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Next up, Led Zeppelin, and this one was very easy to compile.

While I've said before my album rankings are my own personal preferences and not definitive lists, I am going to go out on a limb right now and say my Led Zeppelin album ranking is both my personal preference AND the definitive best-to-worst ranking of Led Zeppelin albums that most critics would agree with.

Only possible grey area is that Led Zeppelin III and Houses of the Holy could perhaps swap places.

At any rate, feel free to disagree.

Led Zeppelin studio albums, ranked best to worst:

Led Zeppelin IV (AKA, Four Symbols, AKA untitled) (1971)
Led Zeppelin II (1969)
Physical Graffiti (1975)
Led Zeppelin (1969)
Led Zeppelin III (1970)
Houses of the Holy (1973)
Presence (1976)
In Through the Out Door (1979)
Coda (1982)*

* I was reluctant to include Coda on this list because the album is not really a true studio album -- it's a collection of unreleased songs LZ recorded between 1969 and 1978. John Bonham had died and LZ disbanded two years before Coda was released. I only included Coda because it is usually included in the band's list of albums and because it finishes in last place and does not upset the order of the other eight albums.

Pink Floyd albums ranked best to worst:

Beatles albums ranked best to worst

Rolling Stones albums ranked best to worst

Rush albums ranked best to worst
 
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Fun For All said:
I gotta go with Physical Graffiti followed by Houses of the Holy.
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I like #1 the best, the entire first side (doesn't that age me) is fantastic, and when RP breaks into Oh Rosie! in "How many more times", it reeks of soulful demeented madness.
 
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Fun For All said:
I gotta go with Physical Graffiti followed by Houses of the Holy.
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Physical Graffiti is Robert Plant's favourite.

Presence is Jimmy Page's favourite. For some reason.

In Through the Out Door largely came into being because of the work JP Jones put into it. He put that record together because Page and Bonham were drowning in addictions at that point and Plant was dealing with severe depression.
 
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Awesome - personally would put Physical below Houses.
 
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Studio albums only

Led Zeppelin IV
Physical Graffiti (my personal favorite)
Led Zeppelin II
Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin III


The rest
 
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JeanGary Diablo said:
I think Physical would have actually been better if they'd shaved some songs off. PG is my favourite double album, but I'm normally not a big fan of double albums, since they usually include lots of filler that weighs them down.
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I'm not a big fan of double albums either but PG is the exception. There is little filler there, just a couple of tracks I don't really care for.
 
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I'm not a big fan of double albums either but PG is the exception. There is little filler there, just a couple of tracks I don't really care for.
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Completely agree with you about PG -- for a double album, there's little to no filler. I kinda think some of the PG songs would have been best to have been reserved for Presence, which is a much weaker record.

Agreed on your comment about Zeppelin records, too. It was straight downhill after PG for Zeppelin. I know people who love Presence, but it never did much for me, and when stacked up against their other work it's actually quite poor, IMHO.
 
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JeanGary Diablo said:
He put that record together because Page and Bonham were drowning in addictions at that point and Plant was dealing with severe depression.
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John Bonham was also in a state of depression over the death of Keith Moon and died by alcohol poisoning. Jimmy Page with his Satanist screed was insane, he even bought Aleister Crowley's house. He barely survived the drug cocktail and the virgin blood he was on. It's a miracle he's never faced statutory rape charges, even Ozzy told him he was being an asshole. Plant and Bonham had been close friends and bandmates prior to LZ, his drinking was the cause of Plant's depression.

One of JP Jones best songs.

 
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The birth of Led Zeppelin. JP played bass and Jimmy Page played acoustic guitar and the solo at the end.

Error: Keith Moon was not the drummer in this, Mick Waller was.

 
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Insidious Von said:
John Bonham was also in a state of depression over the death of Keith Moon and died by alcohol poisoning. Jimmy Page with his Satanist screed was insane, he even bought Aleister Crowley's house. He barely survived the drug cocktail and the virgin blood he was on. It's a miracle he's never faced statutory rape charges, even Ozzy told him he was being an asshole. Plant and Bonham had been close friends and bandmates prior to LZ, his drinking was the cause of Plant's depression.

One of JP Jones best songs.

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Plant was also severely depressed over the sudden death of his son in 1977 and his marriage was falling apart.

As for Page, when Ozzy tells you you're acting like an asshole, it might be best to try to clean up your life, LOL.
 
