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N Ellingworth
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Posted: December 14 2006 at 05:48 |
Physical Graffiti
Just for Kashmir and In My Time Of Dying.
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Raff
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Posted: December 14 2006 at 05:38 |
IV, of course. One of the greatest albums ever recorded, period. Next I'd say III and "Houses of the Holy".
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S Lang
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Posted: December 14 2006 at 05:26 |
Sean Trane wrote:
I, for one, am really happy to see that LZII is not getting much support.
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Nasty words Mr Chantraine. LZ II is a masterpiece, not unlike Deep Purple's "In Rock", or more like "Machine Head". An absolute classic!
The commercial success of some tunes have only assisted Prog awareness, not unlike tunes of Yes, Genesis, Mike Oldfield on airplay. I voted for another album, but not at the expense of this one
which gets the 5 star treatment anyway.
LZ's first six albums are equally loved and treasured with PG ending the line of ultimate satisfaction. After that there were some nice tunes, often outtakes released, but no more classic albums.
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East of Lyra
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Posted: December 09 2006 at 13:10 |
I voted for II.
But IV isn't far behind it.
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progismylife
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Posted: December 09 2006 at 03:36 |
enigma wrote:
Physical GraffitiIn My Time of Dying - I don't think I've heard a better definition of the word 'band'I also like III and II
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Amen.
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Posted: December 09 2006 at 01:49 |
All of them!
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Atavachron
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Posted: December 09 2006 at 01:43 |
Their most cohesive, united, and influential record is II.
Their most creative is III
Their most well-crafted is PG
Their most powerful is I
Their most polished is ITTOD
Their boldest and most urgent is Presence, my favorite.
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Howe Protege
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Posted: December 08 2006 at 11:53 |
IV I gotta have Stairway
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Rutgers Joe
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Posted: December 08 2006 at 09:29 |
chopper wrote:
I can't believe Coda has more votes than II. I mean - Whole Lotta Love, The Lemon Song, Thank You, Heartbreaker, Ramble On, Moby Dick. What more can I say? |
Especially when you consider that half of Coda is outtakes from the In Through The Out Door sessions...which also has only 1 vote. ![LOL](https://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley36.gif)
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The original (and very creepy) cover of THE STEVE HOWE ALBUM...hint...look in the water...
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Posted: December 07 2006 at 16:51 |
I can't believe Coda has more votes than II. I mean - Whole Lotta Love, The Lemon Song, Thank You, Heartbreaker, Ramble On, Moby Dick. What more can I say?
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Barla
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Posted: December 07 2006 at 12:21 |
"IV"
A big classic!!
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1800iareyay
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Posted: December 05 2006 at 20:33 |
Physical Graffiti, though I have a hard time choosing between any album. Every one is a classic of rock.
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: December 02 2006 at 19:43 |
If it wasn't for the radio it might be IV, but I have to say Houses Of The Holy
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Rutgers Joe
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Posted: November 29 2006 at 10:17 |
Sean Trane wrote:
PG, I always had difficulty of considering it as a full blown album since it is a collection of tracks ranging from 69 to 75, with only a few specially written for this release.
And I can't help but thinking that all of the tracks that were rejected for the previous albums and salvaged here are that good.
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Since my review was edited....again.....let me re-clarify...
The majority of the songs on Physical Graffiti (and by far the strongest material) was new. "Custard Pie", "In My Time Of Dying", "Trampled Underfoot", "Kashmir", "In The Light", "Ten Years Gone", "The Wanton Song and "Sick Again" were recorded in 1974.
They found themselves with 53:24 of strong new material...too much for a single disc.
Apparently, the same thing had occurred during the sessions for the previous two albums, with very good material being shelved due to time constraints.
The band decided to expand the new album to a double album by including some of this material.
Thus, “Night Flight", "Boogie with Stu" and "Down by the Seaside" recorded in 1971 during the sessions for the untitled fourth album and "The Rover", "Black Country Woman" and "Houses of the Holy" recorded in 1972 during the sessions for Houses Of The Holy were re-mixed and overdubbed in order to fit in with the newer material. (When one considers that these 6 songs are outtakes from two of the greatest albums in rock history, it puts their quality into perspective.)
Finally, a brief acoustic guitar interlude titled "Bron-Yr-Aur", which was begun in 1970 during the sessions for their third album was completed by Page and included, primarily because Page wanted to include it in the still-unfinished concert movie they were working on…
Them’s the facts.
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Sean Trane
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Posted: November 28 2006 at 03:55 |
I, for one, am really happy to see that LZII is not getting much support.
between 3, 4 is my choice
PG, I always had difficulty of considering it as a full blown album since it is a collection of tracks ranging from 69 to 75, with only a few specially written for this release.
And I can't help but thinking thatall of the tracks that were rejected for the previous albums and salvaged here are that good.
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let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword
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Peter
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Posted: November 27 2006 at 00:38 |
R o V e R wrote:
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Yep -- and not just 'cause it's twice as long as any of their other studio releases! ![Big smile](https://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley4.gif)
Many of my favourite LZ songs are here, and I really grew up with this one (bought it on family holiday in NYC, the summer of its release).
Love all the rest, but PG is still the one I play most often.![Cool](https://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley16.gif)
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rileydog22
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Posted: November 25 2006 at 23:12 |
My personal favorite is the hugely underrated Presence.
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Freak
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Posted: November 25 2006 at 22:24 |
I voted IV, but now I want to vote III, and I suspect in a few minutes I'll want to vote for Houses. They're simply all amazing - impossible to rank, if you ask me.
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Posted: November 24 2006 at 17:26 |
I voted for Houses of the Holy, which is the album where they took a seriously Prog-related direction to their album sound. Physical Graffiti comes really close to Houses as an album I like (in fact, sometimes I claim PG as my fave), and not far behind is In Through the Out Door and Presence. The first four are very good too.
They've all (except for Coda which has a different story behind it) been favourites at one time (particularly when I was in my teens).
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enigma
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Posted: November 24 2006 at 16:45 |
Physical Graffiti
In My Time of Dying - I don't think I've heard a better definition of the word 'band'
I also like III and II
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