fortytwo

After all, ran­ked 29 of the »500 grea­test albums of all time« of the Rol­ling Stone maga­zine, the debut album by Led Zep­pe­lin was a suc­cess. The cover shows a pho­to­graph of the burning Hin­den­burg. In con­trast to the very mixed reviews at the begin­ning, the album is now regar­ded as a »turning point in the evo­lu­tion of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal« (Wiki­pe­dia). Inclu­ded are songs like Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Break­down, Good Times Bad Times, and Dazed and Con­fu­sed. The name of the band pro­bably goes back to Keith Moon (drum­mer of The Who), who joked, »It will pro­bably go over like a lead zep­pe­lin!« Well, with more than 300 mil­li­ons sold albums, it seems to be some­thing else …

Led Zep­pe­lin (I) at the iTu­nes store