Led Zeppelin's a weird band. You start on your trek knowing about the popular albums (II, Zoso), then you dig deeper and begin to appreciate their bluesier side (I, III).Just as you are about to call it a day, you discover their later albums and they knock your socks off and you can't comprehend why they would even release those other albums.
Physical Graffiti is an accomplishment, a benchmark in rock music. I can listen to the album over and over and have little problem with it. Double albums then were made because you had two albums' worth of great music. Physical Graffiti split into two would not have mattered in the least. The fact that they came up with all that music in one time period is remarkable.
The album cover is fucking awesome. The songs waft from driving and heavy to light and precise. Who kenw that the album almost never came about after John Paul Jones nearly quit to become a choirmaster at a cathedral.
One of the top 20 rock albums of all time. Book it.
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