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Emeritus
Reviews 88
Approval 95%
Soundoffs 91
News Articles 19
Band Edits + Tags 198
Album Edits 276
Album Ratings 2916
Objectivity 64%
Last Active 01-03-23 11:21 pm
Joined 06-03-16
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| Led Zeppelin: Neek'd
You've been neek'd, bitchez | | 9 |  | Led Zeppelin
Coda
Apparently even Zeppelin’s leftovers can make a solid album. Even though it contains Zep’s worst song, “Ozone Baby,” (those vocals effects are so atrocious), it still works on many other levels. “Bonzo’s Montreux” actually operates as a song despite only featuring drums and percussion effects, and “Poor Tom” is just as fun a track as Zeppelin can put out. | | 8 |  | Led Zeppelin
Presence
This album gets by merely on the power of its incredible opener “Achilles Last Stand” and its almost-but-not quite as impressive closer “Tea for One.” Sandwiched between these excellent tracks are a series of jaunty but repetitive tracks that do their own thing until they simply can’t anymore. Besides those two tracks, the record is easily their most forgettable and least interesting release. | | 7 |  | Led Zeppelin
In Through the Out Door
While some prefer the hard rock edge of Presence over this album, I enjoyed the synthy, messy, why-the-hell-not? attitude of the Jones and Plant-led In Through the Out Door. “In the Evening” is a muscular song despite the synthesizers, and songs like “Fool in the Rain” and “Ally My Love” proved that Zeppelin could handle adding in some pop appeal without sacrificing what made them such an endearing act. | | 6 |  | Led Zeppelin
Physical Graffiti
My least favorite of the “classic era” of Led Zeppelin, despite the massive and mind-blowing symphonic rock masterpiece “Kashmir.” It’s just that aside from that track, the album doesn’t work as a flowing, cohesive work. It’s just not as consistent, and even though all the experimentation is greatly appreciated, by the end of it all it just feels a bit been-there-done-that. I could definitely see it growing with time, though. | | 5 |  | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin II
The lows are never as low as they can get for Zeppelin on here, but the highs aren’t nearly as high. Sure, “Whole Lotta Love” and “Ramble On” are incredible tracks, but on the other hand “Living Loving Maid” and “What Is and What Never Should Be” are repetitive and sound strangely toothless. I know having this album so low on a list like this is a massive sin, so I’m gonna stop while I’m ahead, but this just didn’t hit the spot as well as it should have. | | 4 |  | Led Zeppelin
Houses of the Holy
For me personally, this is the album that matches Zepplin’s sonic diversity with ridiculous consistency the best. Somehow they made going from the delicious reggae of “D’yer Mak’er” into the massive but subdued “No Quarter” work perfectly, and there really just isn’t a song on this that isn’t great. | | 3 |  | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
A monumental achievement in the history of rock music, even if the songs were stolen from old dead blues guys. The combination of blues, hard rock, and occasional acoustic influences just proved that the guys weren’t afraid to try something new, and boy did they succeed. It’s just an incredible album that stood the test of time better than many albums from that era. Oh, and “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” is probably one of the greatest rock songs of all time. | | 2 |  | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin IV
Probably the densest and most mystical of all their albums, and not just because of the strange release. Led Zeppelin IV is probably the most acclaimed and respected Zep, not in the least due to the inclusion of the default classic “Stairway to Heaven.” It might not be their most consistent release (I’m looking at you “Four Sticks”), but with other brilliant tracks such as “When the Levee Breaks” and “The Battle of Evermore,” this is far more than just a vessel for that one all-time favorite. | | 1 |  | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin III
It may not be the most groundbreaking Zeppelin album, but it’s easily their riskiest. A combination of surging rockers and acoustic ditties, III saw the band at their most willing to try new sounds and screw expectations. There’s just something absolutely thrilling about the whole endeavor, and it’s by far their more consistently fantastic album ever released. “Friends” is just goddamn freaky in the most gorgeous way possible, and “Since I’ve Been Loving You” is easily top 3 Led Zeppelin. I just can’t get enough of this goddamn album for the life of me. | |
neekafat
08.16.17 | Overall, I hate to say that I don't think I like them as much as everyone else seems to, but I certainly respect and admire them just as much | ArsMoriendi
08.16.17 | *Presence is at 8*
*Led Zeppelin III is at 1*
Lame list. | ArsMoriendi
08.16.17 | "Sandwiched between these excellent tracks are a series of jaunty but repetitive tracks that do their own thing until they simply can’t anymore."
