Led Zeppelin II

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
Studio album by Led Zeppelin
Released	22 October 1969
Recorded	January – August 1969
Genre	Hard rock, blues rock, heavy metal
Length	41:24
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Jimmy Page
Led Zeppelin chronology
Led Zeppelin (1969) Led Zeppelin II (1969) Led Zeppelin III (1970)

Song listing

Side one
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
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

• Jimmy Page's recording techniques Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine

Other websites

Official website Archived 2019-09-30 at the Wayback Machine