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Coda, released in 1982 after the breakup of the band, was the result of a trawl through the studio archives in search of leftover material. In fact, they had already used up almost all of the good stuff; this was Led Zeppelin's only disappointing album. Nevertheless, even relatively poor material by Led Zeppelin is decent aU
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Coda, released in 1982 after the breakup of the band, was the result of a trawl through the studio archives in search of leftover material. In fact, they had already used up almost all of the good stuff; this was Led Zeppelin's only disappointing album. Nevertheless, even relatively poor material by Led Zeppelin is decent and some tracks here are classic, notably "Poor Tom," "Ozone Baby," and "Wearing and Tearing." The latter, one of three outtakes from the In Through the Out Door sessions, features a particularly high-octane blend of stripped-down, grungy rock & roll and is considered their response to the then-burgeoning punk movement. With so little studio material available, live versions of "I Can't Quit You Babe" and "We're Gonna Groove" from 1970 flesh out the set; the former features some blistering playing. --James Swift
"I probably shouldn't include this album, but I felt it to be a big disappointment.
Released after John Bonham's death, most of these songs were never released, some during sessions of Led Zeppelin III, but the album sounds like those songs that didn't need to be released. As if the band was just scraping the bottom of the barrel to cash in some money after the death of Bonham.
But we have to give it to Led Zeppelin. Page and Plant deserve a lot of credit for letting this be the end and not re"
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