Led Zeppelin 4 (1971) [MP3] {CtShoN} [CTRC]

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.

Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
Studio album by: Led Zeppelin
The untitled fourth studio album by the English rock band
Led Zeppelin, commonly referred to as Led Zeppelin IV,
was released on 8 November 1971 on Atlantic Records.

Recording Date: December, 1970 - March, 1971

Duration: 42:33

Release date: November 8, 1971

Label: Atlantic Records

Producers: Jimmy Page

Artist: Led Zeppelin

Genre: Heavy metal, Blues, Hard rock, Rock and roll, Blues rock, Folk music, Folk rock

1.
Black Dog
4:56

2.
Rock and Roll
3:41

3.
The Battle of Evermore
5:52

4.
Stairway To Heaven
7:59

5.
Misty Mountain Hop
4:39

6.
Four Sticks
4:45

7.
Going to California
3:32

8.
When the Levee Breaks
7:08

Duration: 42:33