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intereact!Led Zeppelin
Retail Price (not our price): $18.98
Release Date: 1994-07-19
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
| Disc 1 |
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com essential recording
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 Altman2) Amazon.com
Jimmy Page was a top London studio guitarist before he got rich and famous as the musical leader of Led Zeppelin. The group's fourth--and arguably their finest--album is as much a tribute to his technique as a monument to his versatility. Page produced the album, co-wrote all eight songs, and played mandolin as well as all the guitars. Musically, this 1971 disc ranges from acoustic English folke ("Goin' to California" and "The Battle of Evermore," the latter featuring the late Fairport Convention frontwoman Sandy Denny) to bone-crushing, bluesy riff-slinging. On the album's centerpiece, "Stairway to Heaven," these light and dark strains are dramatically intertwined. The chiming "Four Sticks" aside, it's the Little Richard-inspired "Rock and Roll" and the tricky time changes--a Zeppelin trademark--of the fast-and-furious "Black Dog" that elevate this album into more than just a bustle in aspiring guitarists' hedgerows. --Don Waller
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
1) Classic [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This is a masterpiece. By far Led's best studio album. "Stairway" is such a phenomenal record, it catapulted them to superstardom and just what rock music needed, a hard blues band to pick up where the beatles left off around 1970. I'm a die hard Beatles fan and the only album that can compete with their best (sgt. pepper, abby road, revolver) in terms of song writing is this one, and that's saying a lot. Besides "Stairway" which is in it's own category the 2 songs that absolutely make this album are "Misty Mountain Hop" and When the Levee Breaks." Page is a genious!! If you don't have this album, you don't understand truly understand music.2) Great album [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Great album, but I just wasn't feeling some songs.Album opens up great with "Black Dog" and ends even better with "When the levy breaks"."Going to California" is probably the better song throughout the cd...Definitely a must-have album.3) Masterful [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Many consider this to be Led Zeppelin's greatest album (and, perhaps, the greatest album ever). While I disagree, it is an amazing composition. While not so wonderfully experimental and epic in length as Physical Graffiti, it is, pound for pound, the strongest of Zep's efforts (note: this doesn't mean it's my favorite). Every song on this album is an instant classic, from the back and forth calling of voice and guitar in "Black Dog," to the driving riff rocker "Rock and Roll," and on and on, every song here is in top form, to the more delicate and atmospheric "The Battle of Evermore," and the blues classic-gone-heavy "When the Levee Breaks." It's all great. Of course, no review is complete without mentioning "Stairway to Heaven," possibly Zep's most famous song, but to say that that one piece defines this album is to have a very limited understanding of the albums magnificence. "Stairway" is great, if overplayed, but the greatest albums aren't based on the quality of their "hits" but on that of their in-betweens. While hits may create album sales, its the overall quality of each and every song that makes an album worth repeated listens, rather than listening with frequent visits to the skip button. The quality of the album can be thought of thusly: "Stairway" would make a nearly perfect album closer on a (classic) hard rock album. It's nearly eight minutes makes it epic in length, it is varied in its style from soft and vocal driven with an almost tender guitar part, to hard with a killer solo and rougher, louder vocals, and it's generally a well written and played piece of music. It is everything one could want in an album closer to leave a strong and lasting impression on listeners. But on Led Zeppelin [IV], it's the midpoint. The album returns straightaway to a hard rockin' effort on "Misty Mountain Hop"There's really not enough good I can say about this album. In my youth, I resisted Zeppelin. I didn't even give them a fair shake until I was a bit older. And, as someone who still resists most mainstream music (at least current mainstream music), I can sympathize with anyone who resists the garbage that the music industry wants to force feed us. But when I finally listened, I immediately understood why Zeppelin had such appeal...they're damned fine musicians! This isn't the typical garbage of the mainstream, but a band that was so good that their unique approach to rock n' roll BECAME the mainstream. Great album!4) The Best Album Of All Time.. [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This album is the most quintessential single album ever released, the best of the best. There are only two albums possibly better, Zeppelin's "Houses Of The Holy", and their double album masterpiece "Physical Graffiti". These guys were unstoppable, the masters of songwriting, musicianship, production, showmanship, and execution. The masters of excitement and spontaneity. The masters of changing styles and guitar tones effortlessly from song to song without repeating themselves, one song better than the next. No filler. EVER. And live, nobody improvised like these guys. NOBODY. They make every other band look like garage wannabe's, they were the coolest group in the universe, while just being themselves. See, every song is a masterpiece, plus it has that magical haunting atmosphere that only Page, Plant, Jones, and Bonham were capable of. Jimmy Page is a wizard of sonic sculpture, the Pagannini of the 20th century. Doubt me? Throw this baby on your CD player and open your ears. You're gonna be blown out of the water. This ain't your average rock band boys and girls. They just got better and better. Buy this now, and you'll be buying the rest of their catalog 2 days later. WARNING...once you get hooked on Zeppelin it's all over, you're never gonna look at other bands the same way again.5) Call it a Wayne's World moment, but . . . [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Call it a Wayne's World moment, but when I met Robert Plant several years ago on Pearl Street Mall here in Boulder, I almost dropped to my knees at his feet exclaiming, "I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!" For that moment I was a teenager again, standing before one of the True Rock Gods of Led Zeppelin IV. Not only was that album a defining moment in my youth, but Led Zeppelin's release of "the fourth album" in 1971 was a milestone in the history of rock and roll, blending heavy metal ("Black Dog"), Southern California acoustic ("Going to California"), 1950s rock ("Rock and Roll"), blues ("When The Levee Breaks"), and one of the greatest guitar solos of all time ("Stairway to Heaven"). Led Zeppelin IV is the band's finest hour of rock and roll. Tracks include: 1. Black Dog 2. Rock And Roll 3. The Battle Of Evermore 4. Stairway To Heaven 5. Misty Mountain Hop 6. Four Sticks 7. Going To California 8. When The Levee Breaks G. Merritt