TS 1976 : Presence vs Technical Ecstasy

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― 57 7th (calstars), Monday, 4 April 2005 13:59 (nineteen years ago) link

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

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Monday, 4 April 2005 14:21 (nineteen years ago) link

Both Hipignosis.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 4 April 2005 14:27 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

booze &Ozzy dementia and....Satan.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 4 April 2005 16:55 (nineteen years ago) link

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

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 06:38 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

eight years pass...

"Achilles Last Stand" is so amazing.

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

Worst album with Ozzy and it still beats Presence.

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

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 (ten years ago) link

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 (ten years ago) link

Lol @ bill

Presence rules

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

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 (six years ago) link

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 (six years ago) link

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