Egomaniac Highlight

What had Led Zeppelin not before publication of this double blow everything behind itself:
The Hard Rock invented, enriched by folk posts, fabulous musical gems like "Stairway to Heaven", "Immigrant Song" and "Whole Lotta Love" off the cuff, reached the zenith of artistic and commercial success - what was to come?

Good stuff.

War "Houses of the Holy" still been of a compelling cheerfulness, so do with this double album more worlds:
Obviously - Nomen est omen - had the song "Houses of the Holy" still belongs to the same titled album: optimistic, carefree, loose. Is probably production-is no longer assumed.

But the rest, which has it all:
With "Custard Pie" and "The Rover" the work is initiated simultaneously with two standards: catchy riffing of Maestro Page, bluesy, crisp, good.
It follows probably the best because most distinctive song not only the album, no, an entire decade: "In My Time Of Dying", a Blue hammer par excellence. Page with the Slide, reduced Arrangements, Plant in his element intensive necromancy. A truly atmospheric monster - it Klammt a the air we breathe, so captures the song. Unique.
With "Trampled Underfoot" a little break is inserted, the listener is allowed to recover before with "Kashmir" breaks out of oriental bombast of millennia: LZ that and one of two worlds, which are capable playing to condense the best of both worlds distilling in a song.
With "In The Light" begins the second disc more brittle: Computer Music and Led Zep - but it works!
"Bron-Yr-Aur" is nice pastime; Page hits the Country Style once again.
Before "Ten Years Gone" raises another eternal classics of the genre, