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Led Zeppelin
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
3.4270
Led Zeppelin Album Rankings
1
Talk about telegraphing your punch: The cover ofLed Zeppelin, the British quartet's seismic 1969 debut, shows the Hindenburg airship, in all its phallic glory, going down in flames.
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2
It's a masterclass in why they were, and still are, the greatest rock band to grace the Earth.
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3
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.
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4
When George Harrison met John Bonham, the Beatle told the Led Zeppelin drummer, "The problem with your band is you don't do any ballads.
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5
The easiest way to start a fistfight with a Led Zeppelin fan is to ask them which album they consider to be the group's best -- and then argue for a different album.
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6
There is an imminent danger when reviewing an album that not only came out a year before you were born, but also has been overplayed by rock radio to the point that you almost don't even need to pop t
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7
Excellent. 24 previously unreleased recordings from the group's early years, this is an absolute essential for anybody with even a passing interest in their glory days.
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8
On their first two albums, Led Zeppelin unleashed a relentless barrage of heavy blues and rockabilly riffs, butLed Zeppelin IIIprovided the band with the necessary room to grow musically.
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9
After the mild disappointment that was Presence , all hell seemed to break loose for the band. A couple of months into their tour, Plant's six-year old son, Karac, died of a stomach infection.
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10
Eghngn. This is an extremely difficult album to rate. On the one hand, there are some absolutely fantastic, long and epic rockers on here.
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11
Ever since I can remember, people have been dumping onCoda, the 1982 release from Led Zeppelin that tried to bring closure to the legend of the band.
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12
Track listing: 1) Rock And Roll; 2) Celebration Day; 3) The Song Remains The Same; 4) The Rain Song; 5) Dazed And Confused ; 6) No Quarter ; 7) Stairway To Heaven; 8) Moby Dick ; 9) Whole Lotta Love.
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13
Led Zeppelin's initial popularity was based as much on their concerts as their albums, so it's strange that the group's only official live album for many years is such an uninspired, boring affair.
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15
A collection of most of Led Zeppelin's best-known tracks, this double-disc set is of interest to listeners who only want a collection of all the hits heard on the radio.
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22
Collecting all of Led Zeppelin's groundbreaking studio albums (as well as a reworked Coda) in one unattractive box, The Complete Studio Recordings is only necessary for hardcore fans wishing to repla
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25
Big British Blues Daddy John Mayall was left at home when that first wave of Britain's rockers fell into the hungry hands of American teendom like some flight of delicious decadent foreign birds.
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