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# Essential recordings: Led Zeppelin I# Audio CD (June 21, 1994)# Original Release Date: 1969# Number of Discs: 1# Label: Atlantic1. Good Times Bad Times2. Babe Im Gonna Leave You3. You Shook Me4. Dazed And Confused5. Your Time Is Gonna Come6. Black Mountain Side7. Communication Breakdown8. I Cant Quit You Baby9. How Many More TimesEditorial Reviews Amazon.comAs 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." --Billy Altman# Essential recordings: Led Zeppelin II# Audio CD (June 21, 1994)# Original Release Date: 1969# Number of Discs: 1# Label: Atlantic1. Whole Lotta Love2. What Is And What Should Never Be3. The Lemon Song4. Thank You5. Heartbreaker6. Living Loving Maid (Shes Just A Woman)7. Ramble On8. Moby Dick9. Bring It On HomeEditorial Reviews Amazon.comRiff rock had been what Jimmy Page's former band, the Yardbirds, were all about, and on Led Zeppelin's second album, released, like its predecessor, in 1969, the inventive guitarist demonstrated that he'd indeed learned his lessons well. Witness "Whole Lotta Love," a woozy epic based on one simple, head-banging-friendly guitar riff. Or the mock-dramatic "Heartbreaker," propelled by far more intricate but similarly effective note squashing. Between Page's sonic wizardry, John Bonham beating his drums into submission ("Moby Dick"), and the juice running down Robert Plant's leg ("The Lemon Song"), Led Zeppelin here just about succeeded in raising rock & roll excess to an art form. --Billy Altman# Essential recordings: Led Zeppelin III# Audio CD (August 16, 1994)# Original Release Date: 1970# Number of Discs: 1# Label: Atlantic1. Immigrant Song2. Friends3. Celebration Day4. Since Ive Been Loving You5. Out On The Tiles6. Gallows Pole7. Tangerine8. Thats The Way9. Bron Yr Aur Stomp10. Hats Off To (Roy) HarperEditorial Reviews Amazon.comAfter plundering the Yardbirds' legacy and Willie Dixon (among others) for their blues-riff-heavy first two albums, Jimmy Page and company surprised many listeners with the strong acoustic/folk sensibility displayed on III. Page aficionados shouldn't have been caught off guard; the guitarist had toyed with similar sensibilities and modalities during his brief tenure with the Yardbirds (most notably "White Summer" from the Little Games album). Ever the creative thieves, Zep kick off the album by nicking the riff from "Bali Ha'i" no less, with Robert Plant wailing it to punctuate the thundering FM warhorse "Immigrant Song." Even other electric rockers like "Celebration Day" and "Out on the Tiles" have an inventive, offbeat musicality to them that suggest the band was already wary of stereotyping. But it's the decidedly mellower acoustic groove of the album's latter half that's the news here, from the graceful beauty of "That's the Way" and "Tangerine" to the raw, folksy charm of "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp," "Hats Off (to Roy Harper)," and the traditional "Gallows Pole." --Jerry McCulley# Essential recordings: Led Zeppelin IV (ZOSO)# Audio CD (July 19, 1994)# Original Release Date: November 8, 1971# Number of Discs: 1# Label: Atlantic1. Black Dog2. Rock and Roll3. Battle of Evermore4. Stairway to Heaven5. Misty Mountain Hop6. Four Sticks7. Going to California8. When the Levee BreaksEditorial Reviews Amazon.comAlso known as the "rune" album or Zoso because of the medieval symbols adorning the inner sleeve, Led Zeppelin's fourth album, released in 1971, turned them from mere superstars into giant behemoths of the rock world. On tracks like "Black Dog," "Misty Mountain Hop," and "Rock and Roll," the combination of Robert Plant's banshee wails and Jimmy Page's frenetic guitar playing forever altered the stylistic bent of hard rock music. And the foreboding "When the Levee Breaks" demonstrated that Zeppelin could indeed play the blues fairly straight if they so desired. Still, everything here ultimately took a back seat to the album's (and, ultimately, the band's) magnum opus--the expertly constructed and deftly executed classic, "Stairway to Heaven." --Billy Altman# Essential recordings: Houses Of The Holy# Audio CD (July 19, 1994)# Original Release Date: 1973# Number of Discs: 1# Label: Atlantic1. The Song Remains The Same2. The Rain Song3. Over The Hills & Far Away4. The Crunge5. Dancing Days6. D Yer Mak Er7. No Quarter8. The OceanEditorial Reviews Amazon.comBuoyed by the runaway commercial success of Led Zeppelin IV, Jimmy