No Quarter Pounder

{{Infobox album

| name = No Quarter Pounder

| type = studio

| artist = Dread Zeppelin

| cover = Dread Zeppelin - No Quarter Pounder.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1995

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 47:10

| label = Birdcage Records{{Cite web|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/rotations-6361640|title=Rotations|website=Miami New Times}}

| producer = Jah Paul Jo (Joe Ramsey) Rasta Li-Mon (Lee Manning)

| prev_title = Hot & Spicy Beanburger

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = The First No-Elvis

| next_year = 1995

}}

No Quarter Pounder is an album by the American band Dread Zeppelin, released in 1995.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dread-zeppelin-mn0000198266/biography|title=Dread Zeppelin Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ttCGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT437|title=Led Zeppelin FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Greatest Hard Rock Band of All Time|first=George|last=Case|date=October 1, 2011|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|via=Google Books}} Its title is wordplay on the Led Zeppelin song "No Quarter", and the name of a McDonald's hamburger, the Quarter Pounder. The band promoted the album with a North American tour.{{cite news |title=Critic's picks |work=Houston Chronicle |date=February 1, 1996 |department=Houston |page=3}}

Critical reception

{{album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/no-quarter-pounder-mw0000056334|title=Dread Zeppelin No Quarter Pounder Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}

|rev2 = Calgary Herald

|rev2score = {{rating|1|5}}{{cite news |last1=Muretich |first1=James |title=New Releases |work=Calgary Herald |date=14 Apr 1996 |page=C2}}

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The Calgary Herald noted that "once around, it was fun and funny ... But after four or five albums (lost track there) it's worn as thin as [singer] Tortelvis's Jenny Craig fantasies." The Toronto Star argued that "it's still a good joke, because Tortelvis combines a great voice with a truly warped sense of humor," and considered the album to be better than The Fun Sessions.{{cite news |last1=Howell |first1=Peter |title=DREAD ZEPPELIN No Quarter Pounder |work=Toronto Star |date=12 Apr 1996 |page=H6}}

The Houston Press wrote: "The idea of a reggae band fronted by an Elvis impersonator performing Led Zeppelin cover tunes should have been, at most, a one-hit novelty. But because Dread Zep told the joke so well, they've endured and won approving nods from even those '70s survivors who thought Zeppelin sucked almost as bad as disco."{{cite news |last1=Sherman |first1=Jim |title=Dread Zeppelin No Quarter Pounder |work=Houston Press |date=April 11, 1996 |department=Music}} The St. Louis Post-Dispatch dismissed No Quarter Pounder as "even more lifeless than its inspirations."{{cite news |last1=Hampel |first1=Paul |title=Quick Hits |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=February 15, 1996 |department=Get Out |page=9}}

Track listing

"Un Leddd Ed (In 3d)" (Traditional) – 1:09
"Ramble On" (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 4:01
"Viva Las Vegas" (Doc Pomus, Mort Schuman) - 3:35
"What Is and What Should Never Be" (Page, Plant) – 4:58
"Li'l Baby Elvis Jackson" (Jah Paul Jo & Butt-Boy) – 3:48
"How Many More Times" (John Bonham, Jones, Page) – 6:25
"No Quarter" (John Paul Jones, Page, Plant) – 4:33
"The Last Resort" (Dread Zeppelin), from the film National Lampoon's Last Resort – 4:19
"1-800-Psychic Pal" (Jah Paul Jo, Tortelvis) – 1:44
"American Trilogy" (Mickey Newbury) – 3:42
"Brick House (Of the Holy!)" (King, Lapread, McClary, Orange, Ritchie, Williams) – 5:01
"Li'l Baby E.J. Goes to College (The "Son" Sessions)" (Hambone Butt-Boy, Jo, Tortelvis) – 3:55

Additional notes

Catalogue: Birdcage 11006

References

Category:1995 albums

Category:Dread Zeppelin albums

Category:Birdcage Records albums