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- “Kashmir” When you think of Physical Graffiti, “Kashmir” tends to be the first and last song that comes to mind. As colossal as the Zeppelin legacy itself, “Kashmir” captures all four band members at the peak of their talents: You have Jimmy Page's unconventional DADGAD tuning inspired by similar modal Arabian ones; Robert Plant's vivid impressions of his travels across Northern Africa; John Bonham's thunderous but meticulously planned percussion; and John Paul Jones' orchestral arrangement, both for real strings and his Mellotron.
- “Ten Years Gone” With all due respect to “Stairway to Heaven,” Led Zeppelin never crafted a more musically and emotionally satisfying power ballad than “Ten Years Gone.”
- “In My Time of Dying” Zeppelin’s greatest epic, all 11 minutes of it, brings the first side of Physical Graffiti to an awe-inspiring blues workout, almost as if the band was daring fans to flip the record over and see what wonders lay beyond.
- “In the Light” One of Physical Graffiti’s best-loved epics, “In the Light” features the sort of songwriting innovation and clever instrumental gimmicks that set Led Zeppelin apart from every other heavy rock band of the ‘70s and beyond.
Jan 23, 2015 · A menacing and salacious riff, dripping with intoxicating dirty blues lust opens the door to a Dionysian orgy, writhing with desire, revelling in its own relentless pursuit of pleasure. The unapologetic mutant funk rhythm section of Bonzo Bonham and John Paul Jones buffalos a path through the fray. Wha-wha clavinet snakes around your hips and ...
Oct 29, 2015 · All of this, plus the simple fact that the individual performances are brimming with innovative and outstanding musicianship, helped to make Physical Graffiti an easy choice as Classic Rock Review’s Album of the Year for 1975. In their first three years as a band, Led Zeppelin recorded and released four albums with sequential numerical titles.
Physical Graffiti is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. Released as a double album on 24 February 1975 in the United States and on 28 February 1975 in the United Kingdom, it was the group's first album to be released under their new label, Swan Song Records.
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Feb 18, 2015 · Listening to it today, 40 years later, Physical Graffiti stands as one of Zeppelin's greatest achievements, a powerhouse work that juggles monster tracks both new ("Trampled Under...
- Michael Gallucci
Feb 24, 2020 · Led Zeppelin 's gloriously bloated sixth album, the 1975 double LP Physical Graffiti, followed its predecessor by nearly two years — an almost unthinkable stretch of dead air for the decade's...
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May 27, 2023 · Although Houses of the Holy was the first time they were experimenting with their song structures, Physical Graffiti was the moment fans got to hear every facet of what makes Led Zeppelin tick.
