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Encompassing heavy metal, folk, pure rock & roll, and blues, Led Zeppelin's untitled fourth album is a monolithic record, defining not only Led Zeppelin but the sound and style of '70s hard rock. Expanding on the breakthroughs of III, Zeppelin fuse their majestic hard rock with a mystical, rural English folk that gives the record an epic scope. Even at its most basic -- the muscular, traditionalist "Rock and Roll" -- the album has a grand sense of drama, which is only deepened by Robert Plant's burgeoning obsession with mythology, religion, and the occult. Plant's mysticism comes to a head on the eerie folk ballad "The Battle of Evermore," a mandolin-driven song with haunting vocals from Sandy Denny, and on the epic "Stairway to Heaven." Of all of Zeppelin's songs, "Stairway to Heaven" is the most famous, and not unjustly. Building from a simple fingerpicked acoustic guitar to a storming torrent of guitar riffs and solos, it encapsulates the entire album in one song. Which, of course, isn't discounting the rest of the album. "Going to California" is the group's best folk song, and the rockers are endlessly inventive, whether it's the complex, multi-layered "Black Dog," the pounding hippie satire "Misty Mountain Hop," or the funky riffs of "Four Sticks." But the closer, "When the Levee Breaks," is the one song truly equal to "Stairway," helping give IV the feeling of an epic. An apocalyptic slice of urban blues, "When the Levee Breaks" is as forceful and frightening as Zeppelin ever got, and its seismic rhythms and layered dynamics illustrate why none of their imitators could ever equal them.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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ANDY JOHNS, Engineer - John Davis, Remastering Engineer - Robert Plant, Vocals, Writer - Jimmy Page, Producer, Guitar, Writer - John Bonham, Drums - Led Zeppelin, MainArtist - John Paul Jones, Bass Guitar, Writer
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved ℗ 2013 Atlantic Records
ANDY JOHNS, Engineer - John Davis, Remastering Engineer - Ian Stewart, Piano - Robert Plant, Vocals, Writer - Jimmy Page, Producer, Guitar, Writer - John Bonham, Drums, Writer - Led Zeppelin, MainArtist - John Paul Jones, Bass Guitar, Writer
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved ℗ 2013 Atlantic Records
ANDY JOHNS, Engineer - John Davis, Remastering Engineer - Robert Plant, Vocals, Writer - Jimmy Page, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Writer - Led Zeppelin, MainArtist - Sandy Denny, Vocals
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved ℗ 2013 Atlantic Records
ANDY JOHNS, Engineer - John Davis, Remastering Engineer - Robert Plant, Vocals, Writer - Jimmy Page, Producer, Guitar, Writer - John Bonham, Drums - Led Zeppelin, MainArtist - John Paul Jones, Bass Guitar, Electric Piano, Recorder
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved ℗ 2013 Atlantic Records
ANDY JOHNS, Engineer - John Davis, Remastering Engineer - Robert Plant, Vocals, Writer - Jimmy Page, Producer, Guitar, Writer - John Bonham, Drums - Led Zeppelin, MainArtist - John Paul Jones, Bass Guitar, Electric Piano, Writer
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved ℗ 2013 Atlantic Records
ANDY JOHNS, Engineer - John Davis, Remastering Engineer - Robert Plant, Vocals, Writer - Jimmy Page, Producer, Guitar, Writer - John Bonham, Drums - Led Zeppelin, MainArtist - John Paul Jones, Bass Guitar, Synthesizer
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved ℗ 2013 Atlantic Records
ANDY JOHNS, Engineer - John Davis, Remastering Engineer - Robert Plant, Vocals, Writer - Jimmy Page, Producer, Writer - Led Zeppelin, MainArtist - John Paul Jones, Mandolin
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved ℗ 2013 Atlantic Records
ANDY JOHNS, Engineer - John Davis, Remastering Engineer - Robert Plant, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Jimmy Page, Producer, Guitar, Writer - John Bonham, Drums, Writer - Led Zeppelin, MainArtist - John Paul Jones, Bass Guitar, Writer - Memphis Minnie, Writer
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved ℗ 2013 Atlantic Records
Album review
Encompassing heavy metal, folk, pure rock & roll, and blues, Led Zeppelin's untitled fourth album is a monolithic record, defining not only Led Zeppelin but the sound and style of '70s hard rock. Expanding on the breakthroughs of III, Zeppelin fuse their majestic hard rock with a mystical, rural English folk that gives the record an epic scope. Even at its most basic -- the muscular, traditionalist "Rock and Roll" -- the album has a grand sense of drama, which is only deepened by Robert Plant's burgeoning obsession with mythology, religion, and the occult. Plant's mysticism comes to a head on the eerie folk ballad "The Battle of Evermore," a mandolin-driven song with haunting vocals from Sandy Denny, and on the epic "Stairway to Heaven." Of all of Zeppelin's songs, "Stairway to Heaven" is the most famous, and not unjustly. Building from a simple fingerpicked acoustic guitar to a storming torrent of guitar riffs and solos, it encapsulates the entire album in one song. Which, of course, isn't discounting the rest of the album. "Going to California" is the group's best folk song, and the rockers are endlessly inventive, whether it's the complex, multi-layered "Black Dog," the pounding hippie satire "Misty Mountain Hop," or the funky riffs of "Four Sticks." But the closer, "When the Levee Breaks," is the one song truly equal to "Stairway," helping give IV the feeling of an epic. An apocalyptic slice of urban blues, "When the Levee Breaks" is as forceful and frightening as Zeppelin ever got, and its seismic rhythms and layered dynamics illustrate why none of their imitators could ever equal them.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:36
- Main artists: Led Zeppelin
- Label: Atlantic Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved ℗ 2014 Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Music Group Company. Marketed by Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved
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