54-561: [REDACTED] Look up lala or Lala in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lala or La La may refer to: Geography [ edit ] Lala language (disambiguation) Places [ edit ] Lala (Naples Metro) , an underground metro station in Naples, Italy Lala, Assam , a town in Assam, India Lala, Ilam ,
108-461: A 2021 song by Alicia Keys " L.A. Love (La La) ", a 2014 song by Fergie "L.A., L.A." (song) , a song by Capone-N-Noreaga featuring Mobb Deep and Tragedy Khadafi "Lala", song by The Obsessives "La La", an instrumental by Led Zeppelin, first released in the 2014 deluxe edition of their 1969 album Led Zeppelin II "La La", a song by Lil Wayne from his 2008 album Tha Carter III "La La",
162-413: A 2021 song by Alicia Keys " L.A. Love (La La) ", a 2014 song by Fergie "L.A., L.A." (song) , a song by Capone-N-Noreaga featuring Mobb Deep and Tragedy Khadafi "Lala", song by The Obsessives "La La", an instrumental by Led Zeppelin, first released in the 2014 deluxe edition of their 1969 album Led Zeppelin II "La La", a song by Lil Wayne from his 2008 album Tha Carter III "La La",
216-589: A Bantu ethnic group found in the Serenje District of the Central Province of Zambia Lala (title) a Turkish title meaning tutor Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha (c. 1500-1580), Ottoman general and Grand Vizier Lala Shahin Pasha (1330-after 1388), Ottoman governor Fictional characters [ edit ] Lala, the title character of Fancy Lala , a 1998 anime series Lala Hagoromo,
270-403: A Bantu ethnic group found in the Serenje District of the Central Province of Zambia Lala (title) a Turkish title meaning tutor Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha (c. 1500-1580), Ottoman general and Grand Vizier Lala Shahin Pasha (1330-after 1388), Ottoman governor Fictional characters [ edit ] Lala, the title character of Fancy Lala , a 1998 anime series Lala Hagoromo,
324-600: A Japanese manga magazine LALA FC , a football club from Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela The La La's , a set of internationally renowned vineyards in the Cote-Rotie wine region of France Music [ edit ] La la (music) , a style of Louisianan Creole music Albums [ edit ] L.A. L.A. (album) , a retrospective album by Stiv Bators and also the name of a song by the artist Songs [ edit ] "La La" (Ashlee Simpson song) , 2004 "Lala" (Myke Towers song) , 2023 " Lala (Unlocked) ",
378-541: A Japanese manga magazine LALA FC , a football club from Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela The La La's , a set of internationally renowned vineyards in the Cote-Rotie wine region of France Music [ edit ] La la (music) , a style of Louisianan Creole music Albums [ edit ] L.A. L.A. (album) , a retrospective album by Stiv Bators and also the name of a song by the artist Songs [ edit ] "La La" (Ashlee Simpson song) , 2004 "Lala" (Myke Towers song) , 2023 " Lala (Unlocked) ",
432-529: A character of Japanese anime Star Twinkle Precure Lala Satalin Deviluke , the main female character in To Love-Ru Lala or Lara Doucette, the main female character on the video podcast Tiki Bar TV Brands and enterprises [ edit ] Lala (website) , a former online music store, originally a web-based CD trading community Grupo Lala , a Mexican dairy company LaLa ,
486-410: A character of Japanese anime Star Twinkle Precure Lala Satalin Deviluke , the main female character in To Love-Ru Lala or Lara Doucette, the main female character on the video podcast Tiki Bar TV Brands and enterprises [ edit ] Lala (website) , a former online music store, originally a web-based CD trading community Grupo Lala , a Mexican dairy company LaLa ,
540-552: A shorter version on 45. The single's B-side , " Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman) ", also hit the Billboard chart, peaking at No. 65 in April 1970. The album helped establish Led Zeppelin as an international concert attraction, and for the next year, the group continued to tour relentlessly, initially performing in clubs and ballrooms, then in larger auditoriums and eventually stadiums as their popularity grew. Led Zeppelin II
594-412: A showcase for Bonham's drum solo. A previous drum showpiece featured a different arrangement called "Pat's Delight" (after his wife). Moby Dick is in drop D tuning and features a variety of drums and percussive instruments played with bare hands as well as drumsticks. It was a regular part of Led Zeppelin's live show, developing to include additional percussion and electronic drums. " Bring It On Home "
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#1732772351345648-612: A song by Teairra Marí from her 2005 album Teairra Marí "The La La Song", a 2003 song by Marilyn Manson "LA LA", a song by Ski Mask the Slump God from his 2018 album Stokeley "L.A. L.A.", single by Stiv Bators from L.A. L.A. Other uses [ edit ] Hurricane Lala , in the 1984 Pacific hurricane season Lala (Chinese slang) , a Chinese slang term for lesbian (non-derogatory) See also [ edit ] Laal (disambiguation) Lal (disambiguation) Lalan (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
702-555: A song by Teairra Marí from her 2005 album Teairra Marí "The La La Song", a 2003 song by Marilyn Manson "LA LA", a song by Ski Mask the Slump God from his 2018 album Stokeley "L.A. L.A.", single by Stiv Bators from L.A. L.A. Other uses [ edit ] Hurricane Lala , in the 1984 Pacific hurricane season Lala (Chinese slang) , a Chinese slang term for lesbian (non-derogatory) See also [ edit ] Laal (disambiguation) Lal (disambiguation) Lalan (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
