In Through the Out Door de Led Zeppelin
Álbum de Led Zeppelin
- Fecha de lanzamiento: 15 de Agosto de 1979
- Sello Discográfico: Swan Song
- Compositores: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones
- Productores: Jimmy Page
In Through the Out Door es un álbum de Led Zeppelin, publicado en 1979 por Swan Song. El disco incluye 7 canciones, entre ellas «In The Evening», «South Bound Saurez», «Fool In The Rain» y «Hot Dog».
Lanzado en 1979, In Through the Out Door es el octavo y último álbum de estudio de Led Zeppelin con su formación original. Es un disco marcado por la tragedia y un significativo cambio de sonido. Creado tras la muerte del hijo de Robert Plant, Karac, el álbum refleja un estado de ánimo más sombrío y maduro. Musicalmente, es el trabajo menos guitarrero de su carrera y está dominado por los teclados y sintetizadores de John Paul Jones, quien asumió un rol de liderazgo creativo. Con influencias del pop, la samba y el new wave, "In Through the Out Door" fue un álbum que dividió a los fans, pero que también mostró a una banda intentando evolucionar y encontrar su lugar en el cambiante paisaje musical de finales de los 70. Sería su última declaración artística antes de la muerte de John Bonham en 1980.
Cómo nació el disco
El período previo al álbum fue el más oscuro de la historia de la banda. En 1977, el hijo de cinco años de Robert Plant, Karac, murió repentinamente de una infección estomacal. La tragedia devastó a Plant y casi disuelve la banda. Fue la insistencia de John Bonham lo que finalmente los reunió. Jimmy Page y John Bonham luchaban contra graves adicciones a la heroína y el alcohol, respectivamente, lo que limitó su participación creativa.
John Paul Jones se convirtió en la principal fuerza compositiva del álbum, trabajando estrechamente con Plant. La grabación tuvo lugar en los Polar Studios de ABBA en Estocolmo, Suecia, en parte para escapar de los altos impuestos del Reino Unido. Jones experimentó extensamente con un nuevo sintetizador Yamaha GX-1, que define el sonido del disco.
El estilo musical
El sonido de "In Through the Out Door" es una ruptura radical con el hard rock de sus trabajos anteriores. Es un álbum de pop-rock más suave y accesible, dominado por las texturas de los sintetizadores. La guitarra de Page, aunque presente, a menudo está relegada a un segundo plano. Las letras de Plant son las más personales y directas de su carrera, reflexionando sobre la pérdida, el amor y la redención.
Las canciones clave
El álbum se abre con el potente rock de "In the Evening", una de las pocas canciones que recuerda al sonido clásico de la banda. "South Bound Saurez" es un animado tema de honky-tonk. El sencillo "Fool in the Rain" es una de sus canciones más atípicas y queridas, una pieza de pop con una sección central de samba.
"Carouselambra" es la epopeya del álbum, una suite de rock progresivo de diez minutos impulsada por sintetizadores. La balada "All My Love" es una emotiva dedicatoria de Plant a su hijo fallecido, con un prominente arreglo de sintetizador de Jones. Cierra el álbum la melancólica "I'm Gonna Crawl", un blues lento y conmovedor.
El diseño de la portada
La portada, diseñada por Hipgnosis, es otro de sus conceptos más elaborados. La funda exterior de cartón, que parece una bolsa de papel marrón, oculta una de las seis portadas interiores diferentes, cada una mostrando la misma escena en un bar desde la perspectiva de uno de los seis personajes presentes. La funda interior, si se moja, se colorea temporalmente. Esta complejidad hizo que el álbum fuera nominado a un premio Grammy por el mejor diseño de empaque.
Debut y resultados en listas
El álbum fue un éxito comercial masivo, debutando en el número 1 en el Reino Unido y Estados Unidos.
