I am a huge Zeppelin fan too! It's kind of funny but I was born in '67 and around the time I was old enough to really enjoy music my dad started not allowing me to listen to rock and roll. I had to sneak my listening in when I could but I really didn't get my full exposure to LZ until probably 1981 or 1982. I found an 8-track tape my dad had created with his Macintosh system and Roberts R7 reel to reel/8-track machine. It was Led Zeppelin III but I fell in love with the songs. I started buying cassette tapes and hiding them and listening when I could. Within a few years I was up in my teenage years and I was able to start listening again without having to hide it so much. One of the big reasons was my dad had to work out of town a lot of the time and then he finally just kind of let off of telling me I couldn't listen to rock and roll. But I had all of the albums and of course I bought all of the CDs as I got older and they started coming out. And I still have all of these today. But then came the next stage... Somewhere in the early '90s I started trading and getting Led Zeppelin live recordings AKA bootlegs. And I've been collecting those ever since. I literally have thousands of them and a lot of them are the same shows or outtakes and studio recordings but they're different labels, generations, etc in the recordings. Some are much better sounding than the others. I did not hardly listen to any of the official studio stuff for years. In fact, once the internet got involved and you could get the losses, or non-mp3 or compressed sources, of masters and low generation sources being shared for free, I spent no telling how much time making collecting a part of each and every day. I love Led Zeppelin live and I just wasn't even listening to studio stuff other than if I heard it on a radio station or something like that. And now it seems like things are coming full circle haha. I'd still been buying the occasional LP here and there when I'd come across a rare Led Zeppelin boot. I knew that I was going to be getting back into vinyl since I've always liked the sound and media of it the best. But about 3 years ago I finally bought myself a new turntable and what did I start off buying? The Led Zeppelin Deluxe set remasters of course. And really not only those but a lot of other Led Zeppelin rarities and official releases on vinyl. And of course, like yourself, I'd always been buying the DVDs and blu-rays and updates of everything that came along. But here in the last 3 years, I haven't been listening to the bootlegs as much and I've been listening to the LPs again while still searching for rare, both official and non-official, Led Zeppelin LPs. Of course, the music I love but I think another part of the fun has always been the collecting of what I love too. Nobody will ever get everything that has been put out by the band. It's just impossible especially with the bootlegs. But the cool thing with the bootlegs is that there are still new shows, soundboards, and just all kinds of Led Zeppelin recordings that are still surfacing even today. It's hard to believe so much time has passed and I still have what I started buying after hearing that homemade Led Zeppelin III 8-track tape :-) I might have gotten a late start but I have definitely been catching up! I'm going to quit rambling on haha! And I'm like you in the sense that I love all of the Led Zeppelin recordings. I do know that one of my least favorite songs is Kashmir. A lot of people love that one but that one and the studio release of Hats Off To Roy Harper have always been my least favorites. I still can't decide if Led Zeppelin II or maybe Physical Graffiti is my favorite though? Brian in Fort Worth 🎶
Hi Brian - thanks for your amazing, personal story. Fascinating with your dad limiting what you can listen too. Nice, in a way, to hear that rock and Zeppelin in particular was still dangerous music to some people, in the 70's. Fascinating about your going full circle - the albums, then going down the huge and endless Zeppelin bootleg rabbit hole. And then coming back to those massive deluxe boxset reissues. I have an amazing huge hardcover book by Ross Halfin called Led Zeppelin Vinyl - the Essential Collection which shows hundreds of vinyl Zeppelin bootlegs - fascinating stuff. Thanks for contributing such a great personal story...awesome.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I bought that same hardcovered book when it came out and it is fascinating isn't it! I know exactly what you mean. It's cool seeing all of the artwork and versions for so much Led Zeppelin material both official and not official photographed so well in that book. Thanks for the reply Alan!
@@Bootradr Thank you. They book is perfect for you with your incredible collection. I’m nowhere near on your level at least on the unofficial stuff. Fun to be a collector. Thanks again.
Great episode! In Through the Outdoor is my fav. Holds a special place for me when I first bought it in 1980. But I love them all. ..and own all the deluxe boxsets.Cheers 👍
Thanks so much. I really appreciate it. Especially coming from an obvious huge Zeppelin fan who owns all the deluxe box sets. And your name too. Thanks again.
Thanks for turning me on to the 3 disc version of CODA. Going to order that today. I actually have Zep 3 at number 10. It has some of my favorites, but also some tracks I can’t get into like Gallows Pole, That’s The Way, and Hats Off.
My top 2 are the same, and are cemented in place. But the rest of their catalog is still so good, my #3-9 would probably change a little each time if I did a yearly ranking. I'm on an In Through the Out Door kick lately for example, so it has moved up my current ranking...Good video Alan!!
Thanks so much!. Nice to see Houses Of the Holy so high on another list. You are really correct in that they're all such good albums in their own way and the more you listen the more the lists can change. I'm with you though that for me no other Zeppelin album will top Physical Graffiti or Houses for #2 for me as well. Thanks again.
Led Zeppelin III has been my favorite for about the last 25 years. If you would have talked me 40 years ago as a high school person it would have been my 6th favorite. But really you can't beat their music 1969 thru 1975
Great ranking. I personally place Led Zeppelin 2 at the top of my list with probably IV on number 2. Zep is such a great band but with the exception of Kashmir and stairway to heaven, i tend to enjoy the shorter songs more than the longer ones for some reason. Awesome collection you have there , i also have the earls court 75 and Seattle 77 DVDs, they’re great concerts. Rock on 🤘
Thanks so much. I'm with you - I tend to enjoy the shorter songs more as well. Especially live. I really have to be in the mood to hear those 15+ minute versions of songs with the sometimes excessive jamming. But of course there's a reason why Zeppelin is in the top 4 greatest bands of all time.
