Houses of the Holy - Definition and Overview

Houses of the Holy
Album by Led Zeppelin
Released	March 28, 1973
Recorded	January-August, 1972 at both Stargroves, England and Headley Grange, Hampshire, with The Rolling Stones Mobile Studio; Island Studios, London. Mixed at Olympic Studios, London; Electric Lady, New York.
Producer	Jimmy Page
Genre	Hard rock
Length	40 min 56 s
Record label	Atlantic Records
Catalogue	(US) Atlantic 7255 (UK) Atlantic K50014
Professional reviews
Q review	3/5	December 2000 (http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=117531&resource=117531&fixture_artist=144739) (remastered version)
Led Zeppelin Chronology
Untitled (1971)	Houses of the Holy (1973)	Physical Graffiti (1975)

Houses of the Holy is an album by Led Zeppelin released by Atlantic Records on March 28, 1973 (see 1973 in music). The album title is a dedication by the band to their fans who appeared at venues they dubbed, "houses of the holy". "D'yer Mak'er" is a reggae-based tune, and is a play on words from the joke "My wife's been to the West Indies" "Jamaica?" "No, she went of her own accord". The song "The Ocean" is also dedicated to the "sea" of fans which came to Led Zeppelin concerts. The cover photograph was taken at the Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland. Some releases of the album have a paper outer sleeve hiding the naked children.

The album cover was inspired by the ending of Arthur C. Clarke's novel Childhood's End.

Track listing

1. "The Song Remains the Same" (Page/Plant) - 5:28
2. "The Rain Song" (Page/Plant) - 7:39
3. "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Page/Plant) - 4:47
4. "The Crunge" (Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant) - 3:13
5. "Dancing Days" (Page/Plant) - 3:41
6. "D'yer Mak'er" (Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham) - 4:22
7. "No Quarter" (Page/Plant/Jones) - 6:59
8. "The Ocean" (Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham) - 4:30

Personnel

• Jimmy Page - Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, backing vocals, producer
• Robert Plant - Vocals, harmonica
• John Paul Jones - Organ, bass guitar, backing vocals
• John Bonham - Drums, backing vocals
• Peter Grant - Executive producer
• Eddie Kramer - Engineer, mixing
• Keith Harwood - Mixing
• Andy Johns - Engineer, mixing (Track 7)

• Hipgnosis - Sleeve

External links

• Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy Lyrics (http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/led_zeppelin_houses_of_the_holy.html)