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Led Zeppelin |  | Artist: Led Zeppelin
Label: Atlantic
Category: Music
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Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 1019
Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.7 x 0.4
MPN: 075678263224
UPC: 075678263224
EAN: 0075678263224
ASIN: B000002J01
Release Date: August 25, 1997
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| Tracks:
| • | Good times bad times | | • | Babe I'm gonna leave you | | • | You shook me | | • | Dazed and confused | | • | Your time is gonna come | | • | Black mountain side | | • | Communication breakdown | | • | I can't quit you baby | | • | How many more times |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
As it turned out, Led Zeppelin's infamous 1969 debut album was indicative of the decade to come--one that, fittingly, this band helped define with its decadently exaggerated, bowdlerized blues-rock. In shrieker Robert Plant, ex-Yardbird Jimmy Page found a vocalist who could match his guitar pyrotechnics, and the band pounded out its music with swaggering ferocity and Richter-scale-worthy volume. Pumping up blues classics such as Otis Rush's "I Can't Quit You Baby" and Howlin' Wolf's "How Many More Times" into near-cartoon parodies, the band also hinted at things to come with the manic "Communication Breakdown" and the lumbering set stopper "Dazed and Confused". i--Billy Altman/i
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For me it does not get any better than "Dazed and Confused" September 24, 2003
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
It all makes such perfect sense now in retrospect. You take two of the premier sessions artists in England rising from the ashes of the Yardbirds and pair them up with a couple of unknown 19 year olds from the Band of Joy and form one of the greatest rock groups of all time. Led Zeppelin's debut album remains a classic and its showpiece "Dazed and Confused" is the song I have listened to most often in my life; my favorite part is Bonzo's cascades on the drum as Jimmy Page loses the violin bow and finishes his guitar solo (I have learned from a reputable source that the song was originally written by Jake Holmes as a folk-rock type song, but uncredited on the album). One of the great things about the new Led Zeppelin double-DVD is that there are another four versions of "Dazed and Confused" on it, although admittedly you have to look for some of them. I finally get to see Bonzo do that bit on what, by contemporary standards, is a kiddie drum kit.p"Communication Breakdown" is the one "single" from the album because from the very beginning Led Zeppelin's best tunes were just too long for airplay. "Dazed and Confused" is 6:27, Page's acoustic arrangement of "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" is 6:40 (the second best track on the album) and the final track, the under-rated "How Many More Times" is a heck of a lot longer than the "3:30" that is listed in the liner notes (go figure). The album begins with the introductory hard chords of "Good Times Bad Times" but also features the acoustic guitar and tabla drums on the folksy "Black Mountainside" as the group mixes and matches music styles. At this point Robert Plant is just handling the vocals, with Page, Jones and Bonham responsible for the new songs. For good measure they toss a pair of Willie Dixon's blues tunes, "You Shook Me" and "I Can't Quit You Baby," to reveal the exact nature of the group's musical roots even as they were on their way to being the definitive heavy metal band.pEverything that comes afterwards in the musical career of Led Zeppelin all comes back to the ground they claim on this album. Future albums will vary the calculus in terms of how much hard rock, acoustic, or blues appears on a given album, but you will find the template for the group's success laid out on this self-titled debut effort where they establish their album-oriented perspective. This is guitar rock beyond what we had heard in the distorted electric blues of Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, and Eric Clapton. Ultimately, what makes it a great debut album is that Led Zeppelin continues to build on those foundation in eight more classic heavy metal albums over the next dozen years. This is one of the few albums that I still as vinyl (object d'arte), cassette (emergency use if the CD player in the car breaks down), and CD. If I get stuck on a desert island, guess what album I want...
Raw Power October 5, 2007
David Lusher (London England)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a very special album from a very special band. The music here draws on Blues, RB and Rock 'n' Roll and develops it into what would turn out to be mainstream Rock (and eventually Metal). This album was THAT influential. The music has a raw power that excites even at first listen - but the more you listen to it, the more you begin to detect and appreciate. The musicianship is incredible given that this is a debut album. The boys are firing on all cylinders and you find yourself in awe at the drumming, then the guitar work, and those incredible vocals. But the real magic is in the combination - there is something electrical in this music, something exciting, threatening, inspiring. That would become increasingly apparent when they delivered these songs live on stage. The rest is history.
