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MojoMar 19, 2015You can file the seven bonus alternative mixes under "interesting" rather than "essential," but the sheer magnificence of the rest remains undiminished. [Apr 2015, p.108]
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Feb 24, 2015It’s an album that actually deserves a monolith of a box, and one whose title was supremely well chosen. Physical Graffiti is the sound of a group writing their identity, in huge block capitals of sound, across popular culture.
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Feb 24, 2015Like most of the Zeppelin reissues, the alternate versions reaffirm that Page made the right decisions the first time around, but these seven versions all make for worthy listening in their own right.
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Feb 24, 2015Physical Graffiti is Zeppelin's best album ultimately because it felt like a culmination.
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Feb 24, 2015Physical Graffiti, in its cocksure energies and determined reach, was Zeppelin's last, swaggering masterpiece.
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Feb 24, 2015Remastered by Page himself, this is the best digital version of Physical Graffiti available and the definitive way to hear the album if you don’t own a turntable.
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Mar 6, 2015The album proper finds an omnipotent Led Zep still within hailing distance of the top of their game.
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Feb 27, 2015Released 40 years to the day since its initial release, this deluxe edition confirms what critics have long said about this, yes, “summative” recording: this is an album that gives a lot, and then keeps on giving.
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Feb 24, 2015The album endures as a bequest to the bogglement of the ages. [Mar 2015, p.95]
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Feb 25, 2015No amount of reissue padding will ever tarnish the mesmerizing mess of Physical Graffiti. It’s funny--only now, 40 years later, has the true filler finally emerged.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 88 out of 100
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Mixed: 2 out of 100
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Negative: 10 out of 100
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