Houses of the Holy

a Studio release
by Led Zeppelin

Release Year: 1973

Release History (Labels) 1

Date	Label	Catalog #	Comments
1973			LP

Release Information

Fift album by the band.

Added To Proggnosis Database on: 11/17/2004 12:00:00 AM
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Track List

The Song Remains the Same 5:30
The Rain Song 7:38
Over the Hills and Far Away 4:50
The Crunge 3:17
Dancing Days 3:43
D'Yer Mak'er 4:22
No Quarter 7:00
The Ocean 4:31

Performer Credits

Jimmy Page
Guitar

Robert Plant
Harmonica, Vocals

John Bonham
Drums

John Paul Jones
Bass, Keyboards

Reviewed by Marc on 17 Nov 2004

I have always felt that Led Zeppelin IV was a transition album for the band. It contained a number of tracks in the blues/rolk/folk style of their previous three albums, but also had "Stairway to Heaven", definitively a prog rock piece if I ever heard one.

Houses of the Holy goes much further than it's predecessor in the Led Zeppelin progression (pun intended). On this album, three tracks, The Song Remains the Same, The Rain Song and No Quarter are clearly progressive rock (and great tracks I may add). The remaning four explore the other genres Zeppelin had tried in previous efforts, (and all are quite good) but the mood was set by the "big three" that clock at more than half the duration of the record.

In my opinion Houses of the Holy was their most ambitious and accomplished album to date. They were to surpass that in their next effort...