IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR

If you are looking for another Led Zeppelin 2 or 4, then you are going to be disappointed. We feel here the electric guitar is less monolithic & spectacular, and it actually gave room to the omnipresent piano and keyboards arrangements. The songs are not dark and much less psychedelic: they rather correpond to something pop and accessible. The piano is very rhythmic. There are very good modern keyboards parts, like on "All my love", which is probably the best track of this record. The electric guitar is still omnipresent, but it is less supported by a bottom bass sound. Despite very varied, the songs are more conventional than on the first records: they often consist in an American mix of boogie, hard rock and blues. Plant's voice is a bit less extreme. "Fool in the rain" has an interesting Latin rhythmic part full of instrument of the xylophone family.