MoeFOH's Album of the Week... Week #37

[MoeFOH]

MoeFOH's Album of the Week 🎶

Same as the movie thread, each week we're going to spotlight an album... be it a classic, new release, hidden gem, or outright turd... and open it for discussion: i.e. post up your favourite tracks, clips, lyrics, experiences if you saw live, etc... or dive deeper and give us a critique on why you think it's great, overrated, or a complete train wreck... And finally score it for us...  

All contributors go into a monthly prize draw for a 3-cigar sampler! 

PM me with suggestions if there's an album you want to nominate for next week's discussion. 

 

Week #37: Led Zeppelin II

Wiki says:

Led Zeppelin II is the second studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 22 October 1969 in the United States and on 31 October 1969 in the United Kingdom by Atlantic Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at several locations in both the United Kingdom and North America from January to August 1969. The album's production was credited to the band's lead guitarist and songwriter Jimmy Page, and it was also Led Zeppelin's first album on which Eddie Kramer served as engineer.

The album exhibited the band's evolving musical style of blues-derived material and their guitar riff-based sound. It has been described as the band's heaviest album. Six of the nine songs were written by the band, while the other three were reinterpretations of Chicago blues songs by Willie Dixon and Howlin' Wolf. One single, "Whole Lotta Love", was released outside of the UK (the band would release no UK singles during their career), and peaked as a top-ten single in over a dozen markets around the world.

Led Zeppelin II was a commercial success, and was the band's first album to reach number one on charts in the UK and the US. The album's cover designer David Juniper was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 1970. On 15 November 1999, the album was certified 12× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales passing 12 million copies. Since its release, various writers and music critics have regularly cited Led Zeppelin II as one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time

Over to you...

How do you rate it? 🤔

Thoughts, experiences, memories... post em' up! 

Score it out of 10!  

[MoeFOH]

 

[bassistheplace]

on the Mt Rushmore of Heavy Rock Albums 10/10

[Capn_Jackson]

One of the best works in rock music. I have listened to this album, and their others, countless times for most of my life. The song “Thank You” was even the last dance at our wedding. I’m a Zeppelin enthusiast, and a John Bonham disciple. His drumming on this record is trailblazing! So many great tracks on here.

[Ford2112]

It's a great album. Wore it out as a kid. Heartbreaker was the first Zep song I ever heard. Physical Graffiti was their best to me. Zep 2 is definitely top 5. 9/10 

[JohnS]

I rate it highly. I want to give it 10 out of 10 but I listen to Led Zeppelin IV and Physical Graffiti more because they are masterworks and Presence because it's so artistic (after all, there's no traditional choruses on it). Oh well, it just goes to show how good Led Zeppelin were!

[GaryK 54]

As a bassist, no one influenced me more musically than John Paul Jones. Led Zep II is his magnum opus. The way he connects with Bonham’s bass drum, licks and fills that always land right on the beat… Just a f***ing awesome rhythm section. 

[Doctorossi]

Ah, the brown bomber. One of the most repeat-listenable albums of all time, IMO. Nothing better to wash the dishes to. 10/10 in my book.

[helix]

Led Zeppelin II  was life changing . 11/10 .

[joeypots]

I’m a fan. 10/10

[Capn_Jackson]

18 hours ago, Ford2112 said:

It's a great album. Wore it out as a kid. Heartbreaker was the first Zep song I ever heard. Physical Graffiti was their best to me. Zep 2 is definitely top 5. 9/10 

Physical Graffiti is my favorite rock album, hands down.

[rolaand]

I have an original pressing of this and I always go back and forth between II vs IV as my favorite zeppelin album so obviously 10/10. That reminds me to blast this at 11/10 when the wife is at the office this week

 

On 11/29/2022 at 8:51 PM, GaryK 54 said:

As a bassist, no one influenced me more musically than John Paul Jones. Led Zep II is his magnum opus. The way he connects with Bonham’s bass drum, licks and fills that always land right on the beat… Just a f***ing awesome rhythm section. 

JPJ is so underrated as an overall musician imo. His range across several instruments really "ties the room together" and was the cherry on top to much of Zeppelin's formative works.