Led Zeppelin IV

5/5. i’ve already listened to this album in its entirety, but it’s iconic so i’m not complaining. jimmy page killed it. favorite song: when the levee breaks

Has anyone ever rated this poorly? Led zeppelin is a drama queen, long build ups with fantastic pay offs in legendary rifts. 8 songs for 42 minutes? Basically a jam band of jam bands actually rocked.

Not much to say, some of the foundations of rock as we know it. And this is the first one I already had on vinyl! It got cranked.

Didn't think I was a Zeppelin fan. I have never listened to one of their albums from start to finish. This album was a revelation, strong tracks from start to end. Best ....Stairway to heaven ... .When the levee breaks .. .The battle of Evermore (Sandy Denny guesting on vocals and an acoustic guitar, a grat recipe for success)

This is all very good - writing, vocals, brilliant guitar work. "Staircase" alone is worthy of a five.

Couple of duds on here, but Black Dog, Rock and Roll, and obviously Stairway to Heaven more than make up for that!

Fair play. Tunes don’t get much bigger than Stairway to Heaven tbf. And the rest doesn’t disappoint. Simpsons: Yes

Easy 5. Great tunes.

Pretty good stuff, I’m just not a Zeppelin guy.

I've never listened to this album, but I've heard it. So many of these songs are part of rock's DNA that they're almost impossible to have missed. I spent my adolescence and early adulthood deeply hostile to Led Zeppelin as the embodiment of clichéd cock-rock. I'm mostly indifferent toward them these days, but I liked this more than I expected. It's not something I'll likely revisit, though, and I never need to hear "Stairway to Heaven" again.

A classic of my youth. I've listened to so many times in my life that it's hard to fully appreciate it anew, but still undeniable. Stairway and Black Dog were naturally some of the first songs I learned on guitar. Going to California still slays. Side B kind of slows down for me, and Houses of the Holy is still my favorite album to get the Led out, but c'mon people Stairway alone makes this a five-star album.

7.5/10 Highlights: Stairway When the Levee Breaks Rock and Roll

O disco que deu definição ao hard rock e ao heavy metal, não é meu álbum favorito do Led Zeppelin, talvez por ser pomposo e um pouco barulhento, se comparado ao incrível "Houses of the Holy". Ainda assim um ótimo disco!

Brilliant

My least favorite of theirs (for obvious reasons) but a classic.

one of the best albums of all time!

All fun and no games

Led has been let, many times. Short and sweet

Blah

It's weird to me that Led Zeppelin is considered one of the greatest rock bands of all time. I mean, not weird. I get it. Weird words, good music, tons of eccentricity, etc. And maybe this is even their masterpiece or whatever, but I don't seek out listening to them. It's great music, but it doesn't stick with me like I need it to to give it 5 stars. Perhaps that's a personal failing, which I accept.

Pretty enjoyable, but not super memorable outside the hits.

Likely the epitome of classic hard rock

Тут кращі пісні можна відправляти в космос для знайомства з інопланетним життям. Це не відміняє факту наявності дивних спірітуально-фолкових пісень чи шматків, які мені не імпонують

How am I supposed to review this? More precisely, who am I to review this? I am but a mortal. Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. Seriously, it's like being asked to review a monolith. Did Moses review Mount Sinai afterwards? Do people review Uluru? 'Cause Uluru don't give a shit about your review, man, just like Page and Plant and Jones and Ghost Bonham don't give a shit, they don't have to, they already made their monument. Where were you when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? I mean, I guess the answer is wherever you are when you hear any of these eight tracks, so iconic that the band's shirts just list all the tracks in order on the back.

This album is as magnificent as the first time. From the nasty blues of “Black Dog” sending us up to the stratosphere, those vocals from Plant are amazing. The continued energy of “Rock And Roll” is great as well, the drums in particular are excellent. The next track is “Battle Of Evermore” - one thing I’ve always loved about Zeppelin is the mythological and fantastical elements in many of their songs - this one is one of the most overtly of that nature and the vocals are amazing and Page’s guitar sounds excellent. Then of course there’s Stairway. Look I genuinely couldn’t give less of a fuck, “oh Stairway’s overplayed” oh “stairway is overrated” I just don’t care this song has its reputation for a reason and I will stand on it being this record’s finest moment. How moves from this beautiful folk rock opening to an acoustic track and finally into bombarding hard rock makes it one of rock’s most true epics. That moment when the drums come in followed by Plant’s next verse is just heavenly, and that solo oh my god that solo. Side two opens with the electronic tinged and fantastical “Misty Mountain Hop” another great track. “Four Sticks” isn’t super good but the drum work is amazing and fully redeem the track. “Going To California” has the mystical vibe and is one of the most gorgeous vocals of Plant’s career. Then of course there’s “When The Levee Breaks” and excellent piece of epic blues rock, again huge praise for Plant’s voice Page’s guitar Bonham’s drums JPJ’s bass, honestly it’s hard to say something else here, this is an amazing album amazingly crafted and written by four amazing musicians at arguably the peak of their powers. This album’s reputation is fully earned

This feels more like what I was expecting from this list. A classic album that I’ve never listened to. I felt cooler the whole time this was on.

Stairway to heaven is the only one that truly stayed with me, otherwise a bit meh? 2/5

I enjoyed this album, but there’s reason I only know the famous songs. It was a good album, almost certainly an important album to have listened to…. It it was, at the end of the day, *just* a good album. Although, I didn’t realise that this was where the entrance music for Matt Lucas’ George Dawes on Shooting Stars came from… but I’m not sure that should be my key takeaway. 😂

Classic - nothing more to say

An all-time great. Packed with great songs from beginning to end. The album has two main types of songs, hard rockers and slower, beautiful songs. They surprisingly don’t clash too much, and Stairway to Heaven combines both styles masterfully. Even though Stairway is overplayed and overrated, that doesn’t stop it from being amazing. My only complaint about Stairway is the penultimate line, “to be a rock and not to roll”, apparently it’s an ancient proverb, but it’s obviously because Zeppelin is a rock and roll band and they were trying to make it sound profound, but to me it just sounds stupid. Robert Plant’s delivery saves it, however. All 4 members play incredibly and the songwriting is consistently strong throughout. 5/5

Yes, it’s a classic but it’s also a little overrated

Impossible to not be familiar with most of this album, but never just listened to it straight through. Pretty good, though not as amazing as I hoped. Favorites were When the Levee Breaks and Stairway to Heaven. 8/10, 4 stars.

I mean it is Led Zep IV.

