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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
Actually p good
I forgot how good this is.
Never quite clicked with Zeppelin. Stills 4 Star album just not beloved.
First listen to full led zeppelin album. Liked it very much even though it's not the genre I usually like. Iconic sound and voice. RAW sound
Classic sound! Dazed & Confused should be on every playlist. A little slower tempo throughout the album than I prefer but fantastic use of non-rock instruments scattered about to fill the spaces. Songs are long too with numerous instrumental interludes.
It's not my style, but it was interesting to listen to how the band was experimenting with blues and hard rock. It sounded more like a jam-time. Was a great experience.
This is a fantastic debut album. It isn't their best (Led Zeppelin IV and Physical Graffiti definitely beat it out), however, most groups wish they could put out an album this good. There are so many classics here and "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" is one of my favorite acoustic pieces in all of rock. It has some "fine" tracks, but this is a great listen. Liked Songs: "Good Times Bad Times" , "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" , "Dazed and Confused" , "Your Time is Gonna Come" , "Communication Breakdown"
Having already had both Led Zeppelin II and Led Zeppelin III, it’s about time I got their debut album! This was really solid, wasn’t quite as good LZII but I liked it more than LZIII. Led Zeppelin are a great band and so far none of thee albums they have on this list have been bad
What I can really add to what's been said about this band and this album? Led Zeppelin is the best hard rock band of all time. Not sure anyone comes close. They have multiple 5 star albums. This one is excellent as well, but musically, I would only give it 4.5 stars -- as good as it is, I am knocking it a little because of the lack of "singles" (and I'm a prog rock guy who doesn't need singles, but a few of these songs ramble too much for me).
babe im gonna leave you is my favorite song on here
מממממ יאמי
Good but not yet at the level they would ascend.
Well it's Led Zeppelin doing their thing. Bluesy grooves, less driving than the Zeppelin I really love, but this album is the core of the band and you can't really fault it
Actually really fantastic. I loved the sound and feel of this album so much. The guitar and drum work was amazing and each song was dynamic and interesting. Particularly loved Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, You Shook Me, and Dazed and Confused. 4.5/5 stars.
too normal rock
This was a good rock album. Not something I would play again but still good
The birth of one of the greats, some of these songs sound like they had years of work put into them when they're really just the quick scraps of "the New Yardbirds." I love how prevalent covers were on older albums and debuts both to garner attention and provide depth when there was not nearly as much in the field as there is today. What a start
7.5/10 Fave track: Dazed and confused
Thought this was a very good album with plenty of big hits. I supposed I did want to love it more than I did, especially outside of the big, known songs. 8/10
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Prefer LZ IV, but this is still a great album! So many great tracks. 4 for this one.
It's the best led Zeppelin album out there but a solid one nonetheless.
Great album, the only thing I didn’t like was the last song
This album motivated me to do the fattest line of imaginary cocaine off my work-issued laptop and proceed to be productive as fuck. Once I sobered up, I realized I had just been creating a zine in Canva Pro.
Google Times Bad Times, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, and Dazed and Confused, maybe even Communication Breakdown, are huge jams that I've bopped to when I was younger and they sound almost as good nowadays. Overall, great album, has a few huge hits but definitely not as popular as the fourth Led Zeppelin album.
Wielokrotnie próbowałam ale po prostu nie potrafię zakochać się w tym zespole. Kilka utworów trafia do mojego serca, reszta przelatuje gdzieś nad wątrobą. Wybitny wokal, niesamowity kunszt muzyków, nikt nie gra na instrumentach jak oni. Ale ta całość… czasami mnie nuży. Jest na granicy popisywania się. Mam poczucie, że oni mają radość z grania, z bycia genialnymi, a muzyka sama w sobie jest trochę na drugim planie. To pewnie po prostu moja nadinterpretacja, ale tak czuję. 6.5/10 równane w górę ze względu na to, co zrobili dla muzyki i czekam aż mnie ktoś stąd wywiezie na taczkach.
it was a very good i think . i liked
Zeppelin makes rock and roll sound obscene, like it should be.
