Led Zeppellin - (4)

I bought this album in high school for one reason...Stairway. Yes, the song that ended every single dance at my high school. A couple of years ago someone started at the bottom of the stairs of Strands Beach and wrote the lyrics line by line, on the front face of the steps, so that as you climbed the stairs you climbed the stairway to heaven, or something. That song alone would make this album worth owning, but when you throw in "Black Dog", "Rock and Roll" and "Misty Mountain Hop" it becomes an album worth killing for. Though not as popular as the previously mentioned tracks, I also really like the haunting "When the Levee Breaks". The album is short at only 8 tracks, but the sonic grandeur is overwhelming. There is a reason that Jimmy Page and Robert Plant are considered one of the most potent duos in rock, and it's certainly not for nothing that Led Zeppelin is widely considered to be the father of the heavy metal genre. I haven't listened to this album in quite a while, and I've been missing out. This one is back in the regular rotation. You too, can get the led out at Amazon.