GENIE LIST 1

INCREDIBLE! Barely recovered the mythical "IV", which evolved into a leaning rock sphere, "House of the Holy" goes one step further and strongly about the student (question: how is that even possible ???) of a group who, having always done what he wanted despite hearsay, there is freed completely from any milestone to deliver one of his greatest works - even THE biggest.

Funk ("The Crunge" big nod to James Brown's soul) and reggae ("D'Yer Mak'er") tumble to the program, and that alone is already huge because nobody ' waiting 4 british to that place ... These two tracks thus considerably expand the musical horizons of Zeppelin, which generally on this album has tempered his rock to make much more subtle, and it is thereby the quintessence of this legendary "House of the Holy".

Presented in one of the most beautiful covers of the history of music (performed by Hypgnosis in 73), we find for the first time all the lyrics inside, and it may well delight in the " plant "ureuses words that wrote Robert. Full collegial work, this album is full of unparalleled wealth, reinforced by a rhythm section of a rare density, enhanced by the neat keyboard JP Jones.

The famous "The Song Remains The Same" opens the disc and immediately plant the decor: where predecessors opened on a thunderous rock (but never the beefier of the album), this title is placed in a more rock melting pot / folk / blues with hints of freshly landed progressive. Both playful and dark, as this surprisingly strong ambivalence, and ideally prepares the ground for "The Rain Song", acoustic gem on which Page sounds ... like rain. In jubilant crescendo, this song is placed in the logic of "Friends" or "That's the way". "Over The Hills And Far Away" continues in the same vein, the acoustic Page gloss. Plant is imperial, having yet developed the modularity of his voice.

Side B starts on the square of a rhythmic "Dancing Days" catchy, riff supported by a rotating captivating. Your ears are then ready to receive the blessing THE jewel of the album: "No Quarter". This exception allows the extension to Zep to unwind all his mastery: JP Jones sends a bass line slidée constituting the framework, supported by a divine Bonham. Page conspicuous by its interventions dosed dark blues, Plant and as such offers all the vocal dimension that propels it to another time, another space from the intro, the tone is set. Surrender yourself completely to this warm and sad melody, this ascent to heaven ... probably my favorite song from Zep, forged in the same noble metal that "Kashmir". Heavy, very heavy, that you to tears of happiness / sadness (again a disturbing and pleasurable ambivalence). Hard to recover from ...

"The Ocean" closing with a bang this 5th disc, with a Plant that would compare to an almost Axl Rose (do not shout to the scandal, it's true!), Drop a burning crescendo rock / blues / folk oriented a great riff and syncopated rhythm.

The big slap. O Genius! Aaargh, but what does that awaits me on the following? (Yes, because I'm getting in order).

What strikes most about this album not (hard) rock for 2 as is its dazzling maturity, the great class who freed them from the constraints of the music business, the free flight to unexplored universe. I expected a punchy drive armored sharp riffs, and it's actually by its subtlety "House of the Holy" literally bewitched me ... I took off no more! This is really a disk in the A PART Zeppelinographie, a record that explores in depth the paths tatonnés on Led Zep II (not my favorite) and, going to the end of something, they acquire the status of a half -dieux unattainable, definitively entered the pantheon of music as a whole.

This is all the more admirable, disturbing and amazing that between 1969 and 1973, Led Zeppelin released five major albums of very, very high quality! Nobody can say the same, no.

What talent ... and that is to taste religiously!