Led Zeppelin top "best 1969 album" poll

The first two Led Zeppelin albums beat out the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Who classics in a new reader's poll listing the Top Albums of 1969.

The Top 15 Rolling Stone reader-selected "Best Albums from 1969":
1. Led Zeppelin -- Led Zeppelin
2. Led Zeppelin -- Led Zeppelin II
3. the Beatles -- Abbey Road
4. the Rolling Stones -- Let It Bleed
5. the Who -- Tommy
6. the Velvet Underground -- The Velvet Underground
7. Neil Young with Crazy Horse -- Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
8. the Stooges -- The Stooges
9. the Band -- The Band
10. Bob Dylan -- Nashville Skyline
11. Blind Faith -- Blind Faith
12. the Kinks -- Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)
13. MC5 -- Kick Out The Jams
14. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band -- Trout Mask Replica
15. Sly & the Family Stone -- Stand!

Although Robert Plant has scoped out his future recording plans with Alison Krauss, and John Paul Jones is committed to work with Them Crooked Vultures, Jimmy Page's next move still seems up in the air: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "I love playing and I love playing live. 'Cause y'know my playing is very spontaneous. Y'know... so that's, that's the best vehicle for me; playing live. I don't know when, but at some point in time, it will be ideal to be playing some gigs."