Yes it is one of the best
Although I think I prefer Houses of the Holy. Same thing applies though, a little bit too much filler sometimes across the Led Zep catalogue but more often than not plenty sock exploding moments..
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 10:09, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Really?
I can't be bothered with most of their stuff after Led Zep IV.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 10:12, Reply)

there are some absolute gems
some of my favourite tunes of theirs are on ones after IV: achilles last stand, nobody's fault but mine, no quarter(!!!)

but on the whole the first 4 are better
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 10:15, Reply)

And Kashmir of course

( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 10:22, Reply)

of course

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 10:32, Reply)

Perhaps I'm just old-fashioned
but I maintain there's more to good rock music than just a good guitar riff. Most of the later Zeppelin does sound like Pagey came up with a riff, Bonham stomped a 4/4 over it and bingo, they had a song. Just to really stir the shit, I prefer John Renbourne's version of Nobody's Fault but Mine.

Had a listen to RS/GSS pt1 last night - really very good, I think if you were to split the different movements into separate tracks you'd have a perfectly serviceable concept album on your hands. I thought the dance/electro section towards the end went on a bit long, and one or two of the choices of guitar tone weren't ideal (a couple of the more scratchy overdrives didn't sit that well, in my humble opinion), but otherwise I thought it was excellent.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 10:36, Reply)