1001 Albums Summary

Insufficient feel / funkiness to justify the monotony. Poor production quality.

“Ooooh, a Gary Larson calendar. [flips through calendar] I don’t get it I don’t get it I…don’t…get it.”

Obviously, it is no controversial statement to say this album is among the greats. It brings blues into the metal era…with magnificent style. But its schizophrenia is where it falls short for me. It is trying to be both a leather jacket-donning badass on a black motorcycle and a psychedelic long hair with a macrome belt on a California beach. However, the psychedelic concept of wizards and warlocks that runs through the Zep never resonated with me. Psychedelia in the form of magical wonderment in awe of the cosmos - like what the Dead brought - just feels more…sincere, meaningful, sublime.

Sucked