How did I live before this?

Without this box set, you are not enjoying music as much as you should. Since there are no 'complete studio recordings' of the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, or even Bob Dylan, this is without a doubt the greatest box set you could own. Except 'Coda', which was just included so it could really actually be 'complete' (I don't ever listen to it), all of these albums are must-haves. Let's start at the beginning.



'Led Zeppelin', the debut, is the most blues-influenced, and is one of the three greatest debut albums of all time, better than those of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, or any other artist besides Jimi Hendrix and the Velvet Underground. A great listen from start to finish. I rank it 4th among their albums.



'Led Zeppelin II' is the greatest sophmore effort ever. If I had to give this album another name, I would call it 'The Riff Album' because there are so many ('Whole Lotta Love', 'Heartbreaker', etc.) and the single greatest drum performance ever ('Moby Dick'). I rank it 2nd.



'Led Zeppelin III' is not up there with the first two albums. It is knocked for featuring mostly acoustic songs, and rightfully so. The best songs are 'Immigrant Song' and 'Since I've Been Loving You', neither of which are acoustic. However not all the acoustic songs are bad, such as 'Bron-Y-Aur Stomp'. I rank it 7th of the 8 albums released while Bonham was alive (all of them were except 'Coda').



'Led Zeppelin IV' is the masterpiece, the magnum opus, the pinnacle of the band's career. Even if the rest of the album was simple filler (though thankfully it isn't) it would still be remembered as the album 'Stairway to Heaven' was on. If you haven't heard the song, what have you been doing with your life? It is unquestionably the greatest song of all time, featuring the greatest guitar solo of all time. The rest of the songs are great as well, especially 'Black Dog', 'Rock and Roll', and 'When the Levee Breaks'. Definitely the #1 album.



'Houses of the Holy' is as good as you can expect from a band after what turned out to be their best album (certainly better than 'Magical Mystery Tour' after 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' by the Beatles and 'Goat's Head Soup', the Rolling Stones' follow-up to 'Exile on Main St.') All the songs are great, but my very favorites on this album are 'Over the Hills and Far Away' and 'The Ocean' and maybe 'No Quarter.' 'The Rain Song' is kind of weird, but still good. I rank this album 5th.



'Physical Graffiti' was the only double album the group released during their reign atop the rock world from 1969 to 1980. It features some great rockers ('Houses of the Holy', 'Trampled Under Foot'), a great acoustic song ('Ten Years Gone') an eleven-minute classic ('In My Time of Dying'), and their second best song ever ('Kashmir'). I rank this 3rd.



'Presence' was the seventh album released but is disc 6 so the 'Physical Graffiti' discs could be stored in together (two albums are in each case). It is the most overlooked Led Zeppelin album and it is very underrated. 'Achilles Last Stand' is one of my very favorite Led Zeppelin songs. 'Nobody's Fault But Mine' is also a classic. This album is a great listen to all the way through, though not as good as the top 5. I rank it 6th.



'In Through the Out Door', like 'Led Zeppelin III', has some great songs, but also some subpar ones. 'In the Evening' and 'All My Love' are top 15 Zeppelin songs at least, and 'Fool in the Rain' is great but not as great as the other two songs I mentioned. The others are average at best for any band, so for Zeppelin they are not good at all. Especially 'Carouselambara' which is way too long, ten minutes and a half, and takes up space that two songs that Robert Plant and Jimmy Page would've written would've taken up. I rank this at the bottom of the list, 8th.



'Coda': Don't even bother-I don't even consider it a true Led Zeppelin album.

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If you are just beggining to get into Led Zeppelin, i suggest a "best of" album instead of this pricey collection. If, however, you already have a "best of" and want to hear more, i HIGHLY suggest this collection. The one bad thing about it is that the art on the actual cd's is not original LP art... as far as i can see, this is the ONLY con. All other art is included in the booklets. Also, there are no lyrics, but I for one could care less. I bought this product and I am VERY happy with my purchase. Highly reccomend

They made this box set......just for me!

I started collecting music back when 8-track tapes were popular....jeez. I've had most Zeppelin in one form or another....from 8-track to vinyl to casette.

Several years back, I started to build my music collection, once again, this time on CD. This box set is as good as it gets folks! Nevermind the art, nevermind how organized this set is....If your looking to revamp your Zeppelin collection with remasterd albums in one fell swoop....this is the way to go!