So, in a straight comparison between the first album, Led Zeppelin II is something very different. there's still a connection to history - either literally with the cover of the album, or with the obvious and heavy influence of the early blues. but this album shows much more of the future than the past. in the first song alone, there's a few middle minutes that mostly contain spacey sounds and Robert Plant doing moans. something that obviously wasn't constructed or recorded live. and not that it was necessarily something very new to do in the studio, but it seems really clever. and the music is also starting to sound less like classic blues, and more like something that's getting turned in different kinds of directions. Thank You has some synthesizer work that's sounding as mystical as ever. Moby Dick has a pretty outrageous drum solo. and Heartbreaker has a guitar solo shredded from the heavens. not to mention the countless amounts of real 'riff rock' riffs. the songs are mainly pretty beefy; decently sized, loud, sexual references, et cetera. it was actually recorded and mixed at different studios not only in England but also in the United States and Canada while they were on tour most of the year. writing and recording an album and touring at the same time: crazy.
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