Gonna be so for real I don’t get all the hype for Stairway to Heaven. it was good I guess but *that* good? Idk maybe I’m just not seeing something it seems like everyone else does. Best song: When the Levee Breaks Notable(s): Misty Mountain Hop

An all time classic, there are weaker tracks but the good ones are timeless

Favourite tracks - Rock and Roll, Stairway to Heaven, When the Levee Breaks

Good songs just got overplayed unfortunately.

This is a legendary album, probably mostly because of 'Stairway to Heaven' which I personally believe is a bit overhyped. It's a great track, but I don't think it holds up as "the greatest song ever written" as some want to make it out to be. The rest of the album is of a lesser quality and I don't think that's enough to carry the album to a 5/5 Standouts Black Dog Stairway to Heaven When the Levee Breaks 4/5

A must

Led Zeppelin have perfected an art of placing a beautiful pearl in the middle of their gritty hard rock oyster.

So this is obviously a five star album, no question about it, and maybe I should stop there. But... Maybe I've listened to this too many times now, but I rarely, if ever feel the need to listen to any of the songs from this album. This is definitely a good thing, as even Stairway to Heaven sounded relatively fresh when I played it today. However, it leaves me wondering why none of these tracks are ever on rotation. This is also that rare thing, an album with no filler, all eight tracks are superb played individually, and sit well next to each other without sounding too alike. But, for some reason, I wouldn't consider this as an album in my top ten, or even my top twenty for that matter.

Heard this before and it's a good album

16 year old me has to give this the rare elusive 5. It just wouldn't feel right not to. At this point in my life I don't listen to often, but there was a point where this was my life.

Has some bangers

what is there even to say about this idk we should let more mordor fairies have instruments

pretty iconic, holds up and has a good universe around it. 4.25

Wild when the first song is the worst song on the record. Battle of Evermore immediately transports me to the woods. Four Sticks immediately takes me to a dorm room. When the Levee Breaks brings me to a levee.

This album is pretty much all bangers. Doesn't matter that I've heard all of them hundreds of times, I still love them all. 4.75/5

Oops, all bangers 4.75/5

Must have, awesome record

8/13/25. Near perfect rock album, each track is outstanding. Of course for me, the classics of Black Dog, Stairway to Heaven, and When The Levee Breaks are amazing songs.

Classic

Not sure if I had really listened to the non-hits before. Battle of evermore is more interesting than the overplayed stuff.

Banger

Another amazing pick. Nothin gets better than Stairway to Heaven and the entire album could play as the soundtrack to the Lord of the Rings. The guitar playing of Page, and the singing of Plant at both their primes. What can beat that? Nothing!

Very close to the top of the list!

Good album. 8.5/10

Love this one and know it well. This is cool as hell and rocks, decades after it was released. From Black Dog to Stairway to Heaven, I love it!

Rockin man

Just 1 or 2 song too short of a 5/5...but like all Zep Albums...pretty solid!

It was pretty good.

Excelente álbum. Ya había tenido la oportunidad de escucharlo anteriormente, pero había algunos tracks que no recordaba muy bien. Lo que me gusta es que, además de los clásicos temas de rock también se dan espacio para baladas y temas tranquilos, lo cual le da mucho aire y variedad al álbum. Los riffs son icónicos, la voz de Robert Plant suena tremenda y la batería de Bonzo tiene muchísima fuerza. Es interesante como toman elementos del blues pero lo llevan a otro nivel de desarrollo. Y los temas lentos tienen un carácter folk inglés que por momentos me recuerda a Jethro Tull. No es en lo personal una banda que me represente mucho ya que yo prefiero estilos más vinculados al funk, pero aún así aprecio mucho el trabajo en este álbum.

A perfect album. Nothing more to say.

I’m not the biggest Led Zeppelin fan but less than 5 stars would be criminal for this - killer track after killer track and not a bad one amongst them

Probably the greatest rock album ever. Black dog is the perfect opener, when the levee breaks is possibly my favourite led zep song and then you’ve got Stiarway to heaven in the middle. Just because it’s overplayed doesn’t mean it isn’t one of the best songs ever written. Battle of Evernore is a real grower with 1001 albums favourite folk singer Sandy Denny providing vocals and some nice LOTR references. The flow of the whole album is just amazing, even the ever so slightly weaker songs fit in perfectly. As close to a perfect rock album as there is

First 4 on this are pretty perfect. Soft spot for battle for evermore. Such a recognisable cover too

Hey hey mama said the way you uhh groove is uhh pretty umm pretty good. Those are the immortal words that open Led Zeppelin’s creatively titled 7th album, Led Zeppelin IV. The IV is of course referring to the intravenous euthanizing of the Black Dog to which this album is dedicated. Jimmy Plant, bassist for the group was noted as saying “that dog was big and got slobber on me loafers.” He was 43 years old. In that spirit of reciprocity and joyous memoranda, we take a closer look at the man carrying the stick pile and ask the question on all of our minds; could you bake a pie so delicious, it could be used to assassinate a deity? Just melt buddhas eyes with a strawberry rhubarb surprise. More at 11. Or is it 11:30? Stay tuned. Black Dog - If I haven’t heard this song a million times, I’ve heard it about 950,000 times. You may say “hey pal, that’s like 9 years of straight listening. How did you find the time?” I say “you weren’t in that cell in the Uzbek highlands. Guantanamo is a joke compared to the hell forged for me in those walls.” Rock and Roll - Hey this is that song about popular children’s game, “rock and roll.” In my village, we called it boulder crush. We usually lost a couple youngsters a year underneath the massive boulder that we rolled down the hill. We’d meet by ol’ “crushed innards mountain” and get to rollin. Of course, every week we’d have to pick a “Sisyphus.” “Not sis!” You’d say. The sisyphus was usually the one who was being lowered into the crypt by Friday. “Funeral Friday” we’d call it. We actually had a child coffin maker move into town. It was a real boon to several industries. The Battle of Evermore - This song is about that lawsuit where Paramore sued Evanescense and also that white rapper who did the song “What it’s Like.” All too similar. I believe the latter pair countersued with a new song called “Bring me to What it’s like.” It went “see the man at the liquor (can’t wake up) store begin’ for your litigation (won’t get sued).” It set revolutionary music media precedent in the Paraguayan courts. Stairway to Heaven - erm no thanks, I’ll take the Hellevator. Or is the Purgatory dumbwaiter still running? Those fuckers at OTIS really did it. Monopolizing the world’s floor traversal vehicles and then? the routes to the afterlife? Otis Worldwide President and CEO Judy Marks has outdone herself. Misty Mountain Hop - The dance craze sweeping the nation was predicted by the scribes of auld. Everybody using the social media juggernaut “tout” is doing the misty mountain hop. Just when you thought they’d never stop jitterbuggin, these crazy kids have moved on to the hop. Some say it’s brought on by some sort of neuropathic infection. I say? It’s brought on by love. And the power of Tout™️. Four Sticks - There are way more than four sticks on that guy. I’d guess there are AT LEAST 5. I will not let my intelligence be insulted further and it is at this point that I leave you. It’s been a wodnerful moth. Ddndjjr. It appears that I’ve been poisoned. I don’t have much time. I will finish the album, if not to complete my life’s work, but to at least nudge the fat cats at 1001albumsgenerator.com to begin providing safeguards for their noble reviewers. I shall die as a martyr for my hatred of U2. Don’t you, forget about me. I’m Going to California - Not California! I was sort of hoping we’d be going to Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia. I need some warning next time. I had my sou’wester ready. I didn’t think you would take the southwest thing so seriously. When the Levee Breaks - Cold sweat beads into angered eyebrows. Those same brows that have been a staple on screens for years. A low growl shatters the silence outside the studio. “They cancel Schitt’s Creek?” A snide smile breaks across the face of the camo clad Canadian. “I cancel them.” “Damn I could’ve thought of a better quip;” thinks Eugene. Yes, this song is about a failed Eugene Levy workplace massacre. Ooh my exotic animal pelt dealer is here. I gotta go. He promised pangolins with unique markings. You must understand, I purchased a SUBLIME hippo pelt that currently makes up the seats in my 2003 KIA Rio. Yeah. You’d answer the door too. 4 HIGHLIGHTS: Black Dog, Stairway to Heaven, Misty Mountain Hop, When the Levee Breaks.

