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Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti Release Date: 1975 02 24 Running Time: 82:15 Label: Swan Song Led Zeppelin returned from a nearly two-year hiatus in 1975 with Physical Graffiti, a sprawling, ambitious double album. Zeppelin treat many of the songs on Physical Graffiti as forays into individual styles, only occasionally synthesizing sounds, notably on the tense, Eastern-influenced "Kashmir." With John Paul Jones' galloping keyboard, "Trampled Underfoot" ranks as their funkiest metallic grind, while "Houses of the Holy" is as effervescent as pre-Beatles pop and "Down by the Seaside" is the closest they've come to country. Even the heavier blues -- the 11-minute "In My Time of Dying," the tightly wound "Custard Pie," and the monstrous epic "The Rover" -- are subtly shaded, even if they're thunderously loud. Most of these heavy rockers are isolated on the first album, with the second half of Physical Graffiti sounding a little like a scrap heap of experiments, jams, acoustic workouts, and neo-covers. This may not be as consistent as the first platter, but its quirks are entirely welcome, not just because they encompass the mean, decadent "Sick Again," but the heartbreaking "Ten Years Gone" and the utterly charming acoustic rock & roll of "Boogie With Stu" and "Black Country Woman." Yes, some of this could be labeled as filler, but like any great double album, its appeal lies in its great sprawl, since it captures elements of the band's personality rarely showcased elsewhere -- and even at its worst, Physical Graffiti towers above its hard rock peers of the mid-'70s. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Custard Pie Page, Plant 4:14 2 Rover Page, Plant 5:37 3 In My Time of Dying Page, Plant, Bonham, Jones 11:06 4 Houses of the Holy Page, Plant 4:02 5 Trampled Under Foot Page, Plant, Jones 5:36 6 Kashmir Bonham, Plant, Page 8:28 7 In the Light Jones, Page, Plant 8:47 8 Bron-Yr-Aur Page 2:06 9 Down by the Seaside Page, Plant 5:16 10 Ten Years Gone Page, Plant 6:33 11 Night Flight Plant, Jones, Page 3:37 12 Wanton Song Page, Plant 4:09 13 Boogie with Stu Page, Jones, Stewart, Plant, Bonham, Mrs. Valens 3:53 14 Black Country Woman Plant, Page 4:32 15 Sick Again Page, Plant 4:43 Releases: Year Type Label CD Swan Song 1994 CD Swan Song 2008 CD WEA 2005 CD WEA International 1990 LP Atlantic 2001 LP Classic Collection 1994 CS Swan Song 2003 CD Swan Song

Group Members: Robert Plant John Bonham John Paul Jones Jimmy Page More >> Similar Artists: Aerosmith Jimi Hendrix Jeff Beck Cream Black Sabbath More >>

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