Led Zeppelin II sees the greatest band of all time expanding on the crushing heavy blues of their debut. This was the album that turned Jimmy Page's 1968 one-album studio supergroup (Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham & John Paul Jones) into a bone fide stadium act, topping the US album charts ... Read review
Zeppelin's second album, released, like its predecessor, in 1969, the inventive guitarist demonstrated that he'd indeed learned his lessons well. Witness "Whole ...
A review by pinkmatchstick on Led Zeppelin II (Vinyl Replica Edition) [Digipak] [Remastered] - Led Zeppelin April 21st, 2007
Author's product rating:
Originality
Definitely a cut above the rest
Lyrics
Standard
Quality and consistency of tracks
Flawless
How does it compare to the artist's other releases
Outstanding
Value for Money
Excellent
Advantages:
Classic rock
Disadvantages:
Thank You
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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Led Zeppelin II sees the greatest band of all time expanding on the crushing heavy blues of their debut. This was the album that turned Jimmy Page's 1968 one-album studio supergroup (Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham & John Paul Jones) into a bone fide stadium act, topping the US album charts and setting them on course to become the most revered, and yes sometimes the most reviled, hard rock act in music history. Whilst of course still relying heavily on the blues that made up much of their debut, a spacier sound on many of these tracks increases their appeal greatly. Mind you before the sound gets too spacey Page lets rip another power chord to bring things back into line.
Whilst overall this is one of the very best albums in the genre, it does have a slightly strange running order. The crush of Whole Lotta Love nestles uneasily next to the meandering bass of What Is And What Should Never Be; John Bonham's worship at the altar of skin Moby Dick sits with the heavy pop of Ramble On; the insipid Thank You leads into the hoary thud of of Heartbreaker. The band were touring all over at the time with the result that tracks were recorded in studios on both sides of the Atlantic. Hence the different sound and atmosphere herewith.
Whole Lotta Love, the best known song here, a straight, albeit powered up, rip of Willie Dixon's "You Need Love" showcases this band in their classic posture of taking one riff and expanding out on it. The famous Middle Section with its cymbal keeping time and Plant's vocals coming in and out of the mix turns this from A.N. Other rock song into a timeless classic. What Is And What Should Never Be starts with said meandering bass before exploding into life as Page delivers power chords before settling back into the kind of light / heavy song that was this band's trademark. The Lemon Song, an updated take on Howling Wolf's "Killing Floor" has John Paul Jones putting down an astonishing wandering bass whilst Robert Plant pleads for his woman to "squeeze me baby, till the juice runs down my leg" well of course his lemon is his testicles, hey hey! Again alternate fast and slow sections on this take.
Well the one track that lets down an otherwise textbook example of how to make hard rock music is the pitiful "Thank You", a rather limp Plant love song written for his wife. "inspiration’s what you are to me, let me kiss the rain, we shall no pain la la la la la" etc etc, all coming from the pen of the man with the biggest libido in rock. JPJ throws in an amusing coda with a jarring organ sound. 26 years later this song was bizarrely covered by Duran Duran of all people, who named their album after it. You couldn't make it up. Heartbreaker with its chilling swing beat - typical of much late 1960's "heavy music" - brings the album back to life. Page jars things to a stop with his 1-2 1-2 1-2 guitar line along the way. The heavier pop sound of Living Loving Maid sees Plant tell the tale of a groupie who followed the band everywhere and I get the feeling Zeppelin were having a ball with this song, just enjoying playing it.
Ramble On has a lighter feel with its acoustic intro before Page again leads the band into a harder sound. Plant's vocals are excellent on this track. Moby Dick starts off with a good hard R&B groove, probably something the band got from just jamming in the studio, before Bonzo takes over with what was to become his trademark drum solo. In those days any band worth their salt had a drummer who did a solo, and here he is pretty much left to get on with it. A drummer friend of mine says if you are going to do a solo this is how to do it. So I guess he would know. On the studio version it's 4.20 long but live Bonham was known to stretch this out to nearly half an hour when the mood took him. Bring It On Home does just that, it's another light / heavy tune with some strange slurred singing and harmonica to finish.
