No. 8: Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin (1971)
Kind of cliche, but there’s a reason burnouts in the 1970s flocked to “Stairway to Heaven.” And the rest of the album is just as amazing, from the thundering blues of “When the Levee Breaks” to the whimsical ukuleles on “The Battle For Evermore.” It’s like listening to Howlin’ Wolf reading Lord of the Rings on a mountaintop. If that makes sense.
