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Anyone would give their left leg to write half of the guitar riffs that Jimmy Page<\/a> was able to create in Led Zeppelin\u2019s prime. <\/p>\n Every member of the band was equally important for bringing their own magic to the table, but Page was the true riff master, and without him in the group, the whole thing would fall apart. There were bound to be ups and downs throughout their career, but even Page had to admit a few of their albums couldn\u2019t have been any better if they had tried.<\/p>\n Then again, most of Zeppelin\u2019s albums weren\u2019t really meant to sound the same. While most of their early work involves them trying to pay tribute to their bluesy heroes, the lion\u2019s share of their work from Led Zeppelin III onward was all completely different animals. Houses of the Holy fits pretty snuggly in their experimental phase, Physical Graffiti is the culmination of everything they had built toward for years, and even if In Through the Out Door wasn\u2019t the record Page wanted, it was important for them to take chances like that.<\/p>\n When looking at each of the records, you can clearly tell when Page has the material down to a science. Their first handful of records were already ideas Page was working on as the band were finalising their lineup, and even when they were much further into their career, the amount of guitars on Presence alone made it seem like Page was allowed to run wild whenever he got to the studio every day.<\/p>\n Even by Zeppelin standards, though, the most concentrated album of their career is the one that actually doesn\u2019t have their name on it. Although their untitled fourth record was a way of sticking it to their record company in many respects, the fact that they crammed eight masterpieces on one record is staggering for any other group.<\/p>\n They still found time to pay tribute to their musical heroes on tracks like \u2018When the Levee Breaks\u2019, but the real power came from them doing away with their covers. \u2018Stairway to Heaven\u2019 and \u2018Black Dog<\/a>\u2019 might be the ones that everyone talks about, but listening through the album from back to front, the lower lights like \u2018Four Sticks\u2019 and \u2018Misty Mountain Hop\u2019 are still among the weirdest detours that the band ever went down.<\/p>\n