Also the playing. Insane and profound grooves. All very organic and alive.
I don’t own the album but know most of these songs—it really is packed with classics. Robert Plant’s voice is insanely good. One star off for the mean anti-woman stuff.
I cannot believe this is Led Zeppelin's debut. I'm hard pressed to find another, more iconic artist that knew their sound in the beginning and came out of the gate swinging. Several of these songs are often on the radio, and I wouldn't have guessed they were on their debut. But it's not like Led Zeppelin peaked on their first album like a lot of other artists. They just kept getting better and better with each subsequent album! At times I can't tell this was their debut album. Other times I can and I'm fascinated. They've got that hard rock down pat, but they also played with the blues and progressive, too. All artists have to find their way, and Led Zeppelin is no different. Still, what they touch is always gold because they still make blues and progressive music stellar.
Looking at this album incredibly objectively, it's evident that Led Zeppelin got better as they went on -- this is not their best work. That said, it is STILL an outstanding, trailblazing album and debut. "Good Times Bad Times" is an epic album opener, and a peak Led Zeppelin song in general. Looking at it all retrospectively, this song set the stage to let people know exactly who Led Zeppelin was and exactly the quality of music they would come to know from the band. "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" and "Dazed and Confused" are both nearly 7 minute long epics that, in my opinion, are the other crown jewels of this album. Led Zeppelin also immediately lets people know with these songs that they are unafraid to let their songs be uninhibited jam sessions, but without letting the song grow stale. On the other end of the spectrum, you have fast and short "Communication Breakdown", another favorite of mine on this album; it is almost unhinged, and it's perfect. The album does slump a bit in parts between these mentioned songs, but their slumps are still good. There's something poetic about this album specifically popping up for me now; I'm nearing the end of my 1001 journey, and this is my final Led Zeppelin album on the project, so it all kind of feels a bit full circle. Even though I point out this album as being Led Zeppelin not at the top of their game and talk about it slightly critically, that's only because they just set the bar so high in their career. But compared to other artists, they're an upper echelon band, period. And among debut albums, "Led Zeppelin I" is definitely legendary, and is undoubtedly home to some legendary songs; it is a greater achievement than many bands would ever know in their careers. Even Led Zeppelin's "upper-mid" work is far and away some of the best music to ever be created.
Not my favorite LZ, but a classic and the one that started it all.
It’s pretty good it’s kinda like the first sabbath album but bluesier and less fun lol 7/10
You Shook Me has been my favourite blues-adjacent number for years now, an easy 4*
Did not blow me away, which I kind of expected it would. The first 2 tracks are incredible, what an opening. But I got bored by the slow bluesy "You shook me". And it goes on like that: 1 or 2 great songs, then a boring one. Even so, I will listen to it again. 4/5
Viel bluesiger als die späteren Led Zeppelin Alben. Großartiges Debut!
dazed and confused solo still goes hard they nailed their sound immediately and that great acoustic work, black mountain side is fun hard not to fuck with
bangers
If only there was a little more sexy guitar and a little less Robert Plant moaning
A part in Dazed and Confused reminded me of the intro to Paranoid A very solid album
I've been zeppd
My 3rd fav Zep albums - blues tinge makes it great.
A little overly self-indulgent at times with the oohhhs and aahhhhs but excellent debut from Led Zeppelin. Amazing how Jimmy Page’s guitar complements Robert Plant’s vocals and they almost mimic one another.
I already have a few songs from this album on playlists I listen to often so its not something new to me. Its a good album from a great band.
Very solid debut. No real bad song on here, Although i will say that they get a lot better later on.
Really awesome mesh of blues and rock. The riff in dazed and confused is iconic. Jimmy page loves a chromatic walkdown. Lots of fun sequences that keep some of the longer performances entertaining
Rawk.
Got the led out
Dødsfet. En haug med kule låter, ikonisk tromming, og god variasjon. Litt for mye vokalonani til tider bare. Beste låt: Dazed and Confused
Led Zeppelin came roaring out the gates. On paper, it doesn’t sound like the band should work. A veteran guitarist looking to continue the legacy of his previous band, a well-known session bassist looking to break out, a 20 something runaway, and a self taught drummer who was recommended by the 20 something runaway. But by god did it work. It’s hard to rate this album knowing just the heights the band would reach later in their career, but it’s still an incredible rock album.
