Presence

Underrated album for sure. An album that can be improved with changing running order. Should have opened with Nobodys Fault But Mine and ended with Achilles Last Stand. The other songs not so important.For Your Life and Tea for One are exemplary songs although Tea for One sounds too much like Since I've Been Loving You, only the attitude is much darker on Tea for one, but still a great song. Maybe Page should have changed the key of the song or something. Just me sayin... The bonus cd is nothin to write home about really but...just me sayin Play loud ,pf course, for maximum enjoyability. Achilles is just a stone cold classic. With the multi-layering of guitars it's one of Zep's finest Enjoy

Great Album. Greatest band!

Could very well be so. I know it's Pagey's 2nd favorite LZ record. For me, "Achilles Last Stand" is possibly the best song the band ever composed. Yes, better than "Stairway." Only "Kashmir" rivals it. It is the ultimate demonstrate of what a musician can do with an electric guitar in a great sounding studio. The song has innumerable overdubs which were improvised on one evening on the spot. "For Your Life" features what might be the most underrated Page riff ever. "Royal Orleans" is a funny based on true life stories of the band. It's a superior "funk" song than "The Crunge." Plant feels "Candy Store Rock" is one of Zep's greatest songs of all time (see Uncle Joe's Guide on Hard Rock Bands, Vol. 1). "Nobody Knows but Mine" speaks for itself. Another great tune with amazing guitar overdubs. "Hots on for No One" goes back to the "Dazed and Confused" jams of the early 70's. I know this sounds nuts, but is feel the closing track, "Tea for One," is the best blues that LZ ever composed because it is so TRUE. It so heartbreakingly speaks of Plant's isolation in L.A. while his wife was suffering from life threatening injuries. Around 1997 British taxed successful rock artists/bands at a 90%+ rate. He was forced to relocate. At the time he wasn't sure if he wanted to continue with Zep - it took Bonham's persuasion to get him to return to the band. So, it wasn't like he could afford to bite the bullet with the tax issue. Queen, Bowie, the Stones, Yes, Genesis, and innumerable artists/bands had to live outside of Britain at the time until the English government came to its senses. To sum it all up, "Presence" is the most REAL and HONEST record they ever made. It also brought them back to the "Led Zeppelin II" days in terms of its rawness, although the album features what is possibly Pagey's best studio guitar orchestration in his recording career.

no issues; all good.

This 1976 release found the group in a bit of a rough spot – evidently Robert Plant sang the entire album in a cast after an accident. To make matters worse, a large slug of material had been used for the excellent Physical Graffiti album (1975), which left them with little new material. Surprisingly though, in spite of it all, this is actually a pretty good album. That and it has one of my favorite Zeppelin tunes – the near epic Achilles Last Stand. Musically, Presence has some really excellent compositions, although I caught the faintest whiff of arena rock on some tracks – the “sword and sorcery” mysticism of earlier albums was definitely wearing off. Then again, this was 1976 and flower power was ancient history. In terms of the performances of the group members, they really are very good –John Bonham in particular does a fantastic job on Achilles Last Stand. I guess my only regret is that they didn’t save some of the Physical Graffiti material for this album – Presence would have been spectacular. Then again, had they done that, we would not have Physical Graffiti. This remastered album is not bad – it has good sound quality and some generic liner notes that include the track listing, production credits etc. All in all this is a good album by the group and has enough to offer the Led Zeppelin fan that it should provide some good listening. Recommended along with II (1969), III (1970), IV (or ZoSo) (1971), Houses of the Holy (1973) and Physical Graffiti. Although I enjoy the 1979 follow-up album In through the out Door, it does not have the energy of Presence.

Vinyl plays perfect 0 skips, even zeppelin at their lowest is still better than most many modern band today. This album is my least favorite by the band but it has some great songs and riffs. This was the last zep album I needed:D

The name “Led Zeppelin” brings up the idea of “heavy and light”, or of extreme differences in volume level, particularly in the bass region. Much of LZ’s music can be compared to a roller coaster ride, with peaks and valleys, and sudden changes, and such a style may have been magnified by the frustrations and struggles that the band members had when trying to get the success that they wanted. This album, “Presence”, shows that the desired success was achieved. The music is smoother and better-flowing than that in previous albums, and the vocals and instruments are not battling each other for supremacy, but are well-integrated to create seven outstanding hard-rock tracks. This is the only LZ album that I am able to listen to completely, from beginning to end.

Led Zeppelin's another masterpiece. Their 7th studio album. Beautiful gatefold cover by Hipgnosis with the famous 'object'. Wonderful sounding 180 gm vinyl remastered. With songs like 'Achilles Last Stand', 'Nobody's Fault But Mine', 'For Your Life', this isn't to be missed.

Presence es el séptimo álbum de Led Zeppelin, grabado en tan sólo 18 días en los Estudios Musicland de Munich (Alemania). El grupo venía atravesando problemas personales y de salud de varios de sus integrantes. Robert Plant tuvo un terrible accidente automovilístico en Grecia que lo llevó a la silla de ruedas por un largo período; John Bonham recayó en sus problemas de alcoholismo y Jimmy Page lidiaba una dura batalla contra la heroína. Quizás debido a esa problemática, el resultado final no está a la altura de los seis discos anteriores de la banda, de gran calidad todos ellos. Fue sumamente complicado grabar el disco, Plant lo hizo sentado en su silla de ruedas y los demás integrantes de igual modo tuvieron que grabar por separado, complicado panorama. A pesar de lo anterior, el álbum alcanzó el “número uno” tanto en EE UU como en Reino Unido y contiene clásicos imperecederos como “Achilles Last Stand”, un tema de diez minutos y medio que se cuenta entre los mejores de la banda. En el segundo disco de esta nueva edición remasterizada consta de cinco canciones entre las que destaca la instrumental inédita “10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod (Pod)” y algunas versiones curiosas y alternativas de de “For Your Life” y “Royal Orleans”. Un material que vale mucho la pena tener para verdaderos fans además que la remasterización hace justicia al sonido del disco.

Achilles Last Stand is one of Zeppelin’s greatest songs but the rest of this album pales compared to all their previous albums.

Super album jak zresztą każdy tej grupy genialne solówki Page`a i jak zwykle wocal Planta super płyta godna polecenia szczególnie dla fanów Led zeppelin naprawdę warto ją mieć w kolekcji