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Allmusic.com: Encompassing heavy metal, folk, pure rock & roll, and blues, Led Zeppelin's untitled fourth album is a monolithic record, defining not only Led Zeppelin but the sound and style of '70s hard rock. Expanding on the breakthroughs of III, Zeppelin fuse their majestic hard rock with a mystical, rural English folk that gives the record an epic scope. Even at its most basic -- the muscular, traditionalist "Rock and Roll" -- the album has a grand sense of drama, which is only deepened by Robert Plant's burgeoning obsession with mythology, religion, and the occult. Plant's mysticism comes to a head on the eerie folk ballad "The Battle of Evermore," a mandolin-driven song with haunting vocals from Sandy Denny, and on the epic "Stairway to Heaven." Of all of Zeppelin's songs, "Stairway to Heaven" is the most famous, and not unjustly. Building from a simple fingerpicked acoustic guitar to a storming torrent of guitar riffs and solos, it encapsulates the entire album in one song. Which, of course, isn't discounting the rest of the album. "Going to California" is the group's best folk song, and the rockers are endlessly inventive, whether it's the complex, multi-layered "Black Dog," the pounding hippie satire "Misty Mountain Hop," or the funky riffs of "Four Sticks." But the closer, "When the Levee Breaks," is the one song truly equal to "Stairway," helping give IV the feeling of an epic. An apocalyptic slice of urban blues, "When the Levee Breaks" is as forceful and frightening as Zeppelin ever got, and its seismic rhythms and layered dynamics illustrate why none of their imitators could ever equal them.

Well I've returned and would be interested in doing one.

For Led Zeppelin a resounding yes. That's one of the first albums I remember falling in love with, my parents played it a lot when I was very, very young.

Nah. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the rock tracks are solid, but the folk ones are dull, and since there's a 50/50 split of those, then only half the album is any good.

Yes - 1
No - 2

Oh and get me on the list.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1606943)

Nah. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the rock tracks are solid, but the folk ones are dull, and since there's a 50/50 split of those, then only half the album is any good.

50/50? You're a dunce.

Only 2 of the 8 tracks can be considered "folk".

That's a clear yes. Thanks for the background on the album Chula, I wasn't aware of this album until you posted it in here. :rolleyes:

Oh hell yes on ZOSO!

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1606946)

50/50? You're a dunce.

Only 2 of the 8 tracks can be considered "folk".

All I know is half of the album is folky enough to bore the **** out of me.

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1606940)

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I did NOT expect that! I don't think anyone did! :laughing:

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No 2

Oh and it's a clear Yes from me too so

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No 2