Led Zeppelin IV

📖 About this album

One of the most influential rock albums ever made.

📝 Our review

Led Zeppelin IV—without an official title, just four runes on the cover—is perhaps the band's most balanced rock record. It contains everything from the dense blues of "When the Levee Breaks" to the acoustic delicacy of "Going to California," through "Black Dog" and the inevitable "Stairway to Heaven." Jimmy Page's production at Headley Grange, with John Bonham's famous drum sound recorded in the staircase, is one of classic rock's technical achievements.

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