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  • Release Date: 06/21/1994
  • Original Release: 1969
  • Sales Rank: 6,818
  • Label: ATLANTIC / WEA
  • UPC: 075678263323

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Led Zeppelin II

1LISTENWhole Lotta Love 5:35
2LISTENWhat Is and What Should Never Be 4:45
3LISTENThe Lemon Song 6:19
4LISTENThank You 4:49
5LISTENHeartbreaker 4:14
6LISTENLiving Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman) 2:39
7LISTENRamble On 4:24
8LISTENMoby Dick 4:20
9LISTENBring It on Home 4:21

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Recorded quickly during Led Zeppelin's first American tours, Led Zeppelin II provided the blueprint for all the heavy metal bands that followed it. Since the group could only enter the studio for brief amounts of time, most of the songs that compose II are reworked blues and rock & roll standards that the band was performing on-stage at the time. Not only did the short amount of time result in a lack of original material, it made the sound more direct. Jimmy Page still provided layers of guitar overdubs, but the overall sound of the album is heavy and hard, brutal and direct. "Whole Lotta Love," "The Lemon Song," and "Bring It on Home" are all based on classic blues songs -- only, the riffs are simpler and louder and each song has an extended section for instrumental solos. Of the remaining six songs, two sport light acoustic touches ("Thank You," "Ramble On"), but the other four are straight-ahead heavy rock that follows the formula of the revamped blues songs. While Led Zeppelin II doesn't have the eclecticism of the group's debut, it's arguably more influential. After all, nearly every one of the hundreds of Zeppelin imitators used this record, with its lack of dynamics and its pummeling riffs, as a blueprint. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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Led Zeppelin at their best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!by hardrockfan1

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February 07, 2009: Wow! this album rocks your socks off! Everyone always says that the best Zeppelin album is the untitled fourth one. But 2 makes 4 seam like garbage (not that 4 is any bad, it's one of my favorites albums). I mean geeze, Whole lotta love, Ramble on , heartbreaker, they are some of the best rock songs of all time. And john bonham's drum solo in Moby Dick is going to blow you away. BUY LED ZEPPELIN 2

I Also Recommend: Live in the Classic City, Superunknown, Led Zeppelin, Presence, Pearl Jam.

Important in establishing the Zeppelin soundby Anonymous

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July 27, 2008: This album seems like a sequel to I of sorts &quot not counting the fact that there are four albums with a roman numeral as its title&quot . It picks up the blues that the first had, and leaves some of the other influences behind &quot the middle-eastern Black Mountain Side and the long improvisation of How Many More Times&quot . Whole Lotta Love's theremin is awesome &quot especially if you check out the BBC Sessions and Earl's Court 5/24 performance&quot , and was a vehicle to perform other blues standards in place of that solo. What Is and What Should Never Be has a swagger not seen before. The Lemon Song showcases Robert Plant's ethereal style of singing without overshadowing the band. Thank You is the band evolving into new territory &quot Page claims this is the song that proved to him that Plant could write&quot . Heartbreaker is another blues tribute. Ramble On is a precursor to IV. Living Loving Maid is still a fun B-side. And Bring It On Home &quot this is the superior version&quot closes out the album nicely. The only dud is Moby Dick &quot which sounds better live&quot . If you want a better drum solo by Bonzo, see Coda's Bonzo's Montreaux.


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