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 great album.....you know that Jul 09, 2010
An album that shows the musical talent of Led Zep rather than how hard it could rock out. A must have from when I was a teen....
 Great sounding CD. Jun 13, 2010
Buy the original version of this, and not the remaster. The RM is too bright. Great album, though.
Best Zep cover album - and great music too! Jun 10, 2010
First of all, this is one of the best "classic rock" album covers of all time, produced by the same Hipgnosis team that would create great visuals for Pink Floyd. Yep, the album is from that era - you went to the record store, took the big album home and then the whole aural/visual experience was like a ritual. Good times!
The art cover is pretty far out and mystical, what about the sound? I think it is an exciting album from LZ but a notch below their previous effort (untitled), the one of "Stairway" fame. The good tracks are real good and would become concert staples ("The Song Remains...", "Rain Song", "Over the Hill and Far Away" and "No Quarter') and show a band that, while thunderous at times, quite more cerebral than on the glorious horny days of LZ II. The production is tight, with lots of guitar layers and textures and drums and bass sounding real good, which is a saving grace for "The Crunge", a goofy if curious exercise in James Brown-ism. OK riff-tunes like "The Ocean" and "Dancing Days" sound huge and memorable. 'D'Yer Maker" has often be described as "reggae-ish", I think it is more like a '50s rock fun? Great drum sound on this one and the best party song of Zep if they ever had one.
Plant's unique voice is always effective, but I hear on this album the first signs of strain that would become apparent in Physical Graffiti and later. Not to dismiss the guy, just saying.
The album is another fine Zep album. The great thing you have to respect is, even if they had better tunes in other albums, they continued to work hard at adding and blending different elements to their sound yet still sound cohesive (at least most of the time). Like how "over the hill" combines the folk-ish with big rock and "No Quarter" is its own unique trip, a foggy dreamscape of jazz-fusion, metal and "progressive rock". "close the door, put out the light" and enjoy Houses of the Holy!
Favorite Led Zeppelin Jun 05, 2010
1 The song remains the same - 9/10 - Has a great riff, and solo. But not the strongest song on the album.
2 The Rain song - 9/10 - The intro. Slower then most of the other songs. Vocals are great. Longest song on album. The song gets even better at 5 minutes in.
3 Over The Hills and Far Away - 9/10 - When the song really starts, it starts great. Great riff. Probably the weakest song on the album, but still a great song.
4 The Crunge - 9.3/10 - One of the best riffs on the album. Have you seen the bridge? Shortest song on the album.
5 Dancing Days - 9.3/10 - The guitar is great.
6 D'yer Mak'er - 9.5/10 - Such a great song, starting at the beginning. Great vocals, and the guitar is just as good. The solo is good. Some of Led Zeppelin's best drumming. Its one of Led Zeppelin's most famous songs.
7 No Quarter - 10/10 - My absolute favorite Led Zeppelin song, even over Stairway to Heaven. The opening is great, with the guitar solo. The entire song reminds me of the genre space rock. Slowest song on the album, but in a good way. The vocals are great. The entire song is as close to perfect as I've ever heard.
8 The Ocean - 9.8/10 - The song really takes a different direction from the previous song, No Quarter. The guitar and bass are great on this song. He used to sing on the mountains, until the mountains washed away. The riff is great. The whole song is great but the best part is the ending and the solo. It is such a good way to end a great album.
9.5. It really doesn't get that much better then this album, this is also Led Zeppelin's best album.
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 houses of the holy May 01, 2010
did not purchase this item, so i do not know how it got on my review page. However, i know of this album since i was a kid. i liked led zeppelin. but i never bought this album even in the 70's when it came out. I hate the song "stairway to Heaven" it was played one million times since the album came out. It is so worn out and over played.
I did purchase Led Zeppelin III and it is an excellent album/c.d.
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