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Music CD - Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin II
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Music CD: Led Zeppelin II
Artist: Led Zeppelin
List Price: $18.98
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Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
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Tracks:
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1. Whole Lotta Love
2. What Is And What Should Never Be
3. The Lemon Song
4. Thank You
5. Heartbreaker
6. Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)
7. Ramble On
8. Moby Dick
9. Bring It On Home
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075678263323
Format: Original recording remastered
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Atlantic / Wea
Release Date: 1994-06-21
Studio: Atlantic / Wea
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Summary: Led Zeppelin
Comment: Led Zeppelin. One of the best rock groups. I now have I II and III. I will keeep on getting more.
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Summary: Love it!
Comment: As a huge LZ fan, this is definetly one of their best. Anyone who is a rock and roll fan in general should own this album.
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Summary: A Juggernaut Classic!!!
Comment: This album is a prime example of why Bonham, Jones, Page, & Plant are legends in the Rock & Roll industry. It has everything a R & R fan could possibly want. A bluesy feel, tight Guitar riffs, solos from the soul, well constructed songs, layers of music, & passionate vocals. For me the true cohesion comes from the rythym section. Bonham's drums drives the band ever forward while JPJones is ethereal on the keyboards & perfect on the bass Guitar. There are no duds on this their Sophmore album.
These are my seven favorites in no particular order. "Heartbreaker," opens with a classic riff. The midsection flows to an improvisational section with a fine Guitar solo. Here the lyrics & music blend easily. I have always liked this one more than the more publized "Whole Lotta Love." "Moby Dick," is a fine instrumental with Bonham's drum midsection carrying it. "Living Loving Maid," is often paired in direct succession with "Heartbreaker." It's an upbeat rocker with a memorable riff & a contagious melody. "The Lemon Song," has one great bass line as JPJones moves smoothly throughout as the crescendo than picks up & takes flight. "What Is And What Should Never Be," is a very different type of song that is hard to classify. I have been told by musicians that this is one of the harder Zeppelin songs to learn. Here the interesting lyrics play as a melodic counterpoint to Plant's vocals. "Ramble On," is the driving other side of the latter song representing moving on from the angst of love. This is one of the most underated of Led Zeppelin's songs. "Thank You," clearly is the bands best ballad until "In Through The Outdoor's All My Love." This one is smooth & brings out the romantic in the listener. This is one of their three best albums. Buy it, you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Puts the Heavy in Metal
Comment: I really don't know how you could critize this album/CD. Possibly you could find some fault with it if you were coming from the perspective of comparing it to the first two Hendrix outings or early Doors but looking at this on a comparative basis to 95 per cent of everything else before or after then you realize just how massive the effect of this work has been. Intense, non-stop over the top talent setting an early bar for this type of music that really has never been eclipsed. Regardless of critisism of where Page got his licks and compositions, he sat in the driver's seat and pushed the pedal to the metal on every track on this one. The overall effect is a major mind attack by one of the top 3 heavy rock bands of all time. If you are young and have never experienced Zeppelin, then you need this one or if you have forgotten what the real deal is, you need this refresher course.
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Summary: just because it's Led Zeppelin doesn't automatically make it fantastic
Comment: Zeppelin's second album is good, but weaker than people will have you believe. You see, radio stations like to try and convince us that it's the second or third best album the band ever made, but that's not true at all. Their very best albums were Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti. This album was also recorded rather poorly, which explains why it sounds severely dated. It does affect the listening experience as well, because all that noise in the middle of "Whole Lotta Love" is hard to sit through. Why anyone could consider that song a classic with all that annoying noise in the middle is beyond me.
I won't knock "What Is and What Should Never Be" because that song IS a classic. The build-up to the loud chorus rules and grabs my attention every time. "The Lemon Song" is another great song. The band was good at the blues. I also love "Thank You" a lot. A beautiful ballad.
The second side has a few weakpoints that simply get old in a hurry. The guitar riff that opens up "Heartbreaker" is nice, but doesn't excite me nearly as much as it did when I first heard it many years ago. The rest of the song passes by harmlessly without really exciting me the entire time. An okay riff, and alright vocals. No more needs to be said about it. "Living Loving Maid" pretty much stinks though. I don't know WHAT the band was thinking putting this song on record. "Ramble On" is even worse. It never really picks up or goes anywhere. I guess it was supposed to copy what "What Is and What Should Never Be" did, but it fails because the vocals never really come together to create a good melody. The long drum solo is pointless and "Bring It on Home" is a decent way to end the album.
No classic, just a nice hard rock album that bands like James Gang, Humble Pie, and Captain Beyond did a LOT better.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Riff rock had been what Jimmy Page's former band, the Yardbirds, were all about, and on Led Zeppelin's second album, released, like its predecessor, in 1969, the inventive guitarist demonstrated that he'd indeed learned his lessons well. Witness "Whole Lotta Love," a woozy epic based on one simple, head-banging-friendly guitar riff. Or the mock-dramatic "Heartbreaker," propelled by far more intricate but similarly effective note squashing. Between Page's sonic wizardry, John Bonham beating his drums into submission ("Moby Dick"), and the juice running down Robert Plant's leg ("The Lemon Song"), Led Zeppelin here just about succeeded in raising rock & roll excess to an art form. --Billy Altman
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