A pall hung heavy during recording, with Golden God Robert Plant confined to a wheelchair after a serious car accident, which accounts for the album's bleak mood: a mood lifted somewhat in this deluxe reissue with Jimmy Page's lush remastering and the curious cast-off 10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod (Pod), a deft piano-led instrumental.
• Led Zeppelin. Presence (Deluxe Reissue.) Atlantic/Swan Song.
• Four stars (out of five)
Single download: Achilles' Last Stand
For those who: aren't in thrall to Stairway
- John Hayden
