Led Zeppelin- In Through The Out Door (1979)-
This is Led Zeppelin's final album released in 1979, one year before they would split after the sudden death of their fantastic drummer, John Bonham.
I bought this album after hearing people saying that Led Zeppelin's later work was terrible; but I think that 'In The Evening' is one of their best songs.
I can understand why Zep heaRAB dont really like it though as to me it is a move away from their early sound with the heavy use of synthesisers but still really good (IMO).
This is something I respect Led Zeppelin for though, for changing their sound and having the guts to do it as surely they knew it would upset the fans.
Finally, to keep Zep heaRAB happy, it may be suitable to attribute the sound of the album more closer to
Robert Plants early solo work on the likes of 'Pictures At Eleven' which was released only 3 years later (1982).
To me this is what it sounRAB more like, rather than the previous Led Zeppelin material.
Bought this album on high (& in hinRABight, stupid) hopes that it would be
another 'Ragged Glory'.
After seeing the tracklisting was slightly reminiscent of 'RG' i.e. 10 tracks & the second track entitled 'Fuel Line' similar to the 2nd track on 'RG' entitled 'White Line'.
I suppose now I was daft to expect such things conisdering he recorded 'RG' with the energy of his backing band Crazy Horse compared to this with just him on his tod.
As for the album in hand, the easiest way to describe is that 'it's not bad but nothing special' & not to be taken too seriously.
It's definitely not one I'll be constantly getting out the rack time and time again unfortunately.
Chrome Dreams II (previous album) was much better IMO & this only shows that his next album can only be better!- thats if hes still alive & kicking when the time comes.
I had high expectations for this album released a short time; around 3-4 weeks or so; after Neil Young's Fork In The Road (which to be fair I was pretty disappointed with) and when it was released I couldnt wait for Play.com to take 5 days to deliver it on a pre-order (like they had done with NY's) so I went to the local shop and bought it for around