LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN IV
- Format: (CD) Compact disc
- Executor: LED ZEPPELIN
- Title: LED ZEPPELIN IV
- Catalog number: WPCR-11614
- A country: Japan
- Label: Atlantic
- Year of issue: 1971
- Complictation: PAPER SLEEVE
- Type of publication: EDITION 2003
- Condition (record/cover): SS
- Style: Rock
- Rarity: star_rate star_rate star_rate
Led Zeppelin IV is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Led Zeppelin, released on November 8, 1971 by Atlantic Records. Before the release of the album, Led Zelppelin actively "ran in" new material on tour, visiting, between March and December 1971: North America, Japan, a number of European countries, as well as playing two British concert tours. There is no band name and album title on the cover, and there is no information about the publisher; instead, it shows four special characters that correspond to each of its members. Many people call this album Led Zeppelin IV, referring to the numerical numbering of the band's previous records, however, the names have also been assigned to it: The Fourth Album, Four Symbols, ZoSo, Runes, The Hermit, Sticks, Man With Sticks. Led Zeppelin IV has sold over 37 million copies, making it not only the most commercially successful album in the band's history, but also one of the best-selling albums in the world. In particular, Led Zeppelin IV is considered the most commercially successful hard rock record of all time, and the song "Stairway to Heaven" released on it is still the most rotated piece of music, of any genre, on American radio and one of the most famous compositions in the history of music. Led Zeppelin IV regularly appears in various lists of "the best albums in history". So, in 2020, the American magazine Rolling Stone placed it on the 58th place of its rating of "the 500 greatest albums of all time". In turn, the British edition of New Musical Express marked him on the 106th line of a similar vote. In addition, Led Zeppelin IV takes the 1st place in the ratings of Classic Rock magazine "100 greatest British rock albums" and "100 greatest rock albums in history", as well as the 4th position in the list of "200 greatest albums according to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame", compiled with the participation of the US Music Business Association. In 1999, the recording was included in the Grammy Award Hall of Fame, becoming the first of the band's albums to be awarded such a privilege.