Oooooh yeah, oooh oooh yeah😂 I got the debut when it was released. It was one of those albums that you went "what the fuck was that". That was a new listening experience. I still really like the first two. I started loosing interest when the fairies and gnomes entered the picture. Saw Me. Plant at this year's Jazz Fest. He was excellent with Allison Krause. That was the best fall down of stuff in a real long time!!!! 😂🤣👍👍 You know you made my evening, Alan.
Lol - that was a big fall down - I wasn't happy lol but could have been worse. I can't really appreciate the first 3 albums because I got them after the fact - although I got them still in the early/mid 70's so not too bad. But no doubt I missed that "what the fuck was that" experience because yea, those first two albums blew the gates open to a new heavy listening experience. Thanks David - awesome you were there at the beginning.
Yea I have to do one more Time Capsule - I've slowed it down a bit as it seems, unfortunately, less and less people like the series. For me I figure its the most important videos I do. Showing my collection bit by bit, year by year, plus choosing really my favorite albums (by year). But year I'll do it by the end of the weekend. I haven't even looked at 2015 yet, it'll be the "worst" of the years as the later the years, the less albums for me. Top 20 songs of all time overall. Go to my playlists...discography by topic....it's there plus many other favorite song videos. Thanks as always.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I always like your time capsules despite fewer choices. I couldn't find a Zep 20. I did another LZ list after a couple of years and it changed up quite a bit. Amazing how they change constantly.
@@seekah1 A Zep top 20 songs? Yea I can see that changing a lot over time. For me the issue becomes songs being so overplayed and Zep here on Long Island always getting played so so many Zep songs that are amazing, but I never need to hear again, so wouldn't appear in a top 20 list for me. In fact that would be a very tough list to do.
Ranking Led Zeppelin’s nine studio albums is no easy task, and I am pretty much in sync with how you positioned the LPs. For me, “Led Zeppelin IV” and “Houses of the Holy” are tied at #2. I think the absolutely excellent “Physical Graffiti” deserves your number 1 rating. It is proof positive that Led Zeppelin is so much more than a blues-based hard rock band. A four-sided tour de force, the album contains truly great songs (and no filler!), which when taken as a whole are representative of virtually every style of music that is covered by the umbrella of rock ‘n’ roll. To this day, the songs on “Physical Graffiti” never give me anything less than an amazing listening experience. I first heard several of the songs - before the album even dropped - when I saw Led Zeppelin in concert in 1975. There I was in the third row of seats, on the floor of Madison Square Garden, directly in front of the golden G-d, himself, Robert Plant when the band played “Kashmir” - and I had an out-of-body experience. (I’m happy to report that Robert looked as great close-up as he did in the poster of him that I had on my ceiling, over my bed.) You know a new album is spectacular when you’re first hearing most of the songs on it via a live performance - and you’re blown away by what you’re hearing! The new songs were Interspersed with Zeppelin classics and deep cuts. I still remember the intensity of “No Quarter” as one of the greatest of many great performances during the concert. (I think that John Paul Jones was a secret weapon.) When the house lights went on, three hours after the band kicked off the concert with “Rock and Roll,” I still hadn’t come back down to earth. I’ve read from various sources throughout the years that Led Zeppelin can be sloppy in concert. Having seen the band perform live three times, I can honestly say that the band was superb on all three occasions. I share your respect for Robert Plant for his refusal to accept a king’s ransom to provide a brief resurrection of what’s left of Led Zeppelin. Apparently, he is a very rare being, especially in the world of entertainment: a person who stands by his principles, no matter what.
You’re so lucky to have seen the mighty Zeppelin three times and 3rd row at MSG. Incredible. Love the out of body experience with Kashmir. The true power of music you so magically described. Wasn’t it amazing how the bands back then not only played new music but even before it was released. Pink Floyd played whole albums before they were released. Back when fans cared and were committed to the music. Even Springsteen now has joined every one else reduced to pretty much playing the hits because that’s what the audience demands.
Nice ranking Alan.Most listened for me are Houses of the Holy,then IV,11,then Physical Graffiti.But a year from now could be different.Saw them on July10.1973 for $6.50 lol.
I'm surprised to see how high Houses Of The Holy is being ranked by others. I figured I would be relatively alone with that one. But then again, you actually saw that tour - how great is that. $6.50 - and that was probably considered really expensive back then lol - Thanks Tom.
Awesome! I totally agree with your number one choice. And that every Led Zeppelin album is a great album. I also rank the two Page and Plant albums from the nineties right up there with all the LZ classics. Still kicking myself for not going to see them, but at the time, fifty dollars felt excessive--a quaint thought nowadays.
I also enjoy those two releases, though I think the production (and power) of Walking Into Clarksdale could've been better. I have some great live bootlegs from Page and Plant and they sure sound great.