LZII overall is a powerful set of songs yet interesting enough to hear over and over again, and along with their debut and the later 1973 Houses Of The Holy remains my favourite album of theirs. Anyone wanting to take up guitar and play rock music could do no worse than pick this up and hear how it's done. Pretty much essential rock music - 5 stars no question, even with Thank You.
Advantages: Heaven is a Jimmy Page solo. The lryics are something else, political correctness be damned Disadvantages: Only nine tracks and forty minutes. I don't like drum solo's much
Led Zeppelin II was released on October 22, 1969, around the same time as the Beatles' 'Abbey Road' and represented a seamless changing of the old guard to the new driving force in music with this, their follow-up to their debut album, Led Zeppelin. With this album, the band distanced themselves ever so slightly from their blues roots, and adopted a more mainstream, commercial style, though slightly more raucous than anything else out there. That ... ...uncharacteristic piece of music for Led Zeppelin. The song is peppy and upbeat, almost "light", which is very unusual for the 'kings of heavy'. It's a song about a woman who sleeps around and uses the men in her life.
"Alimony, alimony payin' your bills,"
"Livin', lovin', she's just a woman."
"When your conscience hits you, knock it back with pills."
"Livin', lovin', she's just a woman."
A short but sweet classic.
7. Ramble On
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29.08.2001
led zeppelin 2 Review ofLed Zeppelin II (Vinyl Replica Edition) [Digipak] [Remastered] - Led Zeppelinby
zedavies
Advantages: one of the greatesr rock n roll albums ever Disadvantages: none
This is the second led zeppelin album and was released on 22nd of October 1969 under Atlantic records. In my opinion this is the best album they have done before I start talking about the album I will give you a little information about the band. Formed in the summer of 1968 led zeppelin consisted of the following members...
Vocals-Robert plant
Guitar-jimmy page
Bass guitar- john Paul Jones
Drums-john Bonham
jimmy page was the member that put ... ...yard birds and then becomes led zeppelin. The name come from the who drummer Keith moon who was asked how he thought the band would do and replied "they'll go down like a led zeppelin" and the rest as they say was history.
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1. Whole lotta love (10/10)
One of there most famous songs also containing there most famous riff, the riff is excellent and instantly recognisable as it was used as the intro to top of the pops for many years ...
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25.10.2004
Sublime Rock Review ofLed Zeppelin II (Vinyl Replica Edition) [Digipak] [Remastered] - Led Zeppelinby
polydeuces
Advantages: Brilliant musicinaship and trcaks Disadvantages: None
...to propose a vote for Led Zeppelins’ Whole Lotta Love’.
Used for many years as the intro music for BBCs Top Of The Pops this is one of the greatest songs of all time. After these the monopoly would still seem to be with Led Zep think Rock’n’Roll or Kashmir.
It comes from the bands second album somewhat unoriginally titled Led Zeppelin 2. I was still at school when Led Zeppelin burst onto the scene and for years I was hooked ... ...This cannot be said of Led Zeppelin 2 though. Whole Lotta Love is worth the price of the album alone and defined them as the greatest exponents of guitar rock’n’roll. However they did not confine themselves to making albums filled with rock and each album had blues and melodic soft rock as well.
Whole Lotta Love is no soft song though and is a song about sex. It is erotic rock aimed at seducing the listener. The lyrics and vocals spell ...
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Advantages: It's stunningly good Disadvantages: None
...back to the Sixties, when Led Zeppelin - so named because an early critic predicted (wrongly) that they would "fall like a Lead Zeppelin" - were about to release their second album - the debatably correctly titled "Led Zeppelin 2".
