Your Favorite Album Doesn't Have to Be Their Best Album
Dave closes this week with Led Zeppelin's *In Through the Out Door* and a distinction that rankings cannot capture. Wendy, a dear friend, gave Dave the album for Christmas in 1979; after her death in 2021, the record remains inseparable from her and their friendship. A couple of months after receiving it, Dave wandered into his high-school auditorium, found friends Dave and Scott riffing on “In the Evening,” joined them and learned the song. Those memories make the album his Zeppelin record — regardless of which title he might call the band's objective best. The episode ends by asking…
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