Led Zeppelin Albums Discography

Led Zeppelin I	As it turned out, Led Zeppelin's infamous 1969 debut album was indicative of the decade to come--one that, fittingly, this band helped define with its decadently exaggerated, bowdlerized blues-rock. In shrieker Robert Plant, ex-Yardbird Jimmy Page found a vocalist who could match his guitar pyrotechnics, and the band pounded out its music with swaggering ferocity and Richter-scale-worthy volume. Pumping up blues classics such as Otis Rush's "I Can't Quit You Baby" and Howlin' Wolf's "How Many More Times" into near-cartoon parodies, the band also hinted at things to come with the manic "Communication Breakdown" and the lumbering set stopper "Dazed and Confused." -- Billy Altman (from Amazon.com) 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
Led Zeppelin II	Riff rock had been what Jimmy Page's former band, the Yardbirds, were all about, and on Led Zeppelin's second album, released, like its predecessor, in 1969, the inventive guitarist demonstrated that he'd indeed learned his lessons well. Witness "Whole Lotta Love," a woozy epic based on one simple, head-banging-friendly guitar riff. Or the mock-dramatic "Heartbreaker," propelled by far more intricate but similarly effective note squashing. Between Page's sonic wizardry, John Bonham beating his drums into submission ("Moby Dick"), and the juice running down Robert Plant's leg ("The Lemon Song"), Led Zeppelin here just about succeeded in raising rock & roll excess to an art form. -- Billy Altman (from Amazon.com) 1. Whole Lotta Love - 2. What Is And What Should Never Be - 3. The Lemon Song - 4. Thank You 5. Heartbreaker - 6. Living Loving Maid - 7. Ramble On - 8. Moby Dick - 9. Bring It On Home
Led Zeppelin III	After plundering the Yardbirds' legacy and Willie Dixon (among others) for their blues-riff-heavy first two albums, Jimmy Page and company surprised many listeners with the strong acoustic/folk sensibility displayed on III. Page aficionados shouldn't have been caught off guard; the guitarist had toyed with similar sensibilities and modalities during his brief tenure with the Yardbirds (most notably "White Summer" from the Little Games album). Ever the creative thieves, Zep kick off the album by nicking the riff from "Bali Ha'i" no less, with Robert Plant wailing it to punctuate the thundering FM warhorse "Immigrant Song." Even other electric rockers like "Celebration Day" and "Out on the Tiles" have an inventive, offbeat musicality to them that suggest the band was already wary of stereotyping. But it's the decidedly mellower acoustic groove of the album's latter half that's the news here, from the graceful beauty of "That's the Way" and "Tangerine" to the raw, folksy charm of "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp," "Hats Off (to Roy Harper)," and the traditional "Gallows Pole." --Jerry McCulley (from Amazon.com) 1. Immigrant Song - 2. Friends - 3. Celebration Day - 4. Since I've Been Loving You) 5. Out On The Tiles - 6. Gallows Pole - 7. Tangerine - 8. That's The Way - 9. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp 10. Hats Off To (Roy) Harper
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