- UK Albums Chart: 1
- USA Billboard 200: 1
- Alemania (GfK Entertainment): 28
- Canadá (RPM): 1
La crítica especializada
La crítica fue mixta, con muchos fans y críticos desconcertados por el cambio de dirección y el sonido dominado por los teclados. Con el tiempo, "In Through the Out Door" ha sido reevaluado como un álbum valiente y subestimado. Es el sonido de una banda lidiando con la tragedia y tratando de evolucionar en un nuevo panorama musical. Trágicamente, sería su última declaración, un melancólico "canto del cisne" antes de que la muerte de John Bonham pusiera fin a la banda más grande de los 70.
Listado de Canciones
- In The Evening6:48
Letra
In the evening, when the day is done I'm looking for a woman, but the girl don't come So don't let her, play you for a fool She don't show no pity baby, she don't make no rules Oh, I need your love, I need your love Oh, I need your love, I just got to have So don't you let her, oh, get under your skin It's only bad luck and trouble, from the day that you begin I hear you crying in the darkness, don't ask nobody's help Ain't no pockets full of mercy baby, 'cause you can only blame yourself Oh, I need your love, I need your love Oh, I need your love, I just got to have Oh, it's simple, all the pain that you go through You can turn away from fortune, fortune, 'cause that's all that's left to you It's lonely at the bottom, man, it's dizzy at the top But if you're standing in the middle, ain't no way you're gonna stop Oh, I need your love, I need your love Oh, I need your love, I just got to have Oh whatever that your days may bring No use hiding in a corner, 'cause that won't change a thing If you're dancing in the doldrums, one day soon, it's got to stop, it's got to stop When you're the master of the off-chance, when you don't expect a lot Oh, I need your love, I need your love Oh, I need your love, I just got to have - South Bound Saurez4:11
Letra
Baby, when you walk that sweet walk Oh, you walk it good, yes you walk it good Baby, when you talk that sweet talk Oh, it sounds so good, oh so good With a little bit of concentration And a little bit of helpin' hands, yeah And a little bit of raving madness You know it makes me feel, baby Both my feet are back on the ground And when the rhythm takes me It feels so good, oh so goodv Baby if it keeps a-shaking It will do you good, oh so much good With a little bit of stop-a-shakin' shakin' And a little bit of ?fly right down? And a little bit of sweet con-carne It makes me feel, makes me feel I got my feet on the ground Ooh now baby, when you move it makes me Really feel so good, oh so good And I'm so glad, so glad, so glad, so glad And I'm good, oh, so good With a little bit of concentration And a little bit of helping hand And a little bit of "saving madness" You know it makes me feel, baby I'm back on the ground oh yes, sure does It makes me feel back on the ground. I'm feelin' good child! Down on the ground. Sha la la la... - Fool In The Rain6:08
Letra
Oh, babe Well, there's a light in your eye that keeps shining Like a star that can't wait for night I hate to think I been blinded, baby Why can't I see you tonight? And the warmth of your smile starts a burning And the thrills of your touch give me fright And I'm shaking so much, really yearning Why don't you show up and make it alright? It's alright And if you promised you'd love so completely And you said you would always be true You swore that you never would leave me, baby Whatever happened to you? And you thought it was only in movies As you wish all your dreams would come true Hey, it ain't the first time believe me, baby I'm standing here feeling blue, blue Ah, yes, I'm blue Oh, babe Now, I will stand in the rain on the corner I watch the people go shuffling downtown Another ten minutes no longer And then I'm turning around, around And the clock on the wall's moving slower Oh, my heart it sinks to the ground And the storm that I thought would blow over Clouds the light of the love that I found, found Light of the love that I found Light of the love that I found Oh, that I found Hey babe Whoa, hand that ticks on the clock Just don't seem to stop when I'm thinking it over Whoa, tired of the light I just don't seem to find, have you wait, have you wait? Whoa, I see it in my dreams But I just don't seem to be I've got to get all, gotta get it all Gotta get it all, I've got to get all Oh, now my body is starting to quiver And the palms of my hands getting wet Oh, I got no reason to doubt you, baby It's all a terrible mess And I'll run in the rain 'til I'm breathless When I'm breathless I'll run 'til I drop, hey And the thoughts of a fool's scattered careless I'm just a fool waiting on the wrong block, oh yeah Hey now, oooh Light of the love that I found Light of the love that I found Light of the love that I Light of the love that I Light of the hey now Light of the hey now Light of the love that I found Light of the love that I found - Hot Dog3:15
