Led Zep Albums: What's your 3 top favorites

Necrovore · Post by **Necrovore** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:19 am

Trigger wrote:Phew, that's a tough one! I hear a lot of folks - not on this forum, tho - that say stuff like "Zep's first three were great" or "Just the first five" but I have this feeling that those people mostly repeat someone else and haven't got a clue they're leaving 'Houses Of The Holy' and 'Physical Graffiti' out. Blasphemy.

Ahem.

My top three (with my fav tracks):
- Physical Graffiti (Custard Pie & The Wanton Song);
- III (Immigrant Song & Celebration Day);
- IV (Black Dog & When The Levee Breaks).

Fully agree with you, but it is the first three I always find myself being brought back to over and over. My 8 y/o daughter would have to say IV, Houses of the Holy, and II in that order. She is a HUGE Zeppelin freak. Yes she has a crush on the young Plant too.

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:38 pm

Necrovore wrote:
Trigger wrote:Phew, that's a tough one! I hear a lot of folks - not on this forum, tho - that say stuff like "Zep's first three were great" or "Just the first five" but I have this feeling that those people mostly repeat someone else and haven't got a clue they're leaving 'Houses Of The Holy' and 'Physical Graffiti' out. Blasphemy.

Ahem.

My top three (with my fav tracks):
- Physical Graffiti (Custard Pie & The Wanton Song);
- III (Immigrant Song & Celebration Day);
- IV (Black Dog & When The Levee Breaks).
Fully agree with you, but it is the first three I always find myself being brought back to over and over. My 8 y/o daughter would have to say IV, Houses of the Holy, and II in that order. She is a HUGE Zeppelin freak. Yes she has a crush on the young Plant too.

There was a local band called Zebra that did Zep covers to nth degree. Some say they did Zep live better then Zep!! Anyway the lead singer / guitar player Randy Jackson used to sing AND play Celebration Day. I was always impressed with that.

sub · Post by **sub** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:04 pm

1 - I
2 - II
3 - IV

clarkydaz · Post by **clarkydaz** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:28 pm

though a huge zep fan, i personally find slim pickings albumwise after grafitti, more a case of of handful of shining moments.

Country Boy Shane · Post by **Country Boy Shane** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:44 pm

1. Physical Graffiti
2. IV
3. Presence

Presence doesn't seem to pop up a lot! I tend to think of this as Zeppelin's truly final album. So many cool and heavy-rhythm songs. In Through the Out Door sounds more like a John Paul Jones solo outing to me. Not very Zep like to my ears.

Mr. Mullard · Post by **Mr. Mullard** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 7:31 pm

For me it was Zeppelin #1 and cuts like "Dazed" and "How Many More...", nothing beats that "blues meets Satan" stuff!

Country Boy Shane · Post by **Country Boy Shane** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:55 pm

I really like the "How Many More Times" and "You Shook Me Baby" on the 2nd disk of the BBC Sessions. That is some really moving shit right there!!!

ZEPFREAK · Post by **ZEPFREAK** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:19 pm

1 Physical Graffiti(ten years gone,Kashmir,The Rover)
2 The Song Remains the Same (Rain Song live!, No Quarter live!)
3 IV ( Black Dog,When the Levee Breaks, and of course Stairway!)

ZEPFREAK · Post by **ZEPFREAK** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:20 pm

P.S. Thanks for asking!!

Bluesbishop · Post by **Bluesbishop** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:30 am

#1 Zep 1
#2-The Song Remains the Same
#3 Houses of the Holy

ZEPPELIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Crap, I love then all!!

BrownSound1 · Post by **BrownSound1** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:50 am

This is a very difficult question to answer for me. I don't know if I can pick just 3 to be honest.

Led Zep 1
Physical Graffiti
Led Zep 2

Those are as of today..it'll change next week.

I think I should mention that the most listened to Led Zep item in my house is actually the Led Zeppelin DVD. I still get goose bumps watching the Royal Albert Hall performance.

BBN-Boys · Post by **BBN-Boys** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:07 am

[quote
I think I should mention that the most listened to Led Zep item in my house is actually the Led Zeppelin DVD. I still get goose bumps watching the Royal Albert Hall performance.[/quote]

I love the DVD also. I always see something new everytime I watch it.

7string · Post by **7string** » Wed May 10, 2006 1:02 am

I agree with most of you guys.

#1 Physical Graffiti

I couldn't decide on 2 and 3. But I dig them all. PG was so deep with material. That was one of my 1st albums. Dad loved Kashmir. He used to make us sit in the car and listen to the whole thing when it came on the radio as we were parking.

Ten Years Gone, The Rover, Down By the Seaside, and Wanton are my favs.

7string · Post by **7string** » Wed May 10, 2006 1:03 am

I agree with most of you guys.

#1 Physical Graffiti

I couldn't decide on 2 and 3. But I dig them all. PG was so deep with material. That was one of my 1st albums. Dad loved Kashmir. He used to make us sit in the car and listen to the whole thing when it came on the radio as we were parking.

Ten Years Gone, The Rover, Down By the Seaside, and Wanton are my favs.

5150loveeddie · Post by **5150loveeddie** » Wed May 10, 2006 2:00 am

2
4
The Song Remains the same.....