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The Quiet One 
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 Topic: 1975, Zep's new sound or Purple's funk/hard edge??
Posted: March 15 2008 at 12:20 |
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Zep's new sound album, Physical Graffiti, or Purple's underrated funk/hard rock edge, Come Taste the Band.
I'm a massive DP fan, but I really admire Zep, but I think Physical Graffiti was a weak album, even though many fans praise that album.
Come Taste the Band, is great, mix of funk and hard rock at it's best, with Tommy Bolin giving it a unique touch. Hughes takes control!
Edited by cacho - March 15 2008 at 15:06
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Raff
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Posted: March 15 2008 at 12:32 |
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Come Taste the Band is a great, very underrated album, while Physical Graffiti is somewhat uneven (especially the second disk, which sounds a bit like it was put together in a hurry), in spite of milestone tracks such as "Kashmir" or "Trampled Underfoot". Therefore, I voted for the Purple album, which is one of my favourites from the band.
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The Quiet One
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Posted: March 15 2008 at 12:37 |
 Ghost Rider wrote:
Come Taste the Band is a great, very underrated album, while Physical Graffiti is somewhat uneven (especially the second disk, which sounds a bit like it was put together in a hurry), in spite of milestone tracks such as "Kashmir" or "Trampled Underfoot". Therefore, I voted for the Purple album, which is one of my favourites from the band.
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Ha, awsome! another CTTB lover... Yeah I agree with the second disc, by the way many of the songs from the second disc are outtakes or B-sides, so it's not really material meant to be on this album, even though Down by the Seaside, In the Light, Night Flight, others are really good. The first disc having good songs, but they're not really Zep's sound we're familiar with. I really got sick with the album, the only disc I listen perhaps is there second.
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Logan
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Posted: March 15 2008 at 12:54 |
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Not voting since I don't remember Purple's album well-enough (definitely heard it as a kid). Don't listen to Zep these days, but I thought that Physical Graffiti was a terrific album (that, Houses of the Holy and the, in my mind, under-appreciated In Through the Out Door were my favourites by Zep when I was a huge Zephead as a teenager). Actually, Zep kind of bores me now as it comes across as so simplistic compared to prog, and I always had an issue with Plant's vocals (especially of the "ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, baby" variety which seems immature).
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"Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself" (The Prisoner, 1967).
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Atavachron
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Posted: March 15 2008 at 14:33 |
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Graffiti is a treasure chest
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jammun
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Posted: March 15 2008 at 15:43 |
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^^ what he said
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Nightfly
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Posted: March 18 2008 at 10:32 |
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Love both albums but Physical Graffiti is Zep's greatest IMO and wins easily.
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Guzzman
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Posted: March 19 2008 at 06:53 |
Although I don't think it's Led Zeppelin's best effort, Physical Graffiti wins - at least for me 
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Dean
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Posted: March 19 2008 at 07:18 |
Come Taste The Band - loved it when it came out, love it still.
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What?
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NotAProghead
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Posted: March 19 2008 at 12:08 |
Both IMHO have lots of fillers, but LZ wins.
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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1800iareyay
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Posted: March 19 2008 at 12:19 |
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Come Taste The Band is one of the most underrated albums from one of hard rock's most underappreciated bands, but Physical Graffiti is a flat-out masterpiece. No question, Zep wins.
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BroSpence
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Posted: March 23 2008 at 13:30 |
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love them both, but I definitely listen to Physical Graffiti a lot more.
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1975, Zep's new sound or Purple's funk/hard edge??