756-431: A standard CD edition, a deluxe two-CD edition, a standard LP version, a deluxe two-LP version, a super deluxe two-CD plus two-LP version with a hardback book, and as high-resolution, 24-bit/96k digital downloads. The deluxe and super deluxe editions feature bonus material containing alternative takes, backing tracks and the previously unreleased instrumental, "La La". The reissue was released with an altered colour version of
810-803: A town in Assam, India Lala, Ilam , a village in Ilam Province, Iran Lala, Lanao del Norte , a municipality in the Philippines Lala, Mazandaran , a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran Lala, Pakistan , a village in Punjab Province Lala River (disambiguation) Lala, Lebanon , village in the Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon People [ edit ] Lala (given name) Lala (nickname) Lala (surname) Lala people ,
864-415: A village in Ilam Province, Iran Lala, Lanao del Norte , a municipality in the Philippines Lala, Mazandaran , a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran Lala, Pakistan , a village in Punjab Province Lala River (disambiguation) Lala, Lebanon , village in the Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon People [ edit ] Lala (given name) Lala (nickname) Lala (surname) Lala people ,
918-448: Is French actress Delphine Seyrig in her role as Marie-Madeleine in the film Mr. Freedom , a leftist anti-war satire by William Klein . The cover also pictured the outline of a Zeppelin on a brown background (similar to the cover of the band's first album ), which gave the album its nickname "Brown Bomber". The album was released on 22 October 1969 on Atlantic Records , with advance orders of 400,000 copies. The advertising campaign
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1026-737: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages 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
1080-400: Is going bananas, is a combination of Jimmy and myself just flying around on a small console twiddling every knob known to man." Kramer later gave great credit to Page for the sound that was achieved, despite the inconsistent conditions in which it was recorded: "We cut some of the tracks in some of the most bizarre studios you can imagine ... but in the end it sounded bloody marvellous ... there
1134-455: The 500 greatest albums of all time , 79 in a 2012 revised list, and 123 in a 2020 revised list. The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . (*) designates unordered lists. Along with the group's self-titled debut album and their third album, Led Zeppelin III , the album was remastered and reissued on 2 June 2014. The reissue comes in six formats:
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#17327723513451188-467: The US. The group disliked the track, considering it to be little more than filler, and consequently it was never played live by the group. Plant performed the track live on his 1990 solo tour. " Ramble On " was written by Plant. The lyrics were inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien , and similar themes appeared on subsequent Led Zeppelin albums. The track made good use of dynamics, moving from a quiet acoustic guitar in
1242-456: The album No. 5 on its list of The 25 Greatest Albums of All Time . In 1990, CD Review ranked it sixth on their list of top 50 CDs for starting a "pop/rock" library; an accompanying blurb described the album as "white boy blues with a hard rock edge". In 2000, Q magazine placed Led Zeppelin II at number 37 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever . In 2003, the album was ranked number 75 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of
1296-540: The album had achieved "staggering" sales, as a hard rock record it was considered unsuitable for North American Top 40 radio stations, who were "dreary and detached from the mainstream of contemporary rock music". The album also yielded Led Zeppelin's biggest hit, " Whole Lotta Love ". This song reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1970, after Atlantic went against the group's wishes by releasing
1350-463: The album helped itself get back into the Billboard Top 10 when it got to No. 9. Led Zeppelin II has since been regarded as the quintessential hard rock and heavy metal album. AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine said it "provided the blueprint for all the heavy metal bands that followed it". While crediting the band for essentially inventing metal, Tom Hull said that, after
1404-569: The album was certified 12× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales reaching 12 million copies in the US. Since its release, various writers and music critics have cited Led Zeppelin II as one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time. Led Zeppelin II was conceived during a busy period of Led Zeppelin's career from January through August 1969, when they completed four European and three American concert tours . Each song
1458-440: The band as "the best of the wah-wah mannerist groups, so dirty they drool on demand", while complaining that "all the songs sound alike", before assigning the album a "B" grade. He nonetheless conceded in 1970 that "Led Zeppelin simply out-heavied everyone" the previous year, "pitting Jimmy Page's repeated low-register fuzz riffs against the untiring freak intensity of Robert Plant's vocal. This trademark has only emerged clearly on
