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Added together, Presence winds up as something less than the sum of its parts but its imbalance also means that it's a record worth revisiting; it seems different upon each revisit and is always compelling.
10y
When I was in high school many years ago, I was composing my first song to be played with a band. My music teacher's advice was to ensure that every songwriting technique properly served the song, and to refrain from getting self-indulgent. He then said (if I remember correctly), that Led Zeppelin's downfall was that they fell into the trap of self-indulgence. In my opinion, this can be detected on "Presence", particularly with songs such as "Nobody's Fault but Mine", which ... read more
yeah it's not as interesting as any of their previous albums, but it's still pretty cool and nice. achilles last stand is one of their best cuts - extremely energetic prog rock banger.
Presence is one of the few albums in Zeppelin's discography that a lot of people forget about or just skip entirely. I can sorta see why. There are only seven tracks, none are particularly great, the production is lackluster compared to previous releases (as is the songwriting and instrumentation), but there are some good highlights here regardless of its flaws. This isn't an album that should be skipped over when you diving through LZ's discog. Tracks like "Achilles Last Stand" and ... read more
Achilles Last Stand is incredible, easily one of their best tracks. The rest of the album is good, not as good as the other Zeppelin projects I have listened to but still enjoyable.
Low 7/10
Fav song: Achilles Last Stand
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Track List
| 1 | Achilles Last Stand 10:30 | 97 |
| 2 | For Your Life 6:25 | 74 |
| 3 | Royal Orleans 2:59 | 68 |
| 4 | Nobody's Fault But Mine 6:27 | 85 |
| 5 | Candy Store Rock 4:11 | 60 |
| 6 | Hots On for Nowhere 4:44 | 64 |
| 7 | Tea for One 9:25 | 76 |
Total Length: 44 minutes
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1w
im glad we can all agree that achilles last stand is far and away the best song on here, best bonham performance period
7mo
This is the most textbook 5/10 album and then boom one of the best prog rock songs of all time
7mo
And people talk about Hey Bulldog carrying the Yellow Submarine album... man Achilles Last Stand is such a fucking monster of a song
11mo
Massively overhated/underrated album (depending on the song and ofc person)... Currently, I think of Presence higher than of LZIII and maybe even II lol
Added on: August 25, 2013