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's 1979 album ''
In Through the Out Door ''In Through the Out Door'' is the eighth and final studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was recorded in three weeks in November and December 1978 at ABBA's Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, and released by Swan Song Recor ...
''. Guitarist
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uses a Gizmotron to create the droning effects and sliding solo at the beginning of the song.Brad Tolinski and Greg Di Bendetto, "Light and Shade", Guitar World, January 1998.


Live performances

The song was performed at
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during 1979 and 1980. During the 1979 performances, it was played directly after Page's guitar distortion and
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solo, which incorporated a
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strobe to add to the visual effects.Dave Lewis (1994), ''The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin'', Omnibus Press, . One such live version, from Led Zeppelin's performance at Knebworth in 1979, can be seen on the ''
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''. Performances on the
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sometimes lasted more than eight minutes. Plant revived "In the Evening" on his ''
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'' solo tour in 1988.
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performed the song in some concerts in 1995 and 1996 on the accompanying tour for their 1994 live album '' No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded''.


Reception

In a contemporary review for ''In Through the Out Door'', Charles M. Young of ''
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'' called "In the Evening" the album's best track, describing the song as "a classic Zeppelin orchestral guitar rumble halfway between '
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' and ' In the Light'... thas the ''only'' great guitar riff on the entire album." He also described the vocals as barely understandable. In a retrospective review of ''In Through the Out Door (
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)'', Andrew Doscas of ''
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'' believed "In the Evening" to be "a phoned-in effort, actually sounding more like Led Zeppelin phoning in a phoned-in attempt at a pop song." Doscas also found Plant's vocals on the song barely understandable.


See also

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"In the Evening" at ledzeppelin.com
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