1512-401: The bonus disc's "intriguing insight" into the original record's creation. In Rolling Stone , David Fricke wrote, "the alternate takes highlight Robert Plant's ripening vocal poise and, in a rough mix of 'Ramble On', the decisive, melodic force of John Paul Jones' bass and John Bonham's drumming." "As a two-disc set", Consequence of Sound ' s Michael Madden wrote, "this reissue is both
1566-411: The definitive heavy metal tracks, though the group have never considered themselves to fit that specific style. " What Is and What Should Never Be " was primarily written by Plant. It features a variety of dynamics during the track, along with flanged vocals and wide-panned stereo guitars. " The Lemon Song " was a re-arrangement of Howlin' Wolf 's " Killing Floor ", which had become a regular part of
1620-551: The desk. The song was edited down to a single in the US, where it became a top 5 hit. In the UK, a single release was cancelled; the group never issued any singles there during their active career together. It was finally issued as a single in 1997. A mainly instrumental version of the song was recorded by CCS and was used as the theme tune to the BBC TV show Top of the Pops , ensuring it
1674-497: The first album had declared their musical ambition, "the second honed it down to a singular entity, a sound", with subsequent albums expanding on it in "sophisticated, subtler, often quite intelligent" ways, but still indebted to "the basic dumbness" of II – "dumb not in the sense of stupid but of non-speaking. Lyrics are there of course, but as an integral part of the music, a music better appropriated tactilely, through incoherent sensation, than intellectually, literarily." The album
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1728-517: The group's live show during 1969. It was mostly recorded live and expanded to include new lyrics, including the sexually-charged phrase "squeeze my lemon" which was borrowed from Robert Johnson 's " Travelling Riverside Blues ", which the band had played for the BBC radio show Top Gear broadcast on 29 June 1969. " Thank You " was written by Plant as a love song to his wife, Maureen. Page played twelve-string guitar and Jones played Hammond organ on
1782-535: The lyrics were taken directly from Willie Dixon 's " You Need Love ", which led to the group being sued for plagiarism, eventually settling out of court. The arrangement also resembles the Small Faces track " You Need Loving ". With basic tracks recorded on Page's houseboat, the middle section of the song contained a variety of overdubbed instruments and vocals which were mixed live by Page and Kramer, making full use of stereo panning and other controls available on
1836-572: The metal genre, where the guitar-based riff (rather than vocal chorus or verses ) defines the song and provides the key hook. Such arrangements and emphasis were at the time atypical in popular music. Page's guitar solo in "Heartbreaker" was an influence on later renowned guitarists Eddie Van Halen , as inspiration for his two-handed tapping technique, and Steve Vai . Since its initial critical reception, Led Zeppelin II has earned several accolades from music publications, being ranked on critics' "best album" lists. In 1989, Spin magazine ranked
1890-494: The opening, to a variety of overdubbed electric guitars towards the end. It was never performed live by Led Zeppelin during their main career, but Plant has performed the song regularly on solo tours, and it was part of Page and Plant's live set in the mid-1990s. It was finally performed live for the first time by Led Zeppelin at the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert in 2007. " Moby Dick " was designed as
1944-423: The original album's artwork as its bonus disc's cover. The reissue was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic , which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 95, based on 10 reviews. Pitchfork journalist Mark Richardson said, "the reissue sounds as thrilling as ever", while Julian Marszalek of The Quietus noted
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2106-469: The second album, and more and more I am coming to understand it as an artistic triumph." On 10 November 1969, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America and in 1990 it was certified 5× platinum reflecting shipping of five million copies. By 14 November 1999, Led Zeppelin II had shipped twelve million copies and was certified 12× platinum by the RIAA. The 2014 reissue of
2160-798: The studio. Recording sessions for the album took place at a wide variety of studios in the UK and US, including Olympic and Morgan Studios in London, England; A&M , Quantum, Sunset , Mirror Sound and Mystic Studios in Los Angeles; Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee ; A&R , Juggy Sound, Groove and Mayfair Studios in New York City; and R&D Studios. Some of these were ill-equipped, leading to one Vancouver studio, which had an 8-track set-up without even proper headphone facilities, being credited as "a hut". A more favourable set-up
2214-637: The top spot, where it remained for seven weeks. By April 1970 it had registered three million American sales, whilst in Britain it enjoyed a 138-week residence on the LP chart, climbing to the top spot in February 1970. Meanwhile, the album reached the top spot in other 5 national albums charts (including Canadian, Australian and Spanish albums charts). In November Ritchie Yorke reported in Billboard that while
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2268-405: The track. " Heartbreaker " was mostly written by Page as a showcase for his guitar skills, including an unaccompanied solo in the middle of the song. It quickly became a live favourite, being performed regularly from October 1969 onwards, and throughout the group's career. " Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman) " was purported to be written about a groupie the band encountered while touring
