Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
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Based on 4 reviews
1971 Ratings: #2 / 136
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1971 Ratings: #5
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zachthesnack
100

Easily in contention for the greatest rock album of all time.

Edgera
88

I get why this is a classic album and considered by some to be the greatest rock album of all time. It's one of my favorite classic rock records. It has extremely iconic (and amazing in every way) riffs from Jimmy Page, iconic vocals for Plant (unique and fit the band's sound so well), fantastic drumming from Bohnam (When the Levee Breaks sounds too god damn amazing for the early 70s, it's a top 50 songs of all time for me), and well, average bass playing. Just kidding John's bass playing is ... read more

Nightwing734
NR

EDIT: I was wrong, Born To Run is obviously the best classic rock album of all time.

Imagine thinking that this isn't the best classic rock album of all time

lucacossu
96

43 minuti di estasi per uno dei pilastri portanti di ogni canzone rock nata dopo il 1971. “Led Zeppelin IV” fonde con una maestria quasi ultraterrena, Blues, Folk e Hard Rock, definendo il suono cardine di tutti gli anni ’70. Il disco iniziò a vedere la luce circa un anno prima della sua uscita, nel Dicembre del 1970, durante delle sessions agli Island Studios di Londra. Successivamente il gruppo si spostò in un cottage dell’800 dove avevano già ... read more

proculman
76

Although Stairway to Heaven is the best song I never want to hear of all time and that Black Dog is everything that makes Led Zeppelin special, the album as a whole isn't.
Rock and Roll might be one of the best songs from said genre and The Battle of Evermore sure has a magical atmosphere to it, but then Misty Mountain Hop comes in and you wonder if this is the least interesting song Led Zeppelin has ever put to tape. And then you ask yourself the same question with the next two songs too. The ... read more

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Added on: November 19, 2012