Led Zeppelin – Houses Of The Holy (G/G) – LP, AU 1973

Houses Of The Holy is an LP by Led Zeppelin from 1973 released on the Atlantic label.

About this album

Houses of the Holy finds Led Zeppelin pushing hard rock into brighter, stranger territory without losing force. Released in 1973, the album broadens the band’s trademark riff power with reggae touches, funkier rhythms and acoustic detail, while Jimmy Page’s production gives the songs a vivid, varied shape. From the elastic energy of The Song Remains The Same and The Ocean to the haunting sweep of The Rain Song and the off-kilter D’yer Mak’er, it showed a group willing to stretch beyond blues-rock orthodoxy. Widely regarded as one of their most adventurous records, it helped confirm Led Zeppelin’s reputation for scale, contrast and ambition.