Reviews (page 6 of 15)
Led Zeppelin remains in the consistently good but never as good as people say tier right next to pink floyd
When I first heard Led Zepplin on the radio, I just wrote them off as head-banging music and kind of just ignored most of their work, until "Stairway To Heaven" came out. The song was just so radically different than most of their work aired on the radio, that I actually liked the song, but then I would hear, "Black Dog" and again I would kind of ignore them, so I can state that this was the first full album that I've listened to in their repertoire. Most typical song: "Black Dog" Most known song: "Stairway To Heaven" Worst song: "Four Sticks" Song I was most surprised about and liked the most: "Going To California"
Another album I had already listened all the way through, and for good reason. This is a goddamn perfect classic album in every sense of the world Black dog and rock and roll are just absolute bangers to get you moving and dancing and grooving Battle of evermore has big fantasy hobbit vibes (“pick up your sword and ride” “the dark lord rides in force tonight”) One of my favorites on the album and his Rowling vocals on the end is so good Stairway to heaven is just stairway to heaven I don’t know what else to add to this absolute epic and grand song that has garnered enough attention and admiration to feel like a great tale passed down Misty mountain hop and four sticks are hidden bangers that aren’t talked about as much but it by no means feels like filler. The album closes with the poignant going to California and the blustering blues of when the levee breaks. Five stars all around, as perfect as you can get for an album
I'm a self professed Stairway to Heaven hater, but man, in the middle of that album, it really does add a lot. That transition from "The Battle of Evermore" to "Stairway to Heaven" is beautiful. 3/5
Love all Zeppelin albums. 3 & 4 are just Rock & Roll royalty. I mean I've probably listened to this one a thousand times and it never seizes to amaze.
Started off ok, Black Dog was fine. Picked up with Rock And Roll, that was pretty fun. The Battle Of Evermore had a nice story in it, along with some great guitar. And then there's Stairway To Heaven. Classic track, totally incredible. Great progression throughout the song, going between slower and faster tempos. The rest of the album went along smoothly. Misty Mountain Hop was some solid rock, and Going To California was a nice slower jam. Had fun listening to this, especially the guitar work, some really fun stuff here. Best song: Stairway To Heaven
Good (pretty) old rock. I guess it's energetic too. 5/5
Enjoyed this album a lot. A couple songs I knew before but most I didn’t. Felt like a good variety of songs, a lot of energy but with a couple that were a bit slower. I would definitely listen to it again. Fav song: When the Levee Breaks Least fav: The Battle of Evermore
Nice rock album. I find it quite annoying they were numbering all the albums then just stopped after IV. Have some consistency. I do quite like the cover art though Specific rating - 4.3 Fav song- black dog Least fav- going to California
Some of the songs were a little "Look how good i am at guitar!" but overall still enjoyed the album, fun variety of songs Favourite Song: Going to California Least: Black Dog
Not my favorite Zep', but a stone cold classic through and through. *Heard before
Feeling like the coolest fucking kid on the playground.
Overrated
I've heard this album so many times in my life, but for 1001 I decided to go in with no bias. Still a 5.
A classic.
I’m not the biggest Led Zeppelin fan, but this album definitely lives up to the hype.
10/10
Ouff, nu snackar vi! Inte Zeppelins bästa, men ändå. Briljant intro/outro, och Stariway är ju en perfekt låt.
Tillåt mig att sparka in en vidöppen dörr, men vilken JÄVLA skiva detta är. Fint att få närlyssna på annat än de självklara hitsen och drabbas av den perfekt komponerade helheten. Pipan. PIPAN!! Fascinerande, återigen, med låtar man hört 1000 gånger men aldrig ledsnar på. Stairway to heaven är en sån. Gåshud från hjässan raaackkkt ner till anus VARJE gång. Det bästa gitarrsolot i världshistorien. Att börja med black dog och sluta på when the levee breaks är i sig värt 5/5. Blev akutsugen på att bara lyssna på Zeppelin i några dagar.
Så ska det låta!!
Så jävla svårt. Man borde väl inte ge ett mellanmjölksbetyg till det här? Ändå är jag där i mitten och harvar. …Och att Offside avhandlade deras Live Aid-haveri just idag. Det kan inte vara en slump 😵
rockextas med rockgudarna! fräls mig
® Kom för hårdrocken, stanna för den eteriska mandolinen. Första två låtarna är bara uppvärmning. ® När Dino Cp-man bjöd med en 15-årig Bert 3000 på vandring upp för de dimmiga bergen , vidare upp på trappan till himlen och slutligen ner till Kalifornien förändrades allt! Mäktigt att även Gollum (Mangelopus) hakade. ® John Paul Jones va. Mvp hela skivan. ® När man lyssnar digitalt har skivan en stor brist: Efter Stairway måste man få hämta andan, men då blåser de på med Misty mountain hop. Hur fan tänkte de där? När jag senare lyssnade på vinylen skingras molnen och jag äter upp mina ord. Det är ju såklart så att stairway avslutar a-sidan. Sen får jag pusta ut, torka gåstårarna och gå bort och vända på skivan.
There's been enough said about how great this record is, so I'll share a random thought I had while listening: It's INSANE how they pull off the jump between Stairway and Misty Mountain Hop. The tonal shift is extraordinarily jarring, but somehow it works. I imagine the experience was different back in the day because you'd have to flip the record over. But hearing those tracks back to back on streaming is wild.
Kinda silly kinda overdone kinda my husband would be impressed if I listened
10
What can you say about this record? It has to be on most people's top 10 ever.
Black Dog memories
classic blah blah blah, but I want to point out that When The Levee Breaks is one of the greatest songs of all time. pure drumming bliss
Best Song: Misty Mountain Hop When it comes to Led Zeppelin, their albums are a bit of an enigma. Each one is very different from the others and they are all out of this world. This is no exception, even though, of the Zeppelin catalogue, this is the one that is the most overplayed. But that isn't the fault of the band or the album. Every song is incredible and the entire album is a classic. 5/5.
yep it's great
Epic.timeless album that first time had guest musicians,and also had one cover.Let alone the famous ''Joni Mitchel' song.So many artists influenced by this one.If IV wasn't on this list then what?? Favourites: The Battle Of Evermore.This and Stairway To Heaven were the reasons i found out about this album back then.In this song we have guest singing by folk rock singer Sandy Denny(lead singer of Fairport Convention, and briefly of Fotheringay and also a solo artist).What a genius move.And what a band to write such a beautiful song.Time travells you in a medieval castle fighting against the Orcs. Stairway To Heaven.What more to say for their emblemating song?Guitar,flute everything about it is just magical.The sensivity in Robert Plant's singing is phenomenal for a guy with such loud range.And his lyrics..almost makes you cry.Epic. Four Sticks.'Till this very day i haven't heard anything like this. Going to California is a clear Joni Mitchell reference song as Plant had a huge crush on her.He wrote the lyrics to express his admiration, referring to her with lines like "a girl out there with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair". He also included a clear reference to her song "I Had a King" in the line, "To find a queen without a king".Genius.The guitar and mandolin playing is alike with JM's.For the record she acknoledged this and she was touched by their public admiration, as they were among the few male artists to publicly express appreciation for her work at a time when it was often dismissed as a "women's artist" issue. When The Levee Breaks is a magnificent hard rock re-interpretation cover of the Memphis Minnie blues song.wow.Now i see Beastie Boys drumming influences and of so many other bands.Phenomenal.Watch out at the end for those reversed guitar fxs,so ahead of their time. Man i would have given 5 stars for the two big hits of this album alone, but i so loved it as a whole.As it should. 5/5
When I was younger, I used to say I didn't trust anyone who said they didn't like Led Zeppelin. I might have been right.
