Led Zeppelin IV

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Untitled
On a rough wall hangs a coloured photo of an elderly man in a field with a large bundle of sticks tied to his back.
Studio album by
Led Zeppelin
Released8 November 1971 (1971-11-08)
RecordedDecember 1970 – February 1971[1][2]
Studio
Genre
Length42:37
LabelAtlantic
ProducerJimmy Page
Led Zeppelin chronology
Led Zeppelin III
(1970) 		Untitled
(1971) 		Houses of the Holy
(1973)
Singles from untitled
  1. "Black Dog" / "Misty Mountain Hop"
    Released: 2 December 1971
  2. "Rock and Roll" / "Four Sticks"
    Released: 21 February 1972

The untitled fourth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV,[a] was released on 8 November 1971 by Atlantic Records. Produced by the band's guitarist, Jimmy Page, it was recorded between December 1970 and February 1971, mostly in the country house Headley Grange. The album contains the band's most well-known recording, the eight-minute-long "Stairway to Heaven".

The informal recording environment inspired the band, allowing them to try different arrangements of material and create songs in various styles. After the band's previous album Led Zeppelin III (1970) received lukewarm reviews from critics, they decided their fourth album would officially be untitled and represented instead by four symbols – one chosen by each band member – without featuring the name or any other details on the cover. Unlike the prior two albums, the band was joined by guest musicians: the singer Sandy Denny on "The Battle of Evermore", and the pianist Ian Stewart on "Rock and Roll". As with prior albums, most of the material was written by the band, though there was one cover song, a hard rock re-interpretation of the Memphis Minnie blues song "When the Levee Breaks".

The album was a critical and commercial success and is Led Zeppelin's best-selling album, having shipped over 37 million copies worldwide. It is one of the best-selling albums in the United States and of all time, while critics have regularly placed it high on lists of the greatest albums of all time.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference lz4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Lewis 1990, pp. 51, 89.
  3. ^ Daryl Easlea (2007). "Led Zeppelin IV Review". www.bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 12 February 2023. Recorded at Headley Grange in Hampshire, Island Studios in London and Sunset Sound in Los Angeles
  4. ^ Matthew Wilkening (16 November 2020). "10 Things You Didn't Know About Led Zeppelin 'IV'". ultimateclassicrock.com. Retrieved 12 February 2023. big parts of the record were recorded at places like Island Studios and Sunset Sound.
  5. ^ Lewis 1990, p. 51.


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