Probably the weakest of the Led Zeppelin albums I’ve gotten so far on this challenge. It’s still a really solid album, but definitely not as good as the other ones I’ve had selected to this point. 3.5 / 5
Iconic
Possibly the first heavy rock blues record or certainly the one that spawned a whole genre. Having said that it is all a bit samey with the odd stand out track. Again great musicianship and hoping too see more of them in the future list.
Not as good as some of the others but still really solid. love the last song too
Ok I’m on board with this Led Zeppelin album. It still isn’t my favorite type of rock but can’t deny the greatness
Solid album. But I haven’t forgiven them for being time travelling thieves and ripping off Alfred Yankovic’s masterpiece Trapped in The Drive-Thru. 4/5 stars
realmente muy guapo, no habia escuchado led zeppelin pero m sorprendio
I listen to a lot of rock so this I graded this one toughly, a lot of the music sounds really samey and I feel like they forced guitar solos in multiple sections the first four tracks were extremely notable of this. The album undeniably made a huge impact on the rock genre so I have to give it points for that. The album was very boring to listen to from tracks 2-4 and I often felt like they lasted too long, I feel like this album is good to put on while working, and the rest of their songs are good. 8/10
Classic hard rock
Good riffs
Ekte kul plate. Holder seg veldig godt og fullstappet av bangers. Må definitivt høre med på Zeppelin ja.
Excellent album, a classic
Solid debut album with some amazing tracks. Page and Bonham.are great on the guitar and drums. Copied songs and Plant's cacophony brings it down for me. Rounding up to 4
Really good but not their best album.
Solid Zep. 3.5/5
not as good as zeppelin 4, but still great
What a fabulous album. people must’ve gone crazy for this. I’m not a huge Led Zeppelin fan, but they really do have a fantastic sound. I am nerdy enough that my first real introduction to Robert Plant’s voice was sea of love in 1986 or so. Really great to hear him in a Real rock ‘n’ roll setting. And yes yes, I know the cultural appropriation implications of Led Zeppelin singing the blues, but damn they did a good job.
Pretty solid. The first track actually didn’t hook me, but I really liked the second one, and it kept up from then on. From what I’ve heard of this list, I think Led Zeppelin’s albums are more consistently enjoyable than some of their contemporaries. Favorite: Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
Classic
A classic. Great debut album.
Led Zeppelin tends to be hit or miss for me. This one was more hits.
Helluva debut and a classic for sure...just feel like it doesn't have the replay-ability of their following albums. Still 4.5 stars.
Great album. Fantastic debut. But I think they’ve got a couple better albums. Similar to the recent stones album, I think they’ve got better, so it’s not perfect for me.
This was a good album today, enjoyed listening to it a few times while I worked. Never had a problem with Led Zeppelin songs, and this album stand strong still. I dig it.
4 stars A classic, but flawed album. You can see elements of why they became one of the most influential bands of all time, but they were still working through some filler. Huge and inventive, this is an amazing debut. Perhaps if they did not rise to the level that they did this would be seen as more of a perfect album, but compared to their later releases the filler stands out much more.
good but blends in with lots of rock from this time🫣
It was pretty interesting, and really cool. The songs were quite interesting
I really like Zep. Plants voice may grate some people but its rock n roll. jimmy Page is arguebly the best guitarist in the world with his licks which this album is full of. he manages to play lead and rytham effortlessly and the drums are so tight by Bonam arguebley the best drummer in the world at that moment in time.
Yeh, fine
Dad loved this album. What a debut. More bluesy than I expected. Your Time is Gonna Come is my highlight so far. 9 songs, everywhere from 2:27 - 8:28 in length.
++*: Good Times Bad Times, How Many More Times ++: You Shook Me, Dazed and Confused, Black Mountain Side, Communication Breakdown, I Can't Quit You Baby +: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Your Time Has Gonna Come 9,5/10
Trying to imagine how this sounded back in 1969 is wild. The use of acoustic guitars is great on Babe I’m Going to Leave You. On heavier tracks like Dazed and Confused Zepplin bridge the gap between late 60s greats like Hendrix/Doors/The Who … and the Rock n Roll of the 70s. An absolute explosion of sound. 4/5
Doesn’t quite reach the heights of IV for me but it’s damn good rock
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.
sure
It’s tough to imagine rock music today with them. First steps of a band who changed a genre
Sure, about half of these songs are covers, but they're making those songs their own, so I'm not too mad about it. "Good Times Bad Times" and "Communication Breakdown" remain great and show their talent right out of the gate. We can argue over who gets credit for "Dazed and Confused", but the fact is nobody cared until Zeppelin took it and made it Amazing. The only thing holding me back from rating it higher is that they went on to make better albums, like II and IV. It's a strong debut though, and the influence and impact on music is undeniable.
