LED ZEPPELIN — Led Zeppelin II (review)

LED ZEPPELIN — Led Zeppelin II album cover Album · 1969 · Hard Rock Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
Warthur
The second Zeppelin album sees the band still rooted in their Blues inspirations - the opening to Bring It On Home is a straight cover of the original before the rock kicks in - and they haven't really advanced their sound a whole lot since the first one, bar that the songs seem to embrace straight up rock a bit more and break out the blues a bit less. In particular, Jimmy Page's guitar sound still hasn't quite hit its peak, and isn't really very metallic - you can hear crunchier, more muscular, more classically metallic guitar playing on the Stooges' first album, which was recorded a bit before this one. And Moby Dick would be a much tighter song without Bonham's unnecessary, overlong and uninspired drum solo. But still, Whole Lotta Love is a whole lotta fun. Three stars.
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