Led Zeppelin - Presence
| Release date: | 31 March 1976 |
| Style: | Progressive hard rock, Heavy metal |
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01. Achilles Last Stand
02. For Your Life
03. Royal Orleans
04. Nobody's Fault But Mine
05. Candy Store Rock
06. Hots On For Nowhere
07. Tea For One
Top 20 albums of 1976: 14
02. For Your Life
03. Royal Orleans
04. Nobody's Fault But Mine
05. Candy Store Rock
06. Hots On For Nowhere
07. Tea For One
Top 20 albums of 1976: 14
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Rating: 6.4 |
"Hots On for Nowhere" indeed. It seems the legendary Zeppelin burnt out the better part of their creative fuel for the successful double-album Physical Graffiti, and took quite a fall with 1976's Presence. The band's seventh album kicks off with a dark ten-minute stomper that doesn't develop a whole lot but is still pretty good. It could very nearly be called heavy metal - something here instantly reminds me of the galloping style of Steve Harris but I'm not quite sure if it's JPJ's bass or something else. Robert Plant does a fine job similar to the previous few albums, while Jimmy Page delivers some truly great guitaring and Bonham gives a blistering performance on the drums. After this opener though, most of the songs could be considered filler. Tracks 2-6 are laidback rockers around the style of earlier hits "The Ocean" and "Custard Pie" but here are overlong and less successful. The riffs just don't stick like they used to, the structures are poor with un-rhythmic pauses and loads of unnecessary repetition, there's no lyrical spark like what appears in "No Quarter" and "Stairway", and - perhaps most disappointing of all - there are no shattering solos to be found. Closing track "Tea for One" sounds like a watered-down "Since I've Been Loving You" mixed with a hint of "No Quarter", inexplicably leaving out the explosions of brilliance from these earlier masterpieces. Its darkness and heaviness would normally have placed it among my favourite tracks but ultimately it's just too boring. Read more ›› |
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| elekctric Posts: 105  |
I think i may be the only Zeppelin Fan around who loves this album ... another album that flows for me ... never a skip
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Account deleted Written by elekctric on 12.02.2010 at 17:42 no, you are not, i love this album as well. 
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| Azarath Free as a.. Fish Posts: 965  |
Sure, it's their second weakest album but it has 3 amazing classics (Achilles Last Stand, Nobody's Fault But Mine and Tea For One).
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| elekctric Posts: 105 |
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| Mountain King K i K o Posts: 1361  |
Tea for one is a good piece. Listen to it and have a Jack Daniels or something...
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62060  |
What I learned don't judge album from 1th song (same as candlemass ''death magic doom'' opening songs sucked) here it was opposite it was damn good super promising, but rest was boring, sorry lads Led Zep died after IV
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"  I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by Bad English on 08.12.2014 at 18:46  If I Ever Die, Hammer Of Doom, and The Bleeding Baroness are by far the best songs on that album. And that by a huge margin. The rest are mediocre to sucky at best.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62060 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 08.12.2014 at 18:49 as far as I remember one Candlemass album opening song was week , IMO we had discussion here In MS about it , but it was a while ago,
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die" I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Quote:Written by Bad English on 08.12.2014 at 18:52 this is what you said on the opening songs: Quote:
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62060 |
Quote:Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 08.12.2014 at 18:57 well yes now I remember, I have not listen that album long and now I remember, same time , it don't change a fact don't album from opening song or some radio song So my mistake sorry PS in old post there was spelling mistakes OMG lol
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die" I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5334  |
I really like "Achillies Last Stand", and "Nobody's Fault But Mine" is a good song too, but same problem as In Through The Out Door, two good song's, and the rest us rubbish.
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| JoHn Doe Posts: 5120  |
Written by AndyMetalFreak on 27.11.2021 at 17:00 I think Tea for One and For Your Life are both excellent songs.
---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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