- Label
- Atlantic Records
- Year of release
- 1969
- Genre
- Rock/blues
- Buy this album
- Order CD
Led Zeppelin's astonishingly accomplished debut filtered blues, rock'n'roll, folk and psychedelia into a raw, majestic new blueprint for heavy rock
Top facts:
- The album took a mere 36 hours to record, costing just £1,750. It has since sold over 10 million copies.
- Dazed And Confused often became a centrepiece for the band's gigs, extending into an epic jam lasting up to 45 minutes. The song's psychedelic guitar sounds were created by Jimmy Page drawing a cello bow across the strings.
- US mag Rolling Stone slated the album on release, describing frontman Robert Plant as "foppish as Rod Stewart, but nowhere near so exciting".
Best tracks:
Dazed And Confused
Communication Breakdown
Your Time Is Gonna Come
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Jeff Beck: Truth
Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced?
The Yardbirds: Little Games
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