Yea - interesting development - very different and cool publicity trailer with the phony ad placed in the weekly newspaper - Hackney Diamonds with all the Stones hints and diamond Stones logo. I signed up. Still a mystery - what they'll do - But great exciting development. I hope they don't release the album around Taylor Swifts next release in Oct - would love the Stones to get a #1 - haven't had one in the States since Tattoo You.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I signed up too. We will be advised of all the editions that will be available. Limited color vinyl including diamond clear vinyl and the very limited 78RPM version. The public can't survive both Stones and Swiftie releases in the same month😂
I remember purchasing the 10 cd set that came in flip box back in 93 or 94,and having hey hey what can i do along with travelin riverside blues as a bonus was worth the $110.00
My list is similar to yours. 9 Coda, 8 In Through the Out Door, 7 LZ I, 6 Presence, 5 IV, 4 III, 3 II, 2 Houses of the Holy, 1 Physical Graffiti. It's only recently that I bumped Presence over the debut, like you I find that this album just gets under your skin over time. Plus, You Shook Me is probably my least favorite Zeppelin song, which seals the deal for me. Coda is decent, In Through the Out Door is very good, and the top seven are all amazing. Great band, great video.
Thanks so much Chris for sharing your list. We definitely have very similar opinions on the Zep albums - awesome. I'm loving seeing Houses Of The Holy so high on many people's lists. And yes - Presence has grown on me over the decades - still a dark, heavy listen, but yea, as you said, gets under your skin....over time...a long time for me. Thanks again.
Very enjoyable indeed, my biggest regret is never having seen them. I do still play them a lot and recently I finally saved up enough pennies to buy How The West Was Won on vinyl. As you say Celebration Day and Moby Dick are not every day listening.
Wow that’s gotta be cool on vinyl. What is it like 6 records? Yea I really gotta be in the mood (it’s not that often) to hear those 25 minute versions. But those shorter live versions are killer on West Was Won. Enjoy the vinyl.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShowIt's only 4 records but it is great! There is a version that includes the CD's too but that was more than double the price (probably rarer?).
A good band with one great album. Here is my ranking based on plays in recent years. I've never bothered to buy or even stream Coda. 1 Physical Graffiti 2 Presence 3 Led Zeppelin 1 4 Led Zeppelin 4 5 Led Zeppelin 2 6= Houses of the Holy 6= Led Zeppelin 3 8 In Through the Out Door I've played Physical Graffiti as often as all the other albums added together. Physical Graffiti is currently joint 46th in my overall list of album plays. Nothing else makes my top 500 albums list, although if I was choosing 500 albums to take to a deserted island, I'd probably include a Led Zep compilation for those times when I want more variety.
As you know from my videos, I agree that Physical Graffiti stands proudly at the top. Interesting how much you love it, in that you've listened to it more than the others combined. Wow. Surprised to see Presence so high - that's a dark heavy listen, but a grower to me over the decades. Glad to have Coda, but certainly not in the same league, and not really a real Zep studio album anyway - just an Odds and Sods type collection.
led zeppelin is my 2nd favourite band of all time my rankings; 1)led zeppelin 3 2)Physical graffiti 3)led zeppelin 4)houses of the holy 5)led zeppelin 2 6)led zeppelin 4 7)in through the outdoor 8)presence 9)coda -Srirahul
Interesting ranking. I like that. Personally I never totally fell in love with III. Some of it I love of course, and some for me just ok. But I thought it was a very cool detour after II. Interesting to see 4 relatively low. Though personally I hardly ever listen to 4. Nice - thanks for sharing of course.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I fell in love with led zeppelin 3 after I heard it the 6th time. Now it’s my favourite. I love the acoustic side of Jimmy page. Led zeppelin 4 is a good album but very overrated in my opinion.
There’s no video of it. Just the official DVD that I showed. I’m unaware of DVD-Audio release. But if there is one no I don’t have that. Pretty cool if it’s in 5.1 sound.
IV (make no mistake, maybe two: The two songs they wrote themselves... 🤔 Misty and Four Sticks) Their greatest song... Since I've Been Loving You (Stolen from 7 to 11)😊
They certainly Took credit for songs that were old, blues songs, or traditional folk songs. It took a while, but they were finally called out on it and they had to make amends.
@@FuturePast2019 he was an equal fifth. Ruthless just like the band. Everyone quaked from fear from his and Zeppelin’s wrath. He changed the industry forever. Definitely want him in your corner. Tragic ending of his life after Zeppelin though.
How many times have I done this? It's impossible. 😅 Houses and IV is a tie. I could say IV is the greatest but I have listened to PG and Houses more. 1. Physical Graffiti (1975) 2. Houses of the Holy (1973) 2. Untitled album (1971) (de facto Led Zeppelin IV) 4. Led Zeppelin II (1969) 5. Led Zeppelin III (1970) 6. Led Zeppelin (1969) 7. Presence (1976) 8. In Through the Out Door (1979) 9. Coda (1982)
Thanks Randy, great seeing your listing. I think most people would normaily go with 4 - but when you honestly assess which albums you listen to the most - it can be surprising. I'm loving seeing Physical Graffiti and Houses so high on many lists.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow sometimes listening to the most can be deceiving. We didn't have to listen to IV to be saturated by it. Most of us never needed to listen to Stairway, Black Dog or Rock and Roll off the album. Throw in California and Levee, take away the radio saturation and I could have listened to the album way more than I did in the 70's. Strangers In The Night may be my most listened to album but it has a lot to do with none of it being on the radio.
In thru out door the worst of the lot due to pages and Bonham's addictions. I prefer pages first pick terry Reid over plant. More so, cuz Reid had David lindleys as his guitarist in the early 70,s. Lindleys work with kaleidescope was an influence for the thieving page, and lindleys always had snark for jimmy. I only listen to zep boots and then primarily live from 1973 and 1980
Funny, I have many Zep boots and to me they can be very hit or miss live, I find Page can be sloppy live but he also has a tough task to try to reproduce Zep live with one guitar versus the countless overdubs he does on vinyl. And surprising about your Plant assessment, preferring Terry Reid over him. The golden god was quite the front man and does have a great voice, plus he wrote at least a lot of Zep's lyrics....where would we be without the Tolkien lyrics and stolen verses. But of course there is a lot of great stuff there.
