Presence Led Zeppelin

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  • Release Date: 08/16/1994
  • Original Release: 1976
  • Sales Rank: 7,658
  • Label: ATLANTIC / WEA
  • UPC: 075679243928
 
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Presence

1LISTENAchilles Last Stand 10:25
2LISTENFor Your Life 6:24
3LISTENRoyal Orleans 2:59
4LISTENNobody's Fault But Mine 6:16
5LISTENCandy Store Rock 4:11
6LISTENHots on for Nowhere 4:44
7LISTENTea for One 9:27

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Editorial Reviews

Presence scales back the size of Physical Graffiti to a single album, but it retains the grandiose scope of that double record. If anything, Presence has more majestic epics than its predecessor, opening with the surging, ten-minute "Achilles Last Stand" and closing with the meandering, nearly ten-minute "Tea for One." In between, Led Zeppelin add the lumbering blues workout "Nobody's Fault But Mine" and the terse, menacing "For Your Life," which is the best song on the album. These four tracks take up the bulk of the album, leaving three lighthearted throwaways to alleviate the foreboding atmosphere -- and pretensions -- of the epics. If all of the throwaways were as focused and funny as those on Physical Graffiti or Houses of the Holy, Zeppelin would have had another classic on their hands. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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The "Unknown" albumby Anonymous

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September 20, 2006: I sometimes call this Led Zeppelin's unknown album because it's rare if any of the songs from it get any airplay. Many times I've played this album for friends and they are absolutely blown away. I introduced friends in college to the album who were Zep fans but had never heard the album -- they then played it non-stop for a month. Five stars because of the masterpiece of Achilles Last Stand, with a guitar solo that may even eclipse Stairway to Heaven. Overall it's an album that maintains Zeppelin's rock edge with outstanding lyrics and rhythms, and incredible energy. The only drawback is the plodding Tea For One that doesn't fit well with the rest of the album. It's a good song, but takes too long to build up tempo. For any Zeppelin fan it's a must to complete the collection. Page, Plant, and Bonham put in some of their best work creatively and technically on the album. Plant's lyrics can be hard to understand on some of the songs because he experiments a great deal with his phrasing and rhythms. My respect for his songwriting rose tremendously when I finally found the lyrics and followed them along, particularly on Royal Orleans.

zeppelin fanby Anonymous

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January 07, 2004: I wonder how people can give zeppelin anything below 5 stars, although this is not my favorite album, how could I dislike any of their work? Achilles last stand is a master piece, and Nobody's fault...I don't even have words to express the joy I feel while listening to it.


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