HOUSES of THE HOLY

| Led Zeppelin

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HOUSES of THE HOLY

Houses of the Holy is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released on 28 March 1973 by Atlantic Records. The album benefited from several band members installing studios at home, which allowed them to develop more sophisticated songs and arrangements, and expand their musical style. Several songs subsequently became fixtures in the group's live set, including "The Song Remains the Same", "The Rain Song" and "No Quarter". Other material recorded at the sessions, including the title track, was shelved and released on the later albums Physical Graffiti and Coda. The cover was the first by the band to be designed by Hipgnosis and was based on a photograph taken at Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. -WIKIPEDIA

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  • RollingStone

    2014- (Deluxe Version) 1973’s Houses of the Holy, presents Led Zeppelin at the height of confidence and willing to experiment.  

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  • RollingStone

    1973 - Page and friends should similarly realize their limitations and get back to playing the blues-rock that moves mountains. Until they do Led Zeppelin will remain Limp Blimp. 

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  • CoS

    2014-Houses of the Holy is perhaps the most musically diverse of all the Led Zeppelin albums, certainly of the early albums. 

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  • Ultimate Classic Rock

    2016- delivering some of their most complex, nuanced work ever. 

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  • Mark Prindle

    reeks of true strong hard EFFORT. 

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  • Smaulgld

    This album is a bit of a mess. HOH is not solid throughout and contains some failed experimentation with funk (the James Brown inspired “the Crunge’) and reggae (the passable “D’yer Maker”). 

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  • Adrian Denning

    It's Led Zeppelin trying to show everybody they could do anything, anything they wanted.  

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  • Wilson & Alroy's Record Review

    Their most consistently satisfying album, as they successfully experiment with song structure and instrumentation. 

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  • ALL MUSIC

    Throughout the record, the band's playing is excellent, making the eclecticism of Page and Robert Plant's songwriting sound coherent and natural.  

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  • Classic Rock Review

    2013- It is an odd but brilliant album by Led Zeppelin which finds a balance uncommon by hard rock bands of any era. 

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  • sputnik music

    2005- Houses of the Holy proved to be great success, and includes some of the most creative tracks that Led Zeppelin have ever produced. 5/5 

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  • sputnik music

    2012- In 1973, Led Zeppelin released their most exotic and most varied album. 

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  • The Top Tens

    This album is sadly always in the shadows of the band's first four albums. While I can agree that their first four are stronger and better albums, this album is still great. 

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  • Metal Assault

    2013 -It was their first album of all original material, and that’s perhaps why it has more of a cohesive flow to it. 

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  • PULUCHE

    2014 - Houses of the Holy was Led Zeppelin’s first indisputable attempt at an avant-garde, rather than hard rock, feel.  

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