It’s not bad, but it’s not my favorite.

It's 5 stars, the production is solid, the songs are almost all amazing and this is peak Led Zeppelin. Don't love Four Sticks, but otherwise a masterpiece.

If I could hear this album for the first time, every time it would probably be a guaranteed 4-5, but this album, like many in the early 70's has elements I am not a huge fan of.... extraneous mandolin, songs that go on too long, etc.. When I was 17 this would have gotten a 5 for sure, at 35 I would have given a 1. Now I give it a 4, mostly for the drums on "When the Levee Breaks" --- those are boss..

V/rv

I went to the Isle Of Wight festival in 2002, mostly to see The Charlatans, Ash and The Coral. My friend John and I made our way gradually closer to the stage through the afternoon in order to be in the front for headliners, The Charlatans. The act immediately before them was Robert Plant. I knew very little about him but was informed he'd once been the singer of Led Zeppelin. When he took to the stage, a group of older guys asked us if we minded swapping places with them so they could be near the front for Robert Plant, and that they would then let us have the space back for The Charlatans. Sure. No problem. About halfway through his set, he told us he was going to play a song called Going To California, and the older guys went ballistic. With good reason; it was absolutely jaw-dropping. He had the audience in the palm of his hand and performed this delicate, beautiful number about a woman with 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 as the sun set over the horizon of the island. It would be a couple more years before I truly fell in love with Led Zeppelin but I appreciate now what a moment that was to treasure. At this point, it is one of my favourite songs of all time. The crazy thing about Led Zeppelin's fourth self-titled album is that it contains the classic Stairway To Heaven but there's an argument to be had that it's not even the best song on the album. This is an album which also features the awesome closer When The Levee Breaks, the barnstorming opener Black Dog and one of my other personal favourites - Misty Mountain Hop. It's also probably my fourth favourite Led Zeppelin album, lacking some of the bite on II and the joyous experimentation of Physical Graffiti. But when your discography is this solid, that still makes it a damned fine slice of rock music.

Almost everything could be a single

Still amazing.

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Kun ei voi antaa 6 tähteä....

Hieno levy! Ansaitsee ehdottomasti täydet pojot!

Absolute classic!

So, I guess the conclusion I am beginning to draw is, seemingly, whatever Led Zeppelin album I am listening to at the time, is my favorite. These guys were so damn good, there was no weak element to this band whatsoever. The first album will always hold a special place in my heart, as that was the publics introduction to this band, but the band's evolution from album album is a true wonderment.

Appreciation for this album functions as my litmus test for whether I will get along with someone. 5.0/5.0: Iconic

theres a reason this album is in the top 5 highest rated on here. its an absolute banger

What can I say about this album. For a fan of rock and roll, records don't come much better. Black Dog - unreal riff, the drum beat slow and steady while Jimmy Page messes with the timing, making things feel just slightly off before they are very much bang on. Just because they can. Love it. Then the song Rock and Roll itself. Does what it says on the tin and then some. Twelve bar blues doesnt get much better. Then the epic The Battle of Evermore. Love the vocals on this one, the interchanging, back and forth with Sandy Denny is brilliant. Then Stairway to Heaven. Unashamed to say its possibly the greatest rock song of all time. It has everything. Slow, fast, soft, heavy, deep, meaningful, great lyrics, percect drums, ripping solos, chills. Forget banning it, it should be mandatory to play it in guitar shops. Misty Mountain Hop up next. Decent track but nothing more in my view. Same with Four Sticks. These two tracks are the main reason why the album misses out on the legendary 10 out of 10 status. Good songs but not special. Last two tracks are back to elite level stuff. Going to California is beautiful and When the Levee Breaks is epic. Even after hearing 1000 times I still listen right through every time it makes an appearance on my playlists. Overall one of the greatest albums of all time. But not quite a 10. Probably a 9.5/10. Favourite track - Stairway to Heaven easilyyyyy. Not really fair on the other tracks. 2nd favourite is Going to California.

I hear war is descending down in the valley below.

Fucking masterpiece

I like all the less popular songs on this but I’m more of a Stones fan

fhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah sure

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You know, I think if they were an instrumental band I wouldn't mind them at all, but Robert Plant's voice is just nails on a chalkboard to me so another dud from Lep Zep for me

It's Led Zep IV. The best Led Zep album. I loved this album. So why was I not excited to listen to it again. Maybe I'm just a bit tired of it? Don't get me wrong - it's a great album. It's an automatic 5. But I'm just not in the mood. Not like I was about 2112 or Selling England when those popped up. Should I just give it a 5 because really, deep down, I know it is? Or should I go with how I'm feeling right now after hearing all these tracks again for the umpteenth time??

Favorite songs: Black Dog, Stairway to Heaven, Rock and Roll, When the Levee Breaks, Misty Mountain Hop, Going to California Least favorite songs: Four Sticks 5/5

Génial !

6/5

Oh to be able to hear this album with fresh ears! It must have been insane when it was released. Familiarity has dulled it over time for me and it’s. It the first zeppelin album I reach for but I can still recognize how powerful it is and how amazing the song writing is.

Classic album, great variety with Stairwai to Haven to top it all off.

