In Through the Out Door
| Led Zeppelin
In Through the Out Door
In Through the Out Door is the eighth and final studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was recorded over a three-week period in November and December 1978 at ABBA's Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, and released by Swan Song Records on 15 August 1979. In 1980, the band's drummer John Bonham died, and they disbanded soon after. The album is a reflection of the personal turmoil that the band members had been going through before and during its recording. Frontman Robert Plant and his wife had gone through a serious car accident, and their young son, Karac Plant, died from a stomach illness. All four band members also felt weary of dealing with record companies and other associates. - WIKIPEDIA
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RollingStone
1979- with Page’s creativity apparently failing and no one able to compensate — even Led Zeppelin is not Led Zeppelin.
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Pitchfork
2015- The general mood is dark and inward; Plant's words are often hard to make out, and when you do catch lyrics they are especially cryptic.
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ALL MUSIC
A good deal of this aural adventurism derived from internal tensions within the band.
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popMATTERS
2015- (Deluxe Edition)Led Zeppelin's final album proves to have more symbolic value than actual musical value.
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sputnik music
2011- Rising from the ashes like a phoenix only to crash and burn a year later.
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sputnik music
2006-Overall it has to be said, that this album is not one to ignore. Some love it others despise it, make your own decision.
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Metal Storm
2008-It is impossible not to appreciate the different landscapes and the multi textured tracks of this short set (there are only seven songs).
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Paste
2015- (2015 Reissue Review)- divides fans with its quirkiness, but its fearlessness gave the band vital new blood.
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The Quietus
2015- Though Plant and Jones kept their ears to the ground with what was happening on the musical landscape, some of the efforts on the album have dated horribly.... But there are documents of true greatness contained here.
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Pop Dose
2015- (Deluxe Version) if you’re a completist and get a thrill out of hearing rough mixes, then by all means go out and buy the deluxe edition of “In Through The Out Door.”
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No Depression
2015- (2015 Reissue Review) its synthesizer flourishes and nods to punk—an apparent bid to stay relevant in changing musical times—don’t always work.
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Icon Fetch
2015- (2015 Reissue Review) In Through the Out Door found the band grappling with the onset of both Punk and New Wave – yet they handled things pretty well.
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Amino
2018- this record rocks!
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popexpresso
2018- it’s a pleasant album to listen to but lacks the sparkle Led Zeppelin got everyone used to, it was unfortunately not the Epitaph they deserved.
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Musoscribe
2015- one of their most consistently melodic offerings
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Shepherd Express
2015- (Reissue Review) They shifted course dramatically for In Through the Out Door (1979), rolling out synthesizers, snappier beats and more sharply written tunes in response to the new wave that threatened to dim the luster of many ’70s rock stars.
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
they sound as if they're at least half asleep.
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Adrian Denning
'In Through The Out Door' with its synths and very un-zeppelin sounding songs and feels and melodies... hints at a future as an eighties pop band more than anything else.
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Smaulgld
2014- This is barely a Zeppelin album, its a John Paul Jones solo album using Led Zeppelin as a back up band.
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