Led Zeppelin: Houses of the Holy (remastered) [ATLANTIC]

Why you'll love it

Houses of the Holy went to No. 1 in the US and UK and has been certified diamond. Several songs became fixtures of Zeppelin's live show, and the Hipgnosis cover is one of rock's most famous.

This edition

• Remastered by Jimmy Page
• Hipgnosis cover art
• Atlantic pressing

About the album

With Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones both setting up studios at home, Led Zeppelin had room to stretch out on their fifth album, and they used it. Houses of the Holy moves from the twelve-string rush of "The Song Remains the Same" to the lush orchestral sweep of "The Rain Song," with funk, reggae and spooky keyboard epics along the way.

"Over the Hills and Far Away" is a perfect acoustic-to-electric rocker, "No Quarter" is Jones at his eeriest, "Dancing Days" and "The Ocean" swagger, and "D'yer Mak'er" and "The Crunge" show their playful side. It's the most colourful album they ever made.

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Tracklist

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On Atlantic, a remastered reissue of the 1973 album.