Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV)
by Led Zeppelin

Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
Year: 1971
Release date: 1971-11-08
Overall rank: 12th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
90/100 (from 4,037 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 1971 (1st)
Award Top 10 albums of of the 1970s (4th)
Award Top 20 albums of all time (12th)

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Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) is ranked as the best album by Led Zeppelin.

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Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) rankings summary
Overall rank: 12th | 1970s rank: 4th | 1971 rank: 1st  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
90/100 (from 4,037 votes)
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100/100
Flawless album in my view, yes, including Four Sticks and Misty Mountain Hop. Some consider Stairway To Heaven to be on of if not the most overplayed song ever, but it's so amazing that I could listen to it a thousand more times. My favorite track on LZ4 is not Stairway or even Levee, but rather Going to California. On an album full of a loud and rocking songs, the sweet acoustic ballad is the one that really blew me away the most. Every song on here is a must-listen, 10/10. (Edited)
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90/100
This album has some of the best songs ever made. Stairway to Heaven is a magical masterpiece that gets better with each listen and When the Levee Breaks is so loud and heavy it almost makes your ear drums bleed when you are listening through the headphones. One of the most influential albums of its time.
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Not often can an artist make an album so wonderfully masterful of the rock genre. But this is obviously the case with what is quite possibly the greatest rock album ever made. Despite it doing it doing things that have been done before, many by Led Zeppelin themselves, the ambitiousness of this album transforms it into something bigger, into a truly timeless piece of art.

As for the actual tracks, not one is out of place, and all are wonderful to listen to and are among the best ever written. The music is so wonderful it gives me chills every time, although mostly at specific moments (every second of Starirway To Heaven, When The Levee Breaks, Going To California).

Also, despite the fact that these guys were all pretty much the best of the best at what they did, the one just about everyone can easily agree on altogether is the late John Bonham being the greatest drummer to have ever lived, and I simply can't disagree. And the icing on the cake for this album is the fact that it's basically like a tribute to the beloved drummer without anyone realizing it until Bonham's unfortunate death at age 32, making this not only cementing Led Zeppelin's legacy, but his as well.

I think I love this album. (Edited)
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Led Zeppelin's best album, Stairway to Heaven and When the Levee Breaks are two of the most epic songs of all time.
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90/100
Stairway to Heaven. On most albums, if you had a song like that, the conversation could begin and end there, but LZ4 isn't content with having one of the best songs ever. The album is incredible all the way through, and bookends the album with two more classics in Black Dog and When the Levee breaks. Every song is awesome, with three incredible highlights. The best album from one of the best bands ever.
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