2322-471: Was Mystic Studios in Hollywood , Los Angeles with Chris Huston engineering. Lead singer Robert Plant later complained that the writing, recording, and mixing sessions were done in many different locations, and criticised the writing and recording process. " Thank You ", " The Lemon Song " and " Moby Dick " were overdubbed during the tour, while the mixing of " Whole Lotta Love " and " Heartbreaker "
2376-415: Was a cover of a Willie Dixon song originally performed by Sonny Boy Williamson II . Led Zeppelin's arrangement includes a faster middle section in addition to the straightforward blues structure of the original. It was played live regularly throughout late 1969 and 1970. The album sleeve design was from a poster by David Juniper, who was simply told by the band to come up with an interesting idea. Juniper
2430-739: Was a fellow student of Page's at Sutton Art College in Surrey. Juniper's design was based on a photograph of the Jagdstaffel 11 Division of the German Air Force during World War I, the Flying Circus led by the Red Baron . Juniper replaced four of the flyers' heads with photos of the band members, added facial hair and sunglasses to some of the flyers' faces or replaced some with the faces of other people. The blonde-haired woman
2484-408: Was also done on tour. Page later stated, "In other words, some of the material came out of rehearsing for the next tour and getting new material together." Page and Kramer spent two days mixing the album at A&R Studios, and the album's production was entirely credited to Jimmy Page, with Eddie Kramer engineering. Kramer was quoted as saying, "The famous Whole Lotta Love mix, where everything
2538-484: Was built around the slogans 'Led Zeppelin – The Only Way to Fly' and 'Led Zeppelin II Now Flying'. In the United States, some commercially duplicated reel-to-reel copies of Led Zeppelin II made by Ampex bore the title Led Zeppelin II – The Only Way to Fly on their spine. Commercially, Led Zeppelin II was the band's first album to hit No. 1 in the US, knocking The Beatles ' Abbey Road (1969) twice from
2592-520: Was credited to the band's lead guitarist and songwriter Jimmy Page , and it was also Led Zeppelin's first album on which Eddie Kramer served as engineer. The album 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. Six of the nine songs were written by the band, while the other three were reinterpretations of Chicago blues songs by Willie Dixon and Howlin' Wolf . One single, " Whole Lotta Love ",
2646-497: Was described as a "brilliant if heavy-handed blues-rock offensive", by popular music scholar Ronald Zalkind. According to Robert Santelli's The Big Book of Blues: A Biographical Encyclopedia (2001), Led Zeppelin "had already begun to move beyond its blues-rock influences, venturing into previously unexplored hard-rock territories". Blues-derived songs like "Whole Lotta Love", "Heartbreaker", "The Lemon Song", "Moby Dick", and "Bring It On Home" have been seen as representing standards of
2700-441: Was not well-received by contemporary music critics. John Mendelsohn wrote a negative review of the record for Rolling Stone , in which he mocked the group's heavy sound and white blues, while writing that "until you've listened to the album eight hundred times, as I have, it seems as if it's just one especially heavy song extended over the space of two whole sides". In The Village Voice , Robert Christgau jokingly referred to
2754-418: Was one guy in charge and that was Mr. Page." The finished tracks reflect the evolving sound of the band and their live performances. Plant had his first songwriting credits on Led Zeppelin II ; he had been unable to have his contributions to the writing process credited for the first album because of a prior contract with CBS Records . " Whole Lotta Love " was built around a five-note Page riff. Parts of
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#17327723513452808-426: Was released outside of the UK (the band would release no UK singles during their career), and peaked as a top-ten single in over a dozen markets around the world. Led Zeppelin II was a commercial success, and was the band's first album to reach number one on charts in the UK and the US. The album's cover designer David Juniper was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 1970. On 15 November 1999,
2862-476: Was separately recorded, mixed and produced at various studios in the UK and North America. The album was written on tour, during periods of a couple of hours in between concerts, a studio was booked and the recording process begun, necessarily resulting in spontaneity and urgency, which is reflected in the sound. Several songs resulted from improvisation while touring, including during the instrumental sections of " Dazed and Confused ", and were recorded mostly live in
2916-590: Was well known by virtually everyone in Britain. Led Zeppelin performed "Whole Lotta Love" at every gig from June 1969 onwards. It was the closing number of their live shows between 1970 and 1973, often extended to incorporate a rock'n'roll medley towards the end of the set. A different arrangement of the song was played for the Knebworth Fayre concerts in 1979. It was the last song the group ever performed live with drummer John Bonham , on 7 July 1980. "Whole Lotta Love" has since been critically praised as one of
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