Latter Days: The Best Of Led Zeppelin Volume 2 CD

This is an Enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant (vocals); Jimmy Page (guitar); John Paul Jones (keyboards, bass); John Bonham (drums).
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Personnel: Robert Plant (vocals); Jimmy Page (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); John Paul Jones (keyboards); John Bonham (drums).
Latter Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin, Vol. 2 offers ten highlights from Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffiti, Presence, and In Through the Out Door. While all fans can argue about missing album tracks -- some may choose "The Rover" and "Over the Hills and Far Away" for should-have-beens, while others take "Custard Pie," "For Your Life," and "Hots on for Nowhere" -- the only true staples missing are "Dancing Days" and the exquisite faux-Brazilian "Fool in the Rain." Thus, this is a pretty fine compilation for the casual fan, the kind who only wants the songs he hears on the radio all the time (such as "The Song Remains the Same," "No Quarter," "Trampled Underfoot," "Kashmir," "In the Evening"). Of course, any true Zeppelin enthusiast will want the full albums, but as a sampler of their last four records, Latter Days is just fine. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
LATTER DAYS is the sequel to EARLY DAYS and documents a time when Led Zeppelin's kingdom began to crumble amid rumours of drug-fuelled ego trips and witchcraft. However, far from sounding embarrassing and overwrought, this compilation actually contains some of the band's most convincing moments.
"Kashmir" quite simply remains a timeless masterpiece with its eastern-tinged riffs. "Houses Of The Holy" swaggers along majestically, and 1976's "Achilles Last Stand" is the ultimate showcase for drummer Jon Bonham's peerless percussive assault. Jimmy Page's unique treatment of the guitar and his natural understanding of rock as sculptured noise is in evidence throughout, as is Robert Plant's persistent wailing over the top. Add Bonham's thunderous sledgehammer beats to the cocktail, and it becomes clear why very few acts can match Led Zeppelin's enduring appeal. LATTER DAYS provides further evidence that Led Zeppelin was one of rock's finest and most influential acts.Q (4/00, p.113) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Jimmy Page has selected 10 tracks from their last 4 studio albums, all Number 1s in Britain and America....Without them, music would be different."
Mojo (Publisher) (5/00, p.100) - "...Illustrates the full range from overblown disappointment...through crunching Bonham-power...to late almost-pop....There are degree courses in less substantial subjects."
NME (Magazine) (3/25/00, p.41) - 8 out of 10 - "...An essential purchase for anyone who can't be bothered to get their patchy later albums."