Led Zeppelin IV Tracklist
Technically, the fourth Led Zeppelin album is untitled as Jimmy Page got angry at the mixed response gathered by predecessor Led Zeppelin III. Still, many names over the years have accumulated, most commonly Led Zeppelin IV given the previous three albums were numbered. Another is “ZoSo”, after one of the four symbols representing the band members that show up. Led Zeppelin IV is also commonly called The Fourth Album, The Hermit, Runes, Untitled, and Four Symbols*. In fact, the original cover had no words on the outside at all, and only had symbols on the inner sleeve and record label.
Led Zeppelin IV and Physical Grafitti both have the highest number of musicians in a Led Zeppelin album, 6.*
Led Zeppelin IV was a commercial and critical success upon its November 1971 release, producing many of the band’s best-known songs, including “Black Dog”, “Rock and Roll”, “Misty Mountain Hop”, “Going to California”, and the band’s signature song, “Stairway to Heaven”. The album is one of the best-selling albums worldwide at 37 million units, though Rolling Stones Magazine seemed to think it was more average initially. Writers and critics have regularly cited it on lists of rock’s greatest albums.
