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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Atlantic / Wea
Salesrank: 4684
Released: August 16, 1994 |
| Our Price: $5.76 |
| Used Price: $3.22 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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In Through the Out Door Track Listing:
1. In The Evening
2. South Bound Saurez
3. Fool In The Rain
4. Hot Dog
5. Carouselambra
6. All My Love
7. I'm Gonna Crawl
Editorial Review:
Japanese-only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) paper sleeve pressing of this classic album from the Rock legends, originally released in 1979. SHM-CDs can be played on any audio player and delivers unbelievably high-quality sound. You won't believe it's the same CD! Universal. 2008.
Description of In Through the Out Door:
Though the band likely didn't know it at the time, this would prove to be the last studio record by one of the most famous rock & roll bands in the world. Drummer John Bonham died shortly after its release. Although nothing compares to early Led Zeppelin--and they lost many longtime fans in the late 1970s--this LP is nothing to be embarrassed by. They were quick to embrace and experiment with synthesizers, and while it wears a little thin by record's end (the synth-bloated "Carouselambra" and the slick AOR hit "All My Love"), it adds a certain majestic tone to the heavy-hitting opener, "In the Evening," and gives a rollicking good-time feel to "South Bound Suarez." Plant's howl and Page's bluesy guitars are in fine form on "I'm Gonna Crawl" and the lilting "Fool in the Rain" recalls the pretty numbers from their early career. --Lorry Fleming
In Through the Out Door Reviews:
And I'll never go to Texas anymore. 
2008-10-05 - Hey! I love "Hot Dog." It is a fun song. Sometimes all a good song needs to be is fun. I'm sure that was what they were thinking. And Zep never padded the albums with filler. As far as the rest goes...the times were changing and so were Jimmy and company. I'll meet you half way and say a three star for a Zep album and a four star to anything else released by another artist that year. Final thought: Jimmy was out of it and every band needs to evolve and try something different. I will never forget the weird water color album sleeve. What was that all about?
Only Word that can Describe this album is GAY 
2008-06-28 - Holy Crap I've been getting into LZ alot lately...You know I was to young when they were at there peak and grew up in a Beatles/GratefulDead Family..Just recently bought the box set and The first 7 albums are all great minus some eh songs on Presence. But I threw this on and I almosted puked! Thats all I have to say, Don't buy unless you need every Zepp Album. : )
What Happened? 
2008-06-09 - Zep went soft and sappy for their studio finale. "In the Evening" and ""Im Gonna Crawl" are okay, but the rest...blech!
Zeppelin's comeback album which became their swan song still sounds great nearly 30 years on 
2008-05-26 - English hard rockers Led Zeppelin released their eighth and final studio album In Through the Out Door in August of 1979.
The album was the band's first album in over THREE YEARS (which, by 1979 standards, was a long wait) since the March, 1976 release of the chart-topping Presence.
Alot happened in the three years, disco became huge whilst punk and new wave were happening underground and arena rock and hard rock/metal bands like KISS, Foreigner, Styx and Ted Nugent were keeping rock alive in the mainstream here in the States. In Zeppelin land, tragedies struck in 1977. First, manager Peter Grant was going through a divorce. Guitarist Jimmy Page began having drug problems. Then in July, Grant, drummer John Bonham and two other members of Zep's entourage were arrested for beating a security officer. Then, lead singer Robert Plant's young son Karac had died suddenly from a stomach infection therefore curtailing Zep's US tour.
The band went into an uncertain period where Page and Bonham were dealing with demons and Plant was still grieving whilst bass player John Paul Jones (who was unscathed in the disasters) retired to his family. Then, the band went to Sweden in November, 1978 to start work on ITTOD which would be the last album Zep would release as an active band. For the album, a revitalized Plant (whom was about to become a dad again as son Logan would be born during ITTOD's mixing sessions in January of 1979) and Jones were the album's musical forces while Page did co-write many of the songs and produced the album despite his heroin troubles and Bonham played well considering his alcohol intake. Would this album be another Zep classic or would it be a dud, read on and find out (as I did when I first got this album on cassette in November of 1985 when I was 9).
All of the tracks were penned by Page/Plant/Jones except as noted.
The opening "In The Evening" is a killer opener. Droning synthesizers, violin bowed guitars and tympani's start this track. After the intro, it becomes a classic rocker, featuring some fine guitar work by Page and Bonzo's killer drumming. Next is "South Bound Suarez", a bluesy shuffle rocker with some great piano work from Jonesy. Next is the album's US Top 30 hit "Fool In The Rain". This track got the most airplay on rock radio when released and the band used Caribbean flavorings in this track's middle section to a great extent. The first side ended with the English doing a classic original hoedown track called "Hot Dog" written by Page and Plant. Page's country-ish picking riff and Plant's Elvis-type vocal delivery make this track a standout.
The album's second side kicked off with the almost 11 minute epic Carouselambra. Jonesy's synthesizer intro morphs into a fall out rocker with some great guitar playing by Pagey (he used his Gibson doubleneck on this track). The track rocks out then slows a bit then picks up the pace and the song is just stellar. The next track is "All My Love" (written by Jones and Plant). Plant wrote the song after his first son Karac's death and was a great tribute to him. Jonesy's keyboards on the track were superb and Page's guitar work here is beautiful. The closing "I'm Gonna Crawl" is a great album closer. The synthesizer intro is beautiful before turning into a classic blues featuring great bluesy vocals from Plant, and some marvelous interplay between the bass guitar and drums. Page's guitar solo is blues at its finest. The song ends with some passioned singing and screaming from Plant and the crescendo to the end was amazing.
When ITTOD was finally released (with a paper bag concealing one of the six different album sleeves), disco was on its way out and New Wave went back underground (for awhile) as the album became the first album in history for a ROCK BAND to debut at #1 on Billboard's Album Charts in late August of 1979 and stayed for eight weeks and sold a stellar 3 million copies in its first five days according to Atlantic Records (the band's US distributor). To date it has sold 7 million Stateside.
Sadly, this was the band's last album as drummer John Bonham died in September of 1980 after a night of heavy drinking and the band broke up after his death as his drumming was irreplaceable.
Recommended!
ULTIMO SUSPIRO DEL DINOSAURIO.........
2008-05-21 - AQUI SE ACABA TODO...PERO CON ALTURA, CON DIGNIDAD...ARRANCA CON POLENTA Y TERMINA CON UN DERRAME DE DULZURA APTA PARA LAS FM DE LA EPOCA...SIN LA ORIGINALIDAD DE ANTAÑO PERO CON TODA LA ARROGANCIA Y FUERZA QUE HIZO DE ESTA BANDA REFERENTE INEQUIVOCO DE LOS '70.
