Various Artists - The Electronic Tribute To Led Zeppelin

Artist:

Various Artists

UPC:

027297864924

Description:

Personnel: Faith Rivera, Issa (vocals); Brian Chapman (guitar); Jim Doyle (keyboards, percussion, programming); John Nau (keyboards). Recording information: Beacon St. Studio; Fairside Studio. In the money-driven music industry, few things spell quick money and bad music as blatantly as a tribute album. The Electronic Tribute series, which "celebrates" the music of classic `70s bands, features the same general group of musicians trying their hand at classic songs. This time it is Led Zeppelin, and the crap flows freely here. To be fair, Motor Industries, who appears on all of these, is one of the few bands who does this who understands that the audience wants to hear the original song with a unique twist. But Vitamin Records must also realize that they are the only band who tries it, because they include no less than four tracks from the band. And unfortunately, that many songs just exposes Motor Industries for being as mediocre as they can be instead of protecting their image by keeping the two best songs ("No Quarter" and "Whole Lotta Love"). Issa contributes a decent "Black Dog" to the mix, but otherwise this is an awful album. What audience would demand an album like this is a mystery, and the usual gang of Vitamin cronies stink up the joint so badly on all of these that it`s a wonder they have their own fans outside of this series. This is bad all around, and no decent filler tracks could make up for the ugliness in store for any unfortunate buyers. ~ Bradley Torreano

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Whole Lotta Love - (Motor Industries)
2. Dazed and Confused - (Galactic Achievement Society)
3. Black Dog - Issa (ISSA)
4. No Quarter - (Motor Industries)
5. Kashmir - (Private Benjamin)
6. Immigrant Song - Issa (ISSA)
7. Rock N` Roll - (Galactic Achievement Society)
8. When the Levee Breaks - (Motor Industries)
9. Good Times, Bad Times - (Bug Funny Foundation)
10. One Last Road - (Motor Industries)

Album Information

Release Date:

02/26/2002

Type:

Collection

Genre:

Electronic

Subgenre:

Electronica

Label:

Vitamin Records (USA)

Producer:

Private Benjamin; Issa; Jim Doyle; Motor Industries; Richard Chiu

Catalog Number:

8649

Original Release Year:

2002

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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