Name: Houses of the Holy [Remaster]
Brand: Atlantic
SKU: 315285
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 4.4 (7 reviews)

Houses of the Holy [Remaster]

Rating

Album: Houses of the Holy [Remaster]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Song Remains the Same	More Info...	0:05
2)	The Rain Song	More Info...	0:07
3)	Over the Hills and Far Away (Live 1997)	More Info...	0:05
4)	The Crunge	More Info...	0:03
5)	Dancing Days	More Info...	0:03
6)	D'yer Mak'er	More Info...	0:04
7)	No Quarter	More Info...	0:07
8)	The Ocean	More Info...	0:04

Album: Houses of the Holy [Remaster]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Song Remains the Same	More Info...	0:05
2)	The Rain Song	More Info...	0:07
3)	Over the Hills and Far Away (Live 1997)	More Info...	0:05
4)	The Crunge	More Info...	0:03
5)	Dancing Days	More Info...	0:03
6)	D'yer Mak'er	More Info...	0:04
7)	No Quarter	More Info...	0:07
8)	The Ocean	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

Led Zeppelin: John Paul Jones (bass instrument); Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Robert Plant.
Personnel: Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica, background vocals); Jimmy Page (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); John Paul Jones (piano, grand piano, organ, Mellotron, keyboards, synthesizer, bass synthesizer, background vocals); John Bonham (drums, background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Eddie Kramer; Keith Harwood; Andy Johns.
Recording information: Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY (1972); Headly Garage (1972); Island Studios, London, England (1972); Olympic London (1972); Olympic Studios, London, England (1972); Stargroves, Hampshire, England (1972).
Photographer: Hipgnosis.
By 1973, Led Zeppelin was getting used to being the biggest band on the planet (both financially and sonically). Letting their guard down and their spirits wander, they came up with the most widely varied album in their discography. Stylistically, HOUSES OF THE HOLY is all over the map, but it coheres in a grand manner befitting the '70s rock royalty Zeppelin had become. Stepping back a little from the epic scale of ZEPPELIN IV, the group slips into a funky James Brown homage ("The Crunge"), offers one of the first-ever attempts at reggae-rock ("D'yer Ma'ker"), and ventures into Pink Floyd-like prog rock ("No Quarter"). Jimmy Page's guitar work is at its most exquisitely beautiful on "The Rain Song," but the heavy-rock punch of yore is still present and accounted for on "Dancing Days" and "The Ocean." From here, it seemed like Led Zeppelin was capable of anything.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.131) - Ranked #149 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time"

Q (10/94, p.141) - 3 Stars - Good - "...is the sound of a band whose cup has overfloweth..."