Led Zeppelin were already the worlds finest rock band when they released this album. An unusual album, they moved away from their self titled albums and also tackled a number of different styles.
The openening two tracks are Custard Pie and The Rover. Both songs are similar in style and reveal a slightly heavier style from Zep. The basslines are fairly average, Page delivers another quality solo and Plant is incredible again but the real star on these two songs is John Bonham. Turning the balance on your hifi to the right and having bass at maximum and the rest at minimum you can appreciate how much his drumming influences the style and the sound of Zep. This is particularly the case as Custard Pie tails off - each hit of the drum sounds like an explosion and overtake the other instruments for sheer noise value.
In My Time Of Dying is a huge song. It is 11 minutes long and is like several songs rolled into one. There are countless superb solos from Page, Jones strikes the right balance between keeping the beat on bass and improvisation with Bonzos bass drum living a life of its own. This song is one of the heaviest on the album before a trio of slightly funky songs.
The final one of these songs is the infamous Kashmir. Named after the Asian region that is much squabbled over it is one of Zeps best and most inventive songs. Strings nicely complement bass and guitar and Robert Plant gives a sensational, slightly whistful performance. The song grows in stature as it progresses and more recently the riff has been sampled on the Godzilla soundtrack and sounds similar to the opening of Rage Against The Machine song Wake Up. An epic song it rounds off a magnificent first disc before a departure from the Zep sound on the second disc.
The first song on the next disc is In The Light. It is one of the songs that spawned heavy metal but the real genius lies in the chorus. If the verse is the forest then the chorus is the light. It provides a beautiful break from the darkness and is one of the best moments on the album.
The next highlight of the album is Night Flight. An up tempo song it is the closest that Zep would ever get to a dance track. It showcases a great performance from Plant who is in fine ad libbing form with the rest of the group doing what they usually do. Nice.
It is followed by The Wanton Song, quite good which is turn followed by the intensely strange Boogie With Stu. It is a complete change in the sound of Zep and thankfully one that didnt last. It is co written by some other people outwith the band and probably explains the air of novelty about the song.
After the album rounds off Zep have rubber stamped their greatest rock band title. It is one of their best albums and you should definately purchase it ahead of their IV album.
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