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Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (I)

Led Zeppelin (I)

by Led Zeppelin

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Released
31/07/90
Music Genre
Rock

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Description

Led Zeppelin had a fully formed, distinctive sound from the outset, as their eponymous debut illustrates. Taking the heavy, distorted electric blues of Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, and Cream to an extreme, Zeppelin created a majestic, powerful brand of guitar rock constructed around simple, memorable riffs and lumbering rhythms. But the key to the group's attack was subtlety: it wasn't just an onslaught of guitar noise, it was shaded and textured, filled with alternating dynamics and tempos. As Led Zeppelin proves, the group was capable of such multi-layered music from the start. Although the extended psychedelic blues of "Dazed and Confused," "You Shook Me," and "I Can't Quit You Baby" often gather the most attention, the remainder of the album is a better indication of what would come later. "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" shifts from folky verses to pummeling choruses; "Good Times Bad Times" and "How Many More Times" have groovy, bluesy shuffles; "Your Time Is Gonna Come" is an anthemic hard rocker; "Black Mountain Side" is pure English folk; and "Communication Breakdown" is a frenzied rocker with a nearly punkish attack. Although the album isn't as varied as some of their later efforts, it nevertheless marked a significant turning point in the evolution of hard rock and heavy metal.

Product Details

Artist
Led Zeppelin
Run Time (minutes)
44
Label / Studio
WARNER
Recording Environment
Studio
CD 30days Sales Rank
#1022
Media Content Format
Album
Media Format
Audio CD
Year of release
1997
Number of Discs
1
WOW HD Sales Rank
#1206
Original year of release
1969
SPARS Code
AAD
Cast & Crew
Led Zeppelin (Music Performer)
Jimmy Page (Producer)
Glyn Johns (Sound Engineer)

Press Reviews

Ranked #81 in Classic Rock's "100 Greatest Bristish Rock Albums" - "Even today it defies belief that an album as epic-sounding as this could have emerged as long ago as the spring of 1969. Classic Rock (04/06, p.44)

3 Stars - Good - "...the rites of passage, Marquee-style bluesbreaker album, recorded in just 30 hours (no record contract, no cash), it's peak 'Dazed And Confused,' wherein half-inch blues exploded into riffology... Q (10/94, p.141)

5 stars out of 5 - "...No Zep album sounds quite as gratifyingly raw or is as comprehensive in defining the band's intentions... Rolling Stone (9/13/01, p.112)

Tracklisting

Disc 1:

  1. Good Times Bad Times
  2. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
  3. You Shook Me
  4. Dazed and Confused
  5. Your Time Is Gonna Come
  6. Black Mountain Side
  7. Communication Breakdown
  8. I Can't Quit You Baby
  9. How Many More Times
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