My fav rankings: 9 Yoda 8 Outhouse 7 Presence 6 Led Zeppelin I 5 Led Zeppelin III 4 Led Zeppelin II 3 Led Zeppelin IV 2 Physical Graffiti 1 Houses Of The Holy
Your list is similar to mine with the exception of Led Zeppelin lll would be higher. But for me personally, Houses Of The Holy is the best Led Zeppelin record with Physical Graffiti a close second. I did see Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti tour in 1975 and loved the album but I always thought Houses Of The Holy was the better record. The songs on that album are flawless and they are perfectly sequenced. I never liked Presence (especially after Physical Graffiti) I thought the songs were weak and the mix was terrible, although I am a huge fan of The Song Remains The Same.
I’m loving how high people are putting Houses Of the Holy. I remember when it first came out it didn’t get very good reviews. I loved it from the get go. Great point. It’s absolutely perfectly sequenced. I do prefer Graffiti. But they’re both incredible. Absolutely true that after Graffiti Presence was a huge disappointment to me. But over the years growing. But still not anywhere on the Houses Graffiti level. I’m not sure about III with me. Just doesn’t grab me like the others overall. Still great stuff on it of course. Thanks
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Yes, very strange. Two songs are missing from the HotH sessions. The title track and The Rover. Take out two of their worst songs,The Crunge and D'yer Maker, and you have a good Led Zeppelin album. Top 5 .
Yes it sure was and it sure got a lot of airplay on classic rock radio here in the states. Still does, though I think I tend to hear Over The Hills And Far Away the most from HOTH on commercial broadcast radio on the rare occasions I listen to it in the car. @@FuturePast2019
There are no totally bad LZ albums. Agree on the studio Moby Dick, the live versions of that song blows the studio version out of water IMO. The first box set was a bit of a disappointment for me, no Good Times Bad Times (major ommission!), and only a few unreleased songs, plus I would have preferred chronological order instead of that wonky playlist type order that Page compiled.
@@jasonpp1973 I agree there are no bad LZ albums. But I do have to be in the mood for their live excessive jams. Great when I am. Long when I’m not. Lol. Live Moby Dick included.
Yep - I show all the albums in the ranking. Film live - I counted one of the albums twice (think it was Houses of the Holy) because I have multiple versions of each album and an extra snuck in there.
Went to Jimmy page 9 million pounds Buckinghamshire Tudor mansion. Guitarist friend took me. Clapton beck Ronnie wood was there. All great. I was not bothered by rock stars. Ruined slightly by Pamela Anderson yes her. She was drunk and a idiot. Shame we all lusted after her. But she was an idiot. No fan since. My friend was a session guitarist mostly for pop bands. Physical graffiti for me. In my time of dying is my go to track. All Zeppelin vinyl expensive but I have everything of course. I'm a heavy rocker and metal like Motorhead etc. Although I've never had long hair lol.
Thanks Mark for sharing your great, and interesting, personal story. Nice to hear (as I know) that they're all just imperfect humans like us, although being in Page's 9 million pound mansion - well I can't imagine that. Seem's we're not alone in our love and #1 ranking of Physical Graffiti.
The title song should have been on HOTH, nevertheless even with The Crunge on it (which qualifies as one of their worst songs ever) it is my fave Zep album.
@@bertbecker7532 was strange that HOTH was leftover for Graffiti. The Crunge never fails to bring a smile to my face. Just such a weird throwaway that works to me all these years. Nice to see it’s your #1 choice. Cool pick
You say you're a Stones guy. How can you say Plant is the greatest front man over Mick Jaeger? I don't agree with your statement. Your ranking is your ranking, so its okay.
Hi and thanks but you heard wrong. I said he was one of the greatest front men in the history of rock and roll and was the "golden god". Which he certainly was. But no one comes close to Jagger and the Stones to me.
I guess I am. I rank based on how much I listened to the albums over my lifetime. It's an honest assessment (at least for me). I can analalyze an album to death, but what really matters, at least to me, is what we actually listen to. And I know how much I've listened to an album over my 50 years of listening to them and cataloging them. If nothing else, it's honest and hopefully interesting. But that's my ranking. Everyone else has their personal taste. But I prefer people ranking by what they actually play and not just based on other rankings, trying to be cool or relevant. Anyway that's my take. I do really like III of course. It's a classic.
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I am a huge Zeppelin fan too! It's kind of funny but I was born in '67 and around the time I was old enough to really enjoy music my dad started not allowing me to listen to rock and roll. I had to sneak my listening in when I could but I really didn't get my full exposure to LZ until probably 1981 or 1982. I found an 8-track tape my dad had created with his Macintosh system and Roberts R7 reel to reel/8-track machine. It was Led Zeppelin III but I fell in love with the songs. I started buying cassette tapes and hiding them and listening when I could.
Within a few years I was up in my teenage years and I was able to start listening again without having to hide it so much. One of the big reasons was my dad had to work out of town a lot of the time and then he finally just kind of let off of telling me I couldn't listen to rock and roll. But I had all of the albums and of course I bought all of the CDs as I got older and they started coming out. And I still have all of these today. But then came the next stage...
