In Through the Out Door
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In Through the Out Door is a studio album by Led Zeppelin, released by Swan Song Records on August 15, 1979. The album was named by the group as such, because of their recent problems and the rise of punk music, trying to get back into the public mind is like "trying to get in through the 'Out' door, than through the 'In' door". In the same way that Presence is largely Jimmy Page's work, so In Through The Out Door belongs to John Paul Jones, with the bassist/keyboardist taking lead songwriting credits on 6 out of the 7 songs.
The original gramophone record of this album featured an unusual gimmick: the album had an outer sleeve which was made to look like a plain brown paper bag, and the LP record sleeve proper featured black and white line artwork which, if washed with a wet brush, would become permanently fully coloured. There were also six different inner sleeves featuring a different pair of photos (one on each side), and the external brown paper sleeve meant that it was impossible for record buyers to tell which sleeve they were getting. (There is actually a code on the spine of the album jacket, which indicated which sleeve it was—this could sometimes be seen while the record was still sealed.) The pictures all depicted the same scene in a bar (in which a man burns a "Dear John" letter), and each photo was taken from the separate point of view of someone who appeared in the other photos.
The album was supposed to be released prior to the band's Knebworth shows in 1979. Once released, the album sold in huge pre-Soundscan numbers in its first week to become the first album by a rock band to debut at #1 on the Billboard album charts.
It was Led Zeppelin's last album while together. Drummer John Bonham died the next year on September 25, 1980.
Contents |
Track listing
- "In the Evening" (John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) - 6:49
- "South Bound Saurez" (Jones, Plant) - 4:12
- "Fool in the Rain" (Jones, Page, Plant) - 6:12
- "Hot Dog" (Page, Plant) - 3:17
- "Carouselambra" (Jones, Page, Plant) - 10:32
- "All My Love" (Jones, Plant) - 5:53
- "I'm Gonna Crawl" (Jones, Page, Plant) - 5:30
Personnel
- John Bonham - drums
- John Paul Jones - bass guitar, keyboards
- Jimmy Page - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Robert Plant - harmonica, vocals
Trivia
- "Carouselambra" is the only Led Zeppelin studio song in which Jimmy Page uses his Gibson double-necked guitar
- "Wearing and Tearing," "Ozone Baby," and "Darlene" were recorded during sessions for this album, but were dropped due to space constraints. All later appeared on the 'posthumous' set, Coda
Charts
Album
Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Pop Albums | 1 |
Singles
Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | "Fool in the Rain" | Pop Singles | 21 |
Catalogue
- (US) Swan Song SS16002
- (UK) Swan Song SSK59410
External links
- Template:Musicbrainz album
- Led Zeppelin In Through The Out Door Lyrics
- Images of the six covers
- In Through The Out Door Revisited
| Led Zeppelin |
|---|
| John Bonham · John Paul Jones · Jimmy Page · Robert Plant |
| Discography |
| Studio Albums: Led Zeppelin · II · III · Image:Zoso.png (IV) · Houses of the Holy · Physical Graffiti · Presence · In Through the Out Door · Coda
Live Albums: The Song Remains the Same · BBC Sessions · How the West Was Won |
| Films |
| The Song Remains the Same · Led Zeppelin DVD |
| Other |
| Peter Grant · Swan Song Records · The Yardbirds · XYZ · The Firm · Page and Plant |
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