My friend Henry introduced me to this album about two months ago, and since then it has barely left my CD player. It starts brilliantly, with the majestic "Whole Lotta Love", which features such lyrical gems as "Swing ... ...the lemon, of course - and the triumphant Moby Dick.
All in all, it's a stunning album. If you think IV is good, you'll be amazed by this, which is, in my opinion, Led Zepp's best album. As has been said many times, music would be different without them. ...
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17.01.2001
The greatest album ever made Review ofLed Zeppelin II (Vinyl Replica Edition) [Digipak] [Remastered] - Led Zeppelinby
bigdoug
Advantages: Every track a gift Disadvantages: n/a
Everybody knows Led Zeppelin as one of the best rock 'n roll bands ever. And, in my opinion, Led Zeppelin II is one of the best albums ever made. It has the popular rockers like "Heartbreaker" and "Whole Lotta Love," but probably my favorite song is "Bring it on Home" (last track of the album). This song is just amazing. When I bought the album (when i was 13) I just wanted to hear the popular stuff, but "Bring it on Home" truly made me a Zephead. ...
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Led Zeppelin II (Vinyl Replica Edition) [Digipak] [Remastered] - Led Zeppelin
Product details
Title: Led Zeppelin II (Vinyl Replica Edition) [Digipak] [Remastered]
Performer: Led Zeppelin
Genre: Rock & Pop
Sub Genre: Hard Rock
Release Date: 29/10/2007
Recomended Retail Price: 10.99 GBP
Original Release Year: 1969
Label / Distributor: Rhino / Cinram Logistics
Producer: Jimmy Page
Pieces in Set: 1
Studio / Live: Studio
Stereo: Stereo
Format: Performer
EAN: 75678263354
Catalogue Number: 7567826335
SPAR code: AAD
Additional notes
Album Notes: Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica); Jimmy Page (acoustic, electric & pedal steel guitar, background vocals); John Paul Jones (organ, bass, background vocals); John Bonham (drums, tympani, background vocals). Recorded in London, England and New York, New York in 1969. From the first grinding notes of the famous vamp that introduces "Whole Lotta Love," LED ZEPPELIN II announces for all to hear that they are the definitive hard rock band of their generation. But before the listener can even settle into the groove, things takes a hard left turn into a spacey new rhythm, exotically flavored by Page's droning feedback and innovative use of a violin bow. By tune's end, Zeppelin has repeatedly toyed with the listener's expectations. This subversive quality distinguishes most of the arrangements on LED ZEPPELIN II, as in the soft/hard dynamic shifts of "What Is And What Should Never Be," the gospelish mood of "Thank You," the rocking vamps and funk rhythms of "Heartbreaker" and "Living Loving Maid," and the country music echoes of "Ramble On." And in their appropriations of source materials from Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, and Sonny Boy Williamson, Page and company continued to mine the rich vein of the blues.
Album Reviews: Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.114) - Ranked #75 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "This album opens with one of the most exhilarating guitar riffs in rock & roll..." Rolling Stone (12/13/69, p.50) - "...'Whole Lotta Love'...has to be the heaviest thing I've run across....The album ends with a far-out blues number called 'Bring It On Home', during which Rob contributes some very convincing moaning and harp-playing..." Spin (12/03, p.122) - "...It's not heavy metal, but it's a damn fine blueprint..." Q (8/00, p.126) - Included in Q's "Best Metal Albums Of All Time" Q (6/00, p.75) - Ranked #37 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...A chugging monster, derailed into a lengthy free-form ju-ju freak-out. Then 'The Lemon Song' reverts to straight-ahead blues-rock pastiche..."
Titles on disc 1
1.: Whole Lotta Love
2.: What Is And What Should Never Be
3.: Lemon Song
4.: Thank You
5.: Heartbreaker
6.: Livin' Lovin' Maid (She's Just A Woman)
7.: Ramble On
8.: Moby Dick
9.: Bring It On Home
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