Somewhere in the early '90s I started trading and getting Led Zeppelin live recordings AKA bootlegs. And I've been collecting those ever since. I literally have thousands of them and a lot of them are the same shows or outtakes and studio recordings but they're different labels, generations, etc in the recordings. Some are much better sounding than the others. I did not hardly listen to any of the official studio stuff for years. In fact, once the internet got involved and you could get the losses, or non-mp3 or compressed sources, of masters and low generation sources being shared for free, I spent no telling how much time making collecting a part of each and every day. I love Led Zeppelin live and I just wasn't even listening to studio stuff other than if I heard it on a radio station or something like that. And now it seems like things are coming full circle haha.
I'd still been buying the occasional LP here and there when I'd come across a rare Led Zeppelin boot. I knew that I was going to be getting back into vinyl since I've always liked the sound and media of it the best. But about 3 years ago I finally bought myself a new turntable and what did I start off buying? The Led Zeppelin Deluxe set remasters of course. And really not only those but a lot of other Led Zeppelin rarities and official releases on vinyl. And of course, like yourself, I'd always been buying the DVDs and blu-rays and updates of everything that came along. But here in the last 3 years, I haven't been listening to the bootlegs as much and I've been listening to the LPs again while still searching for rare, both official and non-official, Led Zeppelin LPs.
Of course, the music I love but I think another part of the fun has always been the collecting of what I love too. Nobody will ever get everything that has been put out by the band. It's just impossible especially with the bootlegs. But the cool thing with the bootlegs is that there are still new shows, soundboards, and just all kinds of Led Zeppelin recordings that are still surfacing even today. It's hard to believe so much time has passed and I still have what I started buying after hearing that homemade Led Zeppelin III 8-track tape :-) I might have gotten a late start but I have definitely been catching up!
I'm going to quit rambling on haha! And I'm like you in the sense that I love all of the Led Zeppelin recordings. I do know that one of my least favorite songs is Kashmir. A lot of people love that one but that one and the studio release of Hats Off To Roy Harper have always been my least favorites. I still can't decide if Led Zeppelin II or maybe Physical Graffiti is my favorite though?
Brian in Fort Worth 🎶
Hi Brian - thanks for your amazing, personal story. Fascinating with your dad limiting what you can listen too. Nice, in a way, to hear that rock and Zeppelin in particular was still dangerous music to some people, in the 70's. Fascinating about your going full circle - the albums, then going down the huge and endless Zeppelin bootleg rabbit hole. And then coming back to those massive deluxe boxset reissues. I have an amazing huge hardcover book by Ross Halfin called Led Zeppelin Vinyl - the Essential Collection which shows hundreds of vinyl Zeppelin bootlegs - fascinating stuff. Thanks for contributing such a great personal story...awesome.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I bought that same hardcovered book when it came out and it is fascinating isn't it! I know exactly what you mean. It's cool seeing all of the artwork and versions for so much Led Zeppelin material both official and not official photographed so well in that book. Thanks for the reply Alan!
@@Bootradr Thank you. They book is perfect for you with your incredible collection. I’m nowhere near on your level at least on the unofficial stuff. Fun to be a collector. Thanks again.
Great episode! In Through the Outdoor is my fav. Holds a special place for me when I first bought it in 1980. But I love them all. ..and own all the deluxe boxsets.Cheers 👍
Thanks so much. I really appreciate it. Especially coming from an obvious huge Zeppelin fan who owns all the deluxe box sets. And your name too. Thanks again.
Thanks for turning me on to the 3 disc version of CODA. Going to order that today.
I actually have Zep 3 at number 10. It has some of my favorites, but also some tracks I can’t get into like Gallows Pole, That’s The Way, and Hats Off.
My pleasure. Thank you too. Funny. I was never a fan of Gallows Pole either.
My top 2 are the same, and are cemented in place. But the rest of their catalog is still so good, my #3-9 would probably change a little each time if I did a yearly ranking. I'm on an In Through the Out Door kick lately for example, so it has moved up my current ranking...Good video Alan!!
Thanks so much!. Nice to see Houses Of the Holy so high on another list. You are really correct in that they're all such good albums in their own way and the more you listen the more the lists can change. I'm with you though that for me no other Zeppelin album will top Physical Graffiti or Houses for #2 for me as well. Thanks again.
Led Zeppelin III has been my favorite for about the last 25 years. If you would have talked me 40 years ago as a high school person it would have been my 6th favorite. But really you can't beat their music 1969 thru 1975
Thanks so much. I love how favorites can change over time. I don’t think Led Zeppelin three will ever be my favorite, but I do really like it.
Great ranking. I personally place Led Zeppelin 2 at the top of my list with probably IV on number 2. Zep is such a great band but with the exception of Kashmir and stairway to heaven, i tend to enjoy the shorter songs more than the longer ones for some reason. Awesome collection you have there , i also have the earls court 75 and Seattle 77 DVDs, they’re great concerts. Rock on 🤘
Thanks so much. I'm with you - I tend to enjoy the shorter songs more as well. Especially live. I really have to be in the mood to hear those 15+ minute versions of songs with the sometimes excessive jamming. But of course there's a reason why Zeppelin is in the top 4 greatest bands of all time.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow i absolutely agree.
Oooooh yeah, oooh oooh yeah😂 I got the debut when it was released. It was one of those albums that you went "what the fuck was that". That was a new listening experience. I still really like the first two. I started loosing interest when the fairies and gnomes entered the picture. Saw Me. Plant at this year's Jazz Fest. He was excellent with Allison Krause. That was the best fall down of stuff in a real long time!!!! 😂🤣👍👍 You know you made my evening, Alan.
