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Led Zeppelin IV
* Jimmy Page – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, production, remastering, digital remastering
* Robert Plant – lead vocals, harmonica
* John Bonham – drums
* John Paul Jones – synthesizer, bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin, recorders
Now don't get me wrong, Bowie is great and so is this album.
But Bowie never made an album as great as IV
This shit ain't even funny. IV is losing
Ziggy has NO songs as good as this one. It has it all and also some fantastic harmonica playing and vocals by Plant. Page and Jones are at their best and Bonham's drums on it are the envy of any drummer
When the Levee Breaks
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Now...Ziggy has four songs that are as good as they come: Starman, Ziggy Stardust, Suffragette City, and Rock N' Roll Suicide. On top of that there is Lady Stardust and Star which are also close to magnificent. The weakest track on the album, It Ain't Easy, is still a damned good song. On top of that, there probably isn't a single album that tells a story from start to finish as good as this one.
Zep IV has Rock & Roll and that seriously over-played but justly so Stairway. The rest of the album is quality all the way through, possibly with the exception of Battle of Evermore which drags a bit.
All in all, on relistening to both, Ziggy is the superior album by quite the margin. Both, I repeat, are masterpieces.
EDIT: Oh, and the reason I made this post: Ziggy has six songs that are better than When the Levee Breaks.
Now...Ziggy has four songs that are as good as they come: Starman, Ziggy Stardust, Suffragette City, and Rock N' Roll Suicide. On top of that there is Lady Stardust and Star which are also close to magnificent. The weakest track on the album, It Ain't Easy, is still a damned good song. On top of that, there probably isn't a single album that tells a story from start to finish as good as this one.
Zep IV has Rock & Roll and that seriously over-played but justly so Stairway. The rest of the album is quality all the way through, possibly with the exception of Battle of Evermore which drags a bit.
All in all, on relistening to both, Ziggy is the superior album by quite the margin. Both, I repeat, are masterpieces.
EDIT: Oh, and the reason I made this post: Ziggy has six songs that are better than When the Levee Breaks.
O.K. let me get this straight Bork. You have Zep IV at #35 on your chart yet you say Ziggy has SIX songs better than When the Levee Breaks
Just curious as to how IV even made your chart at all then
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Now...Ziggy has four songs that are as good as they come: Starman, Ziggy Stardust, Suffragette City, and Rock N' Roll Suicide. On top of that there is Lady Stardust and Star which are also close to magnificent. The weakest track on the album, It Ain't Easy, is still a damned good song. On top of that, there probably isn't a single album that tells a story from start to finish as good as this one.
Zep IV has Rock & Roll and that seriously over-played but justly so Stairway. The rest of the album is quality all the way through, possibly with the exception of Battle of Evermore which drags a bit.
All in all, on relistening to both, Ziggy is the superior album by quite the margin. Both, I repeat, are masterpieces.
EDIT: Oh, and the reason I made this post: Ziggy has six songs that are better than When the Levee Breaks.
O.K. let me get this straight Bork. You have Zep IV at #35 on your chart yet you say Ziggy has SIX songs better than When the Levee Breaks :shock:
Just curious as to how IV even made your chart at all then :-k
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As I said twice, IV is one damned good album. I have Ziggy at #5 though. That means it is one damned damned good album. Now note, I never said there are six songs on Ziggy better than the best song on IV. I said there are six songs better than Levee. Levee is not the best song on IV.
Now...Ziggy has four songs that are as good as they come: Starman, Ziggy Stardust, Suffragette City, and Rock N' Roll Suicide. On top of that there is Lady Stardust and Star which are also close to magnificent. The weakest track on the album, It Ain't Easy, is still a damned good song. On top of that, there probably isn't a single album that tells a story from start to finish as good as this one.
Zep IV has Rock & Roll and that seriously over-played but justly so Stairway. The rest of the album is quality all the way through, possibly with the exception of Battle of Evermore which drags a bit.
All in all, on relistening to both, Ziggy is the superior album by quite the margin. Both, I repeat, are masterpieces.
EDIT: Oh, and the reason I made this post: Ziggy has six songs that are better than When the Levee Breaks.
O.K. let me get this straight Bork. You have Zep IV at #35 on your chart yet you say Ziggy has SIX songs better than When the Levee Breaks
Just curious as to how IV even made your chart at all then
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As I said twice, IV is one damned good album. I have Ziggy at #5 though. That means it is one damned damned good album. Now note, I never said there are six songs on Ziggy better than the best song on IV. I said there are six songs better than Levee. Levee is not the best song on IV.
IMO the problem with IV is that, at least in places where I have lived, 4 songs on the album have been waaay overplayed for decades. Honestly, I don't even listen to IV anymore.
But if you asked me (and most of my friends) back in 1978 what the best album ever was. We would have said IV.
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IMO the problem with IV is that, at least in places where I have lived, 4 songs on the album have been waaay overplayed for decades. Honestly, I don't even listen to IV anymore.
But if you asked me (and most of my friends) back in 1978 what the best album ever was. We would have said IV.
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And you can't be looked down on for it. IV is one of the greatest albums ever made. Sure, Stairway is overplayed, but the greatness of it all is proved twice by that: 1. It is overplayed because it has one of the best guitar riffs ever written incorporated into one of the best songs ever written, and 2. Even though it is overplayed it is still highly enjoyable to hear it every time it is played.
I just wish all mediocre cover bands would have some sort of respect for the song and stay clear of it.
IMO the problem with IV is that, at least in places where I have lived, 4 songs on the album have been waaay overplayed for decades. Honestly, I don't even listen to IV anymore.
But if you asked me (and most of my friends) back in 1978 what the best album ever was. We would have said IV.
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And you can't be looked down on for it. IV is one of the greatest albums ever made. Sure, Stairway is overplayed, but the greatness of it all is proved twice by that: 1. It is overplayed because it has one of the best guitar riffs ever written incorporated into one of the best songs ever written, and 2. Even though it is overplayed it is still highly enjoyable to hear it every time it is played.
I just wish all mediocre cover bands would have some sort of respect for the song and stay clear of it.
Ya, me also. It's embarrassing watching guitarists in cover bands TRYING to play Jimmy Page's Stairway to Heaven solo
Same goes for Freebird by L.S.
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Ya, me also. It's embarrassing watching guitarists in cover bands TRYING to play Jimmy Page's Stairway to Heaven solo 
