Favorite Led Zeppelin album

[JVS]

Which do you like best and why? If you like one of the compilation albums or live albums not listed, please post its title or add your +1 to someone else's mentioning of the album so we cal tally up the votes later.

[Iggo]

1. How The West Was Won (Live)

Triple live album recorded at The Forum and the Long Beach Arena June 1972.

Disc one
1."LA Drone" (Page/Jones) – 0:14*
2."Immigrant Song" (Page/Plant) – 3:42*
3."Heartbreaker" (Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham) – 7:25*
4."Black Dog" (Page/Plant/Jones) – 5:41**
5."Over the Hills and Far Away" (Page/Plant) – 5:08**
6."Since I've Been Loving You" (Page/Plant/Jones) – 8:02*
7."Stairway to Heaven" (Page/Plant) – 9:38*
8."Going to California" (Page/Plant) – 5:37*
9."That's the Way" (Page/Plant) – 5:54**
10."Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" (Page/Jones/Plant) – 4:55*

Disc two
1."Dazed and Confused" (Page) – 25:25**
"Walter's Walk" (Page/Plant)
"The Crunge" (Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant)
2."What Is and What Should Never Be" (Page/Plant) – 4:41*
3."Dancing Days" (Page/Plant) – 3:42*
4."Moby Dick" (Bonham/Jones/Page) – 19:20**

Disc three
1."Whole Lotta Love" (Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham and Dixon) – 23:08**
"Boogie Chillun" (Hooker/Besman) – 2:37
"Let's Have a Party" (Leiber) – 1:52
"Hello Marylou" (Pitney) – 3:08
"Going Down Slow" (Oden) – 8:39
2."Rock and Roll" (Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham) – 3:56*
3."The Ocean" (Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham) – 4:21**
4."Bring It On Home" (Dixon) – 9:30**
"Bring It On Back" (Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham)

* Long Beach Arena
** Forum

[JVS]

2. Come on, nobody wants to get in a fight with someone over this topic?

[RedCloud]

13. We are all too dazed and confused.

[dawg]

3. II rules!

One of the best bass guitar albums of all times.

Practically every song is a classic.

[KG]

4. they all kicked ass, but PG was just out and out rock and roll triumph...

[hifiguy]

11. Yep. One of the very greatest rock albums of all time

Not a bum track on the two LPs.

[RSillsbee]

5. Houses of the Holy

I used to get off work at 2 am every night and go home put that album on drink a Hieneken and smoke ice bongs before going to sleep

[pokerfan]

6. II has been my favorite forever

regardless of what Mike Damone says. :) Sophomore efforts are often improved as the performers have more confidence and this shows in LZII. C'mon, the opening riff to Whole Lotta Love is worth the price of admission alone. And then there's Thank You: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc-EdW1amwg

[JVS]

7. After many years of hearing them on the radio I decided to buy a few albums.

I considered getting the Mothership collection, but I'm a fan of listening to an entire album as I work and a hits collection kind of is cheating. I have 1-4 and like them all, but I seem to be partial to 3.

[pokerfan]

8. You need to pick up one of the collections

if only to get a copy of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXYgBLg0Mss">Hey Hey what Can I Do which was released as the B side to Immigrant Song back in 1970 but never made it into an album until the 1990 Box Set. :shrug:

[flying rabbit]

9. Presence

Just because the album has stuck with me in odd ways.

[OriginalGeek]

10. IT's always been my favorite too

because of Achilles and Tea For One.

But Led Zeppelin is truly the only band in the universe that I have heard where I love every single song they did.

The gap between my favorite album and me least favorite album is so minuscule that you might as well say it doesn't exist except in an alternate universe maybe. So I can't argue with anyone here since I can understand how each and every album could easily be someone's favorite.

AS for live Zep, my favorite is still my copy of LA 6/23/77 that I got from the BartCop probably 15 years ago. Mobile 73 is a very close second.

And Presence may be my favorite album but Since I've Been Loving You is still my favorite live song.

[MrSlayer]

12. Physical Graffiti

Tough, tough call though. I love all of their material, musician for musician, the best band ever.