Et bien le voilà, le « Big One ». L’Everest de la ringardise, le monolithe du « Classic Rock » qui trône dans tous les classements des « Meilleurs Albums de Tous les Temps » établis par des magazines qui sentent la naphtaline et le vieux cuir. Le grand livre me demande de replonger dans la discographie de Led Zeppelin. Comme si mes oreilles n’avaient pas assez souffert avec le "III" et "Physical Graffiti" (que j’avais gentiment éviscérés, si ma mémoire est bonne). Mais là, c’est le "IV" ou "Zoso" ou "Four Symbols" ou "The Runes". Appelle ça comme tu veux, moi j’appelle ça une épreuve d’endurance pour mes nerfs. Tu connais mes goûts, tu sais que je viens du post-punk, de l’indus, du bruitisme intelligent. Tu sais que pour moi, une bonne guitare est une guitare qui grince, qui pleure ou qui t’arrache la tête façon Godflesh, pas une guitare qui se masturbe le manche pendant vingt minutes en pentatonique mineure. Alors, me demander de chroniquer "Led Zeppelin IV", c’est un peu comme demander à un chef étoilé vegan de critiquer un Big Mac froid trouvé sur un parking. Mais je suis un professionnel (enfin, j’essaie), et c’est pour la science. Alors, j’ai mis le disque sur la platine, j’ai regardé cette pochette, ce vieux type avec son fagot de bois sur le dos. J’ai eu une pensée émue pour lui. Car ce vieillard, c’est moi portant le fardeau de devoir écouter « Stairway to Heaven » une fois de plus avant de mourir. On est en 1971 et le groupe est au sommet de sa gloire, gonflé à l’hélium de l’ego et probablement d’autres substances illicites. Ils sont vexés parce que la presse a osé dire que le "III" était mou du genou (ce qui était vrai, soit dit en passant). Alors, pour faire un gros doigt d’honneur aux critiques, ils sortent un album sans titre, sans nom de groupe, juste quatre symboles ésotériques à la con. C’est là que commence mon problème majeur avec ce groupe : la prétention. Cette espèce de mystique de bazar, ce flirt avec l’occultisme version Aleister Crowley pour les nuls. Jimmy Page se prend pour un sorcier noir alors qu’il est juste un pillard de bluesman doué avec une pédale wah-wah. Et voir Led Zep jouer les mystiques, ça me fait le même effet que de voir un comptable se déguiser en Gandalf pour une convention d’entreprise, c’est gênant. Musicalement, qu’est-ce qu’on a ? Du gros son. John Bonham frappe sur ses fûts comme s’ils lui devaient de l’argent. C’est lourd, c’est gras, c’est testostéroné à mort. C’est la bande-son parfaite pour conduire un camion benne ou pour une bagarre de bar dans un film de série B. Le problème, c’est que tout ça sent le réchauffé. « Black Dog » ? Oui, le riff est complexe, ça tourne, ça vrille, c’est fait pour épater la galerie. « Regardez comme on sait jouer des mesures composées ! ». Bravo les gars, c’est technique. Mais ça reste de la démonstration de force, du culturisme musical. Robert Plant hurle ses « Hey, hey, mama » avec sa voix de banshee en rut, le pantalon moulant le paquet, et franchement, ça me fatigue car j’ai passé l’âge de ces conneries. Et puis, parlons du loup dans la bergerie : le pillage. « When the Levee Breaks ». C'est un morceau monstrueux avec la batterie est enregistrée dans une cage d'escalier, l’effet est massif. Sauf que c’est Memphis Minnie qu’on détrousse ici. Car Led Zeppelin, c’est l’histoire de quatre types blancs anglais qui sont devenus millionnaires en jouant la musique des noirs américains plus fort et plus vite, sans toujours créditer les auteurs originaux (du moins au début). Dans mon magasin de disques, je préférais mille fois orienter un gamin vers un album de Howlin’ Wolf ou de John Lee Hooker plutôt que de lui vendre cette version pasteurisée et gonflée aux hormones. Et nous y voilà, l’inévitable, l’inéluctable, la chanson interdite dans tous les magasins de musique du monde (merci Wayne’s World) « Stairway to Heaven ». Huit minutes, huit interminables minutes. Ça commence comme une balade médiévale pour rôlistes en mal de Donjons & Dragons, avec cette petite flûte insupportable, ce picking de guitare que tout gratteux débutant apprend pour pécho en soirée feu de camp. « There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold… ». Mais ta gueule, Robert, tes paroles de mysticisme de pacotille, tes histoires de joueurs de flûte et de haies qui s’agitent, c’est du niveau d’un poème de collégien qui vient de découvrir le Seigneur des Anneaux. Ensuite, ça monte, ça monte lentement, la batterie arrive. Et là, Jimmy Page nous sort LE solo, le fameux solo que tous les magazines de guitare ont élu « meilleur solo de l’univers ». C’est techniquement parfait, mélodiquement irréprochable, je ne dis pas le contraire. Mais c’est tellement… c’est grandiloquent, c’est du rock de stade dans ce qu’il a de plus caricatural. C’est la définition même de ce que le punk a voulu détruire quelques années plus tard, et Dieu merci, les Sex Pistols sont arrivés pour mettre un coup de pied dans cette fourmilière de suffisance. Quand j’entends ce morceau, je ne ressens aucune émotion. Je vois juste des dollars qui s’empilent, je vois des stades remplis de types qui font du air guitar. Je vois l’industrie du disque qui s’auto-congratule. Je préfère mille fois écouter trois heures de drone de Sunn O))) ou un larsen de Sonic Youth en boucle. Au moins, il y a de la texture, du danger, de l'inconfort. Là, c’est juste lisse, poli, brillant comme un sou neuf. Le reste de l’album ? Des tentatives de folk acoustique (« Going to California », « The Battle of Evermore »). C’est mignon, c’est gentil, ça sent l’encens bon marché et le patchouli. Sandy Denny de Fairport Convention vient pousser la chansonnette sur « Battle of Evermore », et c’est probablement le seul moment de grâce authentique du disque, parce qu’elle a une voix qui porte une vraie mélancolie, contrairement aux jérémiades de Plant. Mais bon, quand je veux écouter du folk, je mets du Nick Drake ou du Leonard Cohen, pas Led Zep qui joue aux hobbits dans la Comté. Alors voilà, "Led Zeppelin IV", l’album que tu dois écouter avant de mourir, paraît-il. Moi je dirais plutôt que c’est l’album qui te donne envie de mourir pour ne plus avoir à l’entendre. C’est l’archétype du rock dinosaure, c’est tout ce que je deteste. Led Zep, ils ont le talent, la technique, l’argent, la gloire, mais ils n’ont pas l’âme. Ils ont transformé le rock en une machine de guerre industrielle, efficace, bruyante, mais terriblement vaine à mes yeux. Je sais, je vais me faire insulter dans les commentaires. On va me dire que je n’ai pas d’oreilles, que je suis aigri, que je ne comprends pas la « magie ». Mais la magie, pour moi, ce n'est pas un solo de guitare de trois kilomètres ou un chanteur qui moule son pantalon en criant "Baby, baby, baby". Cet album est techniquement un chef-d'œuvre, une pierre angulaire de l'histoire du rock, bla bla bla. Je reconnais l'impact historique, je reconnais que sans eux, le Hard Rock et le Metal n'existeraient peut-être pas sous cette forme (même si Black Sabbath a fait le boulot bien mieux et plus tôt, à mon avis). Mais est-ce que j'aime ça ? Non. Est-ce que ça me procure la moindre émotion positive ? Non. Est-ce que je préférerais écouter le bruit d'une bétonnière pendant 42 minutes ? Probablement. On m’a fait écouter le "III", c’était chiant. On m'a fait écouter "Physical Graffiti", c’était long et chiant. Celui-là, c’est juste prétentieux et chiant. On reste cohérent et je n'ai toujours pas changé d'avis. Ma note : 1/5 (Et c'est bien payé pour la pochette qui fait un bon sous-verre).
Brilliant!
