Total Listens At Time of Press: 9
To call Physical Graffiti "Led Zeppelin's White Album" would be too simplistic. It would also be accurate, but that is beside the point. And it's fun to use The Beatles as shorthand when talking about music. But I've found a shocking lack of knowledge in the general populace. Folks, we need to bone up on our Beatles. Seriously. What was I talking about? Led Zeppelin. Right. My bad.
Every Led Zeppelin album listener probably has the same take on Physical Graffiti: not my favorite, but has some really strong songs...I appreciate the sheer size of the effort and range. This is because there are so many entry points here. You can hear the brutal first albums and the more thoughtful middle albums. So while fans all say there are peaks and valleys to Physical Graffiti, they are using different cartographers. Of course the folks that enjoy the tracks that sound like Led Zeppelin II are the only ones who are correct.
Overwrought Section
And endless landscape where desert meets glacier, and land touches sky. You will find a favorite room behind one of these doors, but it's also fun to get lost in the mansion.
Best Track: In My Time Of Dying
Even though Sick Again and Wanton Song are closer to my sex rock heart, In My Time of Dying is truly a masterwork. All three are excellent at high volume, but there is something else going on with In My Time. It's the song that stays in your head after you leave the car. And as eulogy songs go, I think this is the one I want to have playing at my funeral. Though it has regret and pleading with Jesus, it also looks death in the eye and dares the Grim Reaper to take the singer's soul. Death won't take him alive.
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