Studio Album · No. 6
Physical Graffiti Songwriting Credits by Led Zeppelin
Produced by Jimmy Page · Engineered by Ron Nevison, Keith Harwood, Andy Johns, Eddie Kramer, George Chkiantz
Holds writing credit on 15 of 15 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 15 / 15 documented
Scored across the 15 tracks with documented writers, by whether Led Zeppelin carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 15 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Awards & Recognition 1
Page and Plant remain the primary songwriters, with Jones and Bonham earning co-writes on the funk-leaning material. 'Kashmir' is credited to Page, Plant, and Bonham, since Jones arrived late to the sessions and missed the writing credit despite his orchestration. 'Trampled Under Foot' is a Page/Plant/Jones composition driven by Jones's clavinet, while the roughly eleven-minute 'In My Time of Dying' is an honest adaptation of a traditional blues and gospel standard associated with Blind Willie Johnson. As a double album, it pairs fresh 1974 sessions with seven outtakes pulled from earlier 1970 to 1973 recordings.
Physical Graffiti is the 1975 sixth studio album by Led Zeppelin, a double album spanning hard rock, progressive rock, folk, and blues rock. It was the band's first release on their own Swan Song Records label, compiled from sessions between 1970 and 1974, with eight new tracks recorded at Headley Grange in early 1974 and seven previously unreleased tracks from earlier albums, mixed at Olympic Studios. Robert Plant sang lead while Jimmy Page played guitar and produced, John Paul Jones added keyboards and mandolin, and John Bonham played drums, on tracks including "Kashmir", "Trampled Under Foot", and "In My Time of Dying". The album debuted at number 3 and rose to number 1 on the Billboard 200, also topping the UK Albums Chart, and it was certified 16 times platinum in the United States. Plant later named it his favorite Led Zeppelin album, and many regard it as the band at its creative peak.