The Firm

There really is no excuse for the Righteous Brothers cover -- and the production values put this album a lot closer to the Power Station than Houses of the Holy -- but Led Zeppelin fanatics will find some merits in this 1985 album. It does, after all, have Jimmy Page playing guitar on it, and if you can get past the fretless bass playing there is "Someone to Love," "Make or Break," "Satisfaction Guaranteed" and the, uh, timeless "Radioactive." Also, "Moonlight Mile" is an actual song from the Physical Graffiti sessions, originally titled "Swan Song" and minus the backing singers.

Nobody ever said it was easy being God. Nobody ever said it was a gig Eric Clapton even
asked for. The man has spent most of his career trying to deny both the implications of the
graffiti first splattered all over London almost two decades ago and the magnitude of his
gifts. With each post-"Layla" effort, his message became clearer: I'm only human; allow me
to fail. After his well-publicized bouts with drugs and a string of lackluster recor... More >