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 A must have Feb 05, 2010
This was the last Zeppelin album I didn't have. I think it is one of their best although it doesn't get the same fanfare that some of their other albums do. A must have for any Zeppelin fan!
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Led Zeppelin Jan 02, 2010
Received it very fast and an awesome price!!! Very hard to find any where else!!
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It's almost a "Dear John" letter... Dec 05, 2009
As a final statement from the band that defined hard rock in the 70s, it's more than a little strange. "In Through the Out Door" feels like a final love letter from someone who's far away, and seems to know that they just might not be coming back.
"In the Evening" opens this metaphorical love letter with what is a complete and heartfelt admission of love. It's a mid tempo ballad that very directly expresses deep longing, but set amidst lushly layered guitars and throbbing percussion. "Southbound Suarez" picks up the mood, our writer perhaps considering that he might have started off a little too heavy. "Suarez" is a snappy Piano Rocker with an up tempo New Orleans jazz accent. It's a welcome respite as our despondent writer has, for the moment, left off his doleful pining. It's then followed by some sweet reminiscing with "Fool In the Rain", as the writer recounts that ridiculous time he forgot just where he was supposed to meet his lover for a date. This song is a staple of adult rock radio and I'm amazed that I still love hearing this gem, and crank it up every time. One of the all time great guitar solos. Now, in a decidedly silly mood we hear "Hot Dog", an almost absurd western ditty of lost love. This curious tune doesn't rate too high in most Zep fan's book, but I really like its simple, genuine joy, and Bonzo's drumming is fantastic. And then, our distressed letter writer goes off on an almost incoherent ten-plus minute description of his fractured mental condition with "Carouselambra." Confusion and fear have crept into this letter, with oppressive phrases like "Powerless the fabled sat, too smug to lift a hand Toward the foe that threatened from the deep." The words are as poetically vague as the music is insistently hypnotic. Eventually our writer will return to his wits and resumes his soulful confession with "All of My Love". It's a gorgeous, sentimental ode with nicely blended synthesizers. I can hear this one, too, very often without tiring. And then, finally, writing what may very well be his final words to his absent lover, the tone turns even heavier, darker with the grandly opulent "I'm Gonna Crawl". It's a soul wrenching, haunting, cry of love that transcends its simple blues-rock form. A true classic.
Does "In Through the Out Door" sum up Led Zep's career? No, of course not. It's certainly too subdued and mature to claim that role. Besides, no one single album could. But it does make for a remarkable bookend to an amazingly spectacular decade of some of the hardest, deepest, most compelling music ever performed. The tragedy of Bonzo's death has only made this final album even sweeter and sadder. "In Through The Out Door" is infused with the bitter perfume of John Bonham's passing.
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makes me feel young Oct 20, 2009
I'm 63 and hadn't heard some of these songs in years. Very refreshing and I knew most of the words!
This is what a classic sounds like....memorable!
Led Zeppelin's Last Studio Record. Sep 25, 2009
Shortly after this record came out, John Bonham died, so the tour was cancelled, which I probably would have seen. In any case, their final record, was pretty much an extension of where they were going with their music, no real surprises, just straight forward FM radio orientated, rock music, which still gets airplay today.
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