The Album Doesn't Remain The Same

[guitarmy]

CODA and live albums just don't count in this context!

Let us know why you voted how you did.

[ledzep45]

I voted for Led Zeppelin II to Led Zeppelin III

[guitarmy]

I voted for Led Zeppelin II to Led Zeppelin III

I tried to, but screwed up voting in my own poll.

LOL

Led Zeppelin III to Led Zeppelin IV (-1)

Led Zeppelin II to Led Zeppelin III (+1)

Silly me.

[mos6507]

II to III might seem like a big change, but acoustic stuff was in I and II to some degree. There was just a lot more of it in III. There was more of a big shift between PG and Presence. Presence was an all-electric album and pretty stylistically consistent as kind of a Stones or Aerosmith like bar band sort of vibe. It's really the least ecclectic across all of the albums.

[ledzep45]

I tried to, but screwed up voting in my own poll.

LOL

Led Zeppelin III to Led Zeppelin IV (-1)

Led Zeppelin II to Led Zeppelin III (+1)

Silly me.

[tophat]

II - III

[MisterMcLov1n]

Presence - ITTOD. Presence was a pretty straightforward and all-electric progressive album. ITTOD was a complete change in style. Keyboards on every track and acoustics on almost all of them, contrast to no keyboards on Presence and 1 acoustic track. ITTOD also had more pop-oriented hits (Fool in the Rain, All My Love, In the Evening)

[Trinity]

Yeah I'd have to say Physical Graffiti to Presence

[moffo]

Physical Graffitti to Presence...

[Matt Harris]

I voted presence to ITTOD because it's all rock on presence and a lot of synth on ITTOD.

[Out OnTheTiles]

^{I have to say PRESENCE to ITTOD.}

[BlackDog71]

I voted for the change from II to III. Although I love both albums, it was a different direction for the band to take after the sound and style they had on the first two albums. They pulled it off perfectly too.

[LiveWire1979]

Presence to ITTOD for sure !

[crizman]

I'd say P.G.- Presence. Jimmy did things with phrasing & chords no one had done before. & it was a funkier album (my favorite)- Presence

[JGaul]

The Fourth Album - Houses of the Holy.

With Houses of the Holy they turned in a more 'progressive' (kind of) direction that was reflected very much on Physical Graffiti.

It also has both a James Brown-style funk tune (The Crunge) and humorous reggae (D'yer Mak'er)

ALSO this was the first album with a name other than a numeral! (If you include 'the fourth')

I guess the biggest difference in style between albums would be 'Presence' - 'In Through The Out Door,'

but I feel like the jump from IV to HOTH had a larger impact on their future direction.

[tazulike88]

II to III is the most obvious change i think, but all in all, all Zeppelin.

[JLee93]

I voted Presence - ITTOD.

[Amstel]

Presence - In Through The Outdoor

Though Led Zeppelin III was different from the first two albums, Led Zeppelin III still had things most would have expected with the Immigrant Song, Celebration Day, Since I've been Loving You & Out On The Tiles. Whereas In Through The Outdoor had new material in areas Led Zeppelin never ventured in - South Bound Suarez, All My Love, Carouselambra, Fool In The Rain and Hot Dog. I could have expected In The Evening and I'm Gonna Crawl, but the rest?

[jjwf3]

I tried to, but screwed up voting in my own poll.

LOL http://forums.ledzeppelin.com/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/slapface.gif

Led Zeppelin III to Led Zeppelin IV (-1)

Led Zeppelin II to Led Zeppelin III (+1)

Silly me.

Haha I did the same thing!

Led Zeppelin III to Led Zeppelin IV (-2)

Led Zeppelin II to Led Zeppelin III (+2)

[Stryder1978]

I voted "Presence - ITTOD". After the guitar army on "Presence", the massive keyboard attack on "ITTOD" was was very shocking for me.

[Disco Duck]

Led Zeppelin I and Led Zeppelin II were both essentially hard-charging blues rock. Led Zeppelin III, aside form Immigrant Song, was a total change in direction. It was the first indication that the band would not be so easily pigeon-holed.

[pottedplant]

I voted PG to Presence. I will go back and listen to both. It seems to me that Presence was so guitar oriented. Nothing wrong with that, just a different vibe for them.

[magerogue]

I've always felt like Zeppelin IV was the continuacion of the third album.