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Track Listings
| 1. Black dog |
| 2. Rock 'n' roll |
| 3. Battle of Evermore |
| 4. Stairway to Heaven |
| 5. Misty mountain hop |
| 6. Four sticks |
| 7. Going to California |
| 8. When the levee breaks |
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Also known as the "rune" album because of the medieval symbols adorning its cover, Led Zeppelin's fourth album, released in 1971, turned them from mere superstars into giant behemoths of the rock world. On tracks like "Black Dog", "Misty Mountain Hop", and "Rock and Roll", the combination of Robert Plant's banshee wails and Jimmy Page's frenetic guitar playing forever altered the stylistic bent of hard rock music. And the foreboding "When the Levee Breaks" demonstrated that Zeppelin could indeed play the blues fairly straight if they so desired. Still, everything here ultimately took a back seat to the album's (and, ultimately, the band's) magnum opus--the expertly constructed and deftly executed classic, "Stairway to Heaven". --Billy Altman
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Also known as the "rune" album or Zoso because of the medieval symbols adorning the inner sleeve, Led Zeppelin's fourth album, released in 1971, turned them from mere superstars into giant behemoths of the rock world. On tracks like "Black Dog," "Misty Mountain Hop," and "Rock and Roll," the combination of Robert Plant's banshee wails and Jimmy Page's frenetic guitar playing forever altered the stylistic bent of hard rock music. And the foreboding "When the Levee Breaks" demonstrated that Zeppelin could indeed play the blues fairly straight if they so desired. Still, everything here ultimately took a back seat to the album's (and, ultimately, the band's) magnum opus--the expertly constructed and deftly executed classic, "Stairway to Heaven." --Billy Altman
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1.0 out of 5 stars
More led poisoning, verse four,
This review is from: Led Zeppelin IV (aka ZOSO) (Audio CD)
...same as the third...and second...and first, ad nauseam, ad infinitum. Hey, when your only fourth best, fourth rate music is all one can expect - and here they succeeded. Not recommended.
2.0 out of 5 stars
The blues reduced to its most brutal level,
By Penguin Egg (London, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Led Zeppelin IV (aka ZOSO) (Audio CD)
How Led Zeppelin ever came to be regarded as one of the world's premier rock bands is a mystery to me. They are just plain awful. They take the blues, and some elements of British folk music, and reduce the music to it's lowest, most brutal, level. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page do have an undeniable talent. Alexis Korner thought so, and his judgement was pretty sound. However, Led Zeppelin was the wrong vehicle for them completely. The problem lies with John Bonham. He was, without doubt, the worst drummer in the world, bar none. To say that his handling of the sticks was clumsy and inept would be to put it mildly. His lack of subtlety, his inability to inject any feeling into his playing, dragged the rest of the band down to his level. The best song on here is a track called The Battle of Evermore, which is a duet between Plant and the delightful Sandy Denny. It works, because John "troglodyte" Bonham is not on hand to spoil things. Stairway To Heaven, although exuding a certain whimsical charm, is a silly, trite song. After listening to this album, I had to listen to a Howling Wolf album in its entirety to reaffirm my faith in the blues. It worked, thankfully.(I wrote this review in 2002. It is June 2004 as I write this. That was my honest opinion then and I am content to let it stand, despite the negative votes it has garnered. However, I have had a change of heart about John Bonham, or to put it more precisely, I have had a blinding on-the-road-to-Damascas conversion! See my review of Led Zeppelin's debut to see the extent of my conversion. Despite my new found appeciation of Zeppelin, I think this album is highly over-rated and does not stand comparrison with Led Zeppelin 1 and 2 or Physical Graffiti. And I still find Stairway to Heaven whimsical, silly, and trite.)
2.0 out of 5 stars
Yeah, give me those "non-helpful" votes!,
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This review is from: Led Zeppelin IV (aka ZOSO) (Audio CD)
I do indeed happen to think that Led Zeppelin IV is way overrated. True, "Stairway to Heaven" is an alright tune but hey, it doesn't come near to the great tunes (and rythms!) of say Moody Blues "Every good boy deserves favour". What about the rocking side? Well, Led Zeppelin is competent in that area but you have to turn to LZ II which easily gets 5 stars. Every track on LZ II (except Moby Dick) is way above anything on LZ IV.They never delivered another album like LZ II again (but possibly there are some great live recordings out there which I don't know).
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