Meijer has all (or nearly all...maybe not "Coda" or the one before that, but who cares) for $9.99, but I can save like 25%, so I was wondering, other than "Houses Of the Holy", which I have, what original album of theirs do I really need to get, and don't say all...I got to pace myself (there are also a bunch of new releases I want to). Thanks.

4 or Physical Graffiti.

That's pretty much a no brainer. Any Zep fan would tell you so.
[Edited 5/7/06 23:12pm]

lilgish said:

Cool. Maybe, just maybe I'll get both! Hell, I'm going to be spending a whole lot on all the new releases:

Teena Marie
Neil Young (hopefully, they'll have it in...)
New RCHP (maybe...)
"Facts Of Life"
"Big Momma's House 2" (if the price is low...if not. I'll wait and get it used)
AND
RCHP-"By The Way" and maybe BSSM (same sale as Led's albums)

Any of the first 6 are great.

Don't forget the DVD either!!

i personally dig "In Through the Out Door"

EmbattledWarrior said:

Wow, that's an interesting choice. You must be a diehard fan because no one ever says ITTOD. Not even most diehard fans actually. I personally love it, but it's not exactly a favorite of most people.


Anyway, I'd go with (to answer Vinny's question) BOTH II and Physical Graffiti. Mostly so you can see how they evolved from their early sound to what is widely considered their best album. I actually don't even have a favorite though. It's impossible for me to choose one.

I'd argue that their very first album is their best, even though between covers and plagiarism there's hardly an original song on there

minneapolisgenius said:

lilgish said:

Well it is!

All of them.
[Edited 5/8/06 6:20am]

1-4. Immediately.

u2prnce said:

ditto. my personla favorites are Houses of the Holy and In Trough the Outdoor.

4 a beginner i started with III then II then Houses of the holy then IV then
physical graffiti then I then Prescence, thats how Id do it, incidently i think thats their best albums in that order, IV and physical r so overated (Although really good)

minneapolisgenius said:

what happened was when i was 16, i wanted to but a a led zep album but i didn't have much ppocket money,
i saw In Through The Out Door, for 5.99 and got it
it was the first Led Zep C.D. i ever listened too
fell in love with it, Carouselambra, Fool in the Rain, All My Love.
so its still very close to my heart

All of them.

all of them big beat suckas !!!!!

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

theAudience said:

That's my favorite one, too.

EmbattledWarrior said:

Another lover of "Carouselambra"! NO ONE likes that song! I love it though.

Yeah, ITTOD took me a while to appreciate, but at the moment I've been listening to it a lot.

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. Turns out they only had like three of their albums on sale. "II", "Houses"(which I have) and "ZOSO". I didn't bother getting any of them...I can still get them, though.

VinnyM27 said:

ZOSO is also called IV, just so you don't get confused.

VinnyM27 said:

"Zoso" is actually IV or "Untitled" or their 4th album. I'd get both of them actually if I were you.

II tracklist



Whole Lotta Love
What Is and What Should Never Be
Lemon Song
Thank You
Heartbreaker
Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)
Ramble On
Moby Dick
Bring It on Home

IV tracklist



Black Dog
Rock and Roll
The Battle of Evermore
Stairway to Heaven
Misty Mountain Hop
Four Sticks
Going To California
When the Levee Breaks

minneapolisgenius said:

I'm not adding an opinion other than, listen to everything she has to say on this subject.

Slave2daGroove said:

u2prnce said:

Really, because on the CD it was called ZOSO (it didn't appear on the cover but on the spine and on that sticker.

VinnyM27 said:

I guess they do that sometimes. Zeppelin never named the album anything, and the cover was just that picture of the old man w/ the sticks on his back, so the fans started calling it things like "IV", "Untitled", and mostly Zoso because the 4 Zeppelin symbols (Including Jimmy's "Zoso") appear on that album.

But it is their 4th album, or IV. It couldn't be anything else. And if they list the tracks, they should be the same as I listed above.
[Edited 5/9/06 12:14pm]

VinnyM27 said:

I know it says that on the album, but the first four albums are offically known as I, II, III, and IV. Zoso is an unofficial name fans use.

Allmusic calls it IV.

http://www.allmusic.com/c...z1z88ajyv4