Physical Graffiti [Remastered] - Led Zeppelin > Reviews > This is it!

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Groundbreaking
Lyrics	Sublime
Quality and consistency of tracks	A couple of weak links
How does it compare to the artist's other releases	Outstanding
Value for Money

Advantages:	It has the lot !
Disadvantages:	Not a single one

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

This album is a tour de force, the culmination of the 5 previous albums, the creative and artistic azimuth of Percy and Pagey.

This magnum opus reveals a pellucid quality in tracks such as Ten Years Gone, a haunting beautiful melody, encompassing longing and pure emotion. We are humbled by the magnitude of Kashmir, surely the most immense peaean ever invoked on a Gibson?

We are privvy to the full range of the mighty Zep's songbook, the fabulously naughty Trampled Underfoot with it's relentless bassline and climactic vocal, the tender majesty of Bron y Aur and the loquacious reverence of In the Light.

Top this lot with the sheer animal grunt of In my time of dying - and you are left bereft of any sense of normality. I believe in the power of music and this album is more powerful than anything before or since.

This album was Led Zeppelin's last defiant gesture at a vaguely uncaring world, and if you don't dig this - you are surely inextricably weighed down by your own mortal coils.