Led Zeppelin ‎– In Through The Out Door

I really love this album. It's perfect for a big-speaker 70's stereo system. From the first to the last song the sound surrounds you with its power. This is a true album of songs as one flows into the next, then when you flip it over to side B, there's a change in pace. Every time the album ends I am left wanting more. I've listened to some of these songs many times before on the radio, and I never thought too much of of them, but it's a whole different experience listening to such music on a home stereo system as opposed to in the car or at work etc. I'm not surprised at the rather low rating for this album; I suspect they're just not listening to it the same way I am.

I have the Black&White Watercolor version of the Inner Sleeve yet, my Matrix Number on the Vinyl has the word "Strawberry" as is made clear on the Japanese Versions Page. Does anyone else see this on theirs?

What most people don't know is that the 'swipe mark' on the front cover (as though the grime was being removed and color image is revealed) is also reference to the black & white inner sleeve. On first pressings only, if this inner sleeve is wiped gently with a damp cloth, it turns to color. Later reissues won't do this.

This album always made me extremely depressed when I listened to it, considering it’s Led Zeppelin’s last studio recording before John Bohnam’s untimely demise, rest in peace. But it does contain some of Zeppelin’s fines moments ever recorded. After being in the scene for over twelve years this album proves that they could still rock just as hard and produce some of the excellent music even though the genre had all but disappeared by that time Disco and Funk showed up. ‘In The Evening’ ‘Fool In The Rain’ and ‘All Of My Love’ are the stand out tracks on the album. Not a truly bad song with the exception of ‘Hot Dog’, which could possible be Zep’s worst song ever, the album could have really done without it. ‘In The Evening’s overbearing guitar rift with courtesy of Jimmy Page steals the show but Robert Plant’s vocals are just amazing after so many years. The latent use of John Paul Jones’ keyboard sythn really rounds out the track making it one of my favorite tracks by the band. ‘Fool In The Rain’ starts out with a classic piano rift with an upbeat tempo. Page’s guitar solo is classic on this track. ‘All Of My Love’ has always been one of my personal favorites by the band even as a child. The interesting part of the song is that there isn’t the standard guitar solo but Jones’ sythn does the job all so good. Let’s not forget Bohnam’s contribution. His drumming style really evolved over the years and came to apex by this album. All around it’s not their best album but surely worth the money you’ll spend on it, but it does seem to get left behind with so much material that has been before this. So don’t think ‘In Through The Out Door’ is just some tracks slapped together and not worth your attention. Pick it up you won’t be disappointed.