Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
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Artist: Led ZeppelinEdition: Music CD
Format: Import, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2003-06-09
Music Label: Atlantic UK
Soundtracks:
- The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin, Page, Jimmy
- The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin, Page, Jimmy
- Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin, Page, Jimmy
- The Crunge - Led Zeppelin, Bonham, John
- Dancing Days - Led Zeppelin, Page, Jimmy
- D'Yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin, Bonham, John
- No Quarter - Led Zeppelin, Jones, John Paul [1
- The Ocean - Led Zeppelin, Bonham, John
Free Music Notes for Houses of the Holy
Free Music Review: One of the weaker Led Zep Albums.
Hit: 3 Stars
Houses of The Holy is just...one of those albums. One of those albums that everyone seems to like and I just cannot figure out why. It is pretty much split between good and startlingly bad, and for a Led Zeppelin album this is about as bad as it gets in the early career. But with that said, the album still has a nice selection of good songs. The Song Remains the Same is an interesting ethnic epic that does it's job pretty well, but Robert Plant falters here, like he does on most of the album. The Rain Song and Over the Hills and Far Away are two of Led Zep's absolute best acoustic moments and are priceless treasures that haven't aged a bit unlike their predecessor. The Crunge is usually cited as being the albums worst track, but in actuality, it is pretty awesome although perhaps unessential. The next two songs are downright horrible. Dancing Days was an already tired riff that amounts to even less when Robert Plant takes the stage with the least melodic vocals of his career, a complete embarrassment. D'yer Mak'er is a sad attempt at Reggae, and it's so bad that John Bonham refused to play it live he hated it so much. The last two tracks are alright though, No Quarter is a nice outing into the avant-garde written by John Paul Jones, and The Ocean is the necessary riff rocker to keep the album on it's feet considering the mediocrity that came before it. I'm a huge Led Zeppelin fan, but even I'll admit that this album feels like a missed opportunity and a mixed collection of b-sides. Casual listeners should be encouraged not to give up here, because the band did come back with great success on their next album, but this is one of the weaker in the discography.
Houses of the Holy Poster
UK reissue of 1973 album, packaged in a limited editionminiature LP sleeve. Warner. 2003.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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