Led Zeppelin / Led Zeppelin II
Artist Led Zeppelin
Album Title: Led Zeppelin II
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Rock: Classic Rock
Format CD
Released 10/22/1969
Reissue Date 00/00/1990
Label Atlantic Recording Corporation
Catalog No 19127-2
Bar Code No 0 7567-81526-2 7
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Whole Lotta Love (5:34)
(Page/Bonham and Willie Dixon/Jones/Plant)
2. What Is And What Should Never Be (4:48)
(Page/Plant)
3. The Lemon Song (6:18)
(Page/Bonham and Robert Johnson/Jones/Plant)
4. Thank You (4:47)
(Page/Plant)
5. Heartbreaker (4:13)
(Page/Bonham/Jones/Plant)
6. Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman) (2:39)
(Page/Plant)
7. Ramble On (4:35)
(Page/Plant)
8. Moby Dick (4:20)
(Page/Bonham/Jones)
9. Bring It On Home (4:19)
(Page/Plant and Sonny Boy Williamson)
Date Acquired 06/06/1987
Personal Rating
Acquired from Down In The Valley
Purchase Price 14.00

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Analyzed: Led Zeppelin / Led Zeppelin II
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR11      -0.22 dB   -16.32 dB      5:34 01-Whole Lotta Love
DR11      -1.86 dB   -17.53 dB      4:48 02-What Is and What Should Never Be
DR11      -1.53 dB   -16.03 dB      6:19 03-The Lemon Song
DR11      -4.19 dB   -20.17 dB      4:48 04-Thank You
DR11      -0.85 dB   -15.04 dB      4:14 05-Heartbreaker
DR11      -3.39 dB   -15.74 dB      2:39 06-Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)
DR12      -2.96 dB   -18.35 dB      4:35 07-Ramble On
DR11      -3.37 dB   -17.83 dB      4:21 08-Moby Dick
DR12      -2.90 dB   -17.37 dB      4:20 09-Bring It on Home
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Number of tracks:  9
Official DR value: DR11

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           749 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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.
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