Led Zeppelin were an English rock band who recorded 107 songs between 1968 and 1980. The band pioneered the concept of album-oriented rock and often refused to release popular songs as singles, [1] instead viewing their albums as indivisible, complete listening experiences, and disliked record labels re-editing their songs for single releases. [2]
Their self-titled debut album, Led Zeppelin , released in early 1969, contained songs that were influenced by the genres of blues, hard rock and heavy metal. [3] Led Zeppelin II , released in October 1969, built upon their debut with a more direct, hard-hitting sound that has become a blueprint for heavy metal bands. [4] Led Zeppelin III (1970) marked a musical growth for the band; half of its songs were hard rockers while the other half were built upon folk and acoustic music that gave it "extra depth". [5] "Immigrant Song", released as a single, was backed by the band's only non-album single, "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do". [6] Their untitled fourth album, commonly referred to as Led Zeppelin IV, [7] was released in November 1971. [8] Bringing together all the genres from their previous albums, [8] the album contains some of the band's best-known songs, including "Black Dog", "Rock and Roll", "Going to California" and "Stairway to Heaven", referred to as one of the greatest rock songs of all time. [9]
The band's following albums, Houses of the Holy (1973) and Physical Graffiti (1975), continued the band's musical growth. [10] [11] Houses of the Holy contained a wider range of musical styles, from the ballad "The Rain Song" to the funk-inspired "The Crunge", [12] while Physical Graffiti was a double album that contained new songs as well as unreleased outtakes from previous albums. [13] The album, like its predecessor, contained a variety of musical styles, including hard rock, funk, acoustic rock, blues, soft and progressive rock, and even country rock. [14] [15] Presence (1976) marked a departure from their previous albums by featuring more straightforward, guitar-driven songs with less emphasis on musical experimentation. [1] [16] In Through the Out Door (1979), a direct contrast to Presence, [17] featured a keyboard-heavy sound that was dominated by Jones. [18] The album would prove to be their last as a band, as after Bonham's death in September 1980, the remaining members decided to disband the group. Coda (1982) is a collection of outtakes from various sessions during the band's career. [19] [20]
Since their breakup, 26 songs have seen official release. The Led Zeppelin Boxed Set (1990) saw the release of the band's cover of Robert Johnson's "Travelling Riverside Blues", the live medley "White Summer/Black Mountain Side", and the first album release of "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do?"; [21] the second boxed set (1993) saw the release of "Baby Come On Home". [22] New songs were also released on BBC Sessions (1997) and its remaster, The Complete BBC Sessions (2015), [23] [24] 2003's Led Zeppelin DVD and the live album How the West Was Won (2003). [25] After the release of the concert film Celebration Day (2012), Page announced the remastering of the band's discography in the form of deluxe editions, which together included 13 previously unreleased songs, some of which were different mixes of previously released songs. [26] The albums were released between 2014 and 2015. [27] [28] [29] [30]
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10 from 6 is a compilation album released by English supergroup Bad Company in December 1985 on Atlantic Records label. All the songs on the album were previously released on Swan Song Records, a record label begun by Led Zeppelin in 1974. The title refers to the album's 10 songs taken from the six albums Bad Company had recorded to that time, though no songs from Burnin' Sky appear on the album.
"What Is and What Should Never Be" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant and was included as the second track on Led Zeppelin II (1969).
"Station to Station" is a song by the English musician David Bowie. It was released in January 1976 as the title track and opener of his tenth studio album Station to Station, as well as on a promotional 7-inch single in France the same month. Co-produced by Bowie and Harry Maslin, it was written and recorded in Los Angeles between September and November 1975. At over 10 minutes in length, it is Bowie's longest studio recording. Opening with a train-like noise, the song's first half is a slow march, while the second takes the form of a prog-disco suite in a different key and tempo than the first. It has been characterised as art rock and is influenced by the German electronic bands Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream.
"Reminisce" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mary J. Blige from her debut album, What's the 411? (1992). It was co-written by Kenny Greene and Dave "Jam" Hall, who also produced it. Described as a new jack swing song inspired by 1970s soul music, it contains a sample of "Stop, Look, Listen" (1989) by American rapper MC Lyte. The single was released in October 1992 by Uptown and MCA, peaking at number fifty-seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number six on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. A more uptempo and hip hop-inspired remix of the song, featuring duo Pete Rock & CL Smooth, later appeared on Blige's 1993 remix album of the same name. The accompanying music video for "Reminisce" was directed by Marcus Raboy.
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