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Great. I'm downloading the album.

De-cano, what a nice little rascal you are!

We like to remember it in Dazed and Confused. Badoona what a song.

It annoys you because over time his beautiful voice has turned into a kind of caricature, a burp that could irritate the eardrums like Brian Johnson from AC/DC. Ah Bon Scott... Good Night.

The cover is beautiful, very 60s, I don’t know the album but I know the Jesus Lizard: a niche band.

Yes, it is, but it's inferior to the first four, so it mathematically belongs to the decline. In '74 (even though it was released in '75, the new tracks were recorded in 1974) Robert Plant's voice was already showing signs of wear; I'm not saying it was awful, but it had certainly become 'lazy'; I remember, among other things, that during that time he gave an interview in which he said he was no longer the best because a Persian guy who called himself Freddie Mercury had developed an even more flexible vocal style, able to transition from powerful passages to falsetto parts so feminine (believe me, he was gay) that it could genuinely sound like a female. In short, Plant was getting older, but it's worth mentioning that he had made his significant piece of history. For me, Physical Graffiti deserves a solid 8.5/10, but the first four in my personal ranking all exceed 9.

Bjork68. I didn't even mention In the Court of the Crimson King (no, it's not immature). Led Zeppelin were on the decline and let me explain why: there’s no comparison between the first four albums and the last four, no matter how interesting and inspired the latter may be. I even like In Through the Out Door, but I can’t certainly say that by that point they were on the rise. If you prefer the last 4 albums (5 with CODA released posthumously), I’m happy for you, but it’s a common notion that Led Zeppelin declined after the legendary and titanic 4th album. Still, one cannot complain about Led Zeppelin; even their worst albums are quite solid. Bands like Genesis in the '80s faded into nothing. This also affected Queen; just listen to the embarrassing Hot Space.

Valentyne Suite is still a green shoot, an innovative collage of pieces for its time, but it was quickly overshadowed by what came a few years later. Tarkus was released in '71, and it was one of the first fully-fledged progressive suites: perhaps it has lost a bit of its luster over the years, but at the time, the impact was devastating; such complex arrangements had never been heard in rock before.

Well, but even Zeppelin with Houses of the Holy were already in decline, even The Who with Quadrophenia were a bit passé,... If anything, Abbey Road is the beginning of the decline phase, but by then the Beatles no longer existed...

No, I believe that from '66 to '69 they were unbeatable, experimental, and melodic at the same time. They marked an era. The bands you mention, OK, were infinitely more technical and powerful, but they were still inexperienced and didn't yet know how to optimally manage their creativity. How many things could Led Zeppelin have improved on their second album? But they were young, and the record made quickly and impulsively remains a masterpiece precisely for this reason. The Beatles had experienced this moment a few years earlier, and thus, having more familiarity with music, they created more ambitious and well-crafted records that could serve as a summation of their past experiences. In my opinion, Abbey Road is all of this.