Presence ? 1976
(3/5)
10 ? Best Song: Achilles Last Stand
I may be the only human being alive to ever rate Presence higher than Physical Graffiti (even if it
Is just one damn point). For one, it's half the duration, and, to me, that counts. Oddly enough, the
biggest influence to this album is Rush. Don't believe me? Check the vocals this time around. Plant
sounds so much like Geddy Lee it's not even funny (high pitched and nerdy). Isn't it fitting? I'd still
take Led Zeppelin over Rush any day of the year, and it doesn't mean much any more than I just
find it interesting. 'Achilles' Last Stand' is a rousing epic rocker, which has a nice thumping riff, but
aside from the astral solos, it doesn't get too high off the ground in all its extended nature.
Presence comes off as a work in progress more than anything else, and it is first album in their
career that isn't heaped and heaped with massive doses of unrequited praise and adoration. I
don't see why, though. What makes this so different from half of Physical Graffiti, or Houses of the
Holy for that matter? Nothing but a set of pseudo-original riffs and highly formulaic thump-pound
dingus jamming. They're having fun, which isn't a change, even if it was recorded at a tumultuous
time in the history of the band, so says Wikipedia (and what do they know?) 'New Orleans' is New
rubbish. I don't like it. The riff's got little substance, and once again I'm sitting through a song just
to hear the competent, but simple solo (that ain't even there, hardly). Though if you ignore most of
the songs, 'Nobody's Fault But Mine' comes off as being really exciting in its little way. Most
everything else is filler.
Alitare |3/5 |
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