It is almost a 5 from me. Maybe lot of man does not know but there is a few covers on the album. And the second half of the album is a bit weaker.
Really enjoyed this I only discovered them after the second album
Being a Zeppelin fan, I’ve listened to this album many a time but listening to this as a part of this daily album challenge out into perspective just how freaking good their work is. Back to back weeks of Zeppelin spoiled me, but maybe that’s what I needed. Their first and second albums are arguably their best and masterpieces in their own right. I really can’t believe this is their debut album, it’s just so brilliant. B-side drifts off a little bit but you can understand that being their debut… nonetheless it’s music I’ll revisit over and over again. Good times bad times! 4.5
Listened to this a few times yesterday. Very little fat, straightforward blues influenced rock. A solid album.
Iconic and ahead of its time despite some alleged plagiarism from Jimmy Paige.
Great variety of songs, rather than just constant noise. An album from the 70’s that would be a hit in the 2020’s. 8.4/10.
Rawk and Roll! I have nostalgic memories of me and my buddies jamming on "How Many More Times?" It is not a five because it isn't my favorite Led Zeppelin record, but it is up there!
Don't know how this one isn't in my collection yet. Would love to have seen the impact / effect this one had when it was released
classic
En av alla tiders bästa debut album. Första sidan är alldeles felfri. Andra halvan blir lite mera "loose" och når inte helt samma nivå. Stark 4
Good
I was really impressed with this for a debit album. But then Joel told me a fact I didn't know before: they were all in other bands before LZ. Makes sense because this doesn't seem like works of novices, like they knew what they wanted to do and did it. Very bluesy.
A hell of debut. All musicians sound great, particularly for it being a first album. You can hear the foundation of where things were going to go. Stand outs for me are Good Times Bad Times and How Many More Times.
Also Die Lieder sind zu lang. Und die kurzen Lieder des Albums mag ich leider nicht, davon gibt es aber (abgesehen vom ersten Lied, was okay war) nur zwei Stück. Die langen Lieder mag ich an sich sehr gerne, aber ja, eben zu lang. Aber ansonsten klingt das einfach so gut
Turbo klasyk, to nie moze sie zestarzec
Great Album !!! Heavy blues sound.
Zep’s never done it for me.
Nice.
the birth of a blues rock legend
loving Zepplin more as I get older. You can really hear the blues influences in this one. Love it
Pretty damn good at parts. Some tracks drag it out though. Ultimately I like it but some are skips for me and I think better albums came before and after by both Led Zeppelin themselves and other artists. Despite that I do give credit where credit counts and I do enjoy this record.
Some stone cold classics, but not the overall power house of some of their other albums.
Hell yes! Hard to believe this was their first album and they weren’t even signed yet. They had it all: the swagger, the musicianship, those vocals, Robert Plant in puffy shirts. The only reason this isn’t a full five is that their later albums are even better. 4.5⭐️
I Like em, i should Love em but i dont
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A bit raw. A bit contrived. But still Zepplin and was a sign of even more greatness to come for them.
"Good Times Bad Times" is a wonderful opener which sets the tone for the album, all the way through up to "Black Mountain Side" is some really good stuff. The only reason I don't like that track is because it is purely instrumental, but it's not even that good, so there is no merit to it in my opinion. Then to the end we're back to the original feel of the album. Very solid debut from a band that will prove themselves time and time again in coming records. 8.6/10
first two songs are absolutely positively insane, i did get a bit bored during some other songs but overall holy shit eh
Like tempo of Good Times Bad Times and Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, especially like how latter starts off slow and moody and then becomes a jam with guitars and drums. You Shook Me is slower but still structured. Also he parrots the guitar which is both impressive and annoying. Dazed and Confused also starts slow but picks up. Your Time is Gonna Come, foreboding organ relaxes into acoustic guitar and drum groove, layered vocals in chorus. Black Side Mountain, acoustic guitar creates structured melodic chord outline, interlude. Communication Breakdown, 8th note guitar underneath poppier drums and guitars on off beat. I Can't Quit You Baby, waltz tempo, bass and drums interspersed with vocals and echo-y electric guitar. How Many More Times starts with groovy syncopated bass, guitar picks up riff, a bop.
A fantastic album! Nuff said!
1. Dazed and confused 2. Baby i'm gonna leave you 3. Good times bad times
I really wish I'd heard this in 1969, instead of on a dull January day, thirteen months into the 1001 project, during which time I've heard a LOT of noisy albums by hairy blokes with guitars, including two other Led Zep albums. I'm feeling a tad jaded. And that's a shame, because this is a brilliant debut. Gorgeous guitar, of both the acoustic folk and face-melting blues-rock varieties. I love Robert Plant's voice (if not what he's singing about some of the time). I love that they recorded this pretty much made up on the spot, without a record deal. It's clearly the birth of a fantastic rock band. I wasn't really in the mood, but I bet it sounded wondrous in 1969, so I've tried to mark it objectively.
Enjoyed this way more than a) I expected and b) the other 427 Led Zeppelin albums we’ve been forced to listen to
Holy drums right off the bat. Then guitar. Vocals last with bass. But they’re all so good! Acoustic guitar use in Babe is amazing. The rhythm from it is almost classical to me. AN ORGAN?!?! A HARMONICA?!?! Holy shit. Bluesy. Enjoyed this way more than I thought I would! Definitely a blind spot in my music knowledge because this kind of rock and roll was satan worship music lol. 3.61/5
I preferred the first one, still ok with great songs. 7-8/10. With a relisten it will get higher for sure
Dieses Album zeigt, was Ende der 60er musikalisch möglich war. No excuse Beatles zu hören.
Lots of classic songs
Like the other Led Zeppelin albums i listened to, Led Zeppelin was a legitimately great album. For a pretty early album in the metal genre, This album still managed to do so many interesting things to the point where it didn't sound all too basic like a lot of early albums of their respective genres do. Most of the songs here were pretty long but still managed keep me hooked throughout their whole runtime by doing enough to add to the typical blues-hard rock sound that this band is known for. While this album doesn't seem to have a lot of Led Zeppelin's most popular songs, I still really liked this album. Best Song: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You Worst Song: Good Times Bad Times
Best Zeppelin yet!
Required listening for Rock, Metal and Blues fans.
Getting the Led feels pretty good
Every rock band ever ripped this off
Led Zeppelin surely is a terrific band, however, they did steal a lot of their music. So for that I docked him a point. Should have docked them too, but they're hella good musicians.
turns out I like Led Zeppelin more than Pink Floyd.
Rart album. Meget behageligt, stille og roligt
This album has a number of stand out songs and a great sound. A lot of the tracks are definitely classic staples of the Rock/metal genres. Some tracks like You Shook Me and I can't quit you baby lean into the blues aspect of rock which I usually don't personally love a whole lot, but was able to really enjoy listening to this album. Even country aspects make their way into songs like Your Time Is Gonna Come. The last song of the album How many More Times opened with a jazzy, soft drumline that really surprised me. The second half of the song really leans heavily into a more "psychedelic" sound which I rather enjoyed as well. Stand out songs include How Many More Times, Good Times Bad Times, Dazed and Confused, and the aforementioned You Shook Me. I did really appreciate the more up tempo songs like the end of Dazed and confused. Plenty of great guitar solos in this album. Lots of spaces where there is no lyrics and just wailing guitar that build into great swelling moments. Also enjoyed Robert Plant sounding like he was about to bust a fat nut all the time. I do think Robert Plants lyrics really are fantastic too. One things for sure, I can definitely imagine listening to this and taking some heat from Charlie while hanging out the side of a ratty Huey in 1969
8/10 Fav tracks - Babe I'm gonna leave you, You Shook Me, Dazed and Confused, How Many Morw Times
So uh, what are you trying to tell me here little man? You don't like Zepp?
