Tracks
- Immigrant Song
- Friends
- Celebration Day
- Since I've Been Loving You
- Out on the Tiles
- Gallows Pole
- Tangerine
- That's the Way
- Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
- Hats Off to (Roy) Harper
Led Zeppelin III is an exquisite album. The music is hard rock with many songs having an folkie (English folk) thread running through them. There are two straight up blues rock songs, an indication of their own song writing maturity.
This album works well on two levels. First, every song is dynamic. Each instrument is busy doing something at all times on each song. While it can sound complex, it's disciplined and not overwhelming. Second, the production quality is outstanding. It's not like there haven't been other talented and capable producers and audio engineers, but for Jimmy Page, the production is like another instrument. He really treats it as an art. (There's no doubt it's a big reason why Led Zeppelin sounds fresh decades later.)
This is a phenomenal and underrated album. It doesn't seem to rock as hard as Led Zeppelin II, but it does; it just has fewer riffs. This album is definitely worth listening to and owning. It certainly belongs on the 1001 Albums list.
Every song on this album is outstanding. Every single one is exciting and entertaining. My favorites are Immigrant Song, Since I've Been Loving You, Out on the Tiles and Gallows Pole. The one song that I've come to be more fond of recently is Hats Off to (Roy) Harper. It's a really strong adaptation of a blues song into rock song, without it becoming a blues rock song.
★★★★★★★★★★
No comments:
Post a Comment