Underrated

Everyone is quick to bash this album, even though it is perhaps their most progressive of all. Their sound had to change over their 11 year existence and it finally did on In Through the Out Door. Anyone who says the the synthesizers detract from the quality of the album is just being silly. If they kept with the same old style, which was not in any way getting old, they could not call themselves an actual BAND that makes actual MUSIC that actually has to CHANGE over time. They owed it to themselves, as well as the fans, to show everyone what they were made of and come out with something a bit different. In Through the Out Door is no better nor no worse than any of the other Zep masterpieces and anyone who thinks any different is really not a TRUE Zeppelin fan, but someone who is meerly finding small flaws in the greatest collaboration of talent ever put together. May Zep's music live on forever to show future generations what music should actually sound like.

Brilliant Album

I have been a Zeppelin fan for about five years now (I'm 20) and I have most of their albums. I saw this one at a garage sale, and thought it looked interesting, so I bought it.



It has turned out to be one of my favorite Zeppelin albums. "Fool in the Rain," is possibly one of my favorite songs ever. "All My Love" is up there, too. I really like every track on the album.



Even though this album isn't the typical Led Zeppelin sound, I think it reflects the changes the band made over time. The use of the synthesizer thoughout the album is truly amazing.



I'd definitely reccommend this album.

What a waste of money.

This is one of the times I got ripped off. I had to pay $ 17 for this peice of junk. This album has too many synthesizers in it. The only good song on this album is In the evening. Even though I like Led Zeppelin a lot, this time they let me down. And for all those people who are thinking about buying this album, don't. It's just a waste of money.

Brown Bag It,Jimmy!

IN THRU THE OUT DOOR:
Originally released with the "Brown Paper Bag Gag" in '79,
this outstanding album showed the awesome range of Zep.
This also turned out to be their last "official" studio album.
(Bonzo died soon after,and CODA is just SwanSong leftovers)Tired of listening to their critics at that time, Zep simply released this album with no fanfare and literally wrapped it in a plain brown bag. This was very clever because it made this album appear even more mysterious than ever. "Fool in the Rain" even has a Latin feel to it. "Carouselambra" an epic! "In The Evening"
a classic track that is very moody and dark. Often overlooked,
this was Zeppelin at its peak. The Japanese version is also a rare find! No band in the world has been able to sound so good!

The infamous Led Zep album in the brown paper wrapper

One nice thing about owning this CD is I finally get to see what was under that brown paper wrapper this record album came in (I was doing cassettes at the time rather than records). Of course, no one knew in 1979 that this was going to be Led Zeppelin's last "real" album because of the death of John Bonham, which certainly tends to distort perceptions of "In Through The Out Door" now. What stands out in retrospect are the diverse musical styles covered in these seven tracks: from the thundering rock 'n' roll of "In the Evening" to the blues in "I'm Gonna Crawl," as well as reggae in "Fool in the Rain," and even something in the area of country & western with "Hot Dog." You have to wonder how much of this diversity is due to John Paul Jones, who gets writing credit on six of the tracks and contributes notable keyboard work on several of the tracks, including the driving force on both "South Bound Saurez" and "Carouselambra" as well as a nice Beatleseque synthesizer horn interlude on "All My Love." The first two tracks on each "side" of this album are the best and the rest is pleasant enough. It is certainly possible to look at the Page's soundtracks for the second and third "Death Wish" movies and Plant's solo albums to get a feel for where Led Zep wanted to go next. But this album has to be the group's swan song simply because we do not have anything else.