For Your Life and Royal Orleans are brilliants though. :( | neekafat
08.16.17 | @Ars For Your Life is actually really good, Orleans... not so much :/
@aiwaz, eh close enough, love the love for III! | ArsMoriendi
08.16.17 | For Your Life is my favorite LZ song heh | SandwichBubble
08.16.17 | Neek (verb): to rank -- albums or otherwise -- in such a way that is intended to elicit a negative reaction • "Did you see his Beatles ranking? He totally neek'd it." | neekafat
08.16.17 | I lol'd because it true, except it isn't completely intentional
So I take it you like the title change? I think I'mma actually keep this one | ArsMoriendi
08.16.17 | Can't wait til you finish the Primus discography so I can criticize you for ranking it wrong. :P | SandwichBubble
08.16.17 | It's pretty good. You're name translates well into a verb | neekafat
08.16.17 | Haha is that my ars destiny? | neekafat
08.16.17 | Thank you sir, I almost called it Neekaranked | DominionMM1
08.16.17 | lame man | ArsMoriendi
08.16.17 | "Haha is that my ars destiny?"
Check Tales from the Punchbowl and find out lol | bgillesp
08.16.17 | Yo! Props for 1 being 1. Friends is my favorite Zeppelin song | bgillesp
08.16.17 | I'd go 1, 2, 5, 3, 6, 4. For the ones I know well at least | neekafat
08.16.17 | @Ars I suppose I'll have to get on that!
@Bgill, good shit!
@Aiwaz I think so too | neekafat
08.16.17 | Poor dom :P | Sunnyvale
08.16.17 | Houses Of The Holy is my favorite, but props on putting LZ III so high. Definitely an underrated album. Can't really go wrong with any of these. | neekafat
08.16.17 | Thanks dude! Yeah I'm surprised at the low rating (comparatively haha) | Storm In A Teacup
08.16.17 | I'm too young to know what songs are on which album but I'm too old to not know and own almost every Led Zeppelin song. | neekafat
08.16.17 | Fair | Storm In A Teacup
08.16.17 | box sets for the win XD | neekafat
08.16.17 | Haha yeah my girlfriend just got Mothership and she's been jamming it all the time! | JamieTwort
08.16.17 | No no no, this is all kinds of wrong! | guitarded_chuck
08.16.17 | good rating, mine would be similar, agreed about how good III is, would have PG higher up | claygurnz
08.16.17 | “What Is and What Never Should Be” is repetitive and sounds strangely toothless.'
You gonna catch these hands boy that's top 10 Zep imo | Conmaniac
08.16.17 | YOUVE BEEN NEEKA'D YO | Titan
08.16.17 | neek dude probs the best zep ranking that isn't mine! | Frippertronics
08.16.17 | III is best zep
houses has their best song tho | Frippertronics
08.16.17 | Although In The Light alone pushes Phsyical over the first two albums | neekafat
08.16.17 | @Titan/chuck thanks yo! Glad to see people agreeing a bit with this one
@Fripp, which is your fave? | Frippertronics
08.16.17 | Album, I switch between III and Houses
song is either No Quarter or In The Light | neekafat
08.16.17 | No Quarter is indeed bae | Frippertronics
08.16.17 | Should have done an album full of doomy songs like the two I mentioned | JamieTwort
08.17.17 | "song is either No Quarter or In The Light"
I'd say there's better songs on Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti. Not many though, those two are definitely among the albums' highlights.
For me it would have to be The Rain Song and In My Time of Dying. | Frippertronics
08.17.17 | Yeah, those are definitely close seconds on those albums for me
seriously wish Zep did In the Light live but it would've sounded like ass thanks to Robert's voice being fucked for most of the tour | Dylan620
08.17.17 | 8 and 6 are too low imo but you nailed the top two, any Zep ranking with III at #1 is automatically good | neekafat
08.25.17 | Thanks brother it definitely needs more love | BigHans
08.25.17 | Led Zeppelin 4 is the greatest rock album ever made | neekafat
08.25.17 | ...nah... |
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