Elvis impersonator-fronted, Led Zeppelin-covering comedy reggae band Dread Zeppelin had garnered rave reviews and converted hundreds of fans with their highly entertaining first album, Un-led-ed.
But like any joke -- even really, really good ones -- all their shenanigans were only really funny the first time around.
And so it was that upon the release of 1991's sophomore 5,000,000 album (featuring cover artwork spoofing Zep's fourth album), both fans and critics often found themselves halting mid-chuckle in disappointment.
Admittedly, a poor choice of material was also to blame, as the band's version of "Train kept A-Rollin" and such Zep classics like "The Song Remains the Same," "Misty Mountain Hop," and "Stairway to Heaven" simply don't translate very well into reggae.
And though the new arrangements for "When the Levee Breaks" and "Nobody's Fault but Mine" do approach the clever wit seen on their first album, the band wastes time on a pointless reworking of Bob Marley's "Stir It Up" and four very lackluster original tunes.
For what it's worth, "Do the Claw" and "Big Ol' Gol Belt" illicit their fair share of laughs for their sheer stupidity and blatant references to the King himself, but not enough to justify the listener's hard-earned cash.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Song Remains the SameJimmy Page, Robert Plant | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 05:29 | 12 MB | 34 MB |
| 2 | Stir It UpBob Marley | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 06:00 | 13 MB | 37 MB |
| 3 | Do the Claw | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 02:16 | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| 4 | When the Levee BreaksJohn Bonham, John Paul Jones, Memphis Minnie, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 05:28 | 12 MB | 34 MB |
| 5 | Misty Mountain HopJohn Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 03:53 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 6 | Nobody's Fault But MineJimmy Page, Robert Plant | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 04:26 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 7 | Big Ol' Gol Belt | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 03:55 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 8 | Stairway to HeavenJimmy Page, Robert Plant | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 08:17 | 18 MB | 53 MB |
| 9 | Forgetting About Business Part I | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 01:13 | 2 MB | 5 MB |
| 10 | The Train Kept A-Rollin | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 06:18 | 14 MB | 40 MB |
| 11 | Forgetting About Business Part II [Theme From 5,000,000] | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 03:54 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 51 mins | 117 MB | |||||
| 51 mins | 322 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Bonham | Composer |
| 2 | Tiny Bradshaw | Composer |
| 3 | Hugh Brown | Art Direction, Photography |
| 4 | Brandt "Buzzard" Cassel | Trombone |
| 5 | Dread Zeppelin | Primary Artist |
| 6 | Stoli Jager | Second Engineer |
| 7 | Carl Jah | Guitar |
| 8 | Jah Paul Jo | Guitar, Producer |
| 9 | John Paul Jones | Composer |
| 10 | Howard Kay | Composer |
| 11 | Howie Kay | Composer |
| 12 | Rasta Li-Mon | Producer |
| 13 | Rasta Li-Mon | Engineer, Producer |
| 14 | Lois Mann | Composer |
| 15 | Bob Marley | Composer |
| 16 | Glen Matisoff | Second Engineer |
| 17 | Memphis Minnie | Composer |
| 18 | Jimmy Page | Composer |
| 19 | Robert Plant | Composer |
| 20 | Charly Prevost | Direction |
| 21 | Jon Skoveseth | Saxophone |
| 22 | Larry Treadwell | Slide Balalaika |
| 23 | Ed Zeppelin | Percussion, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |