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Track Listings
| 1. The Song Remains The Same |
| 2. The Rain Song |
| 3. Over The Hills And Far Away |
| 4. The Crunge |
| 5. Dancing Days |
| 6. D'yer Mak'er |
| 7. No Quarter |
| 8. The Ocean |
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Buoyed by the runaway commercial success of Led Zeppelin IV, Jimmy Page used this 1973 follow-up to hone his already impressive production skills, and the result was a collection sporting an impressively expansive sound. Benefiting--especially on tracks such as "Dancing Days Are Here Again", "The Crunge" and "Over the Hills and Far Away"--was Zeppelin's always underrated rhythm section: thunder-fisted drummer John Bonham and rock-solid bassist John Paul Jones. Jones also emerged here as a secret weapon on keyboards with his subtle work on more pensive fare such as "No Quarter" and "The Ocean". And the goofy "D'yer Ma'ker" showed that Zeppelin had more of a sense of humour than most people ever gave them credit for. --Billy Altman
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LED ZEPPELIN Houses Of The Holy (1994 US 8-track CD issue of the 1973 album picture sleeve)
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By JKH
Format:Audio CD
When HotH was released in 1973, us Led Zeppelin fans had been waiting well over a WHOLE YEAR for this record. Which seems hilarious now but back then nobody went 16 months between albums. Needless to say, the anticipation was huge, as Zeppelin's previous release was an absolute blockbusting classic that is one of the best albums in rock history. However 'Houses of the Holy' falls short of that. The opening bars of 'Song Remains the Same' are high energy and very promising, then they suddenly and inexplicably slow the pace. Weird. Also what is noticeable is Jimmy Page's very thin sounding guitar tone. Quite different than the solid power tone from the first four albums. Looking at it in hindsight, I wonder if Page was using drugs at this time. To me, the songs are uneven and don't have the same continuous dynamic quality of Zeppelin I, II, and IV (III is a bit weird). Led Zeppelin started getting into reggae and funk with on this album which to me is a real turn-off, and shows they were running out of blues-based inspiration. 'No Quarter' was probably meant to be heard while stoned. Despite being disappointed in HotH I did attend a Zeppelin concert on their tour of '73 and they put on an amazing show. Oh man, that is 40 years ago!
By Langer
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
A very different direction for this legendary band. Contains a couple of very tongue-in-cheek tunes and some truly classic rockers
By Emily
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is one of my favorite Led Zeppelin CDs of all time. "The Song Remains the Same", "The Rain Song", "Over the Hills..." are my favorites by far. The Song... is one of their funner songs. No Quarter is a GEM, probably their best song on this album!
It's totally worth owning! Some of their best stuff is on this one!
It's totally worth owning! Some of their best stuff is on this one!
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My Personal Favourite
I just have to say that as a whole album this one ranks as number 1 for me. I love everything Led Zep put out, perhaps leaning a bit towards everything up till this album as my... Read more
Published on Jan 6 2011 by Kwazy Wabbit
4.0 out of 5 stars
"Singning In The Sunshine,Laughing In The Rain"
In 1973 Led Zeppelin released their fifth album "House Of The Holy" and the first of all their albums to have a proper title instead of a number like their previous albums. Read more
Published on Dec 16 2007 by Tommy Sixx Morais
5.0 out of 5 stars
Zep's creative climax...
Following up on "Led Zeppelin IV" would defiantly be a hard task, but in my mind they not only matched the quality of "IV" with "Houses of the Holy", but they surpassed it also. Read more
Published on Mar 18 2007 by Mark A. Wallace
1.0 out of 5 stars
painstakingly boring to listen to
this cd has not one good song but zero! none are good, even the one ones. led zeppelin might be the worst band in history but this is the worst cd in history regardless. Read more
Published on July 23 2005
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One star
This CD just not good. Man who sing songs look a like a man and sound like woman, like woman feeling painful too much, guitar player use guitar that sound cheap, just loud and... Read more
Published on July 17 2004
1.0 out of 5 stars
To music fan from Houston
Ok, ok I not review this CD again. I just try and warn people before they spend their good earned money on strange CD. Maybe they be sorry they buy it! Read more
Published on July 15 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hey...Music fan form Chicago!
Music fan form Chicago shows the intelligence level (or lack there of) of your typical Madonna / Britney Spears fan. Do us all favor ...never write another review ever again. Read more
Published on July 13 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars
A softer side of Led Zeppelin
I was initially disappointed when I first listened to this album. It was softer and more acoustic than Zoso or Led Zeppelin II. Read more
Published on July 12 2004 by Led Zep Fan
5.0 out of 5 stars
an underrated led zep classic
houses of the holy was the fifth led zep album which followed the massively succesful fourth album and though it was good but it could not match up to the greatness of its... Read more
Published on July 12 2004 by sanjay verma99
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not good!!
More CD from strange band. Man who sing songs look like a man but still sound like woman. Most song sound like hippie write them. Read more
Published on July 11 2004
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