Lol - that was a big fall down - I wasn't happy lol but could have been worse. I can't really appreciate the first 3 albums because I got them after the fact - although I got them still in the early/mid 70's so not too bad. But no doubt I missed that "what the fuck was that" experience because yea, those first two albums blew the gates open to a new heavy listening experience. Thanks David - awesome you were there at the beginning.
Would love to see your top twenty songs one day Alan, I had fun compiling mine. How is your time capsule coming along ;-)
Yea I have to do one more Time Capsule - I've slowed it down a bit as it seems, unfortunately, less and less people like the series. For me I figure its the most important videos I do. Showing my collection bit by bit, year by year, plus choosing really my favorite albums (by year). But year I'll do it by the end of the weekend. I haven't even looked at 2015 yet, it'll be the "worst" of the years as the later the years, the less albums for me. Top 20 songs of all time overall. Go to my playlists...discography by topic....it's there plus many other favorite song videos. Thanks as always.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I always like your time capsules despite fewer choices. I couldn't find a Zep 20. I did another LZ list after a couple of years and it changed up quite a bit. Amazing how they change constantly.
@@seekah1 A Zep top 20 songs? Yea I can see that changing a lot over time. For me the issue becomes songs being so overplayed and Zep here on Long Island always getting played so so many Zep songs that are amazing, but I never need to hear again, so wouldn't appear in a top 20 list for me. In fact that would be a very tough list to do.
Ranking Led Zeppelin’s nine studio albums is no easy task, and I am pretty much in sync with how you positioned the LPs. For me, “Led Zeppelin IV” and “Houses of the Holy” are tied at #2. I think the absolutely excellent “Physical Graffiti” deserves your number 1 rating. It is proof positive that Led Zeppelin is so much more than a blues-based hard rock band. A four-sided tour de force, the album contains truly great songs (and no filler!), which when taken as a whole are representative of virtually every style of music that is covered by the umbrella of rock ‘n’ roll. To this day, the songs on “Physical Graffiti” never give me anything less than an amazing listening experience. I first heard several of the songs - before the album even dropped - when I saw Led Zeppelin in concert in 1975. There I was in the third row of seats, on the floor of Madison Square Garden, directly in front of the golden G-d, himself, Robert Plant when the band played “Kashmir” - and I had an out-of-body experience. (I’m happy to report that Robert looked as great close-up as he did in the poster of him that I had on my ceiling, over my bed.) You know a new album is spectacular when you’re first hearing most of the songs on it via a live performance - and you’re blown away by what you’re hearing! The new songs were Interspersed with Zeppelin classics and deep cuts. I still remember the intensity of “No Quarter” as one of the greatest of many great performances during the concert. (I think that John Paul Jones was a secret weapon.) When the house lights went on, three hours after the band kicked off the concert with “Rock and Roll,” I still hadn’t come back down to earth. I’ve read from various sources throughout the years that Led Zeppelin can be sloppy in concert. Having seen the band perform live three times, I can honestly say that the band was superb on all three occasions. I share your respect for Robert Plant for his refusal to accept a king’s ransom to provide a brief resurrection of what’s left of Led Zeppelin. Apparently, he is a very rare being, especially in the world of entertainment: a person who stands by his principles, no matter what.
You’re so lucky to have seen the mighty Zeppelin three times and 3rd row at MSG. Incredible. Love the out of body experience with Kashmir. The true power of music you so magically described. Wasn’t it amazing how the bands back then not only played new music but even before it was released. Pink Floyd played whole albums before they were released. Back when fans cared and were committed to the music. Even Springsteen now has joined every one else reduced to pretty much playing the hits because that’s what the audience demands.
Nice ranking Alan.Most listened for me are Houses of the Holy,then IV,11,then Physical Graffiti.But a year from now could be different.Saw them on July10.1973 for $6.50 lol.
I'm surprised to see how high Houses Of The Holy is being ranked by others. I figured I would be relatively alone with that one. But then again, you actually saw that tour - how great is that. $6.50 - and that was probably considered really expensive back then lol - Thanks Tom.
I remember telling my wife how expensive the concert was lol.The cool thing is I have a bootleg of that show.@@TheAlanRosenbergShow
@@thomaswery3087 Love that. I have a few boots of shows I was at. Makes it kind of special for sure.
Awesome! I totally agree with your number one choice. And that every Led Zeppelin album is a great album. I also rank the two Page and Plant albums from the nineties right up there with all the LZ classics. Still kicking myself for not going to see them, but at the time, fifty dollars felt excessive--a quaint thought nowadays.
I also enjoy those two releases, though I think the production (and power) of Walking Into Clarksdale could've been better. I have some great live bootlegs from Page and Plant and they sure sound great.
Hey, Alan, Announcement today for the announcement of the new Stones album. Will be out in October. Official announcement next month.😝
Yea - interesting development - very different and cool publicity trailer with the phony ad placed in the weekly newspaper - Hackney Diamonds with all the Stones hints and diamond Stones logo. I signed up. Still a mystery - what they'll do - But great exciting development. I hope they don't release the album around Taylor Swifts next release in Oct - would love the Stones to get a #1 - haven't had one in the States since Tattoo You.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I signed up too. We will be advised of all the editions that will be available. Limited color vinyl including diamond clear vinyl and the very limited 78RPM version. The public can't survive both Stones and Swiftie releases in the same month😂
@@davidkunzli680 I would love a Stones #1
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow A number one would spell SATISFACTION
@@davidkunzli680 yes. I want to see them go out in style. I hope the album is amazing and a big success.
