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LED ZEPPELIN Pretcence, (Swan Songs SS M16069S»The cover is the best thing about this latest release by what was once a top hard rock group It features Fifties-style photography with an unusual black statue centered ineach pictureThe music is acceptable and pleasant with two of Side 2 s cuts the best of the lot They are “Nobody's Fault But Mineand Tea for One Hard-core Zeppelin fans will add this one to their stack as perhaps the best vet For others, the magic from previousalbums by this group may be fading All of the seven cuts are well done with theprofessionalism you expect from a group that’s been around as long as Zeppelin It’s a good album but not great-PATRICIA GREENEKISS‘ Destroyer, iCasablanca. N'BLP 7025»This latest album by four guys who look as though they want to appear in a science fiction version of The Phantom of the Opera. evokes images of chaos When the band s heavy metal thunder sounds nudged my earlobes I saw images of barbarians pillaging, looting, burning or sacking the temples of a decayed civilization I saw images of big monsters thumping their way through meek, shattered metropolises I saw young, crazed anarchists running wild in the streets with the abandon of the characters in “A Clockwork Orange ”“We re young and it's our time.” says Kiss bassist GeneSimmons ‘ We re gonna do it.Kiss does it in this album — loud, mean and raw — andsome of the stuff, such as “Detroit Rock City’ and ‘Flaming Youth” has some good lyrical and melodic moments There s even a tune called “Beth.” which is soft, subdued and orchestral But I can’t say much more. I don’t want to say any moreBeyitw album furnu^ed bv Newsom %TOM GORDON
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Anniston Star
Anniston, Alabama, US
Fri, Apr 16, 1976
Page 54
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