Train - Does Led Zeppelin II (2016 - Rock) [Flac 24-44]



Does Led Zeppelin II Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Like many American men of a certain age, Train are fond of Led Zeppelin.
Most of these men celebrate their love of Zeppelin by purchasing a spiffy new reissue or
perhaps picking up a vintage Les Paul copy so they can finally learn how to play those
Jimmy Page riffs, but Train aren't most men.
They have the skill and ability to record their own version of Led Zeppelin II, replicating
all the licks and studio tricks of the British band's 1969 classic.
Of all the Led Zeppelin albums to painstakingly re-create, Led Zeppelin II is an odd one
because the album was recorded while Zeppelin were on the road, stealing sessions whenever
they could; it's the opposite of the meticulous approach Page used in the studio.
Train decide to expend considerable energy copying this casually authoritative majesty,
mimicking inflections and solos, even stereo effects. If you're not listening closely, Does
Led Zeppelin II can be mistaken for the original: Pat Monahan approximates Robert Plant's
timbre and the guitar overdubs of Jimmy Stafford and Jerry Becker can pack the wallop of Page.
The slight details give away the game -- the vocal harmonies are too clean, too precise -- but
they only reveal themselves with a close listen, which raises the question of what's the point
of this exercise in the first place. For Train, it probably was a lot of fun pretending to be
one of their favorite bands, but for an audience the results are so close to the original that
there's not much reason to listen a second time: the first reveals that Train can pull off this
stunt but never gives a reason why, other than "because they can."

Artist...............: Train
Album................: Does Led Zeppelin II
Genre................: Rock
Source...............: WEBQ
Year.................: 2016
Ripper...............:  &
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.3.3 20190804
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 74 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 24 Bit
Tags.................: -
Information..........: Crush Music - Atlantic

Tracklist Disc1:

  1. Train - Whole Lotta Love                                
  2. Train - What Is and What Should Never Be                
  3. Train - The Lemon Song                                  
  4. Train - Thank You                                      
  5. Train - Heartbreaker                                    
  6. Train - Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)        
  7. Train - Ramble On                                      
  8. Train - Moby Dick                                      
  9. Train - Bring It on Home                                

Playing Time.........: 41:54
Total Size...........: 469,30 MB