Led Zeppelin II or III?

What's the best in your opinion?

  

1. Whole Lotta Love
2. What Is And What Sould Never Be
3. The Lemon Song
4. Thank You
5. Heartbreaker
6. Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)  
7. Ramble On
8. Moby Dick
9. Bring It On Home

1. Immigrant Song
2. Friends
3. Celebration Day
4. Since I've Been Loving You
5. Out On The Tiles
6. Gallows Pole
7. Tangerine
8. Thats The Way
9. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
10. Hats Off To (Roy) Harper

both are wonderful, maybe the third because of Since i've been loving you

Also Whole Lotta Love, Mody Dick and What Is And What Shoul Never Be are classics, but the third album seems to be more proggy!

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Love 'em both, but I'd have to go for II first as I was bought up on that album. "Thank you" and "Ramble on" - brilliant quiter stuff, also has WLL, Lemon Song and Heartbreaker - when Jimmy Page plays the riff after his solo in that song and Jones and Bonzo crash in, that's one of the most awesome moments in the history of recorded music - unequalled in its power by any heavy metal band.

Led Zeppelin I was a real breakthrough. Then, later the same year, we were offered Led zeppelin II. The sound had matured, there was this weird thing "Whole Lotta Love", but also the enormous "Heartbreaker".

Then came Led Zeppelin III. I remember me and my school friends of the time, in the record shop, listening to the LP in the cabinet saying (There were cabinets in record shops at that time with pick-ups inside where you could listen to LPs): what the hell is this? Led Zeppelin? That? Bad joke!

Then we became addicted to "Since I've been loving you".

Just to say that II and III really do not compare in terms of "which is best". They are so different!

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I -  has good moments (babe I'm Gonna Leave you , Dazed and Confused, and HMMTimes) but also some real bad ones (you shook me)

II - I heard this one (along withIV) way too much in my youth , that I got sick of it and still is not able to listen to it nowadays - I find that it has not aged well either. Ramble on  is my fave.

III - my fave because the least played at parties (the acoustic tracks bothered too many partiers0 and Since I've been is my fave.

IV - unlike II , this one I re-listen to no problems nowadays but also unlike II it is a much better album, which stood the test of time. Battle Of Evermore is my fave

HOTH - Very unevem and some real throwaways on it . No Quarter is my fave

PG - just too long , too unfocused (sessions from different eras make this not a real album, IMHO! In My Time Of Dying is my fave

Pres - a rather unfocused album also but three outstanding tracks . Achille's Last Stand is my fave

ITTOD - this one is a JP Jones album, with Plant assisting. Page is nowhere! I find Coda even superior!!

 

TheProgtologist wrote: I love all of Zeppelin's work,but like my music heavy,so I would pick II. And while 4 was brilliant I think Physical Grafitti is a masterpiece.

I called IV the ultimate masterpiece ... ok, I'm unsure whether it's IV or Grafitti. I guess that Grafitti is slightly better because it's more mature, has more material and better sound quality.

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MikeEnRegalia wrote: TheProgtologist wrote: I love all of Zeppelin's work,but like my music heavy,so I would pick II. And while 4 was brilliant I think Physical Grafitti is a masterpiece. I called IV the ultimate masterpiece ... ok, I'm unsure whether it's IV or Grafitti. I guess that Grafitti is slightly better because it's more mature, has more material and better sound quality.

The only reason I get slightly down on IV is because in my life that album has been played over....and over....and over,etc.

I can barely listen to it anymore.

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In my opinion Friends, Kashmir and No Quarter are the Zep's most proggy tracks!

Achilles Last Stand is their last great one!