Love the hollow room analog sound and some of the songs so laid back like they’re being sung in a big cave. It’s so interesting hearing true analog and live recordings in the digital era where everything is recorded in quiet rooms or pre-programmed.
Not yet peak Zeppelin but, pretty darn close. While I feel plenty of nostalgia for this record, it really grows into itself with finest full band song being How Many More Times
An appropriate first review, as this album came out the year I was born. I was a latecomer in my appreciation for Zeppelin, but this record brings it all home. I can hear the deep blues influences, but also revel in the band forging a new path into hard rock. I also hear the DNA strands of the bands that they clearly influenced over the decades--all the way from arena rock, to southern rock, to grunge, to modern rock.
Classic...
Respect the classics, man.
Fantastic album, it absolutely rocks. The bests tracks are top tier rock songs and the worse ones are still very enjoyable. An album with a lot of passion and energy
It feels crazy to me that this music existed in the 1960's, like it just feels so ahead of its time? And unexpected. "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" "You Shook Me" "Your Time Is Gonna Come"
Good Times Bad Times Babe I'm Gonna Leave You Dazed and Confused Communication Breakdown How Many More Times
Ich bin definitiv zu jung für das Album. Mein erster Gedanke: oh das ist ja Filmmusik. In irgendeiner Szene habe ich das doch gehört. Das spricht natürlich sinnbildlich für die Verwendung von Rockklassikern in modernen Filmen mit denen viele Regisseure mittlerweile ein Gefühl kreieren, dass sonst nicht vermittelbar ist. Dem Gitarristen in mir fallen natürlich sofort die tollen gepickten Patterns auf der Akustik Gitarre auf. Das ist die Art Gitarrenmusik bei der man sagen kann: das gibt es heutzutage nicht mehr.
Your time is gonna come..hörte und fühlte ich auch. Die Hindenburg auf dem Cover hat ja sowas von keine gute Zeit. Naja, gute Besserung. Schönes Rock Album sonst, urschöne Stimme der Mann. Wieso sind da so viele Interludes oder wie sich das nennt..muss Led selbst wissen. Atlantic Records auch Crazy 7,5/10
heard songs off of this album a ton, nothing crazy anymore, or at least in a modern-day context. Just Dad Rock.
74/100. An enjoyable listen and undeniably iconic within its genre.
Baby I'm Gonna Leave You is one of my favorite Zeppelin songs. I enjoyed the album, its got some bangers. I'm not sure how I feel this band gets overplayed more than the Beatles but to me its true. Maybe the songs don't stand up to as much replay for me. Solid, classic album though.
Shit goes hard.
Classic and iconic.
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It is a classic but it's also a tad overrated. The issue for me is these songs were "liberally borrowed" from artists (mostly black blues artists) without their permission or consent. Granted, the bluesmen didn't have a rhythm section like John Paul Jones or especially John Bonham that dramatically changed the sound and feel of these tracks. It gets a high grade for the strong bass and drums but not perfect because it's not totally original.
Led Zeppelin fall squarely out of the period of rock I really care about, but for some reason this record stands out to me as a towering achievement in the genre (I say that as if it isn't Led Zeppelin). Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Dazed and Confused, Communication Breakdown, How Many Times, all these songs effectively butchered and ripped classic blues and put a bunch of overdrive on it; in the process, this burgeoned an explosive mix that would come to define the next decade or three of popular music. I love this album despite all the reasons I shouldn't. Yes, Jimmy page is a riff-stealing asshat. Yes, LZ have become synonymous with the exact type of rock supremacy and elitism that's been ruining music discussions since I was in the cradle. But Led Zeppelin's best albums are a force of nature, this one being no different. Just close your eyes for a second and imagine bearing witness to this album releasing in 1969...
