1001 Albums Summary

Not a big rap/hip hop fan, but this album isn't afraid to try different things in terms of sampling and backing music. Kind of a psychedelic vibe throughout. The album unfortunately suffers the same fate as many other rap records in that it has a few too many songs on it and feels a bit overloaded.

I'm personally not a fan of the whole big beat/house genre of music. I get that the point of it is to be repetitive and danceable, but for someone like me who is not big into the whole dance club scene, I don't really understand music like this and it becomes more along the lines of background music for me. I did recognize a few of the samples though. Thought it was cool that they sampled a James Gang song on "Right Here, Right Now".

Man, how does a band even do this? 'Physical Graffiti' is Led Zeppelin's 6th masterpiece in a row, and it's a double album no less. So, not only did they give us twice as much material as they have on past albums, but it's literally all killer and no filler. Okay, in all fairness, about half the songs on here were leftovers from previous recording sessions. But still, what does that tell you about a band when songs that they initially considered to be throwaway tracks on previous albums got included on an album that some fans view to be the best in their catalog. 'Physical Graffiti' is similar to 'Houses of the Holy' in that every song leaves you wondering what you're going to hear next. The first disc overall seems to contain most of the harder rocking tracks. Every one of them is electrified and full of that signature Zeppelin swagger, from the grooving opener "Custard Pie" to the iconic plodding "Kashmir". This disc also contains arguably my favorite of Zeppelin's all out blues rockers "In My Time of Dying". The second disc is the more eclectic of the two, and whereas the first one had most of this album's classics, this disc features the bulk of the album's deep cuts. Admittedly, for a while I didn't really enjoy this disc as much, but just like 'Led Zeppelin III', I've found myself really appreciating it nowadays. In fact, some of my favorite songs from the album are on this disc such as the hard rocking "Wanton Song" and "Sick Again", the eerie and progressive "In the Light", and the classic "Ten Years Gone", which might be one of Zeppelin's best moody melodic rockers. I know I sound like a broken record at this point, but 'Physicall Graffiti' is yet another fantastic album from beginning to end, and is one of the all time classics of 70's hard rock.