| Led Zeppelin IV | |
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 Album by Led Zeppelin | |
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Released |
November 8, 1971 |
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Recorded |
November 1970 - March 1971 |
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Length |
42: 25 |
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Label |
Atlantic |
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Singles |
"Black Dog," "Rock and Roll," "Misty Mountain Hop," and "Four Sticks" |
Genre: Hard rock • blues rock • celtic folk • prog rock • heavy metal.
The 4th studio album by Led Zeppelin is Led Zeppelin IV, was released on November 8, 1971 by Atlantic Records. Produced by guitarist Jimmy Page, it was recorded between November 1970 and January 1971 at several locations, most prominently the 18th-century house Headley Grange.
After the band's previous album Led Zeppelin III received lukewarm reviews from critics, they decided their 4th album would officially be untitled. This, along with the inner sleeve's design featuring four symbols that represented each band member, led to the album being referred to variously as 
, Four Symbols, The Fourth Album, Untitled, Runes, The Hermit, and ZoSo (which was derived from Page's symbol). In addition to lacking an album title, the cover featured no band name, as the group wished to be anonymous and to avoid easy pigeonholing by the press.
Led Zeppelin IV was a commercial and critical success, featuring many of the band's best-known songs, including "Stairway to Heaven". The album is one of the best-selling albums of all time with more than 37 million copies sold. It is tied for third highest-certified album in the U.S by the Recording Industry Association of America at 23× Platinum. Writers and critics have regularly placed it on lists of the greatest albums of all time.
TRACK LIST[]
- "Black Dog"
- "Rock and Roll"
- "The Battle of Evermore"
- "Stairway to Heaven"
- "Misty Mountain Hop"
- "Four Sticks"
- "Going to California"
- "When the Levee Breaks"
Reception[]
Zeppelin fans around the globe claim that IV is the greatest album in the world, despite the many opinions and overratings that rock magazines give to albums by Bob Dylan and The Beatles.
British rock magazine Classic Rock has ranked Led Zeppelin IV as #1 on the Classic Rock Greatest Rock Albums Ever. Rolling Stone has ranked the album #66 in their 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time list.