Very nic3
I've heard many times that this is the best of the best when it comes to Led Zeppelin albums. It did not disappoint. Truly just a classic with hit after hit. I can't call it exactly perfect. There is a song or two I would likely skip over in the lineup if I were to listen through again. However, this album is well known and beloved for a reason.
Duh. This is the first Zeppelin album I owned and I listened to side 1 a million times. Took me a while to realize side 2 was also great!
Some killer tracks, a lot of filler. It starts incredibly strongly but is dragged down with the folly elements and feels a mess. The second half for the album is weak, in my opinion, songs 5, 6, and 7 just dull.
Great Rock album with amazing depth and general sound. I love this album and I loved listening to it once again.
Not as consistently good as some other led zep albums but stairway to heaven and when the levee breaks are 2 of the greatest songs of all time.
Black Dog and Rock & Roll are my two favourite Zeppelin songs so this kinda has to be a 5.
Rock ‘n Roll Gods
This album has a Sandy Denny (a huge loss) appearance. I am a big big fan of Fairport. Of course, growing up in the 70s, I've always loved Led Zeppelin. So that combo was made in heaven. Just a highlight of a great album. Has there been an easier rating? 5 infinity stones....
89/100. A very good album, their best, in my opinion. This record features some of the arguably greatest songs of all time. The highs are absolutely exceptional, though the lows fall short of the album's fantastic peaks.
I'm going to get a lot of flak for this, but Led Zeppelin, and this album in particular, are over rated. This is a fantastic album, and there is loads to enjoy, but ... Led Zep stole so much from others and pretended they invented it. This did it well, true, but their efforts to deny the genius of Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf and others sticks in the craw. If you can get over that, this is a superb album.
album rocks
Going to California alone makes this a 5 for me
They kept the plagiarism to a minimum on this one which I appreciate. Favs: Black Dog Stairway To Heaven Misty Mountain Hop When The Levee Breaks Least Fav: Four Sticks
3.5/5
Amazing classixs
The result when four GOATs come together to make an album that would top the charts of Middle-Earth. Without a doubt one of the greatest albums of all time.
Classic! I had it on vinyl in the 70’s and just a few years ago I bought it on vinyl again when I started collecting vinyl again! I was right about to give up doing this daily listening if I got one more; proto-punk, punk, post- punk, pre-punk, punk-punk album! Sick of listen to records made by people who proudly didn’t bother to learn how to play their instruments! Then this came along —— the 1001 list gets a reprieve and lives another day!!! 5 stars
hard to review this one other than to say it is great. The main hits are great, but some of the lesser played songs (Going to California) are also quite fun
Not much to say about this one that hasn't been said, but a classic in every sense of the word. Each song (except for maybe Four Sticks) is timeless in its own right. Plant wailing, Page shredding, Bonham playing the ever-loving crap out of the drums, JPJ being the underrated glue guy holding it all together. Opens with an iconic acapella verse and ends with an iconic song that starts with one of the greatest and best-sounding drum beats ever. And a little song called Stairway to Heaven in the middle that is still great despite being played to death to the point it almost became a meme (thanks Wayne's World). One of the best albums ever.
I accidently listened to this three times in a row, but it grew on me at least
YAAAAAASSSSS \m/
Jugend
So many Great memories from my teenage years surrounding this amazing LP!
A classic. It’s on this list for a reason. May even be the #1. We will see!
It's excellent. There's no point going on about it because everything that needs to be said has already been said. Banging.
An all-time great.
Just a banger after banger. Great start to an album. Third track dragged a bit but not a bad recovery to have stairway to heaven in your back pocket!! I hope there is just one person in this project that has not heard that song before. What a beaut! And just a great album overall. Great flow, variety and feel. Does it get the illusion 5*?!
Absolutely can’t argue with the selection of vintage classic rock tracks on offer here.
My first album. Much love
Classic rock
Another one of the best
I don't think I've ever listened to Led Zeppelin IV front-to-back despite knowing songs from it, but it's pretty great from start to finish.
It just doesn't get much better than this. The best drumming you'll ever hear in rock music.
*excited noises* generally peak but there's one to one and a half songs that are not that good 5/5
Classic. Some epics sounds and a great blend of the heavy, the melodic, and the intricate.
Great band. One of the greats of rock and roll. Great songs.
1971. Zeplin will always be a power house of rock! This is their most withstanding and strong album. Powerful and emotional.
What is there to say that hasn't been said already? Take a band that's already one of the biggest acts in the world, with three near-perfect albums under their belt already. The year 1971, with some of the steepest competition of any point in musical history. And Led Zeppelin, man, they do it again. Eight banging tracks, most of which boast a general consensus of being essential classics in hard rock. Black Dog has that iconic opening line in the vocals, followed by one of the greatest riffs of all time, no exaggeration. It's fun to try and count out the time signature with the drums that don't quite match the guitar, an idea the band would revisit in Kashmir a few years later. The effect this song has on me is indescribable, but safe to say it's one of my all-time top head-bangers. Walking down the street with Black Dog in your headphones is a surefire way to give you some swagger. I have a fond memory from 10th grade music class, where I had to select a classic blues track to analyse. My dad suggested Rock and Roll (and rather urgently), but I stupidly rejected the idea after hearing it once. I was unhappy with how extended the 12-bar progression was. Only now do I understand its genius. Sure, it's not your typical blues track, but only because it takes the genre to an entirely new level. And it jams like nobody's business. One of Robert Plant's finest vocal performances, too. There are some fantastic live versions of Rock and Roll with an extended drum outro. God, I wish I was alive in the 70s. Stairway to Heaven needs no introduction. It's an incredible track (though not Led Zeppelin's best. In fact, it's not even the best on the album, since Black Dog exists). Going To California might be the most vulnerable the band gets with their sound, rivalled only by Thank You and The Rain Song. It's one of their simpler tracks musically, though the acoustic guitar part is by no means easy to perform. The "seems that the wrath of the gods" section is maybe a tad jarring on a first listen, but man, it's so emotionally charged. Keeps you paying attention, too. When The Levee Breaks is defined by its thunderous drum part, and it's, well, excellent. Conjures some imagery of broken dams and death and destruction. Even the intermediary tracks are some of Led Zeppelin's finest. The Battle of Evermore is insanely good, and a bit of a grower track. The combo of acoustic guitar and mandolin creates a sort of "fairylike" atmosphere. Plant's angelic, echoey singing does wonders. Misty Mountain Hop and Four Sticks are known primarily for their riffs and (in the latter's case) 5/4 time signature. Just great, classic Led Zep. They'd easily be highlights of most other bands' discographies. And yet it's debateable whether this even top's Led Zeppelin's own repertoire. LZ1, 2, 3, Houses of the Holy, and Physical Graffiti all have strong cases for them topping the list. Holy heck, this band is good. 5/5 Key tracks: Black Dog, Rock and Roll, The Battle of Evermore, Stairway To Heaven, Going To California, When The Levee Breaks
Too loud without sense
this is THE definitive rock & roll album
No controversy or prolonged decision making here. Not my favorite album of theirs but deserving of top marks all the same. 5/5
I mean... it is a classic
Got some really great tunes on here, and I got mad respect for his influential this record is. I've just never been that big of a Zeppelin fan.
Classic album, every song is a banger
Not much to say, a fkn masterpiece!
This is easily one of the greatest records I have ever listened to. This album, especially given the context and time period under which it was written, is one of the most pronounced demonstrations of sheer musicianship that Led Zeppelin, and quite frankly, any other rock band of its kind had ever produced. This record is also such a pillar for the rock music we continue to enjoy today. An absolute gem.
absolute goat rock album. every song was thoroughly enjoyable in its own way. there's a reason these songs are still so well known over 50 years later. standout tracks: the battle of evermore, stairway to heaven, four sticks
Great voice, musicality and diversity! Those first chords…what an opener!
i was so wrong about led zeppelin
Been 20 plus years since my last full listen. Enjoyed more than I thought I would - “When the Levee Breaks” rules.