By the time IV (also known as the untitled fourth album) dropped, Led Zeppelin were already rock gods walking among mortals—but here, they sounded just a little more down to earth. Less bombastic than II, less murky than III, and more melodic than both, this is Zeppelin at their most accessible, if not their most inventive. Robert Plant reins in some of the banshee shrieking, though the three least effective tracks feature his most unfiltered vocal wails—funny how that works. Still, the highlights are undeniable: "Rock and Roll" charges forward on the back of John Bonham’s thunderous groove; "The Battle of Evermore" adds mystical mandolin shimmer courtesy of Jimmy Page and a guest vocal from Sandy Denny that elevates the whole affair; and of course, there’s that song—"Stairway to Heaven"—which builds from delicate folk into full-blown rock transcendence. But don’t sleep on “Going to California,” a pastoral acoustic ballad that might actually rival “Stairway” in quiet depth, or “When the Levee Breaks,” a seismic closer with one of the most iconic drum sounds ever laid to tape. Not flawless, but undeniably iconic—IV is where Zeppelin stepped out of the mire and etched themselves into classic rock marble.

Led Zeppelin is awesome. I recently watched Becoming Led Zeppelin and you realize how fortuitous it was that four super talented musicians found each other to make this band. Almost any other band would kill to have as many great songs in a career as Zeppelin has on this one album. Every song but Four Sticks gets airplay on Classic Rock stations. I hate that I came of age in the era of singles radio rather than album radio, music is worse for the change. The big hit, maybe their biggest hit, Stairway to Heaven might be my least favorite song on the album. This is literally better than almost any other act's greatest hits album. Are there 20 bands that have a better greatest hits album than this? Four Sticks is the least famous song and it's amazing! When the Levee Breaks is possibly the greatest cover of all time.

Classic bluesy rock

I might be tempted to revise my opinion that while this may not be my favorite Led Zeppelin album, this may be in fact their masterpiece. 8 songs, no filler, impeccably sequenced and put together, and an incredible mix of the band’s sound, including anthemic hooks, straight up rock, folkier excursions, psychedelia, and some incredible blues. Not to mention the production, where everything is perfectly mixed from the thunder of John Bonham’s drums to the beautiful rasp of Robert Plant’s vocals. This one’s a true masterwork, front to back.

the hits are REALLY hits

Me decepcionó bastante. Siendo el 5 álbum mejor valorado de la mierda esta me esperaba algo más. Que si, que stairway to heaven es un tema de 10 y black dog es mítico, pero el resto del álbum aporta 0. Entiendo que es un album viejo pero la producción es terrorífica, y Jimmy Page es el guitarrista más sobrevalorado de la historia nunca había escuchado un disco con fallos en las guitarras. 6/10->3/5

Nada mal, aunque me esperaba algo más. Tiene temazos como la d black dog y stairway to heaves q es como un himno. Ns en general me esperaba más, pero está bien, es muy disfrutable el album. Quizás no se lo merece demasiado, pero le prondría un 7'5/10 supongo

heat

Really good! Would probably do 4.5

i never cared for led zeppelin

Not a single bad song on here

Stairway to Heaven is an excellent though somewhat overhyped track. That alone should give a score of at least 4 but unfortunately there is too much dross on this album so it's not getting more than 3.

really awesome record. in only a few songs and less than an hour led zeppelin shows their ability to make really diverse soundscapes, specially for the time. some songs do fall flat compared to others, though, and for that it gets a high 3.5

loop zoop!!!!!!

Undeniable.

Hard rock that everyone in my generation cut our teeth on. Amazing drums and vocals. LZ was such a "cultural appropriator" that I hope no one ever uses this phrase in relation to the arts. Blues plus hard rock is amazing synergy and it lead me back to the blues greats that inspired it.

Solid 5.

Excellent

Straight up classic rock and roll music 🎸

If I thought Led Zeppelin II was good (it is) then I was not surprised that this was just as good. With iconic songs like Black Dog and Stairway to Heaven (yes, it is not denied when listening to this album), this one is a sure fire classic. A 5 if ever there was one.

Absolutely iconic album that was a part of my personal musical discovery road in high school. Unfortunately we now know some unsavory things about the band, but I don’t think you can undersell this album’s influence on rock and roll

I mean, I already knew this one was great, but it's been a while since I actually listened to it!

Still great

One of the greats! As a lover of rock and fantasy this especially goes crazy.

1 of 4 zeppelin 5s is number 4

Just a little shy of 5/5, Very good album though

Could be their best album.

Excellent

3.5 certainly has some classics

Minus Robert Plants voice it’s nuts

Banger after banger after banger man

Never the great album people want it to be

Sandy Denny’s guest spot on this album you will always be famous

I was expecting a little more from Stairway to Heaven I think, but I liked it.

HELL YEAH FINALLY SOME ZEPPELIN! I absolutely adore this album. Black Dog, Stairway to Heaven, Going to California, and When the Levee Breaks are all top songs for me.

I really liked this

How many Led Zepp Ellin albums are on this list? I swear this is the second one I've had in as many weeks.

From Folk to driving guitar anthems,Led Zeppelin has a far more diverse sound than given credit for.

This is one of my all time fav's. Can't fight Stairway to Heaven.

I still think this is one of the most overrated albums of all time. 6/10 because it has Stairway but 5/10 without it... really such sub-par songwriting and I don't get why it's so beloved

