Led Zeppelin II
1969 studio album by Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin II is the second album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released on October 22, 1969, it was recorded in 1969 in many different studios. The album sounds a lot like the first album with a few hard rock songs and blues covers, but they also did some new things with the love song "Thank You" and the drum solo "Moby Dick". The most famous song from the album is "Whole Lotta Love", the riff is one of the most well known in the rock genre. Guitarist and producer Jimmy Page worked with engineer Eddie Kramer to create many unusual sounds, for example, on "Whole Lotta Love", they used a technique known as backward echoing.
| Led Zeppelin II | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 22 October 1969 | |||
| Recorded | January – August 1969 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 41:24 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Page | |||
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Song listing
change| Side one | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Whole Lotta Love" | Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant | 5:34 | ||||||
| 2. | "What Is and What Should Never Be" | Page, Plant | 4:47 | ||||||
| 3. | "The Lemon Song" | Bonham, Burnett, Jones, Page, Plant | 6:20 | ||||||
| 4. | "Thank You" | Page, Plant | 4:47 | ||||||
| Side two | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Heartbreaker" | Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant | 4:15 | ||||||
| 2. | "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)" | Page, Plant | 2:40 | ||||||
| 3. | "Ramble On" | Page, Plant | 4:35 | ||||||
| 4. | "Moby Dick" | Bonham, Jones, Page | 4:25 | ||||||
| 5. | "Bring It On Home" | Page, Plant, Dixon | 4:19 | ||||||
Sources
change- Jimmy Page's recording techniques Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
Other websites
changeOfficial website Archived 2019-09-30 at the Wayback Machine