Masterpiece, favorite heavy metal Black dog Rock and roll Stairway to heaven
When the Levee Breaks...so epic. This is not my favorite Led Zeppelin album but it's definitely the one that makes me appreciate their blues roots the most. Stairway to Heaven, classic, but actually feels a little out of place on this one imo.
I guess the name of this album comes from i.v., meaning intravenous therapy: ”Intravenous therapy is a medical process that administers fluids, medications and nutrients directly into a person's vein.” And yes, I know this album is officially ”untitled”, but I also know that track A4 has been mutilated by excessive playing and appreciation. So it’s a pretty annoying piece of music at times, even though it’s a masterpiece. Some songs just can’t handle that kind of treatment. And of course it’s not their fault! However, they fade away, and soon they’re lying in a hospital bed, IV tube in hand.
As the proud companion of a black dog this is as rock as it gets.
Never listened to Stairway to Heaven so I think I was expecting a little bit more, but I really liked it
This album was excellent. I think we previously listened to a Led Zeppelin album that were just okay but this one is polished and great from beginning to end. 4.45826 Edited to add: looks like I have all the previous albums were also rated as 4s. I guess I’m a Led Zeppelin fan.
After track four has been completely drained by literally everything in existence — whether it’s a Marvel movie, your local pub regular Steve crying into his pint while telling a story for the hundredth time, every beginner guitarist learning it as their first song, or the eternal insistence from rock purists that you must listen to the record backwards — you start to appreciate songs like The Battle of Evermore even more. Forever more. Yes, track four is an amazing song. The guitar solo? Incredible. And yes, water is still wet. But does anyone actually listen to the B-side anymore? The last song, though — that one’s a gem.
A near perfect album and one of my all time faves. It hits all the right spots for me...perfect length focusing on quality of track over quantity, no one track drags down the rest of the album, a beautiful flow from track to track...this album is just a template for what rock albums should be.
Starts out great. Then gets into talking about glee gloop and the flooktidoops. Then gets good for a few minutes. Classic but still.
...I mean, I DO think Stairway is extremely overrated, but in fairness to it, it would be pretty much impossible for ANYTHING to live up to THAT much hype. In a vacuum it's still a banger. Every song on here is a banger to at least some degree. Shoutout to Misty Mountain Hop for being the namesake of one of my family's dogs (we didn't name her that, she was called Misty before we got ahold of her) (still one of my favorite Zeppelin tracks) (entirely unrelated to the dog though. tbh I'm not that big of a dog person and I don't live at the family home anymore anyway). Shoutout to this whole album for being great for blasting on repeat above the background noise of industrial machinery (very long day in the lab yesterday, much improved by having something fun to listen to). 👍
Masterpiece!
Forbidden in guitar stores.
9/10 Favourite: When the Levee Breaks Least Favourite: Four Sticks
That was honestly a fucking masterpiece of an album, I can't fault it. Stairway to heaven, however mainstream, was is and will be one of my favourite songs of all time. What an album... what an album... 4.9
If I could give this a 10 out of 5 stars I would. And if you don’t get why, then I have to say you probably don’t like Rock N Roll!
Led Zeppelin? More like the 4 losers, am I right?
I mean what even is there to say? From the opening seconds this is one of the greatest albums of all time. And I say that as somewhat of a Zeppelin hater. Also, at 42 minutes not a second is wasted. Best tracks: Black Dog, Stairway to Heaven, When the Levee Breaks
One of my all time favorites, beautiful record.
If you look up the definition of "stone cold classic", you'd find this album cover there as an example.
Going to California was a favorite,.great sound
Going to California a staple from childhood I didn't realise attributable to Led Zeppelin. Favourite track probably When the Levee Breaks. After only a few listens I gather it is an album that would get richer the more times it is played. Overall impression - cool.
Classic. If I was a drummer, this might be the Holy Grail.
Stairway to Heaven
Fantastic.
Fire
GOAT rock album
There really isn't any need for me to listen to this album. It has been part of my life for more than 40 years. I will, though. 5/5
Álbum histórico, "Stairway to heaven" & "Rock and roll" como canciones que han pasado a la posteridad.
What a start.
Five for lord of the rings references
album still goes crazy every listen through
No Stairway. Denied.
More like Zed Leppelin, am I right?
Love this album.
Okay, I get why everybody hails this album. It is definitely a classic, but honestly, I wouldn't say it is one of my favorites to ever be made. Again, I really understand its classic status, but I think there is a lot more creative and amazing songwriting that came out during the time. Also, the album's songs tend to be really overplayed. Like the majority of radio stations in my area really play the hell out of Black Dog or Stairway to Heaven (the dreaded guitar riff). But honestly, this was a good listen and one of those albums you tend to look forward to on this list. Favorite Tracks: Black Dog, Rock and Roll, The Battle of Evermore, Stairway to Heaven, Misty Mountain Hop, When the Levee Breaks Rating: 4.5/5
3 is so much better
This is one we have on CD, and I used to listen to it while driving (back when cars had CD players). There are a couple tracks that are boring to me but overall it’s very good. This was rather hard rock for its time, though hearing it now it doesn’t seem that way. Widely considered the best Led Zeppelin album. An album with no title -rather unusual.
This album cover represents my feelings about seeing "Led Zeppelin IV". O, the burden I'm about to bear. I do like the cover though. Yes, I know 'Black Dog'. Yes, it's a unique guitar part. No, Robert Plant is not Robert Smith. Yes, I wish he were. Why couldn't Johnny Cash cover this instead? Yes, I know 'Rock and Roll'. I know all the genres. 'The Battle of Evermore' made me laugh because it's like the 5th LotR-related song on this list. Guitar guys 4 Gandalf. Yes, I know 'Stairway to Heaven'. If only I could take it to get away from this song. I always considered it part of a natural class with 'Candle in the Wind' and 'Knocking on Heaven's Door', though it's the worst of those three, or maybe just the most overplayed. It does have the least annoying singing on the album so far, but is still very long and slow. 'Misty Mountain Hop' is a Hobbit reference!? You can't make this stuff up. (You gotta copy it from Tolkien.) I also know 'Going to California', which is one of the more pleasant tracks on here, being acoustic. I wonder if the Mountain Goats (who have a whole 'Going to [place]' oeuvre) made it to this list (or at least the user submitted list). I only know A Perfect Circle's cover of 'When the Levee Breaks', which has very little in common with this version (sadly). Whew, we made it. This album might have more hits than their other ones, but it's still a prototypical Led Zeppelin album, with all that entails. Fingers crossed there's no Led Zeppelin V. Highlight: the lines "it's been a long time since I rock and rolled", "you know, sometimes words have two meanings" (I do know)
Minus one star for Rock and Roll, might be my least favorite zeppelin song. Great album.
Very good indeed, and the final nail in the coffin of my pre-project opinion of Led Zep. Although I do worry a little that I'm doing Liking Led Zeppelin wrong, because I think they're so much better when they just slow down and inject a bit of consideration and balladry into their songs, compared to the 'woah-yeah' of things like Whole Lot Of Love. Anyway, another very good album that I'm pleased to have changed my mind on.
Excellent,Excellent. Listened to going to California before but the entire album is just perfection
Often hailed as one of the greatest rock albums ever made, this untitled fourth record by Led Zeppelin owes much of its myth to 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 — a song that became an anthem, a cliché, and a rite of passage for guitarists everywhere. Still, the rest of the album shows the band at their creative peak: 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘋𝘰𝘨 and 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘭 explode with energy, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 drifts into English folklore, and 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 thunders like the apocalypse. It’s easy to understand the legend, even if the worship can feel a little excessive.
Da sind die Erwartung natürlich hoch. Fand es besser, als die anderen beiden Alben, die ich von denen schon hatte, ich denke mal, es verdient seinen Status.
This is the greatest album ever made.
For my money the best Zep. Love it.
