OT: Most to least favorite Zep studio albums

[MCChris]

II

I

III

Physical Graffiti

Presence

IV

Houses of the Holy

In Through the Out Door

I got to thinking about this because I love the song selection on the Jimmy Page/Black Crowes live album, which ignores my 3 least favorite Zep releases. When I tell people what those are it freaks 'em out almost as much as my hatred of Pink Floyd.

So, what say you?

[serial]

Good lord, this can change depending on the day of the week, but for me, it is (as of this moment):

Physical Graffitti

II

Houses of the Holy

I

IV

III

Presence/In through the Out Door

[silentman]

What!?! No CODA?

[Guest Buck Dharma]

II

IV

I

Physical Graffiti

III

Houses of the Holy

In Through the Out Door

Presence

CODA

They are like Pizza or sex. Even when it's bad it's still pretty good.

[jwhitcomb3]

1. Physical Graffiti

2. Houses of the Holy

3. IV

4. II

5. Presence

6. In Through the Out Door

7. I

8. III

Side 3 of Physical Graffiti is nearly perfect.

I have nothing against I or III, I just never owned them as a kid so they don't have the nostalgia boost the others have!

-Jonathan

[Brewmaster]

I

II

Then throw the rest in heap and mix'em up because I don't care for the rest.

There are few good good cuts scattered throughout the rest of them but no whole album that I like.

Yes, I do own the whole collection.

[Rockola]

#1 is set, the rest could shuffle

HOTH

Physical Graffiti

II

III

IV

I

In Through the Out Door

Presence

Alot of the songs on P-G seem too long nowadays and Kashmir has grown to become Stairway Lite.... Seaside sounds like a III reject. YMMV

III has become my darkhorse. When I was totally burned out on Zep, the folkish III was refreshing and original sounding. Re-kindled my interest in them after years of dormancy.

S.

[serial]

Anything released post-Bonzo is not a Zep album. I had Coda, but couldn't tell you anything much about it today. I'm starting to think that Houses of the Holy might be moving up a slot. PG is one of my all-time favorite albums.

[LordOfTheThighs]

#1: Physical Graffiti (absolutely the BEST Zep album, IMO)

#2: Zep II

#3: Zep IV

#4: Houses

#5: Zep I

#6: Zep III

#7: Presence

#8: ITTOD

#9: Coda

Special Mention of TSRTS and HTWWW...I love those live albums, (CDs).

It's really hard to put them in order from #2 - #6...because I take spells where I listen to each intensely.

Page just has that "presence" in his playing.

[elduave]

Houses Of The Holy is easily my favorite, I'd have to really think about the rest. I'll go ahead and say In Through The Out Door is second, and Presence is last.

[Tres Aardvarks]

so, maybe I'm giving away my age and my musical background when growing up, but I only ever owned III and IV. Preferred III, BTW. TG says I should buy Physical Graffiti as I know most of the songs on there (from that damned Get The Led Out on Cleveland radio).

[salem]

Housed of the Holy

Remasters

IV

[cmatthes]

Tough to narrow down, but I'll give it a shot - put these titles on shuffle and it will still be my list. I really like 'em all for different reasons:

Physical Graffiti

II / Houses

IV

I

In Through the Out Door

III

Presence and CODA don't even make my list of top Zep albums.

I REALLY REALLY want to cover "Hot Dog".

[alpep]

none

but i can tolerate I II and III

[Rockola]

you're such a hoot

[DavidE]

Ignoring post-Bonzo releases:

II

IV

The Song Remains the Same

Houses of the Holy

Physical Graffiti

Presence

I

III

In Through the Out Door

[seeker]

A toughie, but goodie.

IV

III

Physical Graffiti

Houses of the Holy

I

II

ITTOD

Presence

[MARKVECTOR82]

Presence

Physical graffiti

III

II

I

Houses of the Holy

[Turdus]

Same as Markvector82, but throw HOTH before III, and the order is perfect.

C'mon! "For Your Life" could be the best "Zep" song ever!

Oh yeah.. throw IV on the bottom of the list.

[hardheartedbill]

I

PG

Presence

II

III

IV

HOTH

ITTOD

[anotherfreak2]

I like The Black Crowes album the best

[HamerHokie]

IV

Physical Graffitti

III

Houses of the Holy

Presence

II

I

Coda

In Through the Out Door

I think IV is the perfect Led Zep album. Had PG been this solid all the way through it would have topped IV, but PG had some filler.

[elduave]

I like The Black Crowes album the best