That’s the Way” is the band’s best acoustic number, but “The Rain Song” is their best ballad, a gorgeous, chiming epic that builds and unwinds itself perfectly, with strings, piano, and even mellotron ...

As much as Zeppelin might have fretted about being phased out by the punks in the late ’70s, they could’ve very easily pointed to the three-chord riffing and breakneck pace of their debut album’s ...