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{{Good article}} {{Infobox album | name = Led Zeppelin II | type = studio | artist = [[Led Zeppelin]] | cover = Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II.jpg | alt = A composite sepia photograph of the band, with members of the Jasta 11 Division of the Luftstreitkräfte, in front of a hydrogen cloud expanding from an outline of the ''Hindenburg'' exploding. | released = {{Start date|1969|10|22|df=y}} | recorded = April–August 1969 | studio = | genre = {{hlist|[[Hard rock]]|[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]{{sfn|Rosen|1996|p=1967}}|{{nowrap|[[blues rock]]}}}} | length = 40:44{{efn|name="Timing"}} | label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] | producer = {{hlist|[[Jimmy Page]]|[[Eddie Kramer]]}} | prev_title = [[Led Zeppelin (album)|Led Zeppelin]] | prev_year = 1969 | next_title = [[Led Zeppelin III]] | next_year = 1970 | misc = {{Singles | name = Led Zeppelin II | type = studio | single1 = [[Whole Lotta Love]]" / "[[Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)]] | single1date = 7 November 1969 (US) }} }} '''''Led Zeppelin II''''' is the second studio album by the English [[rock music|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 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.{{sfn|Buckley|2003|p=502}} 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]]", was released outside of the UK (the band would release no UK singles during their career),<ref>{{Cite book|last=Schinder|first=Scott|title=Icons of Rock: An Encyclopedia of the Legends Who Changed Music Forever|publisher=Greenwood|year=2007|isbn=978-0313338472|pages=380}}</ref> 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, the album was certified [[RIAA certification|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.
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