Led Zeppelin IV

Written by Barney Hoskyns

Narrated by Barney Hoskyns

The revealing back-story of the album with-no-name that spawned 'When The Levee Breaks', 'Black Dog,' 'Stairway To Heaven' and 'Rock 'n' Roll' Four tracks each side; eight killers, no fillers. This is how they did it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Talking Music
• Release date: Apr 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781910264072

Barney Hoskyns

Barney Hoskyns is the cofounder and editorial director of the online rock-journalism library Rock’s Backpages, and author of several books including Hotel California: the True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and their Many Friends (2005), Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits (2009), Small Town Talk: Bob Dylan, The Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and friends in the Wild Years of Woodstock (2016), and Never Enough: A Way through Addiction (2017). A former U.S. correspondent for MOJO, Hoskyns has contributed to Vogue, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, GQ, and Uncut.

Reviews for Led Zeppelin IV

[Oogie Floyd · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

To be honest, I expected a more concise study of the album and could’ve done without the details of how the band was formed and ultimately broke up. We knew all that already. But it was an interesting listen, nonetheless.