Take-off! January 12, 2002
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
Zeppelin's début effort is a remarkable achievement. The knock-knock wake-up call of the surprisingly commercial opener Good Times Bad Times gives way to the labyrinthine acoustics of Babe I'm Gonna Leave You. This is followed by Willie Dixon's blues tune I Can't Quit You Baby, in an arrangement which steals from and improves upon the Jeff Beck Group's rendition. This segues into the moody, hallucenogenic Dazed and Confused, a cornerstone of Zeppelin performances for years to come. What was side two opens with Your Time is Gonna Come, in which a guitar figure pinched from Traffic's Dear Mr. Fantasy complements JP Jones' organics perfectly. This track leads straight into Page's eastern-styled acoustic piece Black Mountain Side, which is followed by the high-speed riffage of Communication Breakdown. Back to the Dixon songbook for I Can't Quit You Baby, and then onto the album's finalé, the histrionic How Many More Times, which freely borrows from Howlin' Wolf, Booker T and the MGs and a host of other sources, whilst remaining defiantly Zeppelin. Recorded in a mere thirty hours, and more than thirty years on, this sounds fresh, vital and powerful.
Awesome debut July 22, 2004
Taylor X (Las Vegas, NV (USA))
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Led Zeppelin (1969.) Led Zeppelin's first album.pIn the latter half of the sixties, Jimmy Page was left without a band since his previous one, The Yardbirds, had disbanded. However, he wasn't about ready to be done rocking and rolling. He put together a new band with vocalist Robert Plant, bassist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. He appropriately called this new band The New Yardbirds. However, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out this isn't a very good band name. Fortunately, the band received inspiration from The Who drummer Keith Moon. He had an expression - "This gig is going down like a lead Zeppelin." Liking this term, they changed their name to Led Zeppelin. And in 1969, one of the great years in rock and roll history, these four young men released their self-titled debut album. How does it measure up? Read on and see.pThe first two Led Zeppelin albums are considerably more bluesy than the later ones, but this is not a bad thing. Good Times Bad Times opens the album. It's a solid, classic hard rocking tune, with a slight bluesy touch. The most underrated member of Led Zeppelin is John Paul Jones, and his bass here really must be heard to be appreciated. Babe Im Gonna Leave You is a slower, mostly acoustic tune about heartbreak. Every musical artist, regardless of genre, has to do a few heartbreak tunes - and here Led Zeppelin serves up one of the finest the world has ever seen. You Shook Me is a cover song. To put it simply, this is a slower track, but it's still a hard rocker. I'm not too crazy about this one, but it's still a decent song. Dazed And Confused features the band serving up an excellent example of classic psychedelic hard rock. This is one of the most popular songs that can be found on the band's debut album - and why not? This song ROCKS! Your Time Is Gonna Come kicks off with an organ solo by Jones, which is nothing short of excellent. It's not long before we have a melodic rocker that almost certainly won't fail to please. This here is what we call an underrated masterpiece. Black Mountain Side is short but sweet acoustic instrumental. Jimmy Page is a guitar god, but the acoustic stuff he does never seems to get the proper credit for some odd reason. Communication Breakdown is straight-up classic hard rock, this one is a premonition to the heavy metal that would slowly begin to surface in the seventies. This one is arguably my favorite song on the album. I Cant Quit You Baby is another cover song. This here is a slower, bluesy rocker featuring some excellent guitar riffs by the one and only Jimmy Page. The bass is also excellent, and it really makes me wonder why John Paul Jones is the most underrated person in the band! How Many More Times is yet another cover song. To put it in the simplest terms possible, this is a slow rocker - but it's still hard rock. It's a shame this track never got the proper credit, because the band couldn't have finished the album off with a better track! pThere have been numerous issues of this album released over the years, but really, they're all the same other than their packaging. Don't bother shelling out the extra cash to get one of those foreign LP-style replica packages - it's just not worth it. The domestic versions are exactly the same and cost considerably less. Or better yet, just shell out the extra bucks and get the Complete Studio Recordings box set - it may appear pricey, but in actuality, it's a great value.pLed Zeppelin's self-titled 1969 debut is one of classic rock's essential masterpieces. Even after all these years, it still stands the test of time. If this little gem is missing from your rock and roll library, I suggest you add it as soon as possible. I don't know if I can call this the band's finest album (it's tough playing favorites with these guys), but it's damn fine nonetheless - and well worth purchasing.
The start of great things October 3, 2005
Mr. D. A. Cure (Droitwich)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
That first chord rings out, followed by THAT lead pattern... it marked the beginning of possibly the greatest rock band of their time - possibly all time. I think what's remarkable was that given it's a debut album, the level of creativity on Dazed and Confused and Babe Im Gonna Leave You is staggering. And then you still have the awesome birth of the heavy metal riff in the opening of Communication Breakdown. Classic.
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