''A Tribute to Led Zeppelin'' is a
cover album
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and the tenth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter
Beth Hart
Beth Hart (born January 24, 1972) is an American musician from Los Angeles, California. She rose to fame with the release of her 1999 single " LA Song (Out of This Town)" from her second album ''Screamin' for My Supper''. The single was a number ...
, released on February 25, 2022, through
Provogue Records
Provogue Records is a European record label and part of the Mascot Label Group. Founded by Jan Van Der Linden in the early 1990s, the label specializes in Rock music, rock and blues. Its catalog includes Gary Moore, Joe Bonamassa, Beth Hart, Eric ...
and
Mascot Label Group
Mascot Label Group is an independently-owned record label. Founded in 1989 in The Netherlands under the name Mascot Records, the company was renamed Mascot-Provogue in 1999 and since 2010 has been known as the Mascot Label Group. The company is ba ...
. It was produced by
Rob Cavallo
Robert Siers Cavallo (born March 21, 1963) is an American record producer, musician, and record industry executive. He is among the biggest-selling producers in history, and has produced or had creative involvement in albums that have sold over ...
and features string arrangements from
David Campbell.
The album debuted at number one in the UK (Rock & Metal Albums) and in the Netherlands (Album Top 100).
Critical reception
Reviewing the album for ''
Classic Rock
Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, primar ...
'', John Aizlewood called Hart "more qualified than most to have a go" at a Led Zeppelin tribute album, writing that her "grizzled but technically proficient voice carries more than a hint of Robert Plant's, especially on her rampage through '
Whole Lotta Love
"Whole Lotta Love" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It is the opening track on the band's second album, ''Led Zeppelin II'', and was released as a single in 1969 in several countries; as with other Led Zeppelin songs, no single was r ...
'". Awarding the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, he concluded that while it is an "exhilarating labour of love", it does not offer "anything new" to the "rock perfection" of the original songs.
Track listing
Charts
References
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2022 albums
Albums produced by Rob Cavallo
Beth Hart albums
Mascot Label Group albums
Led Zeppelin tribute albums
Provogue Records albums