Presence (album)

Occupation

  • Electric Guitar: Jimmy Page
  • Vocals / Harmonica: Robert Plant
  • Bass Guitar: John Paul Jones
  • Drums / Percussion: John Bonham

Presence is the seventh studio album by British rock band Led Zeppelin. It was recorded in November and December 1975 within three weeks in Munich and produced and released on 31 March 1976 by Swan Song Records.

The album was created after the serious car accident by Robert Plant on August 5, 1975, Rhodes, Plant sat during the recordings in a wheelchair or in a chair opposite tape. The songs were written during his convalescence in Malibu. Therefore, the texts turn especially to life itself, especially to losses and setbacks suffered by the person.

The opening titles Achilles Last Stand is 10 minutes and 25 seconds, the third longest song from Led Zeppelin to In My Time Of Dying ( 11:06 ) and Carouselambra ( 10:34 ). Jimmy Page is said to have said it was his favorite song of Led Zeppelin. Since their tour of America in 1977 the title was standard in every other appearance.

Presence is the only Led Zeppelin album in which neither keyboard nor acoustic guitars are used.

It is also the first with audible influences of Heavy Metal ( Achilles Last Stand ).

List of songs

Contributors

  • Jimmy Page - Electric Guitar, Producer
  • Robert Plant - vocals, harmonica
  • John Paul Jones - bass guitar
  • John Bonham - drums, percussion
  • Peter Grant - executive producer
  • Keith Harwood - sound engineering, mixing
  • Jeremy Gee - Recording technique
  • George Hardie - Visual Design, Cover
  • Hipgnosis - Visual Design, Cover

Members: Jimmy Page | Robert Plant | John Paul Jones | John Bonham

Studio albums: Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin II | Led Zeppelin III | ( Led Zeppelin IV ) | Houses of the Holy | Physical Graffiti | Presence | In Through the Out Door | Coda

Live albums: The Song Remains the Same | BBC Sessions | How the West Was Won

Compilations: Remasters | Led Zeppelin Boxed Set | Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2 | Best of Led Zeppelin | Mothership

Movie: The Song Remains the Same | Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day

  • Album ( Hard Rock )
  • Led Zeppelin album
  • Album 1976
  • Multi-platinum album (United States)
  • Number-one album
Record label Genre Singing John Paul Jones (musician) Musicland Studios The Song Remains the Same (film) Malibu, California Peter Grant (music manager) Led Zeppelin (Album) Coda (Album) How the West Was Won (Led Zeppelin album) Led Zeppelin Remasters
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