First impression pre listen: Exactly one week ago I was generously provided with Led Zeppelin III by the generator. Today, much sooner than I thought I'll be stepping into Led Zeppelin IV and I could not be happier. This is a classic through and through. Loud guitars and LOTR appeals strongly to my nerdy base instincts. Expecting this to be basically a shoe-in for a 5-star review, even without considering its place as one of the top reviewed albums on the site. Individual track notes: Black Dog A classic rock song. Kind of one of those songs that feel primordial, like it's hard to imagine a world where it doesn't exist. Iconic opening vocal line. Instantly recognizable guitar riff. One of the archetypical songs of 1970's hard rock. Fantastic. 5/5 Rock and Roll Another absolute classic. The driving guitar and the intense drum tempo sells the beautiful energy. Great chorus. Really like the implementation of the piano. It's a bit of a tropey song, but it's executed so true to its era that it honestly just enhances it. Fantastic. 5/5 The Battle of Evermore Beautiful instrumentation. The LOTR references are really fun. The additional female vocals adds another dimension to the folkiness of the track. The medieval fantasy atmosphere and lyrics make for a charming storytelling experience. Does sort of lose steam towards the end. Great. 4.5/5 Stairway to Heaven It's Stairway to Heaven. What else is there to say really. Fantastic. 5/5 Misty Mountain Hop I think the unusual rhythm is kinda interesting. The repetitive instrumental gets a bit tedious after a while. Again the lyrics are charming in a very 1970's way. The LOTR reference does help. Decent. 3.5/5 Four Sticks I like the dark and smokey atmosphere with the heavy guitars. Great drum beat. Fantastic switchup for the chorus. Has some clever production on the drums to make it airy and large sounding. Crunchy and sonically diverse. Really like the unusual instrumental composition. Fantastic. 5/5 Going to California Very pleasant folky sound. Love the mandolin. The Joni Mitchell associations are pretty cute. Really like the vocal delivery. Going for a more subdued approach after the intesity of the rest of the album makes for a great change of pace. Great. 4.5/5 When The Levee Breaks Classic. The harmonica over the dirty rhythmic guitar and bass opening is iconic. Awesome bass. Intense and heavy while keeping a slow driving tempo. Infectious groove, stone cold. The length just adds to the song's mythos. Fantastic. 5/5 Final review: Led Zeppelin are great at what they do. They create dark bluesy hard hitting rock music to... well, rock out to. And while this isn't all they do it's certainly what they're most known for. And you know what? It's excellent. Perfect for when you want let go of pretention and modern cynicism for a moment and go on a throwback adventure. Led Zeppelin IV has all the fantasy and mystique you could want, covered in grit and drive. It's THE archetypical hard rock album, and has everything you'd expect from that descriptor. Kick-ass guitars? Check. Infectious drum patterns? Check. Intense and dramatic vocals? Check. Groovy basslines? Check. And so much more. And if you get worn out by the good old fashioned hard rock, they've thrown in a few pleasant folky tunes with more subdued performances, though featuring the same adventurous spirit. It's for nerds and jocks alike, and oozes with a unique early 1970's energy that was left behind never to be fully recreated. It's youthful, it's spirited and it's fun. Full of iconic tracks that have stood the test of time. 5/5

A true masterpiece. Some echoes of the third album are present with the acoustic tunes, yet it still has the heaviness we all expect from Zep. So many amazing songs that showcase the band’s diversity. This album is responsible for my love of the genre, and I vividly remember the first time that I heard it as a teen.

Yes; real music to which to listen

Classic

GOAT Album

One of the greatest rock albums ever recorded

For a band with a whole catalog of amazing albums, this is one of their best

Just banger after banger.

This is the very definition of “classic” — not just because it’s old and revered, but because it still kicks like thunder. Every track is iconic in its own way, from the blues swagger of ‘Black Dog’ to the god-tier apocalypse of ‘When the Levee Breaks’. Even ‘Stairway’ — overplayed as it is — still towers. This isn’t just a band at their peak, it’s rock itself crystallising into legend.

Loved the guitar and vocals. Highlights were obviously, “Stairway” followed by “Going to California” and “When the Levee Breaks”.

Nice Flow, and nice music ideas within each song. The layering of instruments is good.

Rated 74 on aoty july 17th 2025

I mean, yes. Yes?

One of the best rock bands ever. And this album is one of their best.

Masterpiece. Every song is awesome.

It's IV. Come on. Pretty sure we've reached the point where hating on Zep is okay. That's fine. This album still slays in a way very few do.

One of my all time favorites!

Potentially the album of all time. Every second of this album is a masterpiece, how the hell did they write any of this? And then also have like 4-5 other albums that are of the same quality or maybe even better. They’re all firing on all cylinders, obviously I am very biased to Bonham and Page but John Paul jones is incredible and Robert plant ties it all together I guess. Easy to downplay him compared to the others but I sure as hell can’t do what he does. Bonham’s ability to ride the pocket the way he does on this album while beating the shit out of the drums every bit is mind boggling. Page continues to be the most interesting songwriter of the big three (Jeff Beck is likely the best player still) but Page definitely has him beat in the riff category. How does someone come up with rock and roll in 1971? God I wish he wasn’t a weird magical probable pdf and I could just like every part of him. Sad that JPJ is the only one post zeppelin to do anything I care about but that makes him my favorite alive member. I’m rambling (on), this is the easiest 5 ever. Top 10 drum sound album ever.

Yeah easy 5. One of the best albums of all time. When the levee breaks is the best zeppelin songs. Fight me. I always feel like I’ll get tired of these songs, but I never do. Even when Stairway starts, I get so invested halfway through. Same experience as to when Free Bird starts. I will say Plant can get a little tiring at some points, but that’s about it. Rock on!

Gonna be around forever - more than half are legendary singles. 100% you should listen to this record. 5/5

43 minutos y la primera mitad es gloriosa

No brainer

All time classic

When this ripper of an album is only like the 4th best one out of their catalog, and it's this good, just wait until you hear Houses of The Holy, Physical Graffiti, and (unpopular opinion ahead) Presence. This is Led Zeppelin approaching their most incendiary. They keep their blues roots, but are branching out into new sounds, rhythms, and progressions. Not to be missed.

Immaculate. Probably peak Zeppelin, so if there is one of their albums to listen to before you die, this is it (although I know they have other albums on this list). Every song on the album is top tier, but obviously "Stairway to Heaven" is essential.

Classic Rock album.

From start to end, this is absolutely one of my top 10 records. Each track, is a 4.5 to 5 star song - not something you get very often, or at all. Brilliant!

“Stairway to Heaven” and “Fantasy” by Earth, Wind, and Fire have extremely similar melodies. I think about that every time I hear either song and I’m not sure what to do with this information. Anyway, this album fucking rocks.

Led Zeppelin has got it all, the imagery, the lore, the symbolism, and a naturalness to their sound that makes it feel like the song was meant to be assembled in the way that it was. This band could have radicalized me.

I agree with all the other 5 star reviews and I'll repeat for the jillionth time that Bonham's drumming is on another planet. Between insisting on a slow impossibly in time beat in Black Dog, playing with 4 sticks on, well, Four Sticks, and creating one of the most repeated grooves on the planet in When The Levee Breaks, he does all this other basic "incredibly good rock drummer" stuff. For me it's hard to get past how complicated everything on this album is yet how simple it is to listen to. All timer.

The rock band that influenced every rock band worth listening to thereafter. It's very good.

As far as folky classic rock, it doesn't get better than this.

This list throws out a lot of Led Zeppelin albums. Rightfully so. Several standout tracks: Black Dog, Rock and Roll, Stairway to Heaven and When the Levee Breaks

Ever single song on this album is a classic and I can definitely get behind that this is one of the top albums on this list.

I didn't realize how great this album was until I listened to it!

Masterpiece. Start to finish, not a bad song in the lot. Frankly, not even one song I would call less than great. Stairway is probably the least enjoyable to me at this point...but only because it has been played out more than perhaps any other song in history. There's a reason for that...it's also a masterpiece even if I'm tired of listening to it. 6 stars if I could give it.

