TS 1976 : Presence vs Technical Ecstasy

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― 57 7th (calstars), Monday, 4 April 2005 13:59 (twenty-one years ago)

the two best album sleeves of the decade, hands-down

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Monday, 4 April 2005 14:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Both Hipignosis.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 4 April 2005 14:27 (twenty-one years ago)

While I usually prefer Sabbth to Zeppelin, I'd say Presence is the stronger album of these two (whereas the Sabs kind've phoned in Technical Ecstasy). "Nobody's Fault But Mine" alone trumps the entirety of Technical Ecstasy.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 4 April 2005 15:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Presence would be many band's best album, that it is a lesser work to Led Zep states how good they were at their peak. "Achilles Last Stand" rawks, there is some crazy interplay between the bass, drums and guitar on that one. "Tea for One" is return to the slow blues of the first couple albums and is one of my favorites. Add in "Nobody's Fault But Mine" and you have a very good album.

Technical Ecstasy isn't as bad as Never Say Die, but it isn't nearly as good as Sabotage. The sound on the last two Sabbath albums is just not there, which is OK as most of the tunes are half written. "Dirty Women" is a good song.

A Bloomington, Indiana band from the mid-90s named Sardina put out an album called Presents which reworked the Prescence album cover. It looked pretty good.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Monday, 4 April 2005 16:07 (twenty-one years ago)

I think there's a drop in quality in both cases from what came before. In LZ's case, I know Robert Plant had that car accident, and Page was doing a lot of heroin, but what's BS's excuse?

― 57 7th (calstars), Monday, 4 April 2005 16:54 (twenty-one years ago)

booze &Ozzy dementia and....Satan.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 4 April 2005 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Technical Ecstasy wasn't a bad album at all... Dirty Women fucking rules...

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 06:38 (twenty-one years ago)

The astonishing thing about 'Presence' -- aside from all that great guitar playing -- is that they made it in 18 days.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 07:58 (twenty-one years ago)

eight years pass...

"Achilles Last Stand" is so amazing.

― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 16:47 (twelve years ago)

Worst album with Ozzy and it still beats Presence.

― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 21:16 (twelve years ago)

Presence for me... it has 'Achilles Last Stand' and 'Nobody's Fault But Mine' on it. Technical Ecstasy has 'Dirty Women' and not a lot else going for it.

― zip-a-dee-doo-dah, motherfucker! (Turrican), Friday, 20 December 2013 22:35 (twelve years ago)

This is a ridiculous question. Achilles is FOR ALL TIME. Nothing else on that record gets close to it and it still doesn't matter because NOTHINg can get close to it period.

― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 22 December 2013 07:03 (twelve years ago)

Lol @ bill

Presence rules

― the whirlwind labeouf, i inhale it (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 22 December 2013 13:21 (twelve years ago)

three years pass...

Every time I hear Achilles I'm convinced all over again that it's their best

― calstars, Monday, 16 October 2017 00:03 (eight years ago)

They're both very much lesser records, and it's boils down to 'Achilles Last Stand' vs 'Dirty Women', and yeah, it's Zeppelin.

― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Monday, 16 October 2017 06:49 (eight years ago)

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