Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
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Artist: Led ZeppelinBrand: LED ZEPPELIN
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1994-07-19
Music Label: Atlantic / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Song Remains the Same
- Rain Song
- Over the Hills and Far Away
- Crunge
- Dancing Days
- D'Yer Mak'er
- No Quarter
- Ocean
Music reviews of Houses of the Holy
Music Review: How do you follow up the biggest rock record of all time?
Rating: 5 Stars
Led Zeppelin answered that question correctly: Houses of the Holy. One can only imagine the pressure they must have felt as a band coming off of Led Zep IV. Surely realizing that cracking more thunder than IV was going to be an impossibility at that point (a feat accomplished on their next album), would they take things down a notch and relax? Get all progressive and experimental? Have a laugh and not take it all so seriously? Write a ballad???? Led Zeppelin could have gone any of those routes and when all was said and done...they took them all. Starting off with a song unlike any they had ever written before, the ironically titled The Song Remains the Same ushered in a Zeppelin free from any perceived chains they may have been shackled with. Frenetic, rollicking, lush, and dreamy, this was progress. The humor, breeziness and just plain fun of tracks like Over the Hills and Far Away, The Crunge, Dancing Days, and D'yer Mak'er could also be considered progress for such an oh so heavy band. Some may argue that writing a ballad this far into a career was a step back, but even on first listen to Rain Song you can't help but fall for its heart on sleeve romanticism completely. But all of this would not even be possible without the album's true keystone: No Quarter. One of those rare songs with actual transporting and time travel capabilities - while listening you will surely feel yourself trudging uphill in a frozen tundra, ready for battles to the death with the faceless hordes offering, nor accepting mercy of any sort. Yeah, it's a bada** tune, alright. Ending on the perfect note with a sincere thank you to eachother and their sea of fans, The Ocean both closes one chapter and opens another in the career of this totally awesome band. But not even this would prepare people for the double dirty mind bending sexy beast that lie just around the corner...
Description of Houses of the Holy
2005 Japanese standard jewel case pressing of Led Zeppelin's 1973 album. Features the same tracks and mastering as the US edition but includes an OBI and Japanese/English insert. Warner. 2005.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 humor than most people ever gave them credit for. --Billy Altman
Robert Plant once said that a chunk of the Zep catalog was "music for hippie bookstores." While much of Houses of the Holy thumps hard enough to knock the incense holders off the speakers, the generally upbeat vibe makes this a great choice for playing on the first (dancing) day of spring, windows flung wide open as Jimmy Page's lead lines soar out over the neighbors' rosebushes. Plant is at his most lovey-dovey here, whether updating Chuck Berry on "The Ocean," extolling the virtues of his Page 3 girl on "The Crunge," or writing greeting cards for that patchouli-scented side-street shop on "The Rain Song." In a word: grand. --Rickey Wright
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