Led Zeppelin II or III?

For me it's no problem to choose III  ! I've always loved the acoustic side from Led Zep and the compelling blues song Since I've Been Loving You is the finishing touch on this album for me, what a solo and grand finale .. ! FORZA LEDDA  ZEPPA!!

Both albums are so good, it's difficult to choose one. I'll probably pick Led Zeppelin III, maybe tomorrow I'd choose II... IMHO, both are better than Led Zeppelin "IV" (the one which starts with "Black Dog" and ends with "When The Levee Breaks").

M. B. Zapelini wrote: Both albums are so good, it's difficult to choose one. I'll probably pick Led Zeppelin III, maybe tomorrow I'd choose II... IMHO, both are better than Led Zeppelin "IV" (the one which starts with "Black Dog" and ends with "When The Levee Breaks").

Ohhhhhh. But you can't DENY 'When The Levee Breaks' is the best track off of IV.  Or maybe you can.  I hope you can't, though. Because I like that song.  And 'Battle of Evermore'. 

Led Zep III would be my choice. Led Zep II pretty much defined the heavy metal sound for the next decade and its influence can't be overestimated. Having created a monster like that, most bands would have settled for sticking to a winning formula, but Zeppelin never stopped moving on - IMO every album up to Physical Grafitti was an advance on the one before.

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Stiefel wrote: but of all led zeppelin albums, i prefer the first

Of course, Led Zeppelin I is THE breakthrough!! There is rock before it and rock after it.

Next, Led Zeppelin II is a follow-up of Led Zeppelin I with more mature, more "solid" songs. Next is IV, and only then III. OK there is "since I've been loving you" and "Immigrant Song" on it. But the rest, if good music anyway, is not genuine Led Zeppelin.

III

Zeppelin is my favorite band, so this is extremely hard.

I think III, because I love Zeppelin's acoustic songs, and that album is a well balanced collection of hard rock and acoustic songs.

zep 3 for sure. Zep 2 has some crappy songs :)

Of the first 4 LZ albums, III is my favorite.

Friends, Tangerine & That's The Way, all beautiful songs.

And Gallows Pole - those guys had a sense of humor. "Your brother brought me silver. Your sister warmed my soul. But now I laugh and pull so hard and see you swinging on the Gallows Pole." OK they didn't write it, but its a great rendition.

There's not a bad song on the album (true in essence for all their albums, IMO).

The powerful Immigrant Song, the haunting Since I've Been Loving You, the driving ferocity of Out On The Tiles. A truly Herculean effort - still just as powerful and enjoyable today was it was in 1970.

 

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