Led Zeppelin II
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Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin II is the second 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 also served as Led Zeppelin's first album to use Eddie Kramer as engineer. Led Zeppelin II 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. - WIKIPEDIA
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RollingStone
12/13/1969 - This is one fucking heavyweight of the album!
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BBC
2007- this second album still rips and roars...
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CoS
6/3/2014 - (Reissue Review) LZII is a document of the band’s technical ability, their musicianship.
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Pitchfork
6/12/2014 - (Reissue Review) the reissue sounds as thrilling as ever.
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Classic Rock Review
1/8/2014 - Zeppelin II makes an immediate impact due to the maturation of Plant’s voice (as well as the overall sound of the band).
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sputnik music
10/16/2005 - Each member of the band contributes to the album, which is why I think it is such a great album.
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ALL MUSIC
Led Zeppelin II provided the blueprint for all the heavy metal bands that followed it.
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Metal Forces
Led Zeppelin II is another rock ’n’ roll humdinger that would lead us into the 1970s where the four-piece would become the biggest thing on the planet.
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paste
6/19/2014 - (Reissue Review) Across the planet, 16-year-old kids are hearing these albums for the first time—in the way they were intended to be heard.
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The Quietus
6/2/2014 - (Reissue Review) the band's versatility is shown off beautifully but it's hard to imagine a completed version, at least by what's hinted at here, ever sitting comfortably on the finished album.
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
So if you can get something out of Zep I, you'll get just as much out of its successor.
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Adrian Denning
this album sends less chills down my spine than the debut.
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Smaulgld
this album smacks of a band fully confident that all is going well and they are entitled to play loud and differently if they want.
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Mark Prindle
I guess the point was to make a really "heavy" album, and I suppose to that end it's successful, but the loss of clarity sucks away a lot of what made the debut so darned memorable.
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Only Solitaire
Plant is already obnoxious, and Page is already satanic, but there's still enough gas left. If you don't count all the rip-offs, of course.
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huber
6/3/2014 - (Reissue Review) there just isn’t enough here on the bonus disc to label this reissue a must-buy.
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immortal reviews
10/26/2017 - Led Zeppelin set new precedents for rock in Led Zeppelin II, focusing on riffs and energy and stepping a bit back from technique.
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Audiophile
7/9/2014 - it rocks rather righteously!
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TREBLE
9/23/2004 - Its amplified blues, unbelievable riffs and powerful swagger make it an album that you just have to make a sneering face and to nod your head.
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