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| Led Zeppelin discography ranked
One of the worlds most important and best bands, these guys are the blueprint for hard rock 'n' roll goodness! The run from 1969-1975 is truly astonishing (or, rather, 1976 if you count the live album which is my personal favorite of all time.) Not including Coda as it is a collection of outtakes. Looking forward to completing my reviews of IV-Presence soon! | | 1 |  | Led Zeppelin
Physical Graffiti
This is peak for many reasons; first off you want heavy hitting riffs? YOU'VE GOT IT! I turn your attention to "The Rover", "In My Time of Dying", "Custard Pie", "Houses of the Holy", and "The Wanton Song", all some of their heaviest and most headbanging fun songs they've done, not to mention a lot of these have some of John Bonham's best drumming. "Trampled Under Foot" is a really great song with unique use of clavinet by John Paul Jones (he IS called their secret weapon for a reason after all with his multi-instrument talent.)
Then you get beautiful songs like "Down by the Seaside", "In The Light", and my favorite "Ten Years Gone" all with insanely good lyricism and some of Plant's best, these songs are incredibly well done and composed. Sides 1-3 of this LP are a true treasure and it makes sense why so many hold this as their best album including myself, alongside it being DEFINITELY one of the best of all time.
5/5 | | 2 |  | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin IV
The single most influential album in the hard rock genre of all time, and one of the best ever. It features some of their most artistic, complex time signature change usage, impressive song structures, and a lot of the most iconic and influential riffs of all time with all out headbanger hard rockers, alongside softer, more tender pieces of art.
The songs all work cohesively as a whole master-stroke of brilliance, and a rare duet with Robert Plant and Sandy Denny
5/5 | | 3 |  | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin II
Sophomore slump apparently was not a thing that Zeppelin experienced when releasing this; it laid the foundation for metal to be perfected, and definitely kickstarted the hard rock that dominated much of the 1970's. The unique use of psychedelia, whimsical softer songs, and blues-tinged rampage riffs that bite with fury make this an album to be reckoned with. The songs are all incredible and once again, showcase the talent and masterminds of each individual member.
John Paul Jones deserves more recognition for his basslines on this one especially, not many people bring him up when discussing the best aspects of this for some reason. Easily another one of the all-time best albums.
5/5 | | 4 |  | Led Zeppelin
Houses of the Holy
The only 100% original album that features no covers, no plagiarism, and most importantly, is a real great showcase of the member they called their secret weapon, John Paul Jones. Can you imagine "No Quarter" without the acid-dusted keyboard strokes that literally paint the atmosphere of Robert Plant's lyrics? Or perhaps the amazing synthesizer work that makes up a one-man orchestra on "The Rain Song"? John Bonham is also functioning at full force providing some sick reggae-influenced beats on "D'yer Mak'er".
Another win for the band, and quite easily one of the greatest works of all time. Just too bad "Dancing Days" became a thing.
5/5 | | 5 |  | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin III
This explores more of the easy breeze, comforting feathery flight of the "Zeppelin" side of their name as it delves into a softer, folky style on side B of this album. Led Zeppelin has done soft before, but definitely not to this extent, and does it work? Yes, it really does well! Robert Plant lays some of his greatest vocal performances on "Since I've Been Loving You" and "Tangerine", and provides his first fantastic lyrics, the album has multiple of Jimmy Page's greatest riffs, and despite it having heavier songs alongside the folk ones, it still flows seamlessly.
The only misstep is the dreadful, ear-exploding mess that is "Hats Off (To Roy Harper)" which tries too hard to be delta blues and fails. One of the best of all time, just further down than the previous four.
4.5/5 | | 6 |  | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Massively overrated, but still a milestone in music history, Led Zeppelin experiences turbulence in many spots on their uneven, wobbly debut album. Plant goes all out into obnoxious territory with his "charismatic" vocal noises and overuse of "BABE" and "HEY" in ways he'd thankfully scrap for the most part on the rest of their output, and there's quite a lot of plagiarism; more than any they had done after this in their career. Too many covers as well, and the album doesn't flow quite too well. The band is clearly trying to find their style.
When it hits, it hits hard though. I'm talking out-of-the-park balls to the wall bluesy goodness! Just a shame we get three weak tracks that either go too long, sound out of tune and miserable, or stick out like a sore thumb.
3.5/5 | | 7 |  | Led Zeppelin
In Through the Out Door
SSSssss... Hear that? That's the sound of a once-mighty band sizzling out. But is it really that surprising? The band was already basically on life support on Presence, but it seems this sealed their fate. Hey, but at least it was better slightly than that mess right? Jimmy and John Bonham have sunk too deep in the depths of addiction to contribute substantially and it ends up as a Plant/Jones effort for the most part. Boy, does this nosedive into mediocrity quite fast. Dated, overly long, AOR-wannabe songs that do not want to work.
That being said, "In The Evening" is reminiscent of that sweet hard rock the fans wanted, "All My Love" is a genuinely touching ballad that tugs at your heartstrings dedicated to Robert's recently deceased son, and "Fool in the Rain" flirts with samba in its bridge in a very creative way.
2/5 | | 8 |  | Led Zeppelin
Presence
The songs themself are really not that good and drag on endlessly, but even the shorter ones are boring. Plant's voice is utterly shot. I could go on more, but its boring me talking about this disaster anyways. "Achilles Last Stand" and "Nobody's Fault but Mine" are the only essential listens.
1.5/5 | |
twlight
07.01.24 | cool list, original
LZ3 is always 1 and the only 5/5 zep album in my book | ArsMoriendi
07.01.24 | That Presence take is awful
Such an underrated album always ugh | DoofDoof
07.01.24 | Pretty much spot on I’d say, maybe I like LZIII a bit more, it’d make my top three | bighubbabuddha
07.01.24 | Swap Physical Graffiti with Houses Of The Holy and you have my order
lmao Ars Presence is lame | ArsMoriendi
07.02.24 | I swear half of Led Zeppelin fans are deaf | onionbubs
07.02.24 | well yeah theyre led zeppelin fans
probably enjoy 10-15 songs from this band max (in through the out door has a good few ngl) but 1 is def 1, and 6 is last prob | Koris
07.02.24 | Damn, Presence all the way at the bottom? L take
Anyway, although I wouldn't have Physical Graffiti at #1, Ten Years Gone is my favorite Zeppelin song these days | bellovddd
07.02.24 | D'yer Mak'er the only Zeppelin track I care about anymore. | Sunnyvale
07.02.24 | My ranking these days is probably 4, 1, 5, 2, 3, 6, 8, 7. | DoofDoof
07.02.24 | I like how Zeppelin delivered 'soft' (or maybe hard/soft) songs that weren't really ballads.
The Rain Song, Ten Years Gone, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, That's the Way, Tangerine, In the Light, Going to California...
That's pretty much 'everyone else go home' for folk rock for the next 50 years and counting. Outrageous. | hel9000
07.02.24 | 1 is 1 |
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