I remember purchasing the 10 cd set that came in flip box back in 93 or 94,and having hey hey what can i do along with travelin riverside blues as a bonus was worth the $110.00
That is a great box. I still have it. Was a great remaster at the time though been remastered many more times since. Great box indeed.
My list is similar to yours. 9 Coda, 8 In Through the Out Door, 7 LZ I, 6 Presence, 5 IV, 4 III, 3 II, 2 Houses of the Holy, 1 Physical Graffiti. It's only recently that I bumped Presence over the debut, like you I find that this album just gets under your skin over time. Plus, You Shook Me is probably my least favorite Zeppelin song, which seals the deal for me. Coda is decent, In Through the Out Door is very good, and the top seven are all amazing. Great band, great video.
Thanks so much Chris for sharing your list. We definitely have very similar opinions on the Zep albums - awesome. I'm loving seeing Houses Of The Holy so high on many people's lists. And yes - Presence has grown on me over the decades - still a dark, heavy listen, but yea, as you said, gets under your skin....over time...a long time for me. Thanks again.
Very enjoyable indeed, my biggest regret is never having seen them. I do still play them a lot and recently I finally saved up enough pennies to buy How The West Was Won on vinyl. As you say Celebration Day and Moby Dick are not every day listening.
Wow that’s gotta be cool on vinyl. What is it like 6 records? Yea I really gotta be in the mood (it’s not that often) to hear those 25 minute versions. But those shorter live versions are killer on West Was Won. Enjoy the vinyl.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShowIt's only 4 records but it is great! There is a version that includes the CD's too but that was more than double the price (probably rarer?).
A good band with one great album. Here is my ranking based on plays in recent years. I've never bothered to buy or even stream Coda.
1 Physical Graffiti
2 Presence
3 Led Zeppelin 1
4 Led Zeppelin 4
5 Led Zeppelin 2
6= Houses of the Holy
6= Led Zeppelin 3
8 In Through the Out Door
I've played Physical Graffiti as often as all the other albums added together. Physical Graffiti is currently joint 46th in my overall list of album plays. Nothing else makes my top 500 albums list, although if I was choosing 500 albums to take to a deserted island, I'd probably include a Led Zep compilation for those times when I want more variety.
As you know from my videos, I agree that Physical Graffiti stands proudly at the top. Interesting how much you love it, in that you've listened to it more than the others combined. Wow. Surprised to see Presence so high - that's a dark heavy listen, but a grower to me over the decades. Glad to have Coda, but certainly not in the same league, and not really a real Zep studio album anyway - just an Odds and Sods type collection.
led zeppelin is my 2nd favourite band of all time
my rankings;
1)led zeppelin 3
2)Physical graffiti
3)led zeppelin
4)houses of the holy
5)led zeppelin 2
6)led zeppelin 4
7)in through the outdoor
8)presence
9)coda
-Srirahul
Interesting ranking. I like that. Personally I never totally fell in love with III. Some of it I love of course, and some for me just ok. But I thought it was a very cool detour after II. Interesting to see 4 relatively low. Though personally I hardly ever listen to 4. Nice - thanks for sharing of course.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I fell in love with led zeppelin 3 after I heard it the 6th time. Now it’s my favourite. I love the acoustic side of Jimmy page.
Led zeppelin 4 is a good album but very overrated in my opinion.
Do you have the how the west was one on DVD?
There’s no video of it. Just the official DVD that I showed. I’m unaware of DVD-Audio release. But if there is one no I don’t have that. Pretty cool if it’s in 5.1 sound.
IV (make no mistake, maybe two: The two songs they wrote themselves... 🤔 Misty and Four Sticks)
Their greatest song... Since I've Been Loving You (Stolen from 7 to 11)😊
They certainly Took credit for songs that were old, blues songs, or traditional folk songs. It took a while, but they were finally called out on it and they had to make amends.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Peter Grant did his job on them.... But still a great band.
@@FuturePast2019 he was an equal fifth. Ruthless just like the band. Everyone quaked from fear from his and Zeppelin’s wrath. He changed the industry forever. Definitely want him in your corner. Tragic ending of his life after Zeppelin though.
Zep 3 and Presence.
Thanks for sharing - You're a true fan. Presence especially.
How many times have I done this? It's impossible. 😅
Houses and IV is a tie. I could say IV is the greatest but I have listened to PG and Houses more.
1. Physical Graffiti (1975)
2. Houses of the Holy (1973)
2. Untitled album (1971) (de facto Led Zeppelin IV)
4. Led Zeppelin II (1969)
5. Led Zeppelin III (1970)
6. Led Zeppelin (1969)
7. Presence (1976)
8. In Through the Out Door (1979)
9. Coda (1982)
Thanks Randy, great seeing your listing. I think most people would normaily go with 4 - but when you honestly assess which albums you listen to the most - it can be surprising. I'm loving seeing Physical Graffiti and Houses so high on many lists.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow sometimes listening to the most can be deceiving. We didn't have to listen to IV to be saturated by it. Most of us never needed to listen to Stairway, Black Dog or Rock and Roll off the album. Throw in California and Levee, take away the radio saturation and I could have listened to the album way more than I did in the 70's.
Strangers In The Night may be my most listened to album but it has a lot to do with none of it being on the radio.
