LED ZEPPELIN
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LED
ZEPPELIN
IV -
CD
-
The
CD
is new.
Encompassing
heavy
metal,
folk,
pure
rock
&
roll,
and
blues,
Led
Zeppelin''s
untitled
fourth
album
is
a
monolithic
record,
defining
not
onlyLed
Zeppelin
but
the
sound
and
style
of
'70s
hard
rock.
Expanding
on
the
breakthroughs
of
III,
Zeppelin
fuse
their
majestic
hard
rock
with
a
mystical,
rural
English
folk
that
gives
the
record
an
epic
scope.
Even
at
its
most
basic
--
the
muscular,
traditionalist
"Rock
and
Roll"
--
the
album
has
a
grand
sense
of
drama,
which
is
only
deepened
by
Robert
Plant's
burgeoning
obsession
with
mythology,
religion,
and
the
occult.
Plant's
mysticism
comes
to
a
head
on
the
eerie
folk
ballad
"The
Battle
of
Evermore,"
a
mandolin-driven
song
with
haunting
vocals
from
Sandy
Denny,
and
on
the
epic
"Stairway
to
Heaven."
Of
all
of
Zeppelin's
songs,
"Stairway
to
Heaven"
is
the
most
famous,
and
not
unjustly.
Building
from
a
simple
fingerpicked
acoustic
guitar
to
a
storming
torrent
of
guitar
riffs
and
solos,
it
encapsulates
the
entire
album
in
one
song.
Which,
of
course,
isn't
discounting
the
rest
of
the
album.
"Going
to
California"
is
the
group's
best
folk
song,
and
the
rockers
are
endlessly
inventive,
whether
it's
the
complex,
multi-layered
"Black
Dog,"
the
pounding
hippie
satire
"Misty
Mountain
Hop,"
or
the
funky
riffs
of
"Four
Sticks."
But
the
closer,
"When
the
Levee
Breaks,"
is
the
one
song
truly
equal
to
"Stairway,"
helping
give
IV
the
feeling
of
an
epic.
An
apocalyptic
slice
of
urban
blues,
"When
the
Levee
Breaks"
is
as
forceful
and
frightening
as
Zeppelin
ever
got,
and
its
seismic
rhythms
and
layered
dynamics
illustrate
why
none
of
their
imitators
could
ever
equal
them.
~
Stephen
Thomas
Erlewine,
All
Music
Guide
The
tracks
are...
BLACK
DOG
ROCK
AND
ROLL
THE
BATTLE
OF
EVERMORE
STAIRWAY
TO
HEAVEN
MISTY
MOUNTAIN
HOP
FOUR
STICKS
GOING
TO
CALIFORNIA
WHEN
THE
LEVEE
BREAKS
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