An amazing album. Almost every song is great and most are true classics.

Enjoyed III more than I expected and this did not disappoint

Fui mordido por esta serpiente y su veneno vive en mi y me posee

Well, "Stairway to Heaven" is definitely a good song. But overall, Zeppelin ain't my cup of tea.

Black Dog is up there for one of my favorite songs ever. Stairway to Heaven is alright.

Decent album from them, liked III better, but this record was still good. Has its good and bad.

It has some genuinely great songs, but I don't like all of them. The songs are too long and some are not good from start till finish. I can't stand the singing for the most part. Production is not as good as Deep Purple's. 5 stars for how influential it was, 3 stars for how much I like it. Favorite song: stairway to heaven.

It's just not doing much of anything for me, unfortunately. Pleasant enough to listen to, but blends together, and nothing really sticks out too much.

I love Led Zeppelin. That being said, the quality of their hits vs their chaff is very noticable on this album, it's crazy that something like Four Sticks is followed up with When The Levee Breaks. Still a great album, but I know this isn't their best.

THE album that started it all for me. I fell off on it for a while, but recently-ish I rediscovered just how great this band, and by proxy this album, are. Pure hard rock perfection. The big hits are all great of course, but even the lesser-known songs like The Battle of Evermore and Going to California are amazing.

It’s gonna be hard to find many albums on this list better than this one. Nearly every song is phenomenal for different reasons. Black Dog and When the Levee Breaks are iconic. Misty Mountain Hop into Four Sticks is fantastic. Rock and Roll is also fantastic. And of course, Stairway to Heaven is one of the greatest songs of all time. I didn’t even have to listen to know it’s a 5, but I listened twice today cuz they’re that good.

For such a revered album this was kind of a dud... Without nostalgia, the acoustic songs did nothing for me, and the rest sounds like sports bar music -- "boomer anthems", as one reviewer put it. Stairway To Heaven is good but really doesn't live up to the hype, or even to its 5 minute buildup. I haven't lost hope for Led Zeppelin though. This last track is awesome. 2.8/5 Standout: When The Levee Breaks

Loop zoop! I love the blend of heavy and acoustic songs on this album. The storytelling on songs like Misty Mountain Hop, Battle of Evermore, and Stairway to Heaven is fantastic. Closing on When the Levee Breaks after leading in with Going to California is a great idea. I love the songwriting, the production, and the craft that went into picking the track listing as well. This was the first "heavy" album I ever listened to and will always have a place in my heart.

I can see why people like it, but other than Stairway, it’s largely forgettable. Creedence did it better

Easiest 5 on this list so far.

I mean it’s a banger of an album but I’m so sick of these pedophiles

There are a lot of reasons to hate boomers, but listening to this and thinking “yeah, Mr. LED can sing” is a top 20 reason.

These sick fucks sure know how to rock and roll

Second Led Zeppelin album on this list. Enjoyable enoug but I wouldn't relisten.

Air guitar. Air drums. Air bass. Airhead. Air mandolin. Air mama. Air groove. Air mountain. Air levee.

good songs on here for sure, but some of these are pretty boring and the good ones are kinda overplayed

THIS SLAPS SO BAD

Stairway focusing on drums is amazing

Wanted to like it.

An understandably good album

Classic led zeppelin, with the big hits.

One of the most overrated bands of all time. The musicians are excellent but Robert Plant’s vocals are just obnoxious.

Led Zepplin Top

I love Led Zeppelin, even not being my favourite album it's always good to listen to them

Classic as classic gets

Rimelig nem 5/5 bedste hard rock album evaaaar

Erm -- yeah, it's a five. C'mon now. I can remember putting on "Black Dog" on my grandparents' jukebox in their basement as a little kid and dancing my little heart out without knowing a damn thing about the wonderful filth Mr. Plant was wailing about. It's just great music. Rock at its best: complex, hard hitting, memorable, with a shockingly beautiful ballad. Thank you LZ. Fave Songs: - Black Dog - Rock and Roll - Stairway to Heaven - Misty Mountain Hop - Going to California - When the Levee Breaks (side note: is this the hottest fucking song of all time..?)

The album is incredible. At some point, nearly every song on this album has been my favorite Zeppelin song. This album goes hard.

These pedos can rock

Siendo bastante diferente de lo que suelo escuchar, me ha gustado mucho y me ha parecido un sonido muy homogéneo y nostálgico en el buen sentido, a nivel personal es una música que me pone de buen humor y me suscita cosas positivas.

Perfect. Nothing else more to say.

Can't go wrong with this album!

The best at their best. Everyone should know this album note for note

One of the best!

There is the miracle of Earth and the human race! Then there is the miracle that these found dudes finding each other and created Led Zeppelin! JPJ and Bohnam, create so much space for Robert and Jimmy to just go wherever! Like the GOAT!!! And not even my favorite album!

It was a privilege and an honor to Karen to the album.

It’s always good to get the Led out. IV has some huge songs, but I think the bands best album is elsewhere.

Classic. Almost every song is a classic.

Classic Zeppelin! A thoroughly enjoyable experience and travel back in time to my youth. Each track is solid and instantly recognizable. Five stars.

4/5

I acknowledge their greatness, but they just don't do it for me.

Algunes cançons me sonen a Beatles, començ a pensar que es sa meva ignorància.

One of the greatest rock albums ever. I haven't listened in a while and it is just as good as I remember. A perfect blend of rock and roll, blues, folk and a glimpse of harder rock styles that were starting to emerge.

Perfect album.

classic epic

Almost the perfect album with the wonderful 'California' standing out among all the 'elephants in the room' of classic popular songs. Almost? Any time I listen to this I skip 'Rock and Roll' - the strangest choice of an album track. I get its part of their influences (the theme of this Album) but it just does not flow.

Never gets old. Fav: Black Dog

Some very good songs in here, but also a few songs which do drag a little

This is one of the best rock albums of all time. It is legitimately classic song after classic song. There is a reason why every rock station plays every track off this album. It's just that good.

A classic

The stand-out tracks to me are the album cuts. California, Evermore, and Levee are all amazing. I’ve never thought the singles were that strong, despite the “greatest of all time” status this album has always held. That said, I’ve heard these songs a billion times - with fresh ears, maybe I’m rating this higher.

No more classic rock pleeeeeeaae. Sandy Denny good. All good, just unable to really provide much more than thumbs up and yes over album length.

Stairway to heaven!!

Worth it for Stairway to Heaven, alone.

É um clássico, mas não é o melhor do Led Zeppelin. The Battle Of Evermore é bem bom, assim como Going To California e Misty Mountain Hop. Mas faltou algo para ser 5 estrelas.

eu sou do rock. 3,5

all time classic for a reason

Classic. Soaring. Legend.