I’m not from the generation that first heard this album, and I don’t share the British or American background behind it. So I listen to Led Zeppelin IV with no preconceptions. To be honest, some of it feels a bit overthought, as if the band was trying to put too much meaning or mythology into the music. Compared to Led Zeppelin II, it’s less raw and spontaneous, and without knowing the cultural context of the time, it can feel quite obscure. Even so, When the Levee Breaks really hit me. It’s bluesy, yet it has a distinctly British weight and sense of space, and I especially love the guitar sound—I’d give it 10 out of 10.
Classic album. Every song a masterpiece!
Bon è vincere facile. Però a 16 anni non apprezzavo così
First 5 star rating and well deserved. Classic after classic on this album. It’s overplayed but only because it should be. I’ll listen to this one many more times. Best song: Stairway to Heaven
I'm not a huge Led Zeppelin fan overall, but LZIV truly earns a rating of IV. Now, which side is best to seduce a lady?
First side starts all rock 'n roll, then halfway turns into wizard music. Tolkien vibes are heavy. Didn't know "The Battle For Evermore" is a duet with singer Sandy Denny (who I should probably look into) - thought Robert was just gettin' it with the vocals. Stairway takes forever and is basically more wizard music. Second side is the preferred side for sure. "Going to California" is so damn good and I only wish it lasted a lil' longer. Brings a tear to my eye. "When the Levee Breaks" is the best shit from beginning to end. HEAVY. And of course the initial 2 bars of drums are absolute legend. One of Zeppelin's best tracks. Can listen to on repeat and totally be good. Not the first Zeppelin I turn to. Obviously a huge, indispensable record, but I'm good with just the second side dawg (no dis to the first side, just not usually where I'm coming from).
Levee gon break
Great classic metal album!
Pretentious wank, tho the guitar certainly elevates.
Classic. Reminds me of growing up
Great record
Does anything need to be said? A classic through and through.
Maybe the strongest finish to an album ever
More hippy shit
Still remember the first time I heard "Black Dog". Still rocks
I didn’t listen!
Best rock n roll album ever made
Classic album, not their best IMO, but some gems and showcasing their unique style
Album 30/1001 Led Zeppelin at the absolute peak of their powers, demonstrating here that they were masters of pretty much all forms of rock: hard, blues, mythic, folk, celtic, progressive, epic. Kudos, lads. 👏 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Favourite song: When the Levee Breaks 🌊 (best drum work and song intro ever?) Honourable mention: Stairway to Heaven 📶☁️ (best guitar solo ever?) Black Dog ◼️🐶 Rock and Roll 🎸🥁 Misty Mountain Hop 🌫🏔🤾♂️ Going to California 🛫🏖🌴
This is surely the best Led Zeppelin album, eh? To my ear, the album’s first side is considerably stronger (e.g., “Black Dog” and “Stairway to Heaven”). There’s some bloat on the album, especially on Side Two. Still, you always have to respect the way the band incorporated metal, blues, and even folk.
Have there ever been 8 better tracks put together? I don't think so. Easily one of the best albums ever made.
Nice, I really enjoyed this one
It's a fucking masterpiece. If you don't like this, rock music probably isn't your thing. It's Abbey Road or Dark Side Of The Moon gigantic in the culture. Required listening unless you hate rock music. 5/5
later
I will never tire of listening to Rock and Roll. Kicking things off with the drums and then the guitars sweeping in. Just perfection. Same goes for When the Levee Breaks. I think either of these songs could have been a better start to the album. The rest of the tracks are all solid don't get me wrong, but those two really stand out. And Stairway is... Stairway.
Classic
An incredible album from the start to the finish. I like pretty much all of the tracks on this record. Led Zeppelin 4 holds up to being one of the greatest rock albums in history. Easily a 5.
It's Zeppelin IV. Flawless no notes.
Great album so many classics and more diversity than their previous work
This is the fifth album of Led Zeppelin that I've listed to via this site, and it's comfortably the weakest of the lot so far. The other four have received 4 or 5 stars, but this is not at that level. Stairway To Heaven is obviously a classic track, but even that couldn't make up for the rest of the album. It wasn't bad, as in unlistenable, but it never grabbed my attention.
This is album is amazing because of how well all the songs flow together. Perfect combo of bluesy rock and progressive songwriting. The intro to Stairway kind of gets on my nerves though. Favorite songs: Black Dog, Battle of Evermore.
Hey hey momma, said the way you move, gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove. It's at that point you're led into a masterpiece of 70s stadium rock. The album is varied and layered in dynamics and style. Musicianship is on point. There's really no lull throughout. Definitely my favorite Zeppelin album by far.
It's fine I guess. Stairway to Heaven is cool and undoubtedly one of the most iconic guitar solos ever, but overall Led Zep gets a bit samey. Opening with an 8 minute track that doesn't really go anywhere is certainly a bold choice
Top track: Battle Of Evermore (and Stairway, obviously!)
Before: I knew a lot of these songs individually. Black dog, rock and roll, going to California. But I've never heard them all together as an album. Looking forward to it. After: Yeah this album is great. Each track brings something totally new to the album and they all work together so well. This feels like such a huge moment in Rock and roll history.
If you play Stairway to Heaven backwards there is a satanic message that says this album deserves 5 stars.
There's quite a few 5 star albums, but there aren't a lot of perfect albums. This is a perfect album. LOL I had this downloaded to my phone already and could have wrote the review without listening to it today, but I love this album so much that I was stoked to give it another spin. I don't even know where to start.. what makes it perfect? Its probably the mix of super smart and creative songwriting, a British take on the delta blues, dark rock (pre metal) elements in the production. I love that take Tolkien lore and sing it with the blues, I love that when they do it, it create a world within each song. I love that somehow this can feel American and also old English medieval at the same time. I can listen to this at any time and I'll pick up on something else. I love that despite cool songwriting, world building, etc, they somehow threw in a Chuck Berry cover (Rock and Roll) that just makes perfect sense on the record. I was introduced to this record in probably 11th Grade? Its when I started playing the mandolin and someone told me about all of the cool mandolin tracks that Led played. (Battle of Evermore, Going to California.) I pretty hooked on it from that angle. I love Battle of Evermore because its straight out of Lord of the Rings. And then Going to California almost makes me cry. When Meg and I first started dating, I had just gone through a break up and Meg and I drove to California. So I always think about that when I listen to this song. Rock and Roll is such a fun cover, I used to listen to that when I started a skate session. And I still do listen to it when I hit up the pump track in my neighborhood. Black Dog, Four Sticks and When the Levee Breaks all just melt my brain. How do they get the blues so heavy?? Its loud and quite and sad and happy. Its every feeling in the entire world in those songs and they're all so fun. I lump them together because they're similar, but they're also extremely unique and nuanced from each other. Misty Mountain Hop -I listened to this a lot when I was backpacking through Iceland. All the Tolkien stuff just got me stoked to be in those mythical mountains. Stairway to Heaven?? Its a perfect song. Its one of the greatest songs ever written. Top 3 guitar solos of all time. Its perfect. I know I'm fan girl-ing this record hard now, but its just so good. I love this one. We're lucky to have it.
Zeppelin's best, which is a high bar to clear.
"Another no brainer Five star album... when i was 8 years old or so... i would hear the song "Black Dog" on the radio... and, to my young ears it was such a cool song... in my mind, i pictured an old, black (african-american), blues man... MUCH to my surprise, Led Zeppelin came to Tampa Stadium... touring the "Houses of the Holy" album, that came out a couple years later... the guy singing was... BLONDE... lol... up until then, Led Zeppelin, was Robert Johnson to me... hahaha... anyway, as i came of age, this was the band that really spoke to the testosterone raging within me... been a long time since i... Rock and Roll(ed) was blasting through the radio... this old black man was ON FIRE... lol... all the songs on this album are classics... especially "Going To California"... and "When The Levee Breaks"... but, the most unique song my young ears had ever heard on the radio, "Stairway To Heaven".... to hear it now, it's a bit of a bombastic, overplayed song... but at the time... it was the definition of EPIC... the way it started out, was unlike other hits on the radio... and as it continued into the epic jam at the end, it may have been the first extended jam, a very young yours truly had ever really heard on the radio... this song, and album... were best experienced then... unfortunatly for those who weren't there... fortunately though... this record exists, and is available for anyone from any era to listen... and they should... FIVE STARS..."
