Favourite Led Zep Album

[Ratae Corieltauvorum]

 

I personally don't find any of their albums perfect. .

 

 

I think I'd agree, but I'd qualify it by saying that I don't find any of their albums perfect at any one time, as I've drifted in an out of Zep songs in a weird fickle chick type a way, one day I do, the next I don't.

 

All that said I can usually listen to PG and Houses all the way through without hitting skip

[Dimaension X]

Not a CD, but I love their 1979 Knebworth performance (which apparently was also be their final performance before Bonzo died) from their collection of live performances DVD from 2003.

 

They seem rejuvenated, and tighter than ever, proving that they really were one of the best live acts around. The performance is energetic and raucous, yet they play some of their most complex material seemlessly.

 

Thankfully, this show was filmed for posterity and rock history.

[Ratae Corieltauvorum]

 

Not a CD, but I love their 1979 Knebworth performance (which apparently was also be their final performance before Bonzo died) from their collection of live performances DVD from 2003. They seem rejuvenated, and tighter than ever, proving that they really were one of the best live acts around. The performance is energetic and raucous, yet they play some of their most complex material seemlessly. Thankfully, this show was filmed for posterity and rock history.

 

 

Knebworth was actually two gigs on succeeding weekends and although I have the opinion you do, there are many who don't rate those performances as either relevant or good:idk:

[Sale83]

 

Not a CD, but I love their 1979 Knebworth performance (which apparently was also be their final performance before Bonzo died) from their collection of live performances DVD from 2003. They seem rejuvenated, and tighter than ever, proving that they really were one of the best live acts around. The performance is energetic and raucous, yet they play some of their most complex material seemlessly. Thankfully, this show was filmed for posterity and rock history.

 

 

There's a whole Knebworth show from 1979,and it's not remastered and mixed like that one from DVD.Songs are almost completely different.Solos on DVD are mixed and combined from those two shows that they had(the best parts were used),that's why it sounds so good.

Like that Immigrant song on Disc 2,the sound is from the show from Long Beach Arena(How The West Was Won CD),and the video is from Sidney.

[El Glom-o]

The first one.

 

 

"Communication Breakdown" is still my favorite LZ tune.

[chuck1016]

 

Yep, I agree. It was the first album I heard and it's still my favorite.

 

III was a huge influence on my playing though. I dove deep into my acoustic when I first heard that one.

[ashasha]

Screw all that; I'll take the box set.

 

It would be utterly useless for me to even waste any of my brain cells on trying to pick one as the best because it's like picking a favorite kid. Actually that'd be a lot easier to do.

[black blade]

From IV thru Presence is Zep's most creative period....and my favorite.

IV (zoso) 1972

Houses Of The Holy 1974

Physical Graffitti 1975

Presence 1977

[sleewell]

IV followed by physical graffiti.

[scuzzo]

I or 3 or Physical graf,,

Presences has lots good too..

[mister natural]

Houses of the Holy

[Guitar_Dan]

Yep, I agree. It was the first album I heard and it's still my favorite. III was a huge influence on my playing though. I dove deep into my acoustic when I first heard that one.

 

Yeah I don't mind III either, but that turned out to be their worst seller in their first six albums, probably only because of the drastic change in style from I & II

[BluesTuesday]

Physical Graffiti

[Guitar_Dan]

This is a great song off In Through The Out Door, not really a fan of the solo though.

 

 

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[Strung_Out]

depends on my mood, I suppose I'll give the nod to II though as it's what I'm currently listening to.

[jonPhillips]

Useless thread is useless without a poll.

 

Presence FTW though

[dogfish]

I'm no expert (but this is the internet, so I can act like I'm one) but, listening to them all with fresh ears many years removed from their creation, it seems like

 

 

Now this is all post-hoc-Monday-morning quarterbacking, but to me it's almost like they made three (multipart) albums (and an EP, i.e. LZ III) -- the 1st showed the energy and excitement of a new idea blooming; 2nd showed the most musicianship and depth; and the 3rd was from masters who had honed their craft and were in a groove, who had nothing to prove, and could knock 'em out of the park without trying. (And thus were, to some extent, phoning it in---but not in a bad way.)

 

I've got to admit that (my) age has a lot to do with how I see the albums; I was finishing high school when "In Through the Out Door" came out, so (like "Some Girls") that's the album that made the strongest impression on me, as it was in play when I was most ready for it.

 

Now I'd pick III, or graffiti, or presence (or exile, or let it bleed, or beggars banquet) over "In Through the Out Door" as what I put on first, but at the time, the (not so simple) pop of "Fool in the Rain", which on the face of it was very top-40, introduced this kid to new rhythms, new guitar sounds, and that great drumming after the samba break, and had the biggest and longest effect on me.

 

(Even more so than "stairway". Sorry, Jim.)

[lincoln40]

Houses of the Holy:

 

Song Remains the Same

Rain Song

No Quarter

 

 

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[Disco Cat]

[brianeharmonjr]

1. Presence

2. Houses of the Holy