Coda review

The 9th and sadly final album by Led Zeppelin, still one of the best bands of all time. This was released 2 years after they disbanded and is more of a compilation rather than a studio album of unused tracks from the band's storied career.

Tracks:

1. We're Gonna Groove: 7/10 an unremarkable track, yet it's still as pleasingly heavy as ever.

2. Poor Tom: 6/10 a very uninteresting piece of writing, but the music itself is OK.

3. I Can't Quit You Baby: 7/10 no better or worse than it was on Led Zeppelin I.

4. Walter's Walk: 7/10 a fairly typical rock song that provides a good time nonetheless.

5. Ozone Baby: 6/10 at best decent, at worst slightly lazy.

6. Darlene: 6/10 not that this is bad at all; more that you could literally hear this from any other rock band.

7. Bonzo's Montreux: 7/10 it's messier than Moby Dick due to being mixed with a bunch of other sounds but a reminder of how great a drummer the late John Bonham was.

8. Wearing and Tearing: 7/10 although it's lyrically confusing it's an energetic, ferocious and fittingly heavy final Led Zeppelin album track.

Best song: I Can't Quit You Baby
Worst song: Poor Tom

Summary: Led Zeppelin's final album is not the farewell you would hope for. It never shows the band at their best and none of the songs are anything more than decent (Aside from the one from their debut). What it does do, however, is remind us how explosive, powerful and ferocious Led Zeppelin truly were and testify to all of their individual skills as musicians. It's sad to reach the end of Led Zeppelin's discography but at least, unlike The Clash, their last album was perfectly OK.



Final rating: 6/10