Dazed and confused
Pretty good, has some classics.
The classical youthful sound of Led Zeppelin is truly unmatchable, but I honestly think it's not as good as everyone says. For being their first record, it seems like it lacks some of the classic sound of rebellion and absolute chaos. It feels a little too organized, nevertheless, it still is a good album with some few shocking songs that are quite good.
3.5.
I love the blues roots here. Personal enjoyment: 4/5 Relevance to this list: 5/5
I usually just say yes to these albums. But in account of the fact that they have better ones, or more cosmic ones IMO, I can’t just give this a 10
Ive never become a zepp fan but this is the closest i think ill get. This is obviously very good. Ive always been on the fence with regard to his voice but it makes sense here. The guitars are really very good and the songs are very catchy. Its still a bit Jeremy Clarkson for me but this is obviously great.
It’s obvious to my ears that Ozzy and Geezer were taking notes when this album dropped. It’s also interesting to hear the primordial versions of some Led Zeppelin legendary songs in this first album. That said, this is so straight-up blues-soaked rock - it’s hard to consider this heavy metal but it’s really interesting to understand that the blues is the foundation to heavy metal. This album proves it. It’s an important album.
It's very good, nice to learn some rock history
Fuckin’ right on! Can’t say anything more about this album than has already been said!
Nice
Made me feel like Dean Winchester
Iconic sound all around. The music was so distinct for the time, and even still today. The musicianship and vocals were something else and still resonate powerfully in present times. What a great journey this introduction to Led Zeppelin is.
Solid debut album, crazy to think that this was released 55 years ago
loop zoop
Babe I’m Gonna Leave You and Dazed and Confused are great songs. The rest - eh. I give it 3.5/5 but for its iconic-ness and influence it gets a 4.
Having so many classic on one album is an impressive feat, especially for their first album. But because of that, I have high standard for every song on a Led Zeppelin album, and there are two that don't hold up to the rest, stopping it from being a perfect album
This might be my favourite Led Zeppelin album because I like how much it sonically remains rooted in the 60s in the choruses to Good Times, Bad Times and Your Time Is Gonna Come, something they lost as 70 rock behemoths. Also I wish Jimmy Page had done more Bert Jansch/Davey Graham rip offs.
Nice album, great songs variety, cross different genre, like the songs arrangement
get the led out!
An unbelievable debut album, LZ1’s drums guitar , the progressive rock and the beautiful guitar sound keeps you engaged the entire time Closing in on a perfect album, LZ1 lacks slightly in polish and suffers from having only a few replayable single songs … a classic , LZ1 is a high level 4
Good Times Bad Times: 8/10: Really fun start. Def roped me in. Babe Im Gonna Leave You: 7/10. Continued good vibes. You Shook Me: 6/10 - jazzy. Felt long, but did enjoy it. Dazed and Confused: 6/10: Felt long Your Time is Gonna Come: 9/10: This one is fun, really like Black Mountain Side: 5/10: Cool Jazzy Vibe. Felt out of place weirdly. I Cant Quit You Baby: 8/10: fun but basic How Many More Times: 9/10: really enjoyed. Very fun Overall Rating: 7.25/10
Songs: Communication Breakdown, I Can't Quit You Babe
Great rock band. Iconic sound and music. Set the standard for rock music.
there's simply no denying this album is amazing but I can't give it 5 because page and plant are demons
great job led zeppelins
Album 575 of 1001 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (1969) Rating : 4 / 5 Great album. Led Zeppelin has never really been on my go-to list. That probably won't change. I appreciate what they bring and its place in music history but they just never resonated really big for me. There is no denying this is an awesome album yet I doubt I'll be pulling it off the shelf for many listens.
Still holds up well today.
One of the most influential bands of all time. Beloved by dads around the world. No one sounds quite like them even after all this time. That said, it's not really my thing. I'll give it points out of respect.
