After six weeks, they travelled to Polar Studios in Stockholm to begin recording. The group began rehearsing material in September 1978. The exile resulted in the band being unable to tour on British soil for over two years, and trying to get back into the public mind was therefore like "trying to get in through the 'out' door". The album was named by the group to describe its struggles after the death of Robert Plant's son Karac in 1977, and the taxation exile the band took from the UK. It also went to No. 1 in the UK, Canada, and New Zealand. The album was a huge commercial success it went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in just its second week on the American chart. It was the band's last studio release before they disbanded in December 1980 after the death of their drummer John Bonham three months earlier. Unlike earlier Led Zeppelin albums, In Through the Out Door was dominated musically by John Paul Jones. It was recorded in three weeks in November and December 1978 at ABBA's Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, and released by Swan Song Records on 15 August 1979. In Through the Out Door is the eighth and final studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. One of paper bag sleeve variants for original vinyl release, whose stamped logo was also used as part of front cover for original tape releases, and 2015 remastered.
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