Led Zeppelin II

This album definitely rocks in the most formal meaning of the word. Meaning, it sounds a little like a cheese grater.

Robert plant has a fantastic voice that sounds like he's hurting himself a little, which always adds a level of excitement. The guitar is played well, but it has that little "under the pillow" sound most of the time. Tinny, power chord sound. Except they are rarely actually power chords.

The musicality is there though. Every song sounds different and solid in its own right, making the album simultaneously feel like a bunch of singles and a whole figure all at once.

The lyrics are rubbish, but who really cares, it's rock.

The main talking point here is the originality, which I think caries the album as a whole. This is where the cheese grater comes in too, because the whole album is ridden with obnoxious and off-putting squeaks and blup blups. This is in equal parts fascinating and annoying. I think the band achieves the goal of rocking out and fucking with your ears at the same time.

This isn't background music, it's magic, bloody rock that hurts a little.

Filthy 7.5