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Houses Of The Holy (Album) by Led Zeppelin

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Led Zeppelin Was An English Rock Band Formed In London In 1968. The Group Comprised Vocalist Robert Plant Guitarist Jimmy Page Bassist And Keyboardist John Paul Jones And Drummer John Bonham. With A Heavy Guitar-Driven Sound They Are Cited As One Of The Progenitors Of Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Although Their Style Drew From A Variety Of Influences Including Blues And Folk Music. Led Zeppelin Have Been Credited As Significantly Impacting The Nature Of The Music Industry Particularly In The Development Of Album-Oriented Rock AOR And Stadium Rock. Originally Named The New Yardbirds Led Zeppelin Signed A Deal With Atlantic Records That Gave Them Considerable Artistic Freedom. Initially Unpopular With Critics They Achieved Significant Commercial Success With Eight Studio Albums Over Ten Years. Their 1969 Debut Led Zeppelin Was A Top-Ten Album In Several Countries And Featured Such Tracks As "Good Times Bad Times" "Dazed And Confused" And "Communication Breakdown". Led Zeppelin II 1969 Was Their First Number-One Album And Yielded "Ramble On" And "Whole Lotta Love". In 1970 They Released Led Zeppelin III Which Featured "Immigrant Song". Their Untitled Fourth Album Commonly Known As Led Zeppelin IV 1971 Is One Of The Best-Selling Albums In History With 37 Million Copies Sold. The Album Includes "Black Dog" "Rock And Roll" And "Stairway To Heaven" With The Latter Being Among The Most Popular And Influential Works In Rock History. Houses Of The Holy 1973 Yielded "The Ocean" "Over The Hills And Far Away" And "The Rain Song". Physical Graffiti 1975 A Double Album Featured "Trampled Under Foot" And "Kashmir". Page Wrote Most Of Led Zeppelin's Music Particularly Early In Their Career While Plant Wrote Most Of The Lyrics. Jones's Keyboard-Based Compositions Later Became Central To Their Music Which Featured Increasing Experimentation. The Latter Half Of Their Career Saw A Series Of Record-Breaking Tours That Earned The Group A Reputation For Excess And Debauchery. Although They Remained Commercially And Critically Successful Their Touring And Output Which Included Presence 1976 And In Through The Out Door 1979 Grew Limited And The Group Disbanded Following Bonham's Death In 1980. Since Then The Surviving Former Members Have Sporadically Collaborated And Participated In One-Off Reunions. The Most Successful Of These Was The 2007 Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert In London With Bonham's Son Jason Bonham On Drums. Led Zeppelin Are One Of The Best-Selling Music Artists Of All Time Their Total Record Sales Are Estimated To Be Between 200 And 300 Million Units Worldwide. They Achieved Eight Consecutive UK Number-One Albums And Six Number-One Albums On The US Billboard 200 With Five Of Their Albums Certified Diamond In The US. Rolling Stone Magazine Described Them As "the Heaviest Band Of All Time" "the Biggest Band Of The Seventies" And "unquestionably One Of The Most Enduring Bands In Rock History". They Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1995 The Museum's Biography Of The Band States That They Were "as Influential" During The 1970s As The Beatles Were During The 1960s. Albums
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Houses Of The Holy Is The Fifth Album By English Rock Band Led Zeppelin Released By Atlantic Records On 28 March 1973. The Album Title Is A Dedication By The Band To Their Fans Who Appeared At Venues They Dubbed "Houses Of The Holy." It Was The First Led Zeppelin Album To Not Be At Least Unofficially Titled After The Band. The Album Represents A Musical Turning Point For Led Zeppelin As They Began To Use More Layering And Production Techniques In Recording Their Songs. It Is Also The First Of Three Albums To Be Completely Original The First Four Albums Featuring At Least One Cover. The Other Two Albums Are Presence And In Through The Out Door. Although Houses Of The Holy Initially Received Mixed Reviews It Has Since Become Regarded By Critics As One Of Led Zeppelin's Finest Albums. The Album Provided Notable Additions To The Band's Catalogue Including "Over The Hills And Far Away" "Dancing Days" "The Song Remains The Same" "D'yer Mak'er" "No Quarter" And "The Ocean" And It Has Sold Over 11 Million Copies In The United States. In 2003 The Album Was Ranked Number 149 On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. This Album Was A Stylistic Turning Point In The Lifespan Of Led Zeppelin. Guitar Riffs Became More Layered Within Jimmy Page's Production Techniques And Departed From The Blues Influences Of Earlier Records. In The Album's Opening Opus "The Song Remains The Same" And Its Intricate Companion Suite "The Rain Song" Robert Plant's Lyrics Matured Toward A Less Overt Form Of The Mysticism And Fantasy Of Previous Efforts. Houses Of The Holy Also Featured Styles Not Heard On The First Four Led Zeppelin Albums. For Example "D'yer Mak'er" Is A Reggae-Based Tune "No Quarter" Features Atmospheric Keyboard Sounds And An Acoustic Piano Solo From John Paul Jones "The Crunge" Is A Funk Tribute To James Brown And "The Rain Song" Is Embellished By Jones On His Newly-Acquired Mellotron. The Album's Closing Song "The Ocean" Which Featues An A Cappella Section And A Doo-Wop Influenced Coda Is Dedicated To "the Ocean" Of Fans Who At This Point Of The Band's Career Massed To Led Zeppelin Concerts.