@@randybaker6042 very true. Absolutely
In thru out door the worst of the lot due to pages and Bonham's addictions. I prefer pages first pick terry Reid over plant. More so, cuz Reid had David lindleys as his guitarist in the early 70,s. Lindleys work with kaleidescope was an influence for the thieving page, and lindleys always had snark for jimmy. I only listen to zep boots and then primarily live from 1973 and 1980
Funny, I have many Zep boots and to me they can be very hit or miss live, I find Page can be sloppy live but he also has a tough task to try to reproduce Zep live with one guitar versus the countless overdubs he does on vinyl. And surprising about your Plant assessment, preferring Terry Reid over him. The golden god was quite the front man and does have a great voice, plus he wrote at least a lot of Zep's lyrics....where would we be without the Tolkien lyrics and stolen verses. But of course there is a lot of great stuff there.
My fav rankings:
9 Yoda
8 Outhouse
7 Presence
6 Led Zeppelin I
5 Led Zeppelin III
4 Led Zeppelin II
3 Led Zeppelin IV
2 Physical Graffiti
1 Houses Of The Holy
Awesome ranking of course.....Yoda and Outhouse....gotta love that....lol
Your list is similar to mine with the exception of Led Zeppelin lll would be higher. But for me personally, Houses Of The Holy is the best Led Zeppelin record with Physical Graffiti a close second. I did see Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti tour in 1975 and loved the album but I always thought Houses Of The Holy was the better record. The songs on that album are flawless and they are perfectly sequenced. I never liked Presence (especially after Physical Graffiti) I thought the songs were weak and the mix was terrible, although I am a huge fan of The Song Remains The Same.
I’m loving how high people are putting Houses Of the Holy. I remember when it first came out it didn’t get very good reviews. I loved it from the get go. Great point. It’s absolutely perfectly sequenced. I do prefer Graffiti. But they’re both incredible. Absolutely true that after Graffiti Presence was a huge disappointment to me. But over the years growing. But still not anywhere on the Houses Graffiti level. I’m not sure about III with me. Just doesn’t grab me like the others overall. Still great stuff on it of course. Thanks
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Yes, very strange. Two songs are missing from the HotH sessions. The title track and The Rover. Take out two of their worst songs,The Crunge and D'yer Maker, and you have a good Led Zeppelin album. Top 5 .
@@FuturePast2019 all personal taste. I really like those two tracks. But I can see the quirkiness of The Grunge being a annoyance to many.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow D'yer Maker was released as a single even though Bonzo and Jones hated the song (like me).🙂
Yes it sure was and it sure got a lot of airplay on classic rock radio here in the states. Still does, though I think I tend to hear Over The Hills And Far Away the most from HOTH on commercial broadcast radio on the rare occasions I listen to it in the car. @@FuturePast2019
There are no totally bad LZ albums.
Agree on the studio Moby Dick, the live versions of that song blows the studio version out of water IMO.
The first box set was a bit of a disappointment for me, no Good Times Bad Times (major ommission!), and only a few unreleased songs, plus I would have preferred chronological order instead of that wonky playlist type order that Page compiled.
@@jasonpp1973 I agree there are no bad LZ albums. But I do have to be in the mood for their live excessive jams. Great when I am. Long when I’m not. Lol. Live Moby Dick included.
There’s only nine album chief
Yep - I show all the albums in the ranking. Film live - I counted one of the albums twice (think it was Houses of the Holy) because I have multiple versions of each album and an extra snuck in there.
Went to Jimmy page 9 million pounds Buckinghamshire Tudor mansion. Guitarist friend took me. Clapton beck Ronnie wood was there. All great. I was not bothered by rock stars. Ruined slightly by Pamela Anderson yes her. She was drunk and a idiot. Shame we all lusted after her. But she was an idiot. No fan since. My friend was a session guitarist mostly for pop bands. Physical graffiti for me. In my time of dying is my go to track. All Zeppelin vinyl expensive but I have everything of course. I'm a heavy rocker and metal like Motorhead etc. Although I've never had long hair lol.
Thanks Mark for sharing your great, and interesting, personal story. Nice to hear (as I know) that they're all just imperfect humans like us, although being in Page's 9 million pound mansion - well I can't imagine that. Seem's we're not alone in our love and #1 ranking of Physical Graffiti.
The title song should have been on HOTH, nevertheless even with The Crunge on it (which qualifies as one of their worst songs ever) it is my fave Zep album.
@@bertbecker7532 was strange that HOTH was leftover for Graffiti. The Crunge never fails to bring a smile to my face. Just such a weird throwaway that works to me all these years. Nice to see it’s your #1 choice. Cool pick
You say you're a Stones guy. How can you say Plant is the greatest front man over Mick Jaeger? I don't agree with your statement. Your ranking is your ranking, so its okay.
Hi and thanks but you heard wrong. I said he was one of the greatest front men in the history of rock and roll and was the "golden god". Which he certainly was. But no one comes close to Jagger and the Stones to me.
In through the out door better than Led Zeppelin three are you nuts?
I guess I am. I rank based on how much I listened to the albums over my lifetime. It's an honest assessment (at least for me). I can analalyze an album to death, but what really matters, at least to me, is what we actually listen to. And I know how much I've listened to an album over my 50 years of listening to them and cataloging them. If nothing else, it's honest and hopefully interesting. But that's my ranking. Everyone else has their personal taste. But I prefer people ranking by what they actually play and not just based on other rankings, trying to be cool or relevant. Anyway that's my take. I do really like III of course. It's a classic.