A bit more accessible than the first Led Zepplin album I listened to.
own
Solid
Nice
pretty crazy this is a debut!! already fully formed!
Might need a re-listen for some tracks most of them were bangers and some will probably be my new favorites.
Wore the shit out of this cd back in the day.
Super interesting. Rock, blues, psych rock all come together. I’m into it.
Need to catch up with all the missed albums so far. Starting with Led Zeppelin.
10/15/24. Classic rock record that started a legendary run by Zeppelin. Personally not my favorite of their albums, but love the classics of Your Time is Gonna Come, Black Mountain Side, and I Can't Quit You Baby.
I can see why this is a classic
Blues based rock - great album! This may be my favorite Zeppelin. Brings back fine memories of high school.
Solid debut from Led Zep with a few top tier songs. It’s set the tone for the Zep sound of hard rock and blues with a little psych sprinkled on and the occasional acoustic number. A handful of powerful songs, whether it be speed (communication breakdown), riffs (good times, dazed), or more emotional & arrangement (babe). The straight blues tunes are fine but don’t do as much for me. But this is a strong start to a great band, showcasing all their members strengths - powerful but nimble rhythm section, Page’s heavy messy riffs, and Plant’s wailing. The highs are as good as anything else they’ve done, but as a full album isn’t as consistent as some later efforts.
Some good songs!
What an opener! One of the best opening tracks to a first album ever (maybe eclipsed by Hendrix).
5 star first half, didn’t enjoy the second half quite as much. Best - Babe I’m Gonna Leave You Worst - How Many More Times 😴
Classic LZ
Great album with dazed and confused
Raw but rockin
What a debut album.
pretty enjoyably moody, black sabbath before black sabbath
The more I listen to led zeppelin the more I like them
A debut album with a sound never heard before…not quite. Original if one doesn’t listen very hard. Years ago I’d trash this album but time bashes on and repetition wins. I finally like this album.
Enjoyable listen. It’s probably lost some of its impact with time, but some great rock music.
I would say this is the birth of psych rock, so many eastern influences as well
An impressive debut, but I feel like it becomes a bit tedious after a while. Most of these songs are one or two minutes too long.
191/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
More diverse than I thought it would be. It’s classic LZ through and through, you know what you’re getting and that’s some solid jams, but songs like Black Mountain Side add a layer of complexity that help make the band so great.
boomer rock. some high highs and low lows. cant hate on it too much i was bumping this like crazy in high school
They became more refined with their later albums, but this is a great introduction with raw and edgy (at least for the time) and bombastic sounds. Good Times, Bad Times is a stronger opener than many other bands could dream of.
Great debut
Loved it. Classic
Great stuff from LZ, and the only album of theirs I already knew a bit. It starts particularly strongly in my opinion, but that does mean it drifts a tiny bit and ends up not quite in the fives.
Influential to the development of the hard rock sound of the 70s and arguably heavy metal as well. I loved these songs as a youngster. Although they feel overplayed to me now I can’t deny the mastery of the musicians. Bonham really rocks, Page was equal parts soulful lead guitar and crunchy riffs, Jones was steady and dependable, Plant cuts your soul with his vocals. However deduct one point for plagiarism without crediting original artists.
I LOVED THIS
Solid 4 star album. All good songs but not all flowing. Would need one or two exceptional songs to push it just a bit higher to 5 stars. Enjoyed it all but think a couple of the songs are a little bit underwhelming.
Million mile an hour blues
great debut
this is so good dude, I love the blues influence woven throughout, and as far as debuts go this was such a good way to show off the band's abilities. Plant's voice is absurd on this album, some of my favourite from him for sure
I haven't listened to this in ages, but it just reminded me that their debut album was pretty solid and worth a listen from time to time as well. 3.5 stars but rounding it up to 4 because I love Dazed and confused
Another good album from Led Zeppelin. I think III is the best of the bunch that I've heard so far, but this is up with with II.
