0222. Led Zeppelin
III
The Zepp's third album suffers the same problem as their fourth: they start out with one hell of a rock track (in this case Immigrant Song), cram in a couple of more rock songs, but then gradually move along into folk-territory, which talented as they might be, is not their forte.
Worst offender on the album? The cowpie-smelling country-influnced Tangerine. It's far from what I want to hear when I place frackin' Zeppelin on the turntables. Can't help but think that if they'd just crammed the rock songs from numbers three and four into one double-A-side album it might have been their best ever album, as well as a pushing their debut off the short list of "Top Led Zeppelin Records Reviewed At 1000 Albums + Some More".
The album might be a milestone for the band's development, but the B-side is a millstone for what they did the best.
