The "lady Zeppelin" thing really does hold: its not just the spot-on-similar vocals and guitar touches (see Soul of the Sea (!)), its the overall scope of the songs, full of grasps at the infinite and crunches into the details via songs long and tall and broad.
But, while nothing on here is Black Dog-thunderous in terms of riffage, Heart bests the boys in plenty of other ways. The tonal and rhythmic cleverness of Magic Man is stunning, the frenzy of Crazy on You is unmatched, and the overall tone is massively more personal and approachable. This is music made by people for people, not just an abstract monument to the gods of rock, listenable, peaceful, exciting, and fun in ways 70's classic rock seldom was 4/5
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