Houses Of The Holy Music Cd

Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy

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Houses of the Holy      Artist : Led Zeppelin      List Price : $18.98 USD        Your Price : $12.99 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1994-07-19      Studio : Atlantic / Wea      Label : Atlantic / Wea      Avg. Customer Rating : (304 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Houses Of The Holy      One of the weaker Led Zep Albums.      Rating:      Houses of The Holy is just...one of those albums. One of those albums that everyone seems to like and I just cannot figure out why. It is pretty much split between good and startlingly bad, and for a Led Zeppelin album this is about as bad as it gets in the early career. But with that said, the album still has a nice selection of good songs. The Song Remains the Same is an interesting ethnic epic that does it's job pretty well, but Robert Plant falters here, like he does on most of the album. The Rain Song and Over the Hills and Far Away are two of Led Zep's absolute best acoustic moments and are priceless treasures that haven't aged a bit unlike their predecessor. The Crunge is usually cited as being the albums worst track, but in actuality, it is pretty awesome although perhaps unessential. The next two songs are downright horrible. Dancing Days was an already tired riff that amounts to even less when Robert Plant takes the stage with the least melodic vocals of his career, a complete embarrassment. D'yer Mak'er is a sad attempt at Reggae, and it's so bad that John Bonham refused to play it live he hated it so much. The last two tracks are alright though, No Quarter is a nice outing into the avant-garde written by John Paul Jones, and The Ocean is the necessary riff rocker to keep the album on it's feet considering the mediocrity that came before it. I'm a huge Led Zeppelin fan, but even I'll admit that this album feels like a missed opportunity and a mixed collection of b-sides. Casual listeners should be encouraged not to give up here, because the band did come back with great success on their next album, but this is one of the weaker in the discography.     Customer Reviews for Houses Of The Holy Cd      Solid, as always      Rating:      One would be hard-pressed to argue that Led Zeppelin ever released a "bad" album. "Houses of the Holy" continues in that trend with a rock-solid track list that includes hits like "Over the Hills and Far Away" but also some of the lesser-heard songs like "D'yer Mak'er" that aren't as famous but are no less listenable. This CD is a good pickup for the casual fan, as it has some of the big hits not found on their first greatest hits album "Early Days."