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houseape69 t1_je11904 wrote

One song (the Crunge) away from perfection

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fuzzywuzzy74 t1_je1bmzo wrote

I live in Northern Ireland, and this album cover is as close to the giants causeway as I've ever been

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bullybullybully t1_je1cduu wrote

When I was a little kid I would just stare at this cover while my dad played it in his office.

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Rymundo88 t1_je1csnc wrote

Brilliant album and what a barn-storming opener it has, The Song Remains The Same

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daveashaw t1_je1fpzv wrote

Replying to houseape69 (#2,421,882)

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.

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scsiballs t1_je1ftwl wrote

As bill s Preston would say "whoooah"

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newtownmail t1_je1jkc2 wrote

Can't decide if I prefer this one or Physical Graffiti, but they are both so fantastic. No Quarter might be my favorite track off the album.

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ThrownAwayRealGood t1_je1l40r wrote

Over the Hills and Far Away is one of the most kickass songs I’ve ever heard.

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LosCarlitosTevez t1_je1pufb wrote

So someone going to a record store 50 years ago this week would have asked “what is new?”, and the store clerk would have told them “this one called Dark Side of the Moon or this other one Houses of the Holy”

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elrey2020 t1_je24grb wrote

22 years ago my RA stole my HotH poster because it was deemed pornography

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dearrichard t1_je2a9gi wrote

near perfect album. if only they got rid of the crunge.

i fucking hate that song.

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Nova2233 t1_je2bfud wrote

Favorite Zep album for sure. Hipgnosis killed the artwork as usual, ridiculous track listing, prime ability of all members, awesome production by Page, just an absolute banger of an album all around

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Mr310 t1_je2e7yn wrote

And kids half that young are still wearing their t-shirts but have no idea who they are. It'll happen to your favorite band too!

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MrBigChest t1_je2fpna wrote

Damn I’m getting old. This album was only 22 years old when I was born.

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Pythia007 t1_je2jead wrote

And I remember buying it as soon as it appeared in the shops. Could it really be 50 years?!?!?

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Paublo57 t1_je2kgf9 wrote

Page's best work. Strongest production and guitar arrangements of any LZ album, and the last one before drugs noticeably hampered his abilities, as much as I love physical graffiti I can't shake this opinion

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warthog0869 t1_je2oour wrote

Nice article, but if he was impressed with that album, he should really listen to the one that follows it if he thinks Houses is a masterpiece. Holy fuck.

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Scoutn t1_je2s2uz wrote

Da na na na na, da na na na na, daaa na na na na, danana

No Quarter, my favorite of all time

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AnswerGuy301 t1_je2vs26 wrote

It’s amazing how timeless the production on Zeppelin records sounds. Rock is kind of gone as a genre from mainstream radio now but you could have released these albums 20 or even 40 years later and they’d still totally fresh and contemporary, not dated in the least.

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Kebabenjoyer3 t1_je2xjon wrote

No Quarter is the most liquid, smooth song ever written

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andropogon09 t1_je2zucg wrote

I was in high school. I'll never forget the first time I heard the opening riff on Dancing Days.

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Wraywong t1_je30q9l wrote

Which makes listening to Led Zeppelin today, like digging Benny Goodman, in 1985...nobody could shred on clarinet, like Benny Goodman.

Big Band music is due for a comeback...

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Doopsy t1_je312zt wrote

Replying to teancrumpets8 (#2,429,071)

In highschool guitar class freshman and sophomore years we got the first standing ovations in over 15 year… why? Freshman year- we played stairway. Sophomore year- we played over the hills.

I don’t care how overplayed those two rings are, there’s a reason why…… pure art.

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BrownCavsTribe t1_je34hbi wrote

Replying to daveashaw (#2,424,362)

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.

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daveashaw t1_je355bo wrote

Replying to BrownCavsTribe (#2,435,451)

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.

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MoreMegadeth t1_je35q81 wrote

Their best imo. Love em all but this is my personal fave/their best.

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Mkmeathead83 t1_je39mip wrote

My parents gave me their record collection. I don't remember this at all as a kid but I wrote DooDoo on the front of the the album with a pen. I kind of laugh everytime I take this record out for a spin.

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CatManDontDo t1_je3aojp wrote

I played this cassette on repeat until it disintegrated in the tape deck of my truck

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scandrews187 t1_je3d5ye wrote

Yet another incredible album by an incredible band. Produced by one of the most innovative guitar players ever. Another masterpiece

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ImpendingSenseOfDoom t1_je3fhje wrote

Definitely my favorite of all Zeppelin albums. It's maybe not a "perfect" album from start to finish but it has the perfect sound on every track. The balance of bright guitars and thunderous bass/drums, I don't know man. The production quality on Houses is just the absolute best I've ever heard on a rock album. Certainly some of my favorite songs are on here - The Song Remains The Same, The Rain Song, and Over The Hills and Far Away make one of the best combinations of three songs to open an album I can think of. The others are just super cool, even when they fall a little flat on composition, you get to just listen to an insanely talented band just groove and be their badass selves. And then after that you get No Quarter. Goddamn.

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opa20 t1_je3l84m wrote

There used to be “Midnight movies” in theaters showing the concert film. Always smuggled in a flask. Such a great and different time.

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Jakester42 t1_je3oahh wrote

Houses of the holy

Was a really bitchin' album

Bonzo kicks ass on it

And then he chokes on his vomit

The way a rock star's s'posed to die

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Prize_Huckleberry_79 t1_je3zdev wrote

30 years ago I saw Page perform Song Remains the Same Live. I got serious goosebumps at that explosive guitar part right before Plant sang: “California Sunlight….sweet Calcutta rain”

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MaikeruGo t1_je46clr wrote

I remember a friend introducing me to this back in HS (this was decades after it was released) and it, as well as several other Zeppelin albums, became our default adventure/day trip music. Of course the magic part was that if we were heading towards the coast we'd literally have to travel to "Over The Hills and Far Away" to get to "The Ocean"—and if there wasn't a lot of traffic the trip take the entire duration of the album give or take a song. You couldn't ask for a better soundtrack.

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JunFerra t1_je4g9ai wrote

One of my favourites from the band! The Rain Song in particular is amazing.

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72kIngnothing t1_je4igoq wrote

I just googled 1973 albums. Holy shit,what a 12 months that was.

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real_horse_magic t1_je53g2g wrote

This is my favorite Zeppelin record by a mile, The Ocean slaps so goddamn hard

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gtoz1119 t1_je5ldr1 wrote

I’m sure I’m probably in the minority but it’s my favorite

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SelectionNo3078 t1_je5mypm wrote

i remember writing some of the lyrics to 'over the hills and far away' in a card to a girl i'd just started dating.

she went and bought the album the next day!

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SwissBean27 t1_je6wg7g wrote

Listen to Rain Song live 1973 for one of the best live versions of a Zep song ever! I suggest headphones and inebriation

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