The last of the truly great Led Zeppelin albums. Once they started naming them, it seems like their mojo drained a bit on the next one. Or more probably, it has to do with Robert Plant losing his voice after IV. Basically everything on here is flawless or near flawless. Overtime I've grown to appreciate some of the deeper cuts more than the obvious hits like Stairway and Black Dog. And Rock n Roll was always one of their more average tracks for me. Misty Mountain Hop is amazing. Battle of Evermore. Four Sticks. Going to California. Clear 5/5. I just learned that Battle of Evermore's background female singer is from Fairport Convetion, which I discovered on this list. Just when you thought you knew everything about this album.
I would rather listen to howler monkeys this guy
Hate the vocals but the riffs and the drums are still good
Dei um suspiro ao gerar este álbum nesta manhã. Não de espanto nem de alívio, mas de decepção. Decepção pensando no ócio e fadiga que me aguardam no escrever desta review. Eu sei que será um desafio monumental articular apropriadamente em palavras o que sinto e o que penso sobre este disco e sobre esta banda no geral. Eu não cresci ouvindo Zeppelin, mas cresci ouvindo falarem *sobre* Zeppelin. Cresci com a percepção desta banda ser titânica, e sobre o disco IV estar no mesmo patamar, ou melhor, no pódio dos LPs infalíveis e magnânimos, junto de Abbey Road e Dark Side Of The Moon… e os stats globais aqui do site refletem isso, estando IV em #5 lá atualmente. Neste cenário, me sinto desprendido do consenso geral. Eu ouvi e rankeei toda a discografia do Led Zeppelin e minhas reações foram decepcionantes. Não viveram as expectativas gigantescas que foram construídas, ou melhor dizendo, a mitologia em torno da banda e seu trabalho. Mas é aquilo, a arte é subjetiva e todos tiramos nossos proveitos arbitrários dela. Enfim, re-ouvi o álbum hoje e irei escrever meus pensamentos atualizados, mas acho importantíssimo reconhecer a posição deste disco no panteão dos grandes, posição essa que eu avidamente me oponho. Há nele faixas que considero veementemente inconsequentes, uma delas sendo The Battle of Evermore, com sua estrutura sinuosa que leva à lugar nenhum. Rock n’ Roll é outro corte descartável, uma canção aceitável, mas que não pertence a um disco aclamado como um dos grandes. Já vê onde quero chegar, não é? Nos quesitos técnicos, é um disco excepcional. Isso não surpreende. A banda consiste de integrantes que são considerados um dos melhores em seus respectivos instrumentos. Então nesse quesito, não há falha alguma. Tudo aqui é em prima forma, como é de se esperar de um grupo com esse escalão. Mas como um todo, como uma obra completa, um LP corrido, eu vejo algumas falhas. Há nele canções sensacionais, espetaculares, inigualáveis, como Black Dog, Stairway to Heaven, e When The Levee Breaks. Você nunca vai me ver me opondo a soberania dessas faixas no âmbito do blues rock. Porém, é possível notar que essas faixas são, respectivamente, o início, o meio e o fim do álbum. E o que se encontra nas entrelinhas não atinge os mesmos picos estratosféricos. Pode parecer injusto dizer isso, mas lembre-se, nesse site ele está em #5 no ranking global, e eu simplesmente não consigo desprender essa imagem da cabeça, e de ver este disco, ao todo, como superestimado. Ao meu ver, é uma coleção de um punhado de faixas sublimes, em meio de outras faixas apenas ótimas. Além disso, acho ele um pouco derivativo. Creio que o I e o II tenham sido bem mais influentes na solidificação do Blues Rock nos anos 70, e desta forma, o IV acaba saindo apenas como “mais um”. E assim se conclui o que é, sem dúvidas, minha review mais crítica de um álbum com a nota tão alta. Não estou sendo um opositor só pra ser, essa banda realmente não clica pra mim. Acho o som deles ótimo e brilhantemente composto e produzido, mas não acho equivalente a nomes como Beatles e Pink Floyd. Vou deixá-los com o prêmio de consolação de ser apenas “uma banda do caralho”, invés de uma das melhores de todos os tempos. Tadinhos! 4/5
I listened to all of this.
Esse aqui não tem nem oq falar, clássico, lendário
This is the album I put on when I need to feel like a badass. It's going on my wall btw.
A Black Dog 4 Rock And Roll 4 The Battle Of Evermore 5 Stairway To Heaven 5 Misty Mountain Hop 4 Four Sticks 3 Going To California 5 When The Levee Breaks 5 Maturing is realizing Zep 4 is their best album. You may go through a Zep 1 phase, a Zep 3 phase, maybe even Physical Graffiti when times really get tough. But eventually, you’ll come back to the best. Because it’s the best for a reason. When The Levee Breaks still my all time fave Zep song.
is this my favorite led zeppelin album? maybe, probably not, but maybe. is it the best led zeppelin album? yeah. i love led zeppelin, their music means a hell of a lot to me, and this is their pinnacle. i could be pretentious, but goddamn, this album is running on all cylinders. all 4 of them are churning unlike they ever have or ever will. the songs are killer. it's just a fucking great album. i mean the worst thing you could say is 3/8ths of this album is merely great, but not amazing. but the other 5/8ths are some of the best rock music put to tape.
This is a short album but each song feels equally as important as the last. "Stairway to Heaven", "Black Dog", and "Rock and Roll" are some famous titles.
Normally this music wouldn’t be my thing but I actually liked this album a lot and it was really Vibey
5/5 was great
Not my favorite Zeppelin record but every track is incredible. The soundtrack of my high school years
Legendary album. No notes.
And the 5s have it
Love this album!
I think this is as close as Zeppelin gets to a perfect album. That doesn't make it their favorite album of mine, but damn. Still remember playing Stairway backwards on vinyl, shit gave me goosebumps.
One of the easier 5s I’ve given
One of the greatest albums of all time. Amazing drums, iconic guitar riffs. I always tell myself Stairway to Heaven is overrated, but then I listen to it again. Nope. It’s unbelievably good. Not only is there not a bad song on here, there isn’t a bad moment.
I’d give it ten stars. Not a bad song on the album.
Interesting to have listened to back to back with III. You can really hear the change in the music from a more folky bluesy sort of sound to a much harder rock. This style of rock was never my favourite, but I can appreciate the talent and influence of the band. Another album with not a bad track on it.
Who knew Led Zep are really just a folk group? With a guitar! Apart from the amazing Rock m Roll, this is very well sculpted overblown claptrap. Stairway To heaven chief among them. The great relief being that I won't have to listen to it again (it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be).
Stairway to Heaven is incredible but I just don't fuck with this band.
I got wordle in 2 guesses. I used clown as my first word and blunt for my second guess. 3*
BANGA
flawless
LZ1 was my very first album reviewed in this project. I’ve been waiting over 500 days for this one. Was it worth the wait? Ask the virgins that on their wedding night. Finally, yes! It’s in the running for greatest album of all time. Every song is perfect.
- Ist ein besonderer Sound zwischen Rock und eher ruhigeren fast Balladen Songs - Würde ich wahrscheinlich nochmal hören - Stairway to Heaven ist einfach ein Klassiker Topsong: Going to California
Easy 5
Led Zeppelin never made a bad album.
