Editing Led Zeppelin IV (section)

==Release==
The album was released by Atlantic on 8 November 1971.<ref name=lz4>''Led Zeppelin IV'', Led Zeppelin, Atlantic Records, R2-536185, Super Deluxe Edition Box, 2014 Liner Notes, page 3</ref> It was promoted via a series of teaser advertisements showing the individual symbols on the album artwork.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=51}} It entered the UK chart at No.&nbsp;10, rising to No.1 the following week and has spent a total of 90 weeks on the chart.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29594/led-zeppelin/|title=Led Zeppelin {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|date=13 September 1997 |language=en|access-date=13 July 2018|archive-date=17 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817211049/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29594/led-zeppelin/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the US it was Led Zeppelin's best-selling album,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-50-best-selling-albums-of-all-time-music-charts-singers-a7884191.html|title=The 50 best-selling albums of all time|first=John|last=Lynch|newspaper=The Independent|date=9 August 2017|access-date=19 July 2018|archive-date=14 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614003109/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-50-best-selling-albums-of-all-time-music-charts-singers-a7884191.html|url-status=live}}</ref> but did not top the ''Billboard'' album chart, peaking at No. 2 behind ''[[There's a Riot Goin' On]]'' by [[Sly and the Family Stone]] and ''[[Music (Carole King album)|Music]]'' by [[Carole King]].<ref name=bb200>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1971-12-18|title=Top 200 Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=18 December 1971|access-date=11 July 2018|archive-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718074320/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1971-12-18|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1972-01-08|title=Top 200 Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=8 January 1972|access-date=11 July 2018|archive-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718072730/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1972-01-08|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|Several sources have claimed that King's most critically and commercially successful album, ''[[Tapestry (Carole King album)|Tapestry]]'', kept ''Led Zeppelin IV'' from No. 1,{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=51}} but the latter was still being mixed during the former's chart run over summer 1971.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/1971/billboard-200|title=Billboard 200 : 1971|magazine=Billboard|access-date=11 July 2018|archive-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718074407/https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/1971/billboard-200|url-status=dead}}</ref>}} "Ultimately", writes Lewis, "the fourth Zeppelin album would be the most durable seller in their catalogue and the most impressive critical and commercial success of their career".{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=51}} At one point, it was ranked as one of the top five [[List of best-selling albums|best-selling albums of all time]].<ref name="Larkin"/> The album is one of the best-selling albums of all time with more than 37 million copies sold as of 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/10998169/Led-Zeppelin-IV-is-this-the-greatest-rock-album-ever-made.html|title=Led Zeppelin IV: is this the greatest rock album ever made?|first=Neil|last=McCormick|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=29 July 2014|access-date=17 July 2018|archive-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718063148/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/10998169/Led-Zeppelin-IV-is-this-the-greatest-rock-album-ever-made.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2021, it is tied for fifth-highest-certified album in the US by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] at 24× Platinum.<ref>{{cite web| title = Top 100 Albums| publisher = [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]| url = https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-100-albums| access-date = 22 November 2012| archive-date = 24 September 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140924083914/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-100-albums| url-status = live}}</ref>

The album was reissued several times throughout the 1970s, including a lilac vinyl pressing in 1978, and a box set package in 1988.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=94}} It was first issued on CD in the 1980s. Page remastered the album in 1990 with engineer [[George Marino]] in an attempt to update the catalogue, and several tracks were used for that year's compilation ''[[Led Zeppelin Remasters]]'' and the ''[[Led Zeppelin Boxed Set]]''. All remastered tracks were reissued on ''[[The Complete Studio Recordings (Led Zeppelin album)|The Complete Studio Recordings]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/complete-studio-recordings-mw0000620877|title=The Complete Studio Recordings|website=AllMusic|access-date=17 July 2018|archive-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718031020/https://www.allmusic.com/album/complete-studio-recordings-mw0000620877|url-status=live}}</ref> while the album was individually reissued on CD in 1994.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|pp=94–95}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Led Zeppelin IV|publisher=Atlantic Records|year=1994|id=7567-82638-2}}</ref>

A remastered version of ''Led Zeppelin IV'' was reissued on 27 October 2014, along with ''[[Houses of the Holy#2014 reissue|Houses of the Holy]]''. The reissue comes in six formats: a standard CD edition, a deluxe two-CD edition, a standard LP version, a deluxe two-LP version, a super deluxe two-CD plus two-LP version with a hardback book, and as high-resolution 24-bit/96k digital downloads. The deluxe and super deluxe editions feature bonus material. The reissue was released with an inverted colour version of the original album's artwork as its bonus disc's cover.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bennett|first=Ross|date=29 July 2014|url=https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/16007/led-zeppelin-iv-houses-holy-remasters-due/|title=Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the Holy Remasters Due|work=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|access-date=31 July 2014|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720225400/https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/16007/led-zeppelin-iv-houses-holy-remasters-due/|url-status=live}}</ref> The album's remastered version received widespread acclaim from critics, including ''Rolling Stone'', who found Page's remastering "illuminative".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/led-zeppelin-iv-remastered/led-zeppelin|title=Reviews for Led Zeppelin IV [Remastered] by Led Zeppelin|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=13 July 2015|archive-date=8 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908024141/http://www.metacritic.com/music/led-zeppelin-iv-remastered/led-zeppelin|url-status=live}}</ref>