daveashaw t1_je1fpzv wrote on March 28, 2023 at 6:45 PM

Reply to comment by houseape69 in Led Zeppelin released their album 'Houses Of The Holy' 50 years ago today by YoureASkyscraper

I think was to fill up space left the song "Houses of the Holy," which was supposed to be the title track. They saved it for "Physical Graffiti." If HOTH had stayed on the album, it would, legit, have arguably been the best LZ album.

BrownCavsTribe t1_je34hbi wrote on March 29, 2023 at 1:39 AM

I don't think adding Houses of the Holy to it's namesake album would've tipped the scales away from PG. I don't have a favorite album but I think being a double LP full of absolute bangers I'd give the edge to PG just off sheer volume.

edit - basically, they're all my favorite, but PG is two albums worth of songs so it counts twice.

daveashaw t1_je355bo wrote on March 29, 2023 at 1:44 AM

Respectfully disagree--I think the PG is kind of a bloated mess. It's got some good tracks (like HOTH) and would have made a pretty good single album. As far as I am concerned the HOTH album is the last really good record they put out.

SelectionNo3078 t1_je5mngt wrote on March 29, 2023 at 4:11 PM

agreed. there are only a few double albums that needed to be.

what a solid single album PG would have been.