I was totally lost cuz I haven’t heard the other three. Went into this with the attitude of like “okay it’s a ton of songs I know? I really got listen to Stairway again?” Off the mark, bangers. Stairway is good. That mountain hop song was trash & I don’t think I like When The Levees Break at all cuz I associate that song with douchers.
I’d never listened to a full Led Zeppelin album before. It’s not like it was bad but they are kind of in the same realm as Bowie or The Beatles to me, obviously talented and influential but I don’t care at all.
Stairway to Heaven ist sehr schön, der Rest ist anstrengend.
What can be said that hasn’t already been written. It’s widely considered Zeppelin’s masterpiece, regarding for its influence, range, and significance in popular and music culture and history. And it’s every bit as warranted. Landmark, masterpiece album.
If I don't give this fiver stars the my father in law will kill me. Jokes aside, not every song was my taste, but there are GOATs on here
Legendary album from a legendary band.
10/10/10
Amazing album. There's riffs, there's drum grooves, there's soaring vocals. It made me cry, it made me dance. Zeppelin at their best!
I don't think I've ever seen a rock trilogy, let alone a Tetralogy with as much respect and love as Led Zepplin's. Led Zepplin IV is arguably the band's most recognized and beloved release of the entire 4 album run the band was on and when listening to the album it is easy to see why. Not only are the songs here incredible in their own rights, the instrumentation, album structure, and just everything is so well coordinated and put together that you really can't ever stop listening once you start. As much as I feel I can add comments about this album's overall quality, I truly don't think I can because of how many other people have dissected this album over the past 52 years. I totally get why this is so renowned and seen as a staple of the genre because of just how impactful each and every song here is on Rock and Roll even to this day. Each track feels like an odyssey put into musical form, especially Stairway to Heaven and When the Levee Breaks. While I do think Led Zepplin III is more my speed, I have to say this album is still great nonetheless.
I get major nostalgic feelings when I listen to Stairway to Heaven. I still remember my dad showing it to me on a roadtrip to Georgia when I was 13. He raved about how it transitions mid-song from a 70s folk ballad to a true rock song with one of the best solos out there. I'll never forget him saying "these guys were considered pretty heavy rock for my day," which is a hilarious statement in retrospect. And you know what? I'm in my early 30s and I still think STH is a top 10 all-time song. That's saying something. This album is just one of the absolute classics: high and low dynamics, philosophical lyrics, and a combination of sounds and production styles that launched a thousand imitators. Pretty easy 5 for me.
Poco hay que decir de este disco. Todo en él es mítico. La cara A es inigualable, de principio a fin. La B, menos conocida, es de enorme calidad también. Amos del mundo y con toda la razón. De ahí no se puede subir más...
Classic - easy 5. Fav track When the Levee Breaks.
Led Zeppelin IV Hobbit me up, bitch. Definitely my favourite Led Zep album, their best synthesis of blues-rock and elves and goblins, with one of my favourite ever Led Zep songs in The Battle of Evermore. But then there isn’t a weak song on here - I suppose if you are only putting 8 songs on the album they all have to be bangers, and they are. Black Dog for lascivious blues rock, Rock’n’Roll for breakneck rock’n’roll, The Battle of Evermore for wailing Sandy Denny and folky mystical Hobbitry. Stairway is of course overfamiliar, but listening objectively it is a stupendously great song. I love the electric piano on Misty Mountain Hop. I’ve never really thought about it until today, but Four Sticks, particularly the guitar, sounds quite like Bodysnatchers from In Rainbows to me? Going to California has that lovely folky lilt and When the Levee Breaks with its oft-sampled powerhouse drumming. There’s not a bad song or weak moment, it’s a masterpiece in 70s blues-folk-rock. Simple 5. 🔣🔣🔣🔣🔣 Playlist submission: The Battle of Evermore
This feels like a collection of the ultimate blues-rock riffs. The quality is endless, the songs compact, the band tight. The fantastic but underrated Sandy Denny features. There's not a dud here. It's a seamless blues-rock, folk mash-up. I struggle to think of an album where every song is so well suited to the album, so compact and so to the point.
It’s of course very good. I don’t love Zeppelin. I just know it’s important.
Great music
Oh such a fantastic album lol it's a classic for a reason!
I mean, come on. Every song a hit. One of the greatest albums of all time, with signature Zeppelin sound but not afraid to experiment a bit. Nothing but love for this album.
A classic!
Amazing album from start to finish. Hairway to Steven aw yeah. Love me some Zeppelin big dog.
A classic for a reason. A band while sure of themselves.
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Top 5
Fantastic album....lots of folk and blues elements
Really not my cup of tea - the heavier stuff piques my interest and the performances are good, but I'm not so into the vocals and it didn't compell me much
This challenge has exposed me to a lot of Led Zeppelin. Now listening to my fifth and final one, I had to definitely admit that they were an incredible band (questionable personal lives aside...). This one didn't initially grab me in the same way as the others. I know "Black Dog" is one of their most famous and I get it but the disjointed nature of the song isn't my favorite. Compare it to something like "Immigrant Song" that knocks you out immediately. But boy does the album pick up from there. Plenty has been written about the individual songs but I'll focus only on the most well-known and the centerpiece of the entire album. "Stairway to Heaven" is often noted for it's length but this misses the point. There are plenty of long rock songs out there, but few manage to hold the listeners attention so perfectly. The movements are timed exactly right, the contrast of styles fits together, from Tolkien-esque to rock ballad to its massive rock n roll climax. It's no wonder it's so universally loved. I'm between 4 and 5 stars but that song alone is enough to tip the balance.
more of this, please
No me arrepiento de haber esperado a tener un rato para darle a este disco el tiempo que se merece. Tantqs buenas canciones en un disco, algunas que honestamente no sabía que eran de Led Zeppelin. Bien balanceado. Los tracks super rock and roll (incluido el track llamado así), no me gustaron tanto 4.5/5
Många feta klassiker men för mig är det inte ett 5/5 album. Nej det ska vara svårt att få maxpoäng
I owe it to my late father in law to give this 5 stars - it was one of his favourite albums of all time, so much so that "When the Levee Breaks" played at his funeral.
I was only four when Led Zeppelin IV first thundered into the world in 1971, but it found its way into my life through a reissue in 1981—one of the very first rock albums I ever bought. From the moment I dropped the needle on Black Dog, I was hooked. That slithering riff, Plant’s call-and-response vocals, and Bonham’s punchy groove felt like a jolt of electricity. It wasn’t just music—it was a revelation. Then came The Battle of Evermore, and Sandy Denny’s ethereal voice cast a spell. Her duet with Plant felt like stepping into a mythic world, ancient and mysterious. I remember being captivated by the contrast between the delicate mandolin and the haunting vocal interplay—it was unlike anything I’d heard before. Of course, Stairway to Heaven was the centerpiece. I pawed over the lyrics, line by line, determined to learn them by heart. It wasn’t just about memorizing words—it was about understanding the journey, the imagery, the emotion. That slow build to the explosive solo still gives me chills. And then When the Levee Breaks. Bonham’s drum sound—massive, cavernous, elemental—was like the heartbeat of the apocalypse. It’s still one of the most iconic drum recordings ever captured, and it closes the album with a sense of weight and finality that’s hard to shake. Even now, decades later, Led Zeppelin IV remains a cornerstone of my musical life. It’s not just a classic—it’s a part of my story. The album didn’t just introduce me to Led Zeppelin; it introduced me to the power of rock music as art, mythology, and raw emotion.
It's a 5/5 album. Don't know what else to say. Arguably a 6/5. One of the best albums of all-time. If not for Stairway to Heaven, it also has Going to California, and Black Dog, and Rock and Roll, and When the Levee Breaks, and Misty Mountain Hop, and Four Sticks, and Battle for Evermore.... That's the whole tracklist. Elite.
Just a stupendous album and really deserves to be here. LZ are just the definition of heavy rock and this is amongst their best. Unfortunately the remaster doesn't compensate for the poor modern standards of audio reproduction. A very clear 'sound!' argument for vinyl!
