Wow.
...or to elaborate: this album hits you in the face and then continues to drag you along behind in its wake (in a good way). All four players are on form, delivering huge pounding renditions of blues, rock and then shifting gear for a bit of mellow folkiness. Musical history is dug up to deliver some hot blues, filtered through modern studio techniques and sensibilities, never better displayed than on the one-two punch of "you shook me" (love the diving guitar/vocal parts) and the ever-brilliant "Dazed and confused". Plant's voice suits the blues rock to a tee and would go on to influence generations of singers... it's just a pity that many of them don't work too hard to hide the influence.
I have the two-disc "Remasters" greatest hits and I have listened to some deeper cuts, but I hadn't really heard this debut before.
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