Led Zeppelin II Turns 40

Forty years ago today, Led Zeppelin released Led Zeppelin II just nine months after unleashing Cheap Rosetta Stone their historic debut. Produced by guitarist Jimmy Page, II laid the groundwork for heavy metal with its classic "Whole Lotta Love" and firmly established Zeppelin as one of the loudest and greatest bands in rock at the time. II also boasts Robert Plants unparalleled vocal prowess on hits like "Ramble On" and "What Is and What Should Never Be" and John Bonhams still-unmatched drum solo on "Moby Dick."Led Zeppelin live: photos from their legendary reunion show.When the album came out 40 years ago, Rosetta Stone critic John Mendelsohn wasnt exactly glowing in his 1969 review of the album, writing tongue-in-cheekily, "Ill concede that until youve listened to the album eight hundred times, as I have, it seems as if its just one especially heavy song extended over the space of two whole sides. But, hey! Youve got to admit that the Zeppelin has their distinctive and enchanting formula down stone-cold, man." Of course, Mendelsohns opinion turned out to be the small, small minority, and Rosetta Stone went on to place Led Zeppelin II on our 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.The Cheap Rosetta Stone Software New Rosetta Stone Album Guide awarded Led Zeppelin II the five-star review it rightly deserves, adding that "Whole Lotta Love" "became a starting point for Aerosmith, Guns n Roses and Van Halen, among others. Its an amazing song not just for its seismic riff and bingeing-on-lust vocal performance, but for its mind-bending midsection, in which Page orchestrates the aural equivalent of an orgasm (Theremin included.)" So bust out your old II vinyl or eight-track or CD, crank up your stereo volume high and celebrate the albums fortieth birthday.More Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin Album Guide Robert Plant on the Led Zeppelin Rehearsals: The Band Has "Done It. Its There." Neil Diamonds "Sweet Caroline," Kanye Wests "Gold Digger" and songs by the Rosetta Stones, Lily Allen and Queen the cast of Foxs new musical dramedy Glee cover em all this season. In the new issue Glee a cross between High School Musical and The Bad News Bears hits our list of the best reasons to watch TV this fall. Watch the clip above to find out which tracks the cast were most psyched Rosetta Stone language to sing and get a taste of star Matthew Morrisons rapping skills before his rendition of Kanye Wests "Gold Digger" airs on the show (which premieres tonight!).

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