Re-Led-Ed the Best of

Dread Zeppelin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 13, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cleopatra
• ASIN: B0002DB55Y
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,625 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Whole Lotta Love

2. Hey, Hey (What Can I Do?)

3. Kashmir

4. The Lemon Song

5. Rock and Roll

6. Kingston Celebration

7. Heartbreaker

8. Going to California

9. D'Yer Mak'er

10. Immigrant Song

11. 10 Years Gone

12. 4 Jah People

13. Stairway to Heaven

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Dread Zeppelin emerged as a kind of two-headed novelty act. As a reggae band that covered Led Zeppelin songs and featured an Elvis impersonator standing in for Robert Plant, one might anticipate that they took the joke too far, but their 1990 debut, Un-Led-Ed was a funny, charming, smartly made delight. The band reemerges with Re-Led-Ed, a misbegotten attempt to tell the same joke twice, this time mostly without the Elvis punch line. What's left are tepid covers of "Whole Lotta Love," "Going to California," and "D'Yer Mak'er" (the latter long ago given a much better reggae treatment by Eek-A-Mouse), and the like. And when you take away the Zeppelin out, as with two originals here, all that's left is dread. --Steven Stolder

Product Description

1. Whole Lotta Love
2. Hey, Hey What Can I Do
3. Kashmir
4. Lemon Song
5. Rock And Roll
6. Kingston Celebration
7. Heartbreaker
8. Going To California
9. D yer Mak er
10. Immigrant Song
11. 10 Years Gone
12. 4 Jah People
13. Stairway To Heaven

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Customer Reviews

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A/K/A "De-Jah-Voodoo" - same crappy album though., June 2, 2005

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Robert W. Latham Jr. "angusmacog.com" (Santa Cruz, Ca. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Re-Led-Ed the Best of (Audio CD)

I bought this album under the title "De-Jah-Voodoo". Has a Tortelvis Voodoo doll on the cover. Cute cover, cute title, but unfortunately that's the best thing about it. Inside the packaging is the weakest Dread Zep album ever. Tortelvis is here, but not really doin the Elvis thing. On some cuts it sounds like he is literally phoning in his parts. There are a few bright moments: The new version of "Heartbreaker Hotel" is a rap/metal parody that sticks it well to this annoying genre. The hidden bonus track, a short, acoustic demo of "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" is a genuine keeper. And there is a sly joke running through it all that is probably too obscure to be picked up by the average joe: The new bass player, Fuzzy Buzzman, has decided that all of the bass parts on this album would be direct lifts from Sting. Find the Police song and sing along! But that is not enough to justify a full album, and to package this as a "best of" is shameless label marketing at its worst. Dread Zep is one of my all time favorite bands. I hope that after twenty years of their multi-tiered joke they haven't run out of ideas. If you are new to the antics of Butt Boy, Spice, and the boys, do yourself a favor and go get "Un-Led-Ed" , "Hot and Spicy Beanburger" , "The Fun Sessions" or any other album than this one. You won't be sorry. This one though - what a snore. For hardcore fans only.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Where's Tortelvis ?, August 5, 2004

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Bill Anthony "billjbfan" (North Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Re-Led-Ed the Best of (Audio CD)

I'm a big fan of Dread Zeppelin from their first album (Un-Led-Ed 1990) and still love the great fun reggae versions of Led Zep tunes fronted by the big Elvis impersonator "Tortelvis".
BUT, this CD is something entirely different - all new recordings. Very modern electronic sounds with pedestrian vocals. I feel misled (pun intended).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!, August 2, 2009

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Quintin W. Allen (Las Vegas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Re-Led-Ed the Best of (Audio CD)

This is worth picking up just for the cover of Kashmir alone. These guys are great musicians and fantastic arrangers. Granted, there's not alot of their selling point Tortelvis singing but he's not gone completely. Let's not forget what this is supposed to be, reggae-tinged Led Zepplin with a little elvis thrown in for good measure. They had the genious to turn what sounded like a stupid idea and make it work.