Led Zeppelin: The Complete Album-By-Album Guide
From the First Album to "Mothership": An Expert Rundown of Every Studio Album, Live Disc and Reissue
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LED ZEPPELIN II (1969)
Highest Chart Position: One
Landmark Tracks: "Whole Lotta Love," "Heartbreaker"
Released a mere nine months after their debut and recorded hit-and-run-style on the road, their follow-up is practically a riff encyclopedia, and the template for hard rock even now. There's still a lot of Chicago blues in here (Willie Dixon and Howlin' Wolf ended up with songwriting credits after lawsuits), but Page's guitar freakout on "Whole Lotta Love" sounds more like Martian blues.
Highest Chart Position: One
Landmark Tracks: "Whole Lotta Love," "Heartbreaker"
Released a mere nine months after their debut and recorded hit-and-run-style on the road, their follow-up is practically a riff encyclopedia, and the template for hard rock even now. There's still a lot of Chicago blues in here (Willie Dixon and Howlin' Wolf ended up with songwriting credits after lawsuits), but Page's guitar freakout on "Whole Lotta Love" sounds more like Martian blues.
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