Description:This 1975 release came smack in the middle of a long and nearly mythic career. Physical Graffiti is the last great Led Zeppelin title, recorded before the influences of the day (synthesizers, disco) ended Zeppelin's reign as the kings of loud and sexy blues-metal. Playfully experimenting with new sounds, the band blended Middle EasterThis 1975 release came smack in the middle of a long and nearly mythic career. Physical Graffiti is the last great Led Zeppelin title, recorded before the influences of the day (synthesizers, disco) ended Zeppelin's reign as the kings of loud and sexy blues-metal. Playfully experimenting with new sounds, the band blended Middle Eastern rhythms, folk-stylings, heavy blues, and deeply impassioned rock riffs into a two-disc set that sounded as if they were still enjoying their place in the rock pantheon. As sprawling and adventurous as this collection is, there are some tracks so tightly focused--so ultra-Zeppelinesque--that it's tempting to name this as a number one or number two must-have. "Trampled Underfoot" and "Custard Pie" alone are almost worth the double-disc price tag. --Lorry Fleming... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Atlantic / Wea Release date : 16 August 1994 Number of discs : 2 EAN: 0075679244222 UPC: 075679244222
"This friend complained he couldn't do it because there are so many to choose from and his list would keep changing, so he said he would give a roundabout of his top ten in random order.
1. Led Zeppelin-Physical Graffiti
2. Rush-Moving Pictures
3. Yes-Close to the Edge
4. The Who-Who's Next
5. U2-The Joshua Tree
6. Blind Faith
7. Aerosmith-Rocks
8. The Beatles-The White Album
9. Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here
10.Queen-A Night at the Opera "
""This last great Led Zeppelin album, is — like most double LPs of the era — a bloated beast. But its self-indulgent swagger is the very thing that makes it so much fun — and one of the heaviest records of the 1970s. Powered by John Paul Jones' jittery clavinet, "Trampled Under Foot" is viking funk; "In My Time of Dying" is eleven minutes of slow-blues lava. The sprawl of Graffiti also let Jimmy Page and Robert Plant bring Zeppelin's less obvious gifts — English folk and hillbilly romp â€"
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