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The Farewell Song
by Andrew Doscas As I’ve recently indicated, I am very intrigued and possessed by a strong predilection towards closing tracks of albums. What is even more interesting and symbolic is a band’s...
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Top of the Pops: Led Zeppelin II
by Andrew Doscas The first of three masterpieces, Led Zeppelin II, is a lot like X-Men’s “The Dark Phoenix”. Being nine tracks and nine issues, both are outright masterpieces wherein the whole is...
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Top of the Pops: Led Zeppelin III
by Andrew Doscas Led Zeppelin III, the oddball of the family, finds its worth in purpose more so than in execution, and once that is understood it’s actually a fairly well constructed album. It’s just...
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Top 10: Greatest Love Songs
by Andrew Doscas I have a secret affinity for love songs, which at this point shouldn’t come as a surprise. With it being Valentine’s Day, I figured this’ll be the best time to countdown my ten...
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Top of the Pops: Led Zeppelin IV
by Andrew Doscas Pretty much the only thing that the free world can agree upon is that Led Zeppelin IV (also known by the following: Untitled, Zoso, Runes, The Fourth Album) is the perfect way to...
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Top of the Pops: Houses of the Holy
by Andrew Doscas Houses of the Holy is the sound of Led Zeppelin realizing that they are the biggest and best band in the world. Released in 1973, it marks the halfway point in their career, as well...
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Top of the Pops: Physical Graffiti
by Andrew Doscas Physical Graffiti is the greatest rock album of all time. I feel like if I write that again it’ll convey the message that I’m not fucking around when I say that. Physical Graffiti is...
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Juxtapositions, Duality, and Double Albums
by Andrew Doscas Balance is everything. I am an absolutist. These are two seemingly antithetical sentences that are more intimately linked than they seem. There is black and there is white; there is...
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Top of the Pops: Presence
by Andrew Doscas Despite the fact that Led Zeppelin I, III, and Houses of the Holy were all met with underwhelming reviews, revisionist history has been incredibly kind to them, insofar as all later...
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Top of the Pops: In Through the Out Doors
by Andrew Doscas If Led Zeppelin ever made a bad album, it would have to be 1979’s In Through the Out Door, the band’s final album. It’s not an irredeemable album, nor is it an unenjoyable album; it...
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