Ok, so this album is fantastic, five stars. What if we resequenced it though? How about leading off with "Rock and Roll" for a banger and because I'm not a big "Black Dog" fan. (NOTE: I am a big 'Black Dog' movie fan--RIP Swayze). Then there's a little break from the hard rocking with "Four Sticks," followed by "When the Levee Breaks," and then "Black Dog." Next comes 'Lord of the Rings' romp "The Battle of Evermore" giving some odd vibes, then "Misty Mountain Hop" and "Going to California." My ZOSO ends with "Stairway" as a last song ballad.

Is it possible for an album by a band I like to not contain my two favorite songs that they did, and for that album to still be a 5? The answer may shock you! What a treat of an album, a band at the absolute height of their powers. Start to finish, just banger after banger. Stairway is an overrated song, but only because it's so widely considered one of the greatest songs of all time, but, come on, it's still Stairway! When the Levee Breaks is a tremendous track, an alzheimer. 5.

Black Dog...sloppy but fun Rock and Roll...Yes. More! Battle of Evermore...ELVES AND FAIRIES Stairway...What else is there to say? Mist Mountain Hop...Groovy. I like it more than I used to Four Sticks...Not my thing Going to California...good if you don't mind that Plant goes a little wild When the Levee Breaks...Great stuff

First and last track are all time bangers. I don’t love the middle.

This is a classic for a reason

Foundational rock...gets better year by year

going to california is great big fan of folk led zeppelin

fantastic

Insanely good! Had never listened to the whole album like this. Maybe the greatest of all time…?

Another album from that Camaro. Endless evenings cruising up and down the strip. Led Zep in all their glory. Really with all the hype. So many good memories have been made with this album. Did I mention stairway was always the slow dance in junior high? Amazingly awkward.

Альбом показался несколько неровным. Потрясающая "Stairway to heaven" соседствует с откровенно непонятной песней. Начало в лучших традициях ранних альбомов, а после вышеназванного шедевра что-то не то (хотя возможно недопонял некоторые песни). Однако, пластинка всё равно классная и потому 8 из 10.

I had just listened to this a day or two before, but I wasn’t about to turn down another chance. When a song like “Misty Mountain Hop” is the low point of an album, you know it’s gotta be great.

3,5/5

It was a mystery, a curiosity; a deliberate diversion to diffuse the disappointment after the deafening hype. Four sticks isn't enough to make a home but it could rouse a startling fire, as was the case of Led Zeppelin and that fire could have been seen from as far as the nearest planet. It was a whirlwind, starting from the first album, that many believe peaked here. Led Zeppelin IV has become the foundational bedrock of and for many things rock and roll and subsequent other genres afterward which was impacted by its stomp, hop and groove. If the band had stopped here, their legacy would be untouched but there were more worlds for them to conquer and plenty more sounds to unearth.

good

I kept telling Jimmy, I said, "Jimmy, 'Stairway' has to close out the album," and he was all like, "na, man. 'When the Levee Breaks'." And then I was like "Jimmy! 'Rock n Roll should be track number one! Obviously!" And he was all, 'Na, man. Black Dog, Black Dog." Whatever. Just makes me wonder. And if the forests are echoing with laughter you probably picked the wrong kind of mushrooms. 5

I wish someone would ask me to stay for tea and have some fun.. absolutely love this album!

Great album, not a bad song on it

Álbum recheados de clássicos. Moldou a percepção do que esperar de um álbum de hard rock. Letshuoer D-13.

Easy call. Fast and slow; layered and stripped-down; great melodies and opportunities for all four artists to shine. Plus, what I believe to be Led Zep's two greatest songs, "Stairway" and "Levee."

One of the greatest albums of all time.

Super Dope

great album. classic for great reason

Absolute classic. No skips. Also, Beastie Boys maybe wouldn’t exist without this record.

Probably the album I listened to the most on this list. Damn right it’s a must listen!

I haven't listened to Led Zeppelin in far too long. I had nearly forgotten how much I love this album. Essential listening for sure. 5/5 #91

"Album number four still ain't got a title yet From now on, I'm into Led Zep It's '70s rock, the very worst you can get That's why I'm into Led Zep" - TISM

Anyone who worked in a guitar center hates this band and specifically this album.

Allein schon wegen "Stairway to heaven" hörenswert 4/5

Heat- ! Roadtrip shit, stoner shit, be most excellent to each other

Haven’t heard this album in years. I’d forgotten how great it is.

lotta hits but i'll never like led zeppelin

Transcendental.

Schaar mezelf nooit echt onder de vele fans van deze hard rock-giganten, maar dit is een onmiskenbaar monument in de rockgeschiedenis. En naast dat het gewoon bij vlagen geweldig rockt ('Black Dog', 'Rock and Roll'), weet hij deze no-nonsense songs ook subtiel te doseren met blues, folk en roots rock. Het zorgt ervoor dat zelfs de niet doorgewinterde hardrockers echt met gemak door deze plaat fietsen. 'The Battle of Evermore' (met een geweldige bijdrage van Sandy Denny van Fairport Convention) en 'Going to California' breken heerlijk het hoge tempo. Het zijn echt songs die Led Zeppelin in hun kracht spelen, door rock te maken die altijd lijkt te zinspelen op iets mythisch, vooral geworteld in Keltische geschiedenis. En de twee obvious sleutelsongs zijn natuurlijk 'Stairway to Heaven' en - mijn favoriet en één van de meest epische afsluiters - 'When the Levee Breaks'. Daarmee voelt dit toch wel als een volmaakte plaat: waar een verhaal inzit, die een decennialange indruk achterlaat met een aantal iconische songs, en die soms gewoon lekker dom kan rocken. 9/10 Highlights: Black Dog Stairway to Heaven Going to California When the Levee Breaks

Geen echte LedZep adapt maar IV is toch wel een kraker. Met name de opener en afsluiter zijn legendarisch in het genre. De gitaar in combinatie met de stem van Plant gaan door merg en been. Daar ga je automatisch een beetje moeilijk kijken. Opener Black Dog doet dat gelijk. Een soort Beatles catchiness, dan maar dan echte hardrock. When the Levee Breaks heeft de opbouw en het uitgestrekte van een ultieme afsluiter. Een nummer dat The Who heel graag had willen schrijven denk ik. Stairway to Heaven is natuurlijk de signaturesong van LedZep maar is voor mij echt in het mandje terecht gekomen voor 31 december en verder niet. De champagne wordt traditiegetrouw trouwens Stairway to Heaven vast klaargezet. Terechte hoge notering, maar echt graag luister ik er niet meer naar. En dan nog de andere nummers. Niet allemaal over naar huis te schrijven. Met name Four Sticks vind ik irritant. Dus komt Led Zeppelin uit op een welverdiende... 8/10 Highlights Black Dog When the Levee Breaks

Classic album with lots of classic songs. It's got a little bit of everything Led Zeppelin does well: blistering rock 'n' roll (including "Rock and Roll"), psychedelic folk rock, and heavy metal. For whatever reason though, it's the one Led Zeppelin album from their classic period that I feel the least personal connection to. Maybe that's because a bunch of these songs -- "Black Dog," "Rock and Roll," and "Stairway to Heaven" -- have been played so much on classic rock radio and in commercials. It's hard for me to hear them with fresh ears. It's still a great album, but for whatever reason, I gravitate emotionally more toward some of their other albums. "When the Levee Breaks" is incredible though! I think that's my favorite song here. It's got such a sexy riff and groove. I was really jamming to that one today!

