Artist – Album: Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin
Released: 12th
January 1969
Sounds Like: Game changing rock and roll
Led Zeppelin the band formed after The Yardbirds disbanded,
guitarist Jimmy Page joining forces with Robert Plant, John Bonham and John
Paul Jones to create one of the most successful and influential groups of all
time. Though primarily based on the blues, their music would become a prominent
inspiration on the genres of rock, heavy metal and punk. And they were living
embodiments of the rock and roll lifestyle, dangerous, long haired rebels who
took drugs, slept with groupies and rode motorbikes through hotels hallways.
Led Zeppelin the album formed around both the blues and hard
and heavy rock. ‘Black Mountain Side’
and ‘Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You’ have
a folksy sound, whilst ‘Communication
Breakdown’ is just one step from The Ramones. ‘Dazed and Confused’, often cited as the keynote of this album,
sounds unlike anything that’s been recorded before or since. Bafflingly, critics
were unimpressed on the initial release of the album, often comparing their
sound unfavourably to the likes of The Jeff Beck Group. There are similarities,
it’s true – after all, Jeff Back had served in The Yardbirds with Jimmy Page
and they both strove to make bluesy guitar rock - but Led Zep just did
everything harder and, to be honest, better. Perhaps those initial reviewers
were taking the band’s name too literally.
Hard rock the genre formed using the foundations set out by
this phenomenal band and their stunning debut album.
Albumaday... rating: 9/10
1. Good
Times Bad Times – 2:47
2. Babe,
I’m Gonna Leave You – 6:41
3. You
Shook Me – 6:30
4. Dazed
and Confused – 6:27
5. Your
Time Is Gonna Come – 4:34
6. Black
Mountain Side – 2:13
7. Communication
Breakdown – 2:30
8. I
Can’t Quit You Baby – 4:43
9. How
Many More Times – 8:28
Listen
to ‘Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrVDViSlsSM
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