Led ZeppelinCritiques

C+ (Okay).

It's mostly recreations of earlier songs - fine, but pointless. The only stand-out track (D'yer Mak'er) is a literal joke that somehow turned out good despite the band.

(May 2024)

Add this to the list of albums I don't even remotely stand a chance of playing cold. Lots of fun, though.

The Rain Song tab is rendered in standard tuning, not the correct Open Gsus tuning (D G C G C D). A major misstep in an otherwise fantastic collection.

Wikipedia information

Led Zeppelin’s sixth studio album Physical Graffiti, against all odds (being a double album) was one of the most successful Led Zeppelin albums ever. The album was released in 1975 and it has gone 16 x platinum in the United States alone! The name for the album was inspired by a second hand clothing store located in the basement of 96 St. Mark’s Place – the store was called “Physical Graffiti”.

Physical Graffiti’s cover photo, designed by Peter Corriston features a stylised photograph of a New York City tenement block of two five-storey buildings located at 96 and 98 St. Mark’s Place in New York City. Corriston shot the five-story buildings as they were, but in order to fit them properly for the cover art he had to crop out the entire fourth floor; so eventually the album cover shows four stories instead of five. Corriston also did some notable work on some famous Rolling Stones album covers such as Some Girls, Emotional Rescue and Tattoo You, for which he won a Grammy Award in the category of ‘The Best Album Package’.

Writing technique: D
Writing musicality: C
Performance technique: D
Performance musicality: C
Arrangements: C
Coherence/concept: D
Pacing/listenability: D
Recording/mastering: D
Cover art: C

Enjoyment: C

GPA: 1.5/4½

Yksi rock-musiikin isistä, ei paljoa selittelyjä kaipaa. Biisit ovat loistavia, Jimmy Page tykittää kitarallaan, Robert Plant laulaa ja niin edelleen. Meno on rock, myös hienoja rauhallisia vetoja, aiheina rakkaus, menetetty rakkaus, rakkaus ja rakkaus....sekä yleinen sekoilu ja rock-elämä. Välillä lyriikat ovat todella kauniita.

Kuten tagit jo sanovat, niin tämä on maailman paras levy. En mä oikeen osaa sanoa tästä mitään, koska se vaan on. Mutta kun kuulin tän ekaa kertaa niin löysin musiikin kuuntelemisen ilon uudelleen. Sitä ennen olin varmaan monta vuotta jumittanut samoissa jutuissa. Mun sisäinen hippityttö haikailee aina 70-luvulle, jota en oo koskaan elänyt, kun kuuntelen tätä. Tähän vielä sydämiä ja fanityttöilyä!

Kerta kaikkiaan upea levy, kolahti jo nuorena. Tässä on kaikki kohdallaan, hienoja biisejä ja mahtava laulaja. Jaksaa kuunnella aina vaan uudestaan.

A good collection of LZ hits.

1 Whole Lotta Love 5:34
2 What Is And What Should Never Be 4:47
3 The Lemon Song 6:19
4 Thank You 4:47
5 Heartbreaker 4:13
6 Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman) 2:39
7 Ramble On 4:35
8 Moby Dick 4:20
9 Bring It On Home 4:19
Credits:
Bass, Organ, Backing Vocals – John Paul Jones
Drums, Timpani, Backing Vocals – John Bonham
Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Steel Guitar [Pedal], Backing Vocals, Producer – Jimmy Page
Lead Vocals, Harmonica – Robert Plant
Written-By – Jimmy Page, John Bonham (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 8), John Paul Jones (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 8), Robert Plant (tracks: 1 to 7, 9)

1 Black Dog 4:54
2 Rock And Roll 3:40
3 The Battle Of Evermore 5:51
4 Stairway To Heaven 8:00
5 Misty Mountain Hop 4:38
6 Four Sticks 4:44
7 Going To California 3:31
8 When The Levee Breaks 7:07

Wikipedia information

Bass, Organ, Backing Vocals – John Paul Jones
Drums, Timpani, Backing Vocals – John Bonham
Engineer – Glyn Johns
Executive-Producer – Peter Grant
Harmonica, Lead Vocals – Robert Plant
Photography By [Rear Sleeve] – Chris Dreja
Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Backing Vocals – Jimmy Page

Made By – MacNeill Press Ltd.
Printed By – MacNeill Press Ltd.
Manufactured By – Polydor Records Ltd.
Licensed From – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Published By – Jewel Music
Published By – Superhype Music, Inc.

CHECK SHELVES

1. Whole Lotta Love
2. Heartbreaker
3. Communication Breakdown
4. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
5. What Is And What Should Never Be
6. Thank You
7. I Can't Quit You Baby
8. Dazed And Confused
9. Your Time Is Gonna Come
10. Ramble On
11. Travelling Riverside Blues
12. Friends
13. Celebration Day
14. Hey Hey What Can I Do
15. White Summer/Black Mountain Side

1. Black Dog
2. Over The Hills And Far Away
3. Immigrant Song
4. Battle Of Evermore
5. Bron Y Aur Stomp
6. Tangerine
7. Going To California
8. Since I've Been Loving You
9. D'yer Mak'er
10. Gallows Pole
11. Custard Pie
12. Misty Mountain Hop
13. Rock 'n' Roll
14. Rain Song
15. Stairway To Heaven

1. Kashmir
2. Trampled Under Foot
3. For Your Life
4. No Quarter
5. Dancing Days
6. When The Levee Breaks
7. Achilles Last Stand
8. Song Remains The Same
9. Ten Years Gone
10. In My Time Of Dying

1. In The Evening
2. Candy Store Rock
3. Ocean
4. Ozone Baby
5. Houses Of The Holy
6. Wearing And Tearing
7. Poor Tom
8. Nobody's Fault But Mine
9. Fool In The Rain
10. In The Light
11. Wanton Song
12. Moby Dick/Bonzo's Montreux
13. I'm Gonna Crawl
14. All My Love

Deluxe 2 disc edition of classic Rock album, with alternative versions of all cuts.

1. Black Dog 4:54
2. Rock And Roll 3:39
3. The Battle Of Evermore 5:51
4. Stairway To Heaven 8:00
5. Misty Mountain Hop 4:38
6. Four Sticks 4:44
7. Going To California 3:31
8. When The Levee Breaks 7:07