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JeanGary Diablo said:
Physical Graffiti is Robert Plant's favourite.

Presence is Jimmy Page's favourite. For some reason.

In Through the Out Door largely came into being because of the work JP Jones put into it. He put that record together because Page and Bonham were drowning in addictions at that point and Plant was dealing with severe depression.
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That’s cool, I had no idea.
 
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JeanGary Diablo said:
Next up, Led Zeppelin, and this one was very easy to compile.

While I've said before my album rankings are my own personal preferences and not definitive lists, I am going to go out on a limb right now and say my Led Zeppelin album ranking is both my personal preference AND the definitive best-to-worst ranking of Led Zeppelin albums that most critics would agree with.

Only possible grey area is that Led Zeppelin III and Houses of the Holy could perhaps swap places.

At any rate, feel free to disagree.

Led Zeppelin studio albums, ranked best to worst:

Led Zeppelin IV (AKA, Four Symbols, AKA untitled) (1971)
Led Zeppelin II (1969)
Physical Graffiti (1975)
Led Zeppelin (1969)
Led Zeppelin III (1970)
Houses of the Holy (1973)
Presence (1976)
In Through the Out Door (1979)
Coda (1982)*

* I was reluctant to include Coda on this list because the album is not really a true studio album -- it's a collection of unreleased songs LZ recorded between 1969 and 1978. John Bonham had died and LZ disbanded two years before Coda was released. I only included Coda because it is usually included in the band's list of albums and because it finishes in last place and does not upset the order of the other eight albums.

Pink Floyd albums ranked best to worst:

Beatles albums ranked best to worst

Rolling Stones albums ranked best to worst

Rush albums ranked best to worst
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You were right to include Coda. Like the Who's Odds and Sods it's made up of previously unreleased out-takes so it functions as an original album.
Plus Darlene and Wearing & Tearing totally kick ass!
 
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JeanGary Diablo said:
Next up, Led Zeppelin, and this one was very easy to compile.

While I've said before my album rankings are my own personal preferences and not definitive lists, I am going to go out on a limb right now and say my Led Zeppelin album ranking is both my personal preference AND the definitive best-to-worst ranking of Led Zeppelin albums that most critics would agree with.

Only possible grey area is that Led Zeppelin III and Houses of the Holy could perhaps swap places.

At any rate, feel free to disagree.

Led Zeppelin studio albums, ranked best to worst:

Led Zeppelin IV (AKA, Four Symbols, AKA untitled) (1971)
Led Zeppelin II (1969)
Physical Graffiti (1975)
Led Zeppelin (1969)
Led Zeppelin III (1970)
Houses of the Holy (1973)
Presence (1976)
In Through the Out Door (1979)
Coda (1982)*

* I was reluctant to include Coda on this list because the album is not really a true studio album -- it's a collection of unreleased songs LZ recorded between 1969 and 1978. John Bonham had died and LZ disbanded two years before Coda was released. I only included Coda because it is usually included in the band's list of albums and because it finishes in last place and does not upset the order of the other eight albums.

Pink Floyd albums ranked best to worst:

Beatles albums ranked best to worst

Rolling Stones albums ranked best to worst

Rush albums ranked best to worst
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Disagree
 
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Insidious Von said:
The birth of Led Zeppelin. JP played bass and Jimmy Page played acoustic guitar and the solo at the end.

Error: Keith Moon was not the drummer in this, Mick Waller was.

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According to numerous sources Keith was indeed the drummer on this track.
 
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I love all LZ albums apart from Presence so ranking them is tough but here goes:
1. Physical Graffiti
2. LZ 2
3. LZ 4
4. Houses of the Holy
5. LZ
6. LZ 3
7. In Through the Out Door
8. Coda
9. Presence
 
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JeanGary Diablo said:
Completely agree with you about PG -- for a double album, there's little to no filler. I kinda think some of the PG songs would have been best to have been reserved for Presence, which is a much weaker record.

Agreed on your comment about Zeppelin records, too. It was straight downhill after PG for Zeppelin. I know people who love Presence, but it never did much for me, and when stacked up against their other work it's actually quite poor, IMHO.
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Half of PG is actually made up of outtakes from previous records. As a result it has a sampling of all their styles from different eras which makes for a wonderfully varied double album.
Hard to believe a song as great as The Rover was actually an outtake from Houses of the Holy.
 
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