Led Zeppelin [Box Set]

RELEASE
LABEL
Atlantic
GENRES
Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal, British Folk-Rock, British Blues, British Metal, Regional Blues, Blues-Rock, Album Rock, Arena Rock, Hard Rock

Album Review

Led Zeppelin's primary method of artistic expression was their albums. Although they had a handful of hit singles and although selected album tracks were played endlessly on the radio, the true range of their music is only evident on the original albums, which were carefully sequenced and assembled. Consequently, the notion of a Led Zeppelin anthology is a bit strange -- their records worked as individual pieces. Nevertheless, the four-disc box set Led Zeppelin includes most of their best and most famous material. Jimmy Page determined the set's running order, taking the songs out of their familiar contexts and placing them in a new, occasionally jarring, sequence, providing new insights to the band's music that dedicated fans will appreciate. Led Zeppelin is the only album in their catalog to include the classic B-side "Hey Hey What Can I Do," as well as their unreleased version of Robert Johnson's "Travelling Riverside Blues" and a live medley of Page's "White Summer/Black Mountain Side." Most fans will find these three tracks essential, but will balk at the price, especially since all of Zeppelin's albums have been remastered since the original release of the box set. While the box contains a wealth of brilliant music, all of it is better heard in its original incarnation.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Whole Lotta Love
  2. Heartbreaker
  3. Communication Breakdown
  4. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
  5. What Is and What Should Never Be
  6. Thank You
  7. I Can't Quit You Baby
  8. Dazed and Confused
  9. Your Time Is Gonna Come
  10. Ramble On
  11. Travelling Riverside Blues [#]
  12. Friends
  13. Celebration Day
  14. Hey Hey What Can I Do
  15. White Summer/Black Mountain Side [#]
  16. Black Dog
  17. Over the Hills and Far Away
  18. Immigrant Song
  19. The Battle of Evermore
  20. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
  21. Tangerine
  22. Going to California
  23. Since I've Been Loving You
  24. D'Yer Mak'er
  25. Gallows Pole
  26. Custard Pie
  27. Misty Mountain Hop
  28. Rock and Roll
  29. The Rain Song
  30. Stairway to Heaven
  31. Kashmir
  32. Trampled Under Foot
  33. For Your Life
  34. No Quarter
  35. Dancing Days
  36. When the Levee Breaks
  37. Achilles Last Stand
  38. The Song Remains the Same
  39. Ten Years Gone
  40. In My Time of Dying
  41. In the Evening
  42. Candy Store Rock
  43. The Ocean
  44. Ozone Baby
  45. Houses of the Holy
  46. Wearing and Tearing
  47. Poor Tom
  48. Nobody's Fault But Mine
  49. Fool in the Rain
  50. In the Light
  51. The Wanton Song
  52. Moby Dick/Bonzo's Montreux
  53. I'm Gonna Crawl
  54. All My Love