Best and/or favorite Led Zeppelin Studio Album?
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House of The Holy
I wish Houses of the Holy was on Houses of the Holy
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Led Zeppelin III
That was a good documentary. One of the more interesting origin stories in rock group history. It would be analogous to some guys in the wrecking crew going on the form the greatest hard rock group of all time. People forget Page and John Paul Jones were session men on the Goldfinger theme song in 1964.
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Led Zeppelin III
Not so fast my fren. Zep 1 not "folksy" ? Christ.
Babe I'm Gonna Leave you is a folk rock song written by Anne Bredon in the late 1950s. Joan Baez made it famous the Zep take is half folk and half proto heavy metal.
Dazed and Confused was a folk song written and recorded in 1967 by Jake Holmes.
Black Mountain Side is traditional British Isles folk music.
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Physical Graffiti
The way they're played is not folk rock, fren.
Black Mountain Side is a skip for me, every tim.
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Led Zeppelin III
Babe I'm Going to Leave You is totally played like folk for 50% of the song. It's took the hybridization of folk and rock to new heights but it's still a folk based song.
You can skip Black Mountain Side all you want but's still on the album. Amazing shredding BTW!!
Dazed and Confused is a folk cover so you can see where Page was going.
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Physical Graffiti
Histrionics aside, nobody who listens to Dazed and Confused is saying "cool folk rock song."
If Zeppelin had covered a Beethoven song it wouldn't be considered Classical.
Maybe my definition of folk is different than yours or what would be commonly accepted. You tell me "folk" and I hear Peter, Paul, and Mary or John Denver.
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Led Zeppelin III
I think folk is a lot more diverse that what you're thinking. Beatles, Zep, Neil Young, Stones, etc, were all heavy on folk influences and playing "folk-rock" on well known tracks.
I'd also encourage you to check out the earlier Yardbirds with Page take on Dazed and Confused. It's much more jazzy on the drumming. Fascinating to hear the evolution of the song.
But I'm proud of you for listening to this pre VH1 music!!
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Physical Graffiti
Best: Physical Graffiti
Favorite: Houses of the Holy
Least: Presence
Soft spot for: In Through the Out Door
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Led Zeppelin III
I think the I through Physical Graffiti run is the best 6 album run in the history of rock. There's little or no filler on any of those album. Nearly every track is essential. The only comp I can think of would be Beatles Rubber Soul through Abbey Road if you include Magical Mystery Tour. And all of those albums - while being GOATs - still had a fair number of songs that one can skip over.
When I'm being a snobby hipster, I tell people to the 2nd LP of PG is the best Zep album cause that's where all the deep tracks are. Down by the Seaside is brilliant stuff.
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Led Zeppelin III
Yella always right.