This is definitely not the first time, nor the last time I'll listen to this album. Led Zeppelin is a great band, and this is a great album, but I won't give it 5/5 because it's not my favorite album by them.
Really good rock and very much full of the seeds of great things to come. LED in development.
Good, but I prefer later Led Zeppelin albums over this one 4/5
This is great, and for a "debut" album ... it set the tone for generation to come
rocky
Totally rifftastic from the opening bars. I don't need to explain this stuff, it's Zeppelin.
Decent. 3.667
One of the great Side 1 Track 1 songs on a debut album of all time.
Liked a lot of this, but didn’t love anything
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… Good Times Bad Times; what a great start to the debut album of a soon to be legendary band. Was too young to be paying attention to R&R when Zep I dropped, but know the album. Some smash hits, some filler. Better now than through the 70s and 80s, but we’re still Dazed And Confused. Solid (4.0*s) Incidentally, they get better.
This scores very high marks (bc it's LZ) but for a debut album it absolutely wrecks it. I would have loved to witness the reception when this first hit the airwaves and literally broke peoples' heads right off. So just to summarize, an unknown quartet rises from the ashes of The Yardbirds in late 1968 and 3 months later releases this mighty beast changing music and human's inner ears forever. Cool, got it.
When Led Zeppelin hit the music scene it must have set the world ablaze like the Hindenburg. The band was a combination of guys who had mastered their craft but also where just having a blast. This album shows their bluesy hard rock direction and also includes a softer guitar track by Page. Versatility and skill abound. No other band was hitting it as hard as this at the time and once arrived, they were not going anywhere for a while...4.2.
As much as their other albums get deserved attention I've always loved Led Zeppelin's debut album. It's one of the strongest debut albums ever and upon a re-listen its very evident how polished they were as band right from the get go. While their production and presence grew as they got more popular it's pretty clear they were something special right out of the gates. All 4 members established themselves as masters of their craft over the band's lifetime, but the fact that those vocals came out of a 20-year old Plant is truly astounding. I love the hits, particularly opening track Good Times Bad Times, but always thought some of the deep cuts really help cement the album. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You has been climbing my personal Zep list for years and You Shook Me continues to surprise me how overlooked it is with the harmonica solo and Page/Plant guitar/vocal call-and-answer. Side A is one of my favorite album sides and while Side B isn't nearly as strong it still holds up. Zep I isn't their best album but has such a special place in my heart, and the Hindenberg album cover has been so iconic and present in my personal life for 20+ years as I'm currently staring at it on my wall as I write this. What else needs to be said? 4.25 stars
people with interesting/unique vocals always make me excited and the guitar playing was really impressive! also it makes me laugh to think about how much robert plant hates his own music
liked this more than i thought sorry. maybe rockers need rights.
Dang, this is still pretty good. I listened to a lot of this band in high school and this album still holds up pretty well. Not every song is five stars on this album, but its strongest songs are so freakin’ good.
Didn’t have the major zeppelin hits on here but I still really enjoyed it. Since I’m not on lcd or heroin, some of the slower ones really dragged on. Interesting fact, you can clearly hear the similarities between “babe I’m gonna leave you” and “25 or 6 to 4” and so I looked it up and apparently 25 came out a year after babe and the Chicago writer was asked about the similarities and he had no comment. So that’s sad cuz I really like Chicago.
Fantastic album. A handful of great songs that are surprising to be from a debut album and a ton of variety. Enjoyed every minute of this one, but I know Led Zeppelin has more to offer so I’m sticking at four.
Love me some Zeppelin! I don't think I've heard someone call them this before, but I think they're just a jam band. A hard rock cruise through some awesome songs. There aren't really any peaks or valleys. Just a long plateau. I'm more familiar with Led Zeppelin II, so this was awesome to listen to for the first time.
You know, this might just be my favorite Zeppelin. It’s so much simpler and more stripped down.
