Suggest a Led Zeppelin album?

[Gowienczyk]

Yeah! You heard me.

I hated what I've heard (ergo; very little) about Led Zeppelin and their "superfans" certaintly don't help my opinion of finding Page boring or (early) Plant pitchy and often flat. Change my mind by suggesting me a album by those weird guys from the 70s who influenced a good deal of heavy/power metal.

/somewat half-arsed post

It's been a few years since I listened to them fully, too. So don't ask me what I've heard.

BUT! I am giving them a new chance, so throw it at me.

[schmeankman]

For whatever reason I think you might like "Houses of the Holy"..

[a21schizoidman]

personally id recommend Houses of the Holy or In Through the Out Door

[Oscar-Rio]

I like Houses of the Holy the most. Dancing Days and No Quarter.

[Quinarvy]

personally id recommend Houses of the Holy or In Through the Out Door

These are two criminally underrated albums (compared to other LZ ones)

[My name is Fez]

I re-iterate Houses of the Holy and In Through the Out Door if you don't like LZ's early work.

[Rockbandfan23467]

For Early Work, get II or The Album Commonly Refered To As Led Zeppelin Four.

[Gowienczyk]

Early work sux.

If I wanted to listen to blues, I'd listen to creative, original blues.

[instantdeath999]

Houses of the Holy is probably their best.

[dalcyte]

From what i understand you like, go for Physical Grafitti.
I mean if you find Page boring, chances are you're not going to be a huge zeppelin fan. But honestly, i can understand just not liking them because of the hype around them. They're great i think, but not as great as everyone hypes them to be. Tad overrated.

If you're looking for their influence on metal, and looking for one album that defines that, you're not going to. Every album has a medly of songs that are blues, hard rock, folk rock, etc.

Physical Graffiti is an example of that...because there are some big hard rock tracks on there, but some softer ones too. But sides 1 and 2 have some really good heavy rock tracks like the Rover, Trampled Underfoot, Kashmir, etc. Houses of the Holy would be good too for what you're looking for.

One more thing:
no blues pieces are creative, but they're all original at the same time.