Letra
Well I just got into town today To find my girl who's gone away She took the Greyhound at the General Store I searched myself I searched the town When I finally did sit down I find myself no wiser than before She said we couldn't do no wrong No other love could be so strong She locked up my heart in her bottom drawer Now she took my heart she took my keys From in my old blue dungarees And I'll never go to Texas anymore Now my baby's gone I don't know what to do She took my love and walked right out the door And if I ever find that girl I know one thing for sure I'm gonna give her something like she never had before I took her love at seventeen A little late these days it seems But they said heaven is well worth waiting for I took her word I took it all Beneath the sign that said uau She left angels hangin round for more Now my baby's gone I don't know what to do She took my love and walked right out the door And if I ever find that girl I know one thing for sure I'm gonna give her something like she never had before I thought I had it all sewn up Our love, a plot, a pick-up truck But folks said she was after something more I never did quite understand All that talk about rockin' bands But they just rolled my doll right out the door Oh yeah, they just rolled my doll right out the door - Carouselambra10:28
Letra
Sisters of the wayside bide their time in quiet peace Await their place within the ring of calm Still stand to turn in seconds of release Await the call they know may never come In times of lightness, no intruder dared upon To jeopardize the course, upset the run And all was joy and hands were raised toward the sun As love in the halls of plenty overrun Ah, ah, ah, ah Still in their bliss unchallenged mighty feast Unending dances shadowed on the day Within their walls, their daunting formless keep Preserved their joy and kept their doubts at bay Faceless legions stood in readiness to weep Just turn a coin, bring order to the fray And everything is soon no sooner thought than deed But no one seemed to question in anyway Ah, ah, ah, ah How keen the storied hunter's eye prevails upon the land To seek the unsuspecting and the weak And powerless the fabled sat, too smug to lift a hand Toward the foe that threatened from the deep Who cares to dry the cheeks of those who saddened stand Adrift upon a sea of futile speech? And to fall to fate and make the status plan And the Lord there in heaven would never preach Ah, ah, ah, ah Where was your word, where did you go? Where was your helping, where was your bow? Dull is the armour, cold is the day Hard was the journey, dark was the way I heard the word, I couldn't stay I couldn't stand it another day, another day Touched by the timely coming Roused from the keeper's sleep Release the grip, throw down the key Held now within the knowing Rest now within the peace Take of the fruit, but guard the seed They had to stay! Held now within the knowing Rest now within the beat Take of the fruit, but guard the seed Oh, take of the fruit, but guard the seed - All My Love5:51
Letra
Should I fall out of love, my fire in the light? To chase a feather in the wind Within the glow that weaves a cloak of delight There moves a thread that has no end For many hours and days that passes ever soon The tides have caused the flame to dim At last the arm is straight, the hand to the loom Is this to end or just begin? All of my love, all of my love Oh all of my love to you now All of my love, all of my love Oh all of my love to you now The cup is raised, the toast is made yet again One voice is clear above the din Proud aryan one word, my will to sustain For me, the cloth once more to spin All of my love, all of my love Oh all of my love to you now All of my love, all of my love Yeah all of my love to you child Yours is the cloth, mine is the hand that sews time His is the force that lies within Ours is the fire, all the warmth we can find He is a feather in the wind All of my love, all of my love Oh all of my love to you now All of my love, oh love yes All of my love to you now All of my love, all of my love All of my love, love Sometimes, sometimes Sometimes, sometimes Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey oh, yeah, it's all, all, all of my love All of my love, all of my love to you now All of my love, all of my love All of my love, to, to you and you, and you and yeah I get a bit lonely, just standing up Just standing up Just standing up lonely Just I get a bit lonely - I'm Gonna Crawl5:28