Tea41 Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 HOTH is the best single Zeppelin album, neck and neck with the PG double album masterpiece. Page was at his peak on TSRTS and The Rain Song, OTHAFA, The Ocean, and the brilliant Page/Jones' No Quarter. Talk about atmosphere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcos Trujillo Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 I much prefer live versions of TSRTS (actually, that's true for just about every Zepp song for me!), but I don't dislike the studio version. Wow, it is the exact opposite for me. I can't stand their live recordings. I have only enjoyed Celebration because the sound quality is exceptional. Houses is a great album and TSRTS is Page at his best. I'm so fond of it that I consider it one of their top three (alongside Achilles and Kashmir) in spite of being sung by one of the members of "Anvil And The Chipmunks". Plant's voice sounds MUCH better in live versions (it was sped up for the original), but no live version can match the instrumental roller coaster of the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geezer Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 (edited) Led Zeppelin II is exactly where Page is at his best. Edited April 27, 2013 by Geezer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Dounim Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Over the Hills and Far Away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Over the Hills and Far Away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redirtuo Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 HOTH was the best Zeppelin experience I had as a fan. I became obsessed with it at the beginning of 1977's summer right about the time I became obsessed with girls and other things that went along with summer. Going to the rock quarry to swim and party with it blaring from a parked car with windows down and trunk open. To this day it reminds me of that summer every time I hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phredzeppelin63 Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 it is a great album,but it takes awhile for the crunge to grow on you! I still have my vinyl copy I bought that snowy march day too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagesbow Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 The production on this album is just slightly off and that has always bothered me as I can't definitively say why. However, to my ears at least, Plant's voice sounds too high pitched on TSRTS and on The Ocean - almost as if it has been processed in some way (sped up or with a vocal effect?) and overall in general the record sounds too "bright" Other than The Rain Song and No Quarter; which I think they nailed in the studio and live, the live versions of other HOTH tracks sound much more dynamic and visceral than their HOTM studio counterparts: OTHAFA and Dancing Days from HTWWW and The Madison Square Garden version of The Ocean (from DVD) for example, and to me they surpass the studio versions. So yeah, it has some of their best songs (Rain Song & No Quarter) two of my least favourite (D'yer M'aker & The Crunge) great album art, aforementioned "weird" production and yet despite that (or perhaps because of) it does have a sound and a certain charm all of its own that is unique in the Zeppelin oeuvre, but, perhaps... it has too much light and not enough shade....(for me at least) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pujols05 Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 but, perhaps... it has too much light and not enough shade....(for me at least) Interesting way of putting it. Sounds about right, really. Not that I mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeydrip79 Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 My favorites off HOTH would have to be No Quarter (this is also my husband's favorite Zep tune), The Rain Song, and Over the Hills and Far Away. HOTH and LZIV are the first Zeppelin albums I ever purchased. Went straight from that to the bbc session, then the remasters, and finally the box set. About wore out my VHS copy of TSRTS; probably watched it over a dozen times in college just to stare at Mr. Plant! Those were the days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenog Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) This is a1970's advert for HOTH from 'Sounds' newspaper which Halfin has featured on his Diary today. Edited May 10, 2013 by kenog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Duck Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Houses of the Holy is my favorite Led Zeppelin by far. It brings back happy memories of my 13th summer. My first crush. Two weeks at a lakeside nature camp. "Over the Hills and Far Away" and "D'yer Maker" playing on the radio. Good times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael678 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 It was 40 years ago today....perhaps Zeppelin's most overlooked album, for me Houses of the Holy has a laid-back, confident, groovy feel that has only gotten better with age. Indispensable in every way. What is your favorite track on the album? I might just have to go with "The Rain Song", but it's a hard choice. dude how is it overlooked? 11 million copies have been sold in the US!!! if you want overlooked, then go to Presence or maybe even In Through the Out Door idk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenog Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Another advert for HOTH from Sounds newspaper in the 1970's. Courtesy of Halfin's Diary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrong-note-rod Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Dancin Days. Instantly sends me back to a summer vacation in my youth, where it was played a lot on a jukebox at the local arcade. Also like the Ocean a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverseas Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Either No Quarter or The Crunge would be my favorite if I had to pick. Yea. No Quarter for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainsong07 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Just can't get to like TSRTS somehow, no matter how much I try. I would have agreed with you for years about this. The spng never moved me, both the studio track & the live title track from the sound track. THEN I saw Page & Plant in Philly in April 1994. When they played that with Jimmy on the double neck I totally fell in love with that song! It gave me new appreciation for this song. Now almost 20 years since that show I still love it. But hands down, my favorite track is, you guessed it.... The Rain Song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pujols05 Posted March 28, 2014 Author Share Posted March 28, 2014 And 41 years later, it still sounds amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil. Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I cannot explain this very well , but the production on HOTH felt very different to any of the the other albums, and I do know the albums have their own "feel". Maybe it was my "hi-Fi" of the time, but it did go for a very different sound from the first four albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirchzep27 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 The best way to listen to HOTH is on vinyl. Much more dynamic and three-dimensional. I agree, especially stuff like, the song remains the same and no quarter. Young fans who haven't heard this album on vinyl, should find a friend or someone in their family with a turntable and listen to this record. The first issued cds had issues, stuff pointed out on websites, like Hoffmann, that have been re posted on this site...which I heard but couldn't explain. Same with some of the first remasters, like tsrts having a clearer bass guitar...but it took away from the original metallic chime the riff had on vinyl record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ddladner Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 It's remarkable that 40 years later, I much prefer listening to this music to the music of 'today'. It's hard to pick a favorite from HOTH but will go with The Rain Song, one of the most beautiful songs ever made!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Only Way To Fly Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Ya Rain Song for sure - I love the SRTS version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
in_the_evening Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 TSRTS with Over the Hills a very close second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KcChief Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I dont know what all the hate for D'yer mak'er is about??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I agree, it's a fun song and I LOVE how 'live' the drum sound is! Production wise, it's the best song on the album - IMO. It would've fit nicely on LZ IV too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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