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albummaster
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- #1
- Posted: 05/14/2015 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#1627): Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin
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Today's album of the day
Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 1971.
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Overall rank: 8
Average rating: 89/100 (from 1949 votes).
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Tracks:
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
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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RockyRaccoon
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- #2
- Posted: 05/14/2015 20:26
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oh god it's so goddamn good
Look, did Black Dog/Rock & Roll/Stairway/Going To California get overplayed to death? Absolutely. But think of it outside of that, try and remember the first time you heard those songs, this whole album. I remember, and I remember I couldn't get enough of it, it was gorgeous, everything about it. Rock & Roll rocked hard, When The Levee Breaks has an awesome riff, and Stairway is a fucking masterpiece, I mean a straight up masterpiece of a song. I still get goosebumps every time I hear that guitar solo at the end, and I've heard that song at least a hundred or so different times. This is my second favorite Zeppelin album, but I could very much be convinced into it being my favorite, though I just love their debut so much. This was the album that launched me into Zeppelin and I'm forever grateful to it and forever connected to it for that.
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- #3
- Posted: 05/14/2015 20:32
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It's good. I really don't understand its status, though. Not really sure what else to say. Stairway to Heaven is great and so is Levee, but the rest is just solid and nothing really beyond that. They have better records than this, and even still, none of those are totally consistent. Led Zeppelin are a great "songs" band but they never really made an album consistent in quality or mood. I really do adore some of their stuff though. Their albums just don't deserve all the praise they get in my opinion.
EDIT: Oh and of course Going to California is great too, and my favorite on the album. Not sure how I forgot it. Most of their acoustic-based songs are great and a lot better than their harder ones for me.
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- #4
- Posted: 05/14/2015 20:39
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| RockyRaccoon wrote: | | did Black Dog/Rock & Roll/Stairway/Going To California get overplayed to death? Absolutely. |
"Going to California" is not that much overplayed, at least not where I live.
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- Posted: 05/14/2015 20:41
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| Goodsir wrote: | | Most of their acoustic-based songs are great and a lot better than their harder ones for me. |
Mostly agree with this. With some exceptions.
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TracyJacks
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- Posted: 05/14/2015 20:56
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I didn't like it as much as I like it now. It grew on me...or I grew! But it's still not my favourite album by them (probably LZ I is)
The Battle for Evermore is one of my favourites by this band.
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RockyRaccoon
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- #7
- Posted: 05/14/2015 21:28
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| Goodsir wrote: | | Led Zeppelin are a great "songs" band but they never really made an album consistent in quality or mood. |
I feel like LZI is pretty consistent in mood at least, quality is obviously subjective
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- Posted: 05/14/2015 21:35
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| RockyRaccoon wrote: | | I feel like LZI is pretty consistent in mood at least |
Yeah, you're right there. Was thinking about that afterwards. It's consistently hard, kickass blues rock, but some songs are just obviously a lot better than others for me.
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Decurso
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- #9
- Posted: 05/14/2015 22:57
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One of my favourites. A great hard rock jam centred around Stairway To Heaven, with Battle of Evermore and Going to California balancing things out. One of my all time favourites.
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poppmusic
Location: Fullerton, CA
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- Posted: 05/14/2015 23:57
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Love the variety of moods on this album! Zep does a great job of mastering a variety of styles and making them their own. Funny how classic rock fans praise "Stairway to Heaven" so much (or "Evermore" and "Going to California") then refuse to listen to folk music.
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