TRACK LIST
| A1 |
|
Black Dog |
4:55 |
| A2 |
|
Rock And Roll |
3:40 |
| A3 |
|
The Battle Of Evermore |
5:38 |
| A4 |
|
Stairway To Heaven |
7:55 |
| B1 |
|
Misty Mountain Hop |
4:39 |
| B2 |
|
Four Sticks |
4:49 |
| B3 |
|
Going To California |
3:36 |
| B4 |
|
When The Levee Breaks |
7:08 |
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 epic scope. Even at its most basic -- the muscular, tradtionalist "Rock and Roll" -- the album has a grand sense of drama, which is deepened by Robert Plant's burgeoning obsession with mythology and mysticism. These obsessions come 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," which encapsulates the entire album in one song. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
