Fist of Doom

Led Zeppelin II: Released October 1969



Personnel:
Robert Plant – lead vocals, harmonica
Jimmy Page – electric and acoustic guitar, backing vocals
John Paul Jones – bass guitar, organ, backing vocals
John Bonham – drums, tympani, backing vocals

Track listing:
Whole Lotta Love (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant)
What Is and What Should Never Be (Page, Plant)
The Lemon Song (Bonham, Burnett, Jones, Page, Plant)
Thank You (Page, Plant)

Heartbreaker (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant)
Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman) (Page, Plant)
Ramble On (Page, Plant)
Moby Dick (Bonham, Jones, Page)
Bring It On Home (Page, Plant, Dixon)


The album that really put Zep on the map - their first #1 album in both the U.S. and the U.K.

Hokeyboy

This album is perfection. Period.

Rypro 525

2nd best album by them imo. The production quality is not the best though

cdollaz

I like this one much better than the first album.

Flashback

Actually very tired of this one. Heartbreak/Living became like Freebird or Stairway in that if I never hear it again no problem. That said, What is ..., Bring It ... and Ramble On are keepers for me.

Mordred

Surprisingly one of my least favorite Zeppelin albums. I can't stand "Living Loving Maid" and I'm tired of "Ramble On". But the rest of the album is very good. "What Is..." and "Bring It on Home" are my favs, and I haven't completely gotten tired of "Heartbreaker" yet. It's still a classic, I just rarely listen to it much.

Supermallet

This album was recorded while on tour and it shows, imo. Looking back on it now, the only songs are really like are the first two and Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid. Moby Dick stops the album dead in its tracks, but by then I've already checked out. Overrated.

Rypro 525

Is that why for the most part, it sounds like shit, production wise? The symbols sound really bad, especially w the 94 remaster. If you want proof, put in II, and start right after the trippy part of Whole Lotta Love

Hokeyboy

Never thought I'd find this much indifference to LZII! It's an album that I should have been sick of years, hell DECADES ago, but the quality holds up in so many ways.

reubs82

Listening to it right now for the first time in a while. Thanks for the reminder! Will be on III tomorrow, I guess...

Falc04

Great album, but they would never again match the excellence of the first album...

Supermallet

I'd rather give a listen to Black Sabbath's debut than this any day (in terms of important heavy metal albums that came out in 1969).

Hokeyboy

Two completely different albums though. BS is a top 10 group for me (and their s/t album is in their Top 3) but it lacks the versatility, range, and musicianship of LZII.

HUG-H

"What Is and What Should Never Be" was always my favorite.

Supermallet

And yet, it's more enjoyable.

DaveWadding

II is one of my favorite albums. Period. Whole Lotta Love is still a facemeltingly awesome track. The whole album is great, but WLL and the 2nd side of the record are Pantheon level awesome. Admittedly, I like Moby Dick as an individual piece, but it does kind of slow the momentum of the side a little more than I would like. IT's not bad enough for me to mark off though. 5/5 on the Zeppelin scale.