Zeppelin album
Way better than 4
Shuffle. Groove. Close.my eyes and this electric blues makes me smile. Bonham's liquid drumming, Page's guitar like an organic limb, Plant's wailing orgasmic voice...radio unfriendly song lengths that feed the ear like the heartiest meal.... So many essential tunes here. Babe I'm gonna leave you (I've got to ramble), You shook me, Dazed and Confused....ooof. what a fucking masterpiece of a song. There's so much to love here. But there are also some odd places where the band gets lost in its own maze. There's a diversity here that works, but signifies a band still insecurely experimenting with their emerging identity and stylistic power. But the elephant in the room? Plant's lyrics. Fucking garbage. Which is why I listen to his voice as a non-signifying instrument most of the time. If you ever want to make people laugh, read the lyrics to "Babe I'm gonna leave you" as a spoken word poem. Sigh.
4.5 Some may have laid down the blues/hard rock road before Zep but I would argue nobody did it better. Bonhman was like what 19 or 20 years old during recording, that's crazy. JPJ is a stud and page/plant are page/plant. Should be a 5 but you can argue most of the songs are covers
A few tracks near the end bogged it down a little bit for me. Still a great debut record from Led Zeppelin.
It is a classic but some songs aren't that great but others are awesome. Dazed and Confused being the best one and I consider it one of the few metal songs that existed prior to Black Sabbath
A foretaste of things to come. It's still pretty good.
Really solid album from start to finish. Some great hits and a couple less popular songs. Just fun, classic rock and roll. John Bonham is so good. 8.5/10 (4.25/5)
classic
Good Times Bad Times 4.1 Babe I'm Gonna Leave You 4 You Shook Me 3.7 Dazed and Confused 4.4 Your Time Is Gonna Come 4 Black Mountain Side 3.4 Communication Breakdown 4.1 I Can't Quit You Baby 3.8 How Many More Times 4 Score: 3.944444444
this is stunning, innit
This was a solid blues rock album. While I wasn't always into the songs with the slower breakdowns, it was still fascinating to listen to the guitar work. It's not an album I would put on regularly, but I also wouldn't turn it down if someone were playing it.
Het eerste nummer van hun eerste album. Het is gelijk een top-nummer. Het album wisselt vervolgens wat af tussen licht gitaargeweld en rustigere nummers. Die laatste zijn soms wat energietrekkend, zoals het refrein van Your Time Is Gonna Come. Pfff....Het is ook nog net de jaren '60... Maar nog steeds scoort het album makkelijk 4 sterren en verheug ik mij al op de volgende plaat van Led.
Did not expect Led Zeppelin to slap this hard. I love Babe I'm Gonna Leave You because of the light-heavy, soft-hard interchange. Interesting use of the organ in some of the songs, I didn't know it could be used in rock songs. Plants' vocals are insane. On a whole it was a very interesting first listening, never got bored once.
Led Zeppelin's debut is held in such a legendary status for a very good reason. Not only were these four guys some of the most talented musicians in the whole country, but they were also hungry, full of energy and creativity. Though i'm not too much of a fan of the slower cuts, as they don't have much going on outside of standard bluesery with some agonizing crooning from Plant that, while impressively energetic, it gets tiresome after a while. I do love the intense moments in here, specially "Dazed and Confused" and "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You". The core compositions on "How Many More Times" and "Good Times Bad Times" are also very fun to listen to.
Groundbreaking! Created a whole new hard rock genre.
Hard rocking and breaking ground on the debut, love to see it :)
Led Zep - what can one say! So many bands have taken inspiration from these guys. Before their time!
Blues goodness. I prefer II or IV, the band developed a lot of resources and self-expression as they kept on advancing in their craft. I shows more of their influences than their ability to influence oncoming generations, but it's still a landmark.
I solid album that led to even greater ones down the line.
as much of a classic as it gets, not the biggest rock fan but i can appreciate it