Favorite Led Zeppelin album, if you have one.

[NAD]

If I had to choose one, I'd probably go with Houes of the Holy or III. But I don't really want to choose.

 

[JayKeeley]

If I had to choose one, I'd probably go with Houes of the Holy or III. But I don't really want to choose.

Houses of the Holy -- if I had to choose.

Also,

Houses of the Holy > Houes of the Holy

 

[lizard]

I'd probably go with Houses, if only for its excellent, excellent Over the Hills and Far Away

 

[NAD]

Whoa, I'm retooded.

The Ocean is the first Zep I remember hearing, when I was taking a bath at 3 years old. 8 track in the tub baby!!!

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

You dolts. To choose anything OTHER than Physical Graffiti is to admit you don't have a clue about the Almighty Led Zeppelin.

Get a clue!

 

[lizard]

I'd go with Grafitti if I was doing a passionless rating of artistic merit...but I select Houses simply because that one song is the one Zep song I've NEVER, EVER grown tired of.

 

[NAD]

Ooh, trouble-free transmission, helps your oil’s flow
Mama, let me pump your gas, mama, let me do it all

I feel like a pimp just listening to that song.

 

[lizard]

those lyrics make me think of how the band Hot Tuna got its name...Jorma took it from an old blues song that went "hey man, what is it that smells like fish?"

old blues guys totally knew the score.

 

[NAD]

"Look, there goes Jimmy Page, the greatest white thief of black music, ever!"
--Homer Simpson

 

[lizard]

haha well Willie Dixon did successfully sue him for plagarism.

hey markgugs, I was just taking a nice relaxing dump, which is when I do all my deep thinking, and I realized that as a double album, with virtually no fat or filler, you're probably right about grafitti.

 

[lizard]

and speaking of classic proto metal, I came within a hair's breadth today of ordering Deep Purple's "Burn"

 

[NAD]

More than any other band, Led Zeppelin established the concept of album-oriented rock, refusing to release popular songs from their albums as singles. In doing so, they established the dominant format for heavy metal, as well as the genre's actual sound.

I did not know that. [/Johnny Carson]

 

[Black Winter Day]

The first.

 

[Dark One]

I'd say Physical Grafitti as well, followed by III - P.G. just had so much more substance, and the legendary, epic riffing of "Kashmir" is unforgettable.

 

[Demonspell]

Physical Graffiti, no question.

 

[NAD]

I think I heard Kashmir way too many times, that's my Stairway to Heaven (a song I never get sick of).

Come on, that irony can't be beat!

 

[Krilons Resa]

IV ..Zoso blah blah

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Regardless of whether you feel Kashmir is overplayed or not, seriously, go look at the tracklisting for Graffiti. There IS NO Zeppelin album that comes even close. It's a double album, as liz pointed out, with NO filler. It hits all bases. It's epic. It's soulful. It's passionate. It rocks harder than most bands will in their entire lifetimes, and it gives new meaning to the word "heavy."

It's the single greatest album EVER. There, I said it.

 

[NAD]

with NO filler. It hits all bases. It's epic. It's soulful. It's passionate.

I would say this is true for the first 6 Zep albums, including Physical Graffiti. Some songs are slightly more amazing than others (Battle of Evermore, The Ocean, Trampled Under Foot, and about 20 others), but still. Damn were they one perfect band for a long fucking time.

 

[Ayeka]

and speaking of classic proto metal, I came within a hair's breadth today of ordering Deep Purple's "Burn"

I hope that's because you ordered Stormbringer instead!

I'm really not sure...I'd probably have to go with the compilation Early Days. I have I, II and IV but haven't given them dedicated listens. They're on vinyl, and I've neglected my record collection for the past few months due to growing paranoia about my needle