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39 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
LED ZEPPELIN'S POSTHUMOUS SWAN SONG HAS A NUMBER OF GEMS, 26 Feb 2001
I first bought this album two years ago, although previously, my brother said it wasn't all that good. My opinion : it's well worth buying for the blistering album closer, WEARING AND TEARING, which is best played extremely loud, as it's a rampaging monster of a track, used as an answer to the punks who had written off Zep and which also could have been a slight precursor to the early '80s NWOBHM craze. This is the most aggressive song on the track, although 'Walter's Walk' is impressive, too. Cut in 1972 during the HOUSES OF THE HOLY sessions, this features a groovy Jimmy Page riff and is efficiently powered along by Bonzo's powerful drums. The 1970 soundcheck version of 'I Can't Quit You, Baby' is heavier than the original, further improved by Page's sizzling solo and 'We're Gonna Goove' ain't bad, either. As for the other songs? 'Poor Tom' is an okay acoustic effort, with a distinctive, opening drumbeat, 'Bonzo's Montreux' is a pretty interesting drum solo from the man himself and the New Wave influenced 'Ozone Baby' and 'Darlene' are adequate rockers, indicating the sort of direction Zeppelin were taking towards the end of the Seventies. CODA is not brilliant, but it's certainly worth a listen.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Just buy this to complete your collection..., 25 Dec 2007
This collection of odd material from the Led Zeppelin vaults is well below the standard we have come to expect from the band. The songs were clearly never meant to be released and this album was rushed out with almost indecent haste following Bonzo's tragic demise. It is a grave disappointment. You may wish to just buy it to complete your Led Zeppelin collection, otherwise I urge you not to bother.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
In my dreams, 10 Nov 2007
In my dreams Presence was the last Zep album and the band made a decision to finish on a high with one of the best rock albums ever made and therefore, in my dreams, 'Coda' doesn't exist. However, in reality, some of it should because some of it is worthy of inclusion on any of the proper Zep albums. Coda is only 33 minutes long. It's an extended EP by todays standards. It's a short collection of stuff that wasn't deemed worthy of inclusion on previous albums. In my opinion Coda contains two tracks that are amongst the best tracks that Zep ever recorded. I'm not a fan of drum solos but 'Bonzo's Montreux' is a gem, a reminder that John Bonham was, and still is, in a league of his own. Recorded in 1976, it wouldn't have been out of place on Presence. The second little gem is 'Wearing and Tearing'. Recorded in 1978 and therefore,I believe, would have improved 'In Throught The Out Door'. Coda is definately worth a listen for these two alone. The rest is good and well worth a place in your collection but its a far cry from the glory days of Zep 4 and Presence.
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