Physical Graffiti
by Led Zeppelin
- Type: Album
- Released: 24聽February聽1975
- Label: Swan Song
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:22:45
- Community rating: 4.31/5 from 31 ratings
Artists on this release: John Paul Jones, John Bonham, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page
Album Notes & Community Reviews
As the band's only studio double album, 'Physical Graffiti' merges expansive new compositions with unreleased tracks from previous sessions dating from 1970 to 1973. The resulting collection is a stylistic tour de force, moving from the hard rock of "The Wanton Song" and the clavinet-driven funk of "Trampled Under Foot" to the grand, string-laden orchestral rock of "Kashmir." The album鈥檚 production captures this diversity, balancing the raw, improvisational energy of live-in-studio takes against Jimmy Page's intricately layered guitar overdubs and John Paul Jones's experimental use of synthesizers and Mellotron, embodying the peak of the band's creative ambition.
Genres
Descriptors: guitar-heavy, bluesy, sprawling, folk, funky
Tracklist
- Custard Pie (04:15)
- The Rover (05:39)
- In My Time of Dying (11:08)
- Houses of the Holy (04:04)
- Trampled Under Foot (05:36)
- Kashmir (08:37)
- In the Light (08:47)
- Bron (02:06)
- Down by the Seaside (05:15)
- Ten Years Gone (06:34)
- Night Flight (03:38)
- The Wanton Song (04:08)
- Boogie with Stu (03:52)
- Black Country Woman (04:24)
- Sick Again (04:42)
Credits
- Jimmy Page - guitarist, producer, arp synthesiser, acoustic guitar
- John Bonham - drummer
- John Paul Jones - bassist, keyboardist, hohner clavinet, mellotron, string arrangement, brass arrangement, triple-neck guitar (mandolin, six- and 12-string guitars), hammond organ
- Robert Plant - lead singer, harmonica
- Ian Stewart - pianist
- Peter Grant - manager, executive-producer
- Ron Nevison - engineer
- Keith Harwood - mixing, engineering
- Peter Corriston - album cover design
- Eddie Kramer - engineering