Presence
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| Presence | ||
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| Missing image LedZeppelinPresencecover.jpg Album cover | ||
| Album by Led Zeppelin | ||
| Released | March 31, 1976 | |
| Recorded | November-December, 1975 at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany | |
| Producer | Jimmy Page | |
| Genre | Hard rock | |
| Length | 44 min 24 s | |
| Record label | Swan Song Records | |
| Catalogue | (US) Swan Song SS 8416 (UK) Swan Song SSK59402 | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Q review | 3/5 | October 2000 (http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=124843&resource=124843&fixture_artist=144739) (remastered version) |
| Led Zeppelin Chronology | ||
| Physical Graffiti (1975) | Presence (1976) | The Song Remains the Same (1976) |
Presence is a studio album by Led Zeppelin, released by Swan Song Records on March 31, 1976. This album was conceived after Robert Plant sustained serious injuries from a car accident on Rhodes, Greece, August 5, 1975 which postponed a planned 1975/76 world tour by Led Zeppelin. During his convalescent period on Malibu, Plant with Jimmy Page, had written enough material for rehersals to begin at Hollywood's SIR Studio. The album was recorded within three weeks at Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany, with Plant in a wheelchair. Both Page and Plant had planned the album to be a return to a simple spontaneous affair after the complex arrangements on Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti. It is their only studio album that features neither acoustic tracks nor keyboards.
The album peaked at #1 on the Billboard's Pop Albums chart.
Track listing
- "Achilles Last Stand" (Page/Plant) 10:22
- "For Your Life" (Page/Plant) 6:20
- "Royal Orleans" (Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant) 2:58
- "Nobody's Fault But Mine" (Page/Plant) 6:27
- "Candy Store Rock" (Page/Plant) 4:07
- "Hots On For Nowhere" (Page/Plant) 4:43
- "Tea For One" (Page/Plant) 9:27
Personnel
- Jimmy Page - Electric guitars, producer
- Robert Plant - Vocals and harmonica
- John Paul Jones - Bass guitar.
- John Bonham - Drums and percussion
- Peter Grant - Executive producer
- Keith Harwood - Engineer, mixing
- Jeremy Gee - Tape engineer
- George Hardie - Sleeve design
- Hipgnosis - Sleeve design
| Led Zeppelin |
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| John Bonham - John Paul Jones - Jimmy Page - Robert Plant |
| Original albums: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin III - Untitled - Houses of the Holy - Physical Graffiti - Presence - The Song Remains the Same - In Through the Out Door - Coda |
| Other albums: Boxed Set - Profiled - Remasters - Boxed Set 2 - The Complete Studio Recordings - BBC Sessions - Early Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One - Latter Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume Two - How the West Was Won |
| Films: The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin DVD |
| Songs: "The Battle of Evermore" - "Dazed and Confused" - "Stairway to Heaven" - "When the Levee Breaks" |
| Other: Peter Grant - Swan Song Records |