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Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
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Album

Led Zeppelin IV

(1971)
TypeAlbum (Studio full-length)
GenresHard Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock
LabelsAtlantic
Ranked#1 for 1971 , #12 all-time
Album rating :  95.1 / 100
Votes :  109
7. Going to California (3:31)
Track rating :  92.2 / 100       Votes :  20       [ ]
Spent my days with a woman unkind, Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine.
Made up my mind to make a new start, Going To California with an aching in my heart.
Someone told me there's a girl out there with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.
Took my chances on a big jet plane, never let them tell you that they're all the same.
The sea was red and the sky was grey, wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today.
The mountains and the canyons started to tremble and shake
as the children of the sun began to awake.

Seems that the wrath of the Gods
Got a punch on the nose and it started to flow;
I think I might be sinking.
Throw me a line if I reach it in time
I'll meet you up there where the path
Runs straight and high.

To find a queen without a king,
They say she plays guitar and cries and sings... la la la
Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn
Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born.
Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams,
Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems.
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Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin IV - Album Credits
Members
  • Robert Plant : Vocals, Tambourine, Harmonica (track 8), Songwriting (all tracks)
  • Jimmy Page : Guitars, Mandolin (track 3), Songwriting (all tracks)
  • John Paul Jones : Bass, Electric Piano, Mellotron, Mandolin (track 7), Acoustic Guitar (track 3), Songwriting (tracks 1, 2, 5, 8)
  • John Bonham : Drums, Songwriting (tracks 2, 8)
Additional musicians
  • Memphis Minnie : Songwriting (track 8)
  • Sandy Denny : Vocals (track 3)
  • Ian Stewart : Piano (track 2)
Other staff
  • Jimmy Page : Producer, Mastering Engineer
  • Peter Grant : Executive Producer
  • George Chkiantz : Mixing Engineer
  • Andy Johns : Engineer, Mixing Engineer
  • Joe Sidore : Mastering (original 1984 cd release)
  • George Marino : Remastering (1990 cd re-release)
  • Barrington Colby M.O.M. : Artwork
  • Graphreaks : Design Coordination
Info / Statistics
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Reviews : 10,383
Albums : 169,570
Lyrics : 218,051