Yeah, huge Zeppelin fan! As for a favorite album, that's tough. I really love them all at different times.
I don't think Robert Plant's voice ever sounded more powerful than it did on the first album, especially in Babe I'm Gonna Leave You. (I can hear it calling me the way it used to...ooOOHHH I CAN HEAR IT CALLING ME BACK HOME!!!) Raw, powerful, awe-inspiring.
Second album was great 'hard' rock, third was more relaxing, soulful and folksy.
Zoso (4) is still maybe my all-time favorite, that or Physical Graffiti. Stairway to Heaven is the only song I've heard over a thousand times and haven't grown sick of. But on 4 you also had Black Dog, When the Levee Breaks, and one of my top 3 Zep songs of all time, The Battle of Evermore.
What came after 4? Houses of the Holy? another varied and fantastic group of songs. Really had a lot of songs that sort of wore a groove in me, liked them better after hearing them a few times than I did initially.
Then Physical Graffiti, double album, double delight. Love this from front to back. After many playthroughs, this is probably my favorite.
And it's weird that they'd follow up my favorite with what's probably my least favorite, Presence. A least favorite Zeppelin album is a lot like a least favorite bj, though, and this still had some fantastic stuff (For your Life, Achilles Last Stand, Nobody's Fault but Mine)
And then what I consider their last album, not counting remasters, greatest hits, etc, In Through the Out Door. In addition to all the great songs that found long life on the radio from this one, I really loved In the Evening. Somehow raw, sad, angry, and triumphant all at once.
@Voltan Was that link meant to be to Kingdom of Oblivion? I looked it up online, it's an interesting album, mixing jazz fusion and metal. What do you reckon of the guitar riffs? As a guitarist, I find them quite interesting myself, all the key changes and whatnot. Fantastic solos lie therein as well. @nessisonett What have you been listening to in your most eclectic taste recently? Got any jazz to recommend? Also what do you think of Tutu and Amandla by Davis?
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@Voltan Also, where do you stand on the band Elder's albums from the album Lore to the album Omens? Those are three brilliant prog/psychedelic albums imo. In the vein of Motorpsycho but much better.
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I love Elder’s Reflections of a Floating World - it might be the best album in this style - and I liked Omens too (got the latter on vinyl, probably should look into acquiring the former as well). Somehow I’m not sure I’ve heard Lore so I’ll make sure to fix that tomorrow
@Voltan Yes, Lore is the first in Elder's trilogy of records in a more developed style, what with prog psych elements rather than just doomy stoner rock aka their earlier material.
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@Voltan Have you heard of Nerija? A British, mostly female jazz collective, their material is quite impressive.
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@LordSteev I thought your answer was intended to be rhetorical. I'm sorry, thank you for your answer. Just to chip in I will say that I agree with you in the sense that Physical Graffiti is probably their strongest release, but I wouldn't say Presence was the weakest, In Through the Out Door was weaker overall imo, with Jones' keyboard-led compositions taking centre stage over Page's contributions, Page being the principal composer in the band at an earlier point in the band's career.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@Voltan Did you listen to Lore or the Nerija track?
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@TheBrandedSwordsman I liked that a lot. I'm adding them to my "things to listen to" list for the near future
I think I've head the name before but not this track for sure.
@Voltan Glad you liked it, man! I saw them live pre-lockdown and they were fantastic. The guitarist, as I was saying to @Jimmer-jammer who also plays keyboards/piano in a rock context ,was originally exploring playing metal but found jazz "easier on her fingers"
Edit: Jimmer is the rock keyboardist/pianist not Shirley Tetteh from Nerija, just to clarify.
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After not really being that hot on Kero Kero Bonito’s Civilization I EP, they’ve definitely redeemed themselves with Civilization II, which came out a few days ago. The closing track, ‘Well Rested’ is a 7 minute progressive house-inspired track and showcases an interesting new direction for the band. Definitely looking forward to the next album!
@nessisonett How did you discover Kero Kero Bonito?
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@Voltan How long have you been playing guitar? How do your guitar skills compare to your keyboard skills?
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@TheBrandedSwordsman Honestly I have no idea. I’ve been listening to them since about 2014 when I came across their first album. I’ve been big into the PC Music scene since about then too so chances are, I found them through that label.
@Voltan That's fine, I'm sure you'll improve, just takes time. @nessisonett and Voltan, I am considering, on an unrelated subject, going back to CDs from vinyl, I find it difficult to organise my vinyl collection due to the large size of vinyl records compared to compact discs, and think that it might make it easier to collect music that way.
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@TheBrandedSwordsman I'll probably never go back to CDs. Half of the reason I started buying vinyl was because I like owning physical releases of music but I realised I get the CDs and just put them on the shelf and I just listen to music off a computer connected to the HiFi anyway because it's more convenient and the quality is virtually the same (if it's not an awful low bitrate file, of course).
With vinyl you're more involved in the process and while it technically makes it less convenient, it's somehow more appealing and it does sound different. Not necessarily always better but it's not the same.
I'm not saying I'll never stop getting music on vinyl (I actually had to slow down a bit because I'm currently out of shelves to store new ones) but if I do, it'll probably be to go all digital.
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