Arguably the best album by arguably the best rock band ever. It deserves all the acclaim, the love, and the adoration of the masses. It's got their classic groovy hard rocking songs like Black Dog, it's got their timeless ethereal epic Stairway to Heaven, it's got their Lord of the Rings folk adventure in The Battle of Evermore, it's got their stunningly beautiful moments like all of "Going to California", and it ends on an amazing cover of "When the Levee Breaks". Every track is amazing. Jimmy Page's guitar playing is masterful. It's jam packed with slanky lazy-yet-crisp overdriven moments, and it's so dynamic and yet still cohesive with his overall music vocabulary. John Bonham's drumming is at full force here. "Rock and Roll" is one of the great classic rock drum beats, and I love that he knows exactly when to overdo a beat, and when to take a step back and let the others shine. John Paul Jones is a perfect style of superglue to all of the band around him. His bass on "Rock and Roll" really drives the song in an incredible high energy war of attrition between him and John Bonham. How one of them doesn't get tired a minute into the song is amazing to me. And of course, Robert Plant's voice is maybe as close to perfect as you can get on a recording. It is soft and intimate, it is loud and aggressive, it's emotional, it's so wonderfully tied into the band. Great unique lyrics too. The time period in my life where I listened to "Stairway to Heaven" the most was probably when I was in my teens. I dove pretty deep into the conspiracy rabbit holes around this song and all the alleged Aleister Crowley occult connections. That stuff has always interested me but 13 year old me was really fascinated (and probably a little frightened) by it, so I remember listening to all of the chopped up versions of the song, and the reversed clips and all of that. Since then I've of course heard this song throughout my life, but it feels almost a little less epic now? I am 36 now, and maybe time just moves a bit faster, as an 8 minute song can be listened to while you drink a cup of coffee. When I was younger, this song was somehow 15 to 30 minutes... it was an experience. It's not to take away from the song, more so just something that I recognize in my own life and music-listening-experience. Anecdote aside, this song is one of the best ever. It encompasses everything that is great with Led Zeppelin, and this song alone would make this album a 5/5. This album captures the ethos of this project as well as any. It is a record that transcends music taste, that transcends generations; it is truly timeless, and one of the best works of art ever created. It's a clear 5/5, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was the highest rated album on this 1001 list.

Classic. Many of the best rock songs ever.

Killer songs throughout except maybe four sticks, that one was weird.

3,5/5

My favourite Led Zep album. So many riffs. So many classics. Starts hard and finishes strong. Well sequenced track list. This album is a journey through genre and feeling. It's really fantastic. Black Dog! Rock and Roll!! They rock hard. All hepped up on rock and need a rest after the first two tracks? Battle of Evermore will give you a break. Feeling calm now? Fricking Stairway will trick you and bring you from placid vibe back up to rock Nirvana again, ready for a cruisy Misty Mountain Hop. If there's any filler it's maybe Four Sticks, but not really, it just moves your along and before you know it you're going to California. String and satisfying Bluesy finish with When the Levee Breaks, and I could almost go round again. It's just a well rounded, thoughtfully structured powerhouse made by a band at their peak. Morrissey couldn't dream of making anything this good. Five stars.

Classic

A few well know classic rock songs.

Awesome.

am i the only one that is always disappointed when the levee breaks opens and it's not the Bestie Boys? Stairway is a fast forward but otherwise it's oretty solidly good. 3.5

Perfect

Loved this at 17, rolled my eyes at it in my 20s and 30s, and now I love it again.

I still remember how it blew my mind the first time I really listened to Stairway.

I know Anete is going to hate me, but I can’t give this album a five because of “The Battle of Evermore”.

Easy 5. For me, this is the best Led Zeppelin album. At first I thought I could just give it 5 stars without listening, because it has been listened a lot. But then I thought, that wouldn't be fair. So I listened it on the vinyl. Just because I can. 😎😁

No way they haven't sold their souls to the devil!

Good shit

Dropping a star for stairway to heaven.

9/10

It was really good. Didn't know some songs

Big fat guitar riffs. Makes me want to join a band.

What can I say that hasn’t already been said? Nearly every song on this album is a classic and they come together to make the album a masterpiece. If you like rock, especially progressive/hard rock with fantasy-themed lyrics, this is your holy grail, your One Ring. 5+⭐️

Hadn't listened to this one in a while, as I overplayed a lot of the songs when I was a teenager. Forgot how great this album is! Not a bad song on it and many of Zeppelin's best. John Bonham's ferocious drumming is the highlight, especially on When the Levie Breaks.

131/1089 - I'm going against the grain here but this is honestly one of the weaker Zeppelin albums for me. The songwriting overall is very redundant (slightly related too is Side A is all in the same key of A minor [arguably there are some A major ones I guess but it's still all A]), and I'm not a fan of the constant starting and stopping on Black Dog. Stairway to Heaven is good but definitely overplayed and the start and end of When the Levee Breaks was pretty cool.

-i can’t get over how incredibly powerful this whole album is. lyrics, instrumentally, Robert’s voice. it must’ve been absolutely incredible hearing this come out in 1971… i know my dad’s a huge fan -though it didn’t all appeal to me personally, it was still a super fun listen. gotta hear some more stuff by them someday, maybe my rating will change -Favorites are Black Dog and When the Levee Breaks

Going to California is such a beautiful song man. This album was 42 minutes of pure euphoria, it almost felt too short. I wish I had more time so I guess I’ll just have to spin that mfer back again!

a classic and a must listen

Going to California made it worth the listen

YAY MY FIRST ZEPPELIN This isn't in my top 3, but solid album. Did I listen to it 3x today? Maybe... headphones, speakers, headphones again

Meh

How could one argue with this record? Start to finish badassery. 5 stars easy.

4.5