> Many think that I just praise these three bands all of the time. They
> were three of the most consistent and "challengingly entertaining"
> bands of the 70s. But they did make some subpar material which are
> these days for some reason considered to be their best efforts....
> beats me.
>
> Physical Graffiti (A-):
> The first Led Zeppelin album to have a siginificant amount of average
> songs. Custard Pie is not nearly as mindblowing as the other album
> openers before (Good Times Bad Times, Whole Lotta Love, Immigrant
> Song, Black Dog, The Song Remains the Same). The Rover is way too long
> and has quite a bit of not so interesting wanking. In my Time of Dying
> is at least 2 minutes longer inspite of some powerhouse drumming by
> Bonzo. Houses of the Holy is a reject from the previous album after
> all. And sounds like a reject. I am not too fond of the repetitive and
> stupid lyriced Trampled Underfoot. Kashmir is excellent. In the Light
> has a overlong intro but it is a nice song. Bron Yr Aur is a great
> instrumental and very tasteful. Down by the Seaside is okay. A little
> too mushy IMO. Ten Years Gone is quite underrated and in my opinion
> the best song on the album. Night Flight is not A material. The Wanton
> Song is boring. Boogie with Stu is quite interesting but it is still
> not their best. I like Black Country Woman -- a very unque Zeppelin
> songs with sparse instrumentation. Sick Again is sickeningly generic.
> Overall a good album that has many good song but a let down in quality
> from the other five before.
>
> Wish You Were Here (B+)
> I used to like this album a lot. Now I pretty much hate it. It is just
> overly sentimental to me at times. Wish You Were Here is quite melodic
> for a Floyd song. But if I want to listen to a good melody I would
> rather listen to Moody Blues or may be the Beatles. The songs is too
> much off a balad for me. Welcome to the Machine is listless. The creep
> synth effect is nothing groundbreaking as it is made out to be.
> Kraftwerk had been doing this thing for years and were better. Have a
> Cigar is the best song on the album and the only one that rocks. SOYCD
> would have been a great 10 minute song but it got strecthed out for
> freaking half hour. Overrated, I would take Atom Heart Mother or
> Meddle over this crap anyday. And it is nowhere in the league of Pipe
> or Dark Side in terms of EVERYTHING.
>
> Animals (B)
> Even worse than WYWH. This rocks much more and has more bite. But also
> stinks much more. There is hardly anything memorable on the album. The
> lyrics suck. Waters' singing is actrocious and there are too many
> generic Gilmour solos (most of them could have been on a Bryan Adams
> album). If I want to listen to good solos, I would listen to Deep
> Purple, not frigging Floyd and their calculated wanking. Dogs is a
> pile of dog poop. It drags on and on for 17 minutes and some really
> cheesy synth effects. Pigs on the Wing are two throwaway acoustic
> numbers. Pigs is probably the best but it still doesnt have much going
> on. Sheep is quite unmemorable. This is Floyd's only proper attempt at
> being a prog band. And they sucked at it. Good they didnt try this
> again.
>
> Going For the One (B+)
> Yes try to get back to the Fragile glory days. Unfortunately for them,
> they had lost momentum by then. They all had solo careers by this time
> and things had probably gone to their heads. Anderson is sounding like
> a new age preacher on this album. Wakeman is very dominant here and
> that results in too much of keyboards for my liking... one big reason
> I hate Genesis. I guess Howe got pushed in the background because his
> solo albums didnt fare as well as Anderson's and Wakeman's. Anyway,
> the problem with this album is none of the songs are A or A+. They are
> all merely good. Awaken is quite boring for its 15 minutes and nowhere
> in the league of Close to the Edge or Gates of Delerium. It is almost
> as tedious as the 4 songs on Tales. But at least the songs on Tales
> were somewhat memorable and ONLY WERE RUINED because of excessive
> padding. Going For the One is the only song on the album that rocks
> but not in a good way at all. Parallels is drenched in organ and gets
> irritating after a while. Wonderous Storries is good but is too poppy
> for my taste. Turn of the Century might be the best song but it could
> have been more succinct. Overall quite disappointing considering this
> almost the same band which Fragile and Close to the Edge.