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Led Zeppelin's Led Zeppelin IV (33 1/3) | 
| Author: Erik Davis
Publisher: Continuum
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 227442
Media: Paperback
Pages: 177
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.3 x 4.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0826416586
Dewey Decimal Number: 782.421660922
EAN: 9780826416582
ASIN: 0826416586
Publication Date: May 2005
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In this wickedly entertaining and thoroughly informed homage to one of rock music s towering pinnacles, Erik Davis investigates the magic black or otherwise that surrounds this album. Carefully peeling the layers from each song, Davis reveals their dark and often mystical roots and leaves the reader to decide whether [FOUR SYMBOLS] is some form of occult induction or just an inspired, brilliantly played rock album.
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 blah blah blah January 15, 2009
Anthony Grech II (Detroit Rock City)
this book on Zeppelin 4 is around 170 pages. the author actually starts talking about Zeppelin 4 around page 70. everything before that is masturbatory gushing over jimmy page and his occult fascination. once he actually gets on the topic of the book, zeppelin 4, the author works painstakingly hard to continue tying almost everything into the occult. and it only works in the most convoluted far fetched manner. zeppelin is bigger than jimmy page. and jimmy page is bigger than his fascination with the occult. i wish the author had appreciated and respected that when writing this book.
 Disappointing October 21, 2008
Charlie Brown (Mars, CA United States)
Although the author is knowledgeable in both esotericism and rock music, he does not put his observations together in any meaningful way. He jumps from idea to idea, throwing in some insightful comments seemingly at random. I bought the book with high hopes but was pretty disappointed. Led Zeppelin have received much more thoroughgoing analysis elsewhere. It's not a bad book, just overly casual and journalistic.
 Does it all have to do with the occult? September 12, 2007
JCS (Over There ...)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Well, whether it does or not, Erik Davis takes a heavy duty occult perspective into this book about Zeppelin's fourth disc. And it works because no matter some of the odd observations, no matter how he twists them to fit into his occult mindset, no matter whether it all gels with me, he's smart enough to get heavy-handed, and then pull back and let the reader know that, well, that's one take, you make your own. Either way, this book is entertaining and involving and one of the best of this series.
JCS
33 1/3 Led Zeppelin 4 January 21, 2007
S. Aquilino (Horsham PA.)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I love everthing about this book.I love the mystery behind the music , the myth's associated with the band and the way the writer presented each item and infused them together.A treat for all Zeppelin fans.Would buy it again just to have 2 copies.1 for the bedroom and 1 for the office.
Pretty solid October 2, 2006
James Brubaker
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
While not my favorite book that I've read in the 33 1/3 series, Davis's book on IV does a nice job of exploring some of Zeppelin's influences and does what this series is so great at--it brings the album back to life. Sure the book may be a bit flawed--of course it's far better for most of what passes for music criticism these days (33 1/3 is, by the way, consistently better than most, especially in terms of exploring historical and social contexts)--but it made me bust out a record that I thought I'd listened to death and fall in love with it all over again with brand new ears. I could write similar reviews for every book in this series that I've read, but I just happened to check out the page here and thought I'd weigh in with my opinion.
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