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Communication Breakdown
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| "Communication Breakdown" | ||
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| Song by Led Zeppelin | ||
| from the album 'Led Zeppelin' | ||
| Released | January 12, 1969 | |
| Recorded | October 1968 | |
| Genre | Hard Rock | |
| Length | 2:27 | |
| Label | Atlantic Records | |
| Writer(s) | Bonham/Jones/Page | |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Page | |
| 'Led Zeppelin' track listing | ||
| "Black Mountain Side" (6) |
"Communication Breakdown" (7) |
"I Can't Quit You Baby" (8) |
"Communication Breakdown" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, from their 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin. It was one of the first songs that Jimmy Page and Robert Plant worked on together.
The pounding guitar riff was one that Page has stated is difficult to play because of the constant, quick downstroke with the pick. He used a small, miked Supro amplifier throughout; and ran his lead guitar through a fully closed Vox wah pedal to create the "guitar in a shoebox" sound on the lead. "Communication Breakdown" is also one of the few songs that Page sang a backing vocal on.
The song was a popular live number at Led Zeppelin concerts, and, along with "Heartbreaker" was the only song to be played during every year that the band toured. It usually either opened shows or was played as an encore.
In the US, the track was released as a single, but it did not chart.
On the Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions, released in 1997, this song was featured three times, each with a slightly different improvisation by the musicians.
Iron Maiden later covered the track on the B-side to the "Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter" single, as well as being featured in their Eddie's Archive box set. The Flaming Lips also covered the song on their Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid compilation.
Australian hard rock band Wolfmother covered the song during the induction of Led Zeppelin into the UK Music Hall of Fame.
- Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused: The Stories Behind Every Song, by Chris Welch, ISBN 1-56025-818-7
- The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, by Dave Lewis, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9
| Led Zeppelin |
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| Jimmy Page • Robert Plant • John Paul Jones • John Bonham
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