If your familiarity with Led Zeppelin extends to 'Black Dog' and 'Whole Lotta Love', then you'll reach a point in this album that makes you turn to your hi-fi and go "huh? Is that REALLY Led Zeppelin?!" And whilst Rolling Stone lambasted this album at the time for not being 'consistent' with their previous output, Led Zeppelin III is quite refreshingly different. Predominantly written at Bron-yr-Aur, a remote cottage situated in the idyllic mountains of rural Wales, the band's respite in the country provided them and their collective Muse with much needed rest and insipiration. After an insanely hectic touring schedule, such an idea was comparitively ...  Read the complete review

Now if Led Zeppelin 2 and Led Zeppelin 4 are the best albums the band produced where does that leave Led Zeppelin 3? In my view it is still a pretty good album but some of the tracks just did not come off. When the band reconvened for the 4th album it was back to basics and back to doing what they did best. The album begins with The Immigrant Song and this is an excellent album opener. I remember this getting a lot of radio airplay despite Led Zeps insistence on never releasing singles. Frenetic in pace and evoking lyrical references to Norse mythology it drives along on a Page guitar riff and staccato drum line. The defining part though is Robert Plants ...  Read the complete review

Led Zeppelin III, released in 1970, is an important album in the Led Zeppelin catalogue, because (1) with one exception, it was the first step in the band's departure from the blues style that influenced them so much, and (2) Jimmy Page's acoustic guitar became more prominent in their work. The songs on the album, and a brief description of each, follows. 1. The Immigrant Song--This is a song driven by the bass and drums, and it features some tremendous high range vocals by Robert Plant. Lyrically, the song demonstrates the band's infatuation with mythology, and in this particular song, it's Norse mythology ("Tell Valhalla I am ...  Read the complete review

Following much speculation in the comment section I have decided to write an op on the greatest band to grace the earth: Led Zeppelin. ...who thinks this is Zep's best? Thank goodness, I've always thought there was something wrong with me - whenever people have the old "is Led Zep IV or Physical Graffiti their best album" discussion, I've mumbled "what about Led Zep III" under my breath. I bought this album in the week of it's original release, back in the early 70s, and loved it from the opening bludgeoning banshee wail of Immigrant Song onwards on first listen. What happy memories... This was the album ...  Read the complete review

Sorry peeps, I love Zepp but I don't like this one too much. After the bombast of LZII, the boys retreated to Wales to get in touch with their artistic side, with the result of this, a mish-mash of a record that is half diamond-true rock and half hippie-dippie rubbish. Read on!! The original album came in gatefold sleeve with a turning dial that depicted the changing of the seasons, very rustic, and inside had such things as the Montgolfier balloon, a wasp on a Zeppelin, an RAF WW1 biplane, a butterfly and for some reason a stick of corn on the cob. Remains one of rocks great sleeves. Curses to CDs!! Immigrant Song opens things up, ...  Read the complete review