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Physical Graffiti | 
| Artist: Led Zeppelin Label: Atlantic / Wea Category: Music
List Price: $24.98 Buy Used: $8.49 You Save: $16.49 (66%)
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Rating: 383 reviews Sales Rank: 719
Format: Original Recording Remastered Media: Audio CD Discs: 2 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3 Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 075679244222 UPC: 075679244222 EAN: 0075679244222 ASIN: B000002JSN
Release Date: August 16, 1994 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Custard Pie | | • | The Rover | | • | In My Time of Dying | | • | Houses of the Holy | | • | Trampled Under Foot | | • | Kashmir |
Disc 2
| • | In the Light | | • | Bron-Yr-Aur | | • | Down by the Seaside | | • | Ten Years Gone | | • | Night Flight - Led Zeppelin, Jones, John Paul [1 | | • | The Wanton Song | | • | Boogie with Stu - Led Zeppelin, Bonham, John | | • | Black Country Woman | | • | Sick Again |
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Product Description No Description Available No Track Information Available Media Type: CD Artist: LED ZEPPELIN Title: PHYSICAL GRAFFITI Street Release Date: 08/16/1994 Domestic Genre: ROCK/POP
Amazon.com essential recording 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 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
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Hammer of the Gods!!! November 20, 2008 Elayna Clegg (logan, ut United States) This is the only album I would take to a deserted island (if I could only take one).
Demosesque October 7, 2008 Charles J. Vannice (Kansas City, MO) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I like this record in the sense of it's length and classical leanings (namely Baroque), but it's production value is something to be desired. On the majority of the tracks Bonham's drums lack the strong "thump" that I've grown so accustomed to. They are on the edge of being demos. One positive note: "In the Light" is probably the most underrated Zep songs, so that alone is grounds for a purchase.
4 1/2 stars. Some filler, but even the filler is good... September 6, 2008 Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I think every one of the original Zeppelin albums (and the live ones as well) has reviewers calling it "the best Led Zeppelin" album. I'm gonna go with the nameless one any day, followed closely by "Live at the BBC" and "How the West was Won". But this big, sprawling double album is really a must-have as well, as are the vast majority of Zeppelin's 70s albums. It's the "usual" blend, I suppose, of blues, folk, rock n' roll and a little bit of funk and soul, generally heavy on the electric blues, but with a couple of utterly charming acoustic numbers as well.
There is perhaps nothing here as monumental as "Stairway" or as long-lasting as "Black Dog" or "Whole Lotta Love", even though the majestic 8-minute "Kashmir" features a riff that will allow you get to rid of any other song that has gotten stuck in your head. But the overall quality of the material is very, very high. It's hard, in fact, to think of another rock or blues record with this many distinctive guitar riffs; the entire first disc is dripping with heavy blues and rock n' roll riffs and thumping drums. And while the second disc may be a little less consistent, opening with two minutes of hideous synth, it nevertheless features plenty of terrific blues-rock and some lovely acoustic forays. Titles like "Night Flight", "Boogie with Stu" and "Black Country Woman" may not be the most immediately recognizable, but they're among Zep's most infectious blooze-n-boogie-grinds. "Physical Graffiti" is a monument, one of the most epic double studio albums of the 70s, right up there with "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs", and bested only, perhaps, by the Stones' unrivalled "Exile on Main Street".
BEST ZEPPELIN ALBUM August 7, 2008 Dawn R. Savage (CHICAGO, IL) BEST ZEPPELIN ALBUM! THIS IS A SAMPLER PLATE OF EVERYTHING LED ZEPPELIN DID WELL; HARD ROCK, BLUES, ACOUSTIC, BALLADS. IF I COULD ONLY HAVE ONE ZEPPELIN ALBUM, THIS WOULD BE THE ONE! ROCK ON!
Epic! August 5, 2008 Denise Hamilton (Maine) The quality of the individual song may not be up to Led Zeppelin 1,2, or 4, but the diversity, indulgence, and inspiration make it just as interesting, good, and ultimatly the most entertaining. The essential Led Zeppelin album.
Note. People one gave this or other Led Zeppelin/Jimi Hendrix/Pink Floyd/Beatles etc, albums one star often listen to foreigner and mention it in their comments. What does this tell you? Foreigner, Genesis, and Yes stink and people who listen to them have no taste. If you want a better progressive group, go to pretty much any other band.
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