Yeah great
About as classic as it gets.
Лед Зеппелин 4, самый хайповый альбом лед зеппелин, не знаю если он мой самый любимый, наверно нет. Но это легенда чё сказать, весь альбом в бэнгерах 8/10
Is this the best album of all time? I don't know, but it's certainly in my top 5. What a thing of beauty. Everything that could be said about this album has already been said, there's not much for me to add. Just going to say that I absolutely love this album.
Don't have anything new to say. I sometimes get a little bored with led zep, but they're probably at their best here and ths songs are all undeniably classics.
10 out of 5.
Could have been a 5 but it loses a star for The Battle of Evermore
Can't not give it a 5, if only for Stairway to Heaven. Yes we've all heard it so many times but it is an absolute highlight of rock music - almost a little symphony rather than a song. The other songs on the album are also perfectly decent. Nice and bluesy at times, full of energy, signature vocals and guitar.
Genius, if overplayed. An essential component of any collection. Play this music loud.
I really liked this! Great album! Also knew more songs than I thought I knew!
When I was getting into rock music I became obsessed with the song 'Stairway to Heaven'. I loved it so much that my father gifted me 'Mothership', a compolation of Led Zeppelin greatest songs, which allowed me to discover a lot more of them. After that, I decided to borrow a copy of Led Zeppelin IV that muy father had and still has. That was the first time I listened to the whole album. Thinking about those times, I'm realising that I was, and still am, not too crazy about the record. I must clarify that I really like this album and all that it offers: 'Black Dog' and 'Rock and Roll' are very energetic, 'The Battle of Evermore' is beautiful, 'Stairway to Heaven' is an incredible epic track, 'Misty Mountain Hop' is fun and 'When The Levee Break' has a very interesting combination of rock and folk. The other songs, 'Four Sticks' and 'Going to California' I think are decent, but way too dull in comparition with the big tracks. Overall, a great album, but it never hit any emotional nerve, except for 'Stairway to Heaven'.
This is my favorite Led Zeppelin album. My ex had it; it was one of the only albums he owned that I would listen to all the way through. Battle of Evermore and Going to California are my favorites.
8/10 The only Led Zeppelin full album I like. The tracks are great and there isn't a Whole Lotta love anywhere to be seen. 9-8-2025
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This is my favorite Led Zeppelin album. Not a bad song on the whole thing. However. “Stairway to Heaven” might be one of the most overplayed songs in the history of rock radio, but I digress. This albums shreds from beginning to end.
Zeppelin. Zeppelin IV. Say no more.
There is precisely one valid rating for this album
One of the best LZ albums
A genuine masterpiece.
Never liked them and never will.
73/1001 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ✅ This album is absolutely stacked! It is rather front loaded, but regardless the quality doesn't diminish too much in the second half and When the Levee Breaks is a brilliant closer
It has it all
Definitely my favourite Zeppelin album, has a bit of all their best styles, class arrangements and just ludicrous performances. Going To California the highlight, and Misty Mountain Hop and Levee Breaks.ind hearing the latter in Niall Mcgarrigles house when I was 17, game changer. Amazing drum sound.
We were driving through the hills in Albania and this was class music for it. I was bombing down the mountain to stairway to heaven
YES LAD
I ended up enjoying this much more than I thought I would. Listened to it twice.
Classic
One of the best ever. Absolute classic in every way. Rock & Roll one of my favourite Zeppelin songs, and the rest of the album is a masterpiece.
9/10
One of my favorite hard rock bands and arguably their best album. They have a bunch of folk influences, but they're one of probably two artists who managed to find a way not to bore me out with them (I just don't like anything folk-related, unless it's metal, for some reason). Stairway to Heaven probably has one of the best climaxes of any song, ever. That being said, although I think this album is great and I love it, it is pretty inconsistent. I feel like Black Dog, Stairway to Heaven, and When the Levee Breaks are just way better than the rest of the songs on this album. I don’t think they’re bad or anything, but the average quality of songs here is not enough to reach the 9/10 territory. Like, this album is a roller coaster that has some songs that are groundbreaking in their catchiness, and the rest that is just solid but nothing special. Great riffs, great drumming, great vocals, but this album lacks a little bit of extra oomph for me.
Amazing!!
Peak rock n roll. Enough said
do you ever imagine what lord of the rings would have been like with this as a soundtrack?
Not as perfect as it may seem, but perfect for me.
One of the greatest albums of all time. Every song is a 5 out of 5 and the album flows perfectly.
Awesome!
Again, a difficult one for me to rate given there's really not a bad song on the album. Growing up listening to Classic Rock FM radio, Stairway to Heaven was always THE #1 SONG OF ALL TIME whenever they would do the countdown of the top 300 songs or whatever. I don't agree, and actually think they have better songs. However, given all the songs on here are incredibly great and timeless, yet it's also not my favorite Led Zeppelin album, hard for me not to give it anything under 4 stars.
Capolavoro assoluto.
never listened in full. great!
If jet fuel became music… earth-shattering
All timer. Zeppelin's best record and the definitive 70's hard rock record.
Best rock drums
Classic.
Day605 - easily my favorite led zeppelin album stairway to heaven and going to california are two songs i just never get tired of
Just a great album I don’t have much to say that hasn’t already been said. Only giving it 4 stars because it didn’t change my world, but still a great listen.
Solid
Before listening, this was already one of my favorite albums of all time. Going to California and When the Levee Breaks are all-time faves. Fun re-listen.
This is the 7th album i've listened to. I love his album, just to start it out like that this is definitly what i wish to do when i use my guitar. I can see a lot of younger rock use this as a base when creating songs and being one of the first albums to do this is insane. I love all the instruments in this and I feel l like I could listen to a lot of these songs on loop. That said I cant give this that high of a score since the only song i could get attached to was stairway to heaven and rock and roll HQ. I will give this a 86/100
I had so much fun with this today. Jimmy page is a talented guy. I always heard people say that and I figured that they were talking about twiddling solo stuff that I'm not so crazy about, but he has really incredible aesthetic sensibilities. He just makes a ton of good choices throughout AND he groves with things incredible rhythm section. There are more hooks here than three (my favourite led zep) and it feels heavier and riffier. But the whole spectrum of led zep still seems to be on display. And Sandy deny! Who knew!
I love this album, its not my absolute favourite of Zep
Banger
Love this album
Good
Never liked them too much. Music is fine
7/10
As soon as I saw this, I knew it would be an easy 5 star. Stairway is a classic, and it's not even the best song on the album
Full of the classics, a great album
Led Zeppelin is a band to outgrow. They have amazing riffs, and "catchy" songs which is admittedly quite an achievement for a hard rock/metal band. Meanwhile, the lyrics stimulate the teenage brain. But as Hayley Williams (Paramore) sang: "Some of us have to grow up sometimes If so, if I have to, I'm gonna leave you behind" And that's what I did when I came of age.
Jimmy Page's pet project turned super group crank out more than serviceable rock standards on their fourth album, but I don't believe they age well. It isn't that their music doesn't sound great and relevant, there just isn't much to the band beyond the sensational introductory listens. For example, Misty Mountain Hop (my favorite track) is a tight jam of a song about protests. Not only was Led Zeppelin not known for their protest posture, but the song suggests retreating to the Misty Mountains which doesn't make sense in reality or in Tolkien. If they had a great writer in the band, this album would be even more popular... and rated higher for me.
So much has been said about this album, so I’ll keep it brief. I love it!
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Surely one of the greatest hard rock albums oat, still i can't find a reason to really enjoy listening to their songs
Damn fine album. I actually had it arrive on Vinyl this week! Not much else to say. Classic. How good is Robert Plant?!
5/5
One of the all times, a classic that never gets old
A great album but it didn't leave much of an impact on me. I would never go out of my way to listen to any of these songs, but I also wouldn't object if I encountered any of them in the wild. 3.5