Page used this 1973 follow-up to hone his already impressive production skills, and the result was a collection sporting an impressively expansive sound. Benefiting--especially on tracks such as "Dancing Days Are Here Again," "The Crunge," and "Over the Hills and Far Away"--was Zeppelin's always underrated rhythm section: thunder-fisted drummer John Bonham and rock-solid bassist John Paul Jones. Jones also emerged here as a secret weapon on keyboards with his subtle work on more pensive fare such as "No Quarter" and "The Ocean." And the goofy "D'yer Ma'ker" showed that Zeppelin had more of a sense of humor than most people ever gave them credit for. --Billy Altman# Essential recordings: Physical Graffiti# Audio CD (August 16, 1994)# Original Release Date: 1975# Number of Discs: 2# Label: Atlantic1. Custard Pie2. The Rover3. In My Time Of Dying4. Houses Of The Holy5. Trampled Under Foot6. Kashmir7. In The Light8. Bron-Yr-Aur9. Down By The Seaside10. Ten Years Gone11. Night Flight12. Wanton Song13. Boogie With Stu14. Black Country Woman15. Sick AgainEditorial Reviews Amazon.comThis 1975 release came smack in the middle of a long and nearly mythic career. Physical Graffiti is the last great Led Zeppelin title, recorded before the influences of the day (synthesizers, disco) ended Zeppelin's reign as the kings of loud and sexy blues-metal. Playfully experimenting with new sounds, the band blended Middle Eastern rhythms, folk-stylings, heavy blues, and deeply impassioned rock riffs into a two-disc set that sounded as if they were still enjoying their place in the rock pantheon. As sprawling and adventurous as this collection is, there are some tracks so tightly focused--so ultra-Zeppelinesque--that it's tempting to name this as a number one or number two must-have. "Trampled Underfoot" and "Custard Pie" alone are almost worth the double-disc price tag. --Lorry Fleming# Essential recordings: Presense# Audio CD (August 16, 1994)# Original Release Date: 1976# Number of Discs: 1# Label: Atlantic1. Achilles Last Stand2. For Your Life3. Royal Orleans4. Nobodys Fault But Mine5. Candy Store Rock6. Hots On For Nowhere7. Tea For OneEditorial Reviews Amazon.comPresence is one of Led Zeppelin's more overlooked albums, languishing in the monstrous shadow of its predecessor, Physical Graffiti. It's more noted in Zeppelin mythology for the circumstances in which it was recorded, in double-quick time with vocalist Robert Plant's leg in plaster after a car accident. The lack of time does show--much of the album feels like generic heavy rock, bigger on volume than variety. It's worth the price of the album, however, for the 10-minute-plus "Achilles Last Stand" (a crashing, galloping epic with John Bonham sounding like he's replaced his drumsticks with tree trunks) and "Nobody's Fault but Mine," a Blind Willie Johnson blues regenerated with a 3,000-watt boost by Jimmy Page. --David Stubbs# Essential recordings: The Song Remains The Same# Audio CD (October 25, 1990)# Original Release Date: 1976# Number of Discs: 2# Label: Atlantic1. Rock and Roll2. Celebration Day3. Song Remains the Same4. Rain Song5. Dazed and Confused1. No Quarter2. Stairway to Heaven3. Moby Dick4. Whole Lotta LoveEditorial Reviews Amazon.comLong acknowledged as one of the most formidable concert acts on the rock & roll arena circuit, Led Zeppelin finally bit the grenade and in 1976 released this, the only live album of their career. The companion to a same-named full-length feature film combing concert footage and oblique "personal" visual statements by each member, this collection still stands up as a souvenir of Zeppelin's winning stage combination of fire and fury. A sort of live greatest-hits disc, the album features good versions of "Rock and Roll," "Dazed and Confused" (complete with violin-bowed guitar, of course), "Whole Lotta Love," and the inevitably climactic "Stairway to Heaven." --Billy Altman# Essential recordings: In Through The Out Door# Audio CD (August 16, 1994)# Original Release Date: 1979# Number of Discs: 1# Label: Atlantic1. In The Evening2. South Bound Saurez3. Fool In The Rain4. Hot Dog5. Carouselambra6. All My Love7. I'm Gonna CrawlEditorial Reviews Amazon.comThough the band likely didn't know it at the time, this would prove to be the last studio record by one of the most famous rock & roll bands in the world. Drummer John Bonham died shortly after its release. 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