Nice to Rock out
classic and smooth
Dazed and Confused is fire, cool album, put me to sleep woke up still listening
4/5
Very good
Det hørtes akkurat ut som æ forventa, så det va helt ok å høre på, men æ har allerede glemt alt.
Really great. enjoyed it more than LZII
Another BANGER! Zeppelin you've done it again!! (except this was the first one)
Nice
I really like the rock and blues mix. The vocals are really good and I like the guitar. Rating - 8.5
great album, love all the bluesy stuff. wasn’t aware of their plagiarism until today but i genuinely give zero fucks
Outside Plant’s vocals there’s not much here that is distinctively Zeppelin. It’s still pretty good, but this seems closer to the Stones or Hendrix than the Led Zeppelin of “Kashmir,” “Immigrant Son, or “When the Levee Breaks.“
I adore their music and this is such an amazing debut. The keys and guitar solos shine.
It’s a great first album by an iconic band. I have always listened to other albums by them more, so going back and listening to this one I was surprised at how more bluesy it was than rock and roll. Still a classic album though.
Great guitar solos! That voice…love it-
Hört tusen gånger. Deras två första av de "fyra" var väldigt blues-iga, vilket kan vara dåligt. Men i detta fall rätt bra. Ikoniskt. Utdaterat men tidslöst på samma gång.
klasyk
Awesome
I'm not a fan of Jimmy Page, less so the more I read about him, the bullying, the wholesale theft of other artists' work and the struggle to admit to it, the faux-witchcraft, the under age girlfriends. Compared to Jeff Beck, Ritchie Blackmore even Eric Clapton, he is a sloppy guitarist, on electric at least. But what is he is is an excellent producer, with an ear for sound and instrument placement. LZ I displays the beginnings of this. The album sounds good although maybe lacking in the bottom end that later albums have. "Good Times Bad Times" and "Communication Breakdown" display early metal blueprint, the former having a nice rounded bass tone and excellent bass drum work, both of which would benefit from a low end boost. "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You", "Dazed and Confused" and "How Many More Times" are fine examples of the dynamics between the quartet and in the breadth of material. They are also the first examples of Page's tactic of claiming authorship of music because he arranged it slightly differently. It took over 20 years for Anne Bredon to gain a credit and back royalties. "You Shook Me" is a more obvious robbery as Page's Yardbirds colleague and friend, Jeff Beck had just released his version and was reportedly livid. At least Willie Dixon is given his due as composer and I have to admit that, while I prefer Rod Stewart's vocal and Beck's guitar, the arrangement and, especially, the mixing lifts the Zeppelin version above the Jeff Beck Group one. "I Can't Quit You Baby" is an excellent version of another Dixon song and (another stolen song) "Black Mountain Side" is a demonstration of Page's acoustic playing which would come to the fore on LZ III. My favourite track is "Your Time Is Gonna Come" which opens side 2. It offers the lighter and harder sides of Zeppelin in the same song, with the acoustic guitar to the fore on both and fine playing from Bonham and Jones, whose drone pedal tones on the organ anchor the chorus, a breather before the next section takes off. A really good album with better to come.
Haven’t listened to this album in years. I really enjoyed it, although it’s not my favorite of theirs. I didn’t notice when it ended Spotify started playing other songs of theirs, and I was liking those songs more.
Having now listened to the zeppelin quadrilogy, this one sits at the same height to me as II. There is flashy guitar play, dirty blues, belts that pierce all, and exceplent drums. The tandem of good times bad times and Babe I'm gonna leave you is the highlight for me for its sheer epicness.
Cutting edge record. A hard listen back in the day but it is classic now.
the Led Zep consistency continues
For e debut album, this is great.... Too many songs are "influenced" by other artists... but it's still a good album.
def need a relisten
Album was fire, little jammy, but obviously still great. Songs are incredible and true Rock n' Roll. 8.1/10
I wasn't really feeling in the mood for Led Zep but as I reached the third song, I was still hella into the album and really enjoying the groove. I think that says a lot.
Led Zeppelin I kicks the door in with a sound that felt massive for 1969—heavy, bluesy, and dripping with attitude. From the thunder of Good Times Bad Times to the sprawling Dazed and Confused, the album wastes no time showing off the band’s raw power and musicianship. Jimmy Page’s guitar work is inventive and biting, John Bonham’s drumming is seismic, and Robert Plant’s vocals are already soaring into rock legend territory. That said, while the highs are undeniable, not every track hits with the same force. A couple of the blues covers meander a little, and the album can feel like a band still finding their exact identity. But as debut statements go, it’s loud, confident, and laid the groundwork for what was to come. A strong start to one of rock’s most iconic runs
Pretty good
took until like the middle for me to get used to it but solid 🤘
ich hatte es nicht so gut in erinnerung! ich bin eigentlich kein großer classic rock fan, aber das ist cool.
I enjoy this. I like the raw feeling and the riffs and drum lines deliberately meant to compliment the in your face vocals of Robert Plant. Led Zeppelin is one of the few '70's hard rock groups that I can listen to whenever.
its alright rock, not to eye catching to me
Everything to come was in full flower on this stellar debut album. Plant's wailing, Pages's guitar explosions, and the John's booming rhythm section. All of it coalesced into hard blues rock nirvana.
music to be stoned in your room to
Good stuff, but not their best.
Cooler Sound, hat seinen Platz in der Geschichte der Rockmusik definitiv verdient. 4 Sterne
Ok, hab tatsächlich nie aktiv Led Zeppelin gehört. Schöne Musik, aber muss der Sänger in jedem Song 30 Sekunden einen Orgasmus haben? 4 Sterne, gerne wieder
Amazing album, not as good as some of their others, but still a great listen!
Les moments forts sont forts. Très forts. Mais il y a beaucoup de blues pas inspirés et trop chignage. C'est pas le top de Led Zep, donc pas un incontournable. Saus Good times Bad times, qui est peut-être, avec I saw here Standing there, la meilleure première toune ever.
"No stairway, Denied!"
I love heaps of tracks on this album, particularly 'Babe I'm going to leave you' which has personal significance for little 16 year old me as I was pining after the 'love-of-my-life' who had moved away, I cried to this song for weeks! The whole album has strong nostalgia vibes for my late highschool years. Reading through some of the reviews and doing some digging, it seems like a fair few of the tracks are covers, plagiarised or at a minimum very heavily influence by other songs/musicians - I listened to a bunch of the original songs these tracks are based on and musically the Zepplelin ones are far superior. I guess the issue is more that they were flogged as originals and musicians not credited - tricky with the blues, but the band still could have done better on giving credit where credit is due. That plus being creeps to women and underage girls gives this album minus one star. Love the music though.
Very enjoyable, love the instrumentals. Doesn't really have any bangers (other than good times bad times with that drumming) so doesn't quite reach the 5/5.
Love Zeppelin, love this album.
I grew up listening to Led Zeppelin, and they used to be my favorite band of all time. This is the second Led Zeppelin album I've came across during this generator, and I'm just going to go ahead, and say it: Led Zeppelin is a glorified cover band. Every song on this track is talented, from the sick guitar riffs from Jimmy Page, to the array of instruments from John Paul Jones, to one of the greatest Rock Songs of all time-so great, it got its own movie title("Dazed And Confused"). While there are some duds which will prevent me from giving this a five-star rating, I can't anyway because it surpasses the 25% rule. It's as simple as this-if 25%, or more of the songs on an album are cover songs from other artists, I won't give it a five-star rating no matter what. I have to deduct a star. This really isn't an issue with 99% of artists I come across, but obviously Led Zeppelin is a different story. For anyone coming at me with their pitchforks, I applied this same rule to the self-titled album by "The Rolling Stones"(which was also their debut album). This album is great from the perspective of sound, and production, but unfortunately, 33.3% of the songs were written from other artists, so it loses a star. The biggest knock against this legendary band is their originality(or lack of for that matter). Favorite Track: "Dazed And Confused".
Great album. I don't like the "roadhouse" songs as much, and Jimmy Page is a piece of shit. "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" is my favorite song on the album because the guitar is fucking fantastic.
I can appreciate the talent and skill here, but it isn't for me
Led Zeppelin. Classic. Good tunes, Great album.
Once again, I’m learning I like led zeppelin
All the classics we listened to.
Great blend, nice to have as driving or background work music
Aged like fine wine
Same as previously reviewed: "Prefer LZ IV, but this is still a great album! So many great tracks. 4 for this one."
Pretty good!
A solid and groovy rock album! I love me some Led Zeppelin so I very much enjoyed this listen and would listen to it again. I would highly recommend this to others!
Good but probably wouldn't listen again. 4/5
Liked it. 4/5
Pretty solid throughout, could listen to multiple times without wanting to skip anything necessarily unlike Gorillaz.
Very good. Dont think it's the best LZ album. Favourite song is a cover/rearrangement (Babe I'm Gonna Leave You). 4/5.
Is what it is... great rock.
Love even flow
Not bad at all for a debut - Plant’s vocals are just brilliant. A couple of weaker songs leaves this on 4.5 stars but ultimately it’s a brilliant album.
Pretty good. Very soulful.
Pretty solid for a debut album, but you can tell they were still a little raw. If you've heard blues breakdowns before there is nothing new there, its a short listen and really. their best was yet to come. How Many More Times was probably my favorite on this album.
Lots of classic songs on this one… and some shitty blues. Pretty standard Zeppelin album all in all Dread Zeppelins version of “Your Time Is Going to Come” is better
Definitely baby Led Zeppelin, first song awesome. everything else was good by not as captivating as later albums 3.5
Pretty good debut. They really locked it in over the next few albums. Don't love Plant's voice, but Bonham's drumming more than makes up for it.
Tykkiä kamaa. Ei niinkään zeppeliinin isoimpia hittejä, mutta tasaisen vahvaa suorittamista koko levy. Hyvä kuunneltava, muttei kuitenkaan se zeppelinin paras. Parhaat: Let The Good Times Roll, Dazed and Confused, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
1001 Albums Generator 1 In the days of my youth, I was told what it means to be a man Does it get more iconic than this? Play the opening of Dazed and Confused for an uncontacted civilization and they will immediately understand the appeal of advanced society. The first two chord stabs that open the album? Good Times Bad Times, for my money, has to be one of the most unforgettable opening tracks to an album ever. Meanwhile, the guitar solo for Communication Breakdown sounds like what AI would generate if asked to write a hard rock guitar solo. It's that paramount. You don't need me to convince you of the greatness of the hits on this album. The parts of this album that I have really come to appreciate are the slower moments. The folksy cover of Babe I'm Gonna Leave You. The open tuning and almost American Primitivism sound of Black Mountain Side. The way that John Bonham's drums and JPJ's organ in the chorus of Your Time Is Gonna Come hit like a ton of bricks, while Jimmy Page keeps a soft, acoustic sound throughout. These little details, while done even better in their subsequent albums, show what separates LZ from the pack. Led Zeppelin is not a band accused of high levels of originality, but I think that the derivativeness of their work does get overstated, while the creativity of their work goes relatively unsaid. This inventiveness is seen in moments such as the middle of the solo in I Can't Quit You Baby, where the band transitions from a relatively normal 12-bar blues to a strange start/stop instrumental interplay, before going right back to something more standard. Similarly, You Shook Me is a largely normal affair before Jimmy Page and Robert Plant enter into one of the strangest call-and-response sections that I have ever heard. Plant moans into the mic while Page responds in kind with a backwards echo sort of effect. The closing track, while not my favorite, has its share of creative production choices strewn throughout it as well. There are some moments I don't love. The aforementioned You Shook Me is a bit too slow for my tastes and does seem to overstay its welcome. In general, although this album was short enough to fit on a single LP, it does feel a bit overlong at times, especially considering 3 of the songs are over 6 minutes. This band had not reached their creative or songwriting peak yet, so these longer songs (with the exception of Dazed and Confused) don't justify their length the way their long jams on later albums would. Overall, this album is a great start to an even better discography. Hard rock forever. Favs: Good Times, Bad Times Dazed and Confused Your Time Is Gonna Come Least Fav: You Shook Me
4.5