Total Listens At Time Of Press: 6
The example I usually bring up when this kind of thing happens is Weezer. Weezer can never make a good album again. This is because of The Blue Album. Every album they make is subconciously compared to it and is always found lacking. Of course someone right now is saying how much they love Pinkerton but they are just fooling themselves. And it's unfair because if some other band released The Green Album or Make Believe it would be impressive. In essence, Weezer is punished for being great in the past.
And so we arrive at Led Zeppelin III. Now it's not because it's mostly acoustic that this album feels like a dip in the road. The truth, I think, is much simpler. The band just sounds exhausted. After two albums in a year and massive touring, they try and fuel this album on adrenaline and there is just none left in the tank. Led had to do it differently. Different, in music, is usually met with resistance. If you were great in the past, the fans wonder why you would ever want to evolve. Just ask Weezer.
Overwrought Section
After the sweaty muscles and flesh are removed from the monster, a haunted, ghastly skeleton remains. It's more chills than thrills, but it still rocks.
Best Track: Immigrant Song
It's about a viking invasion. And it sounds exactly like one. Axe-swinging and galloping over all who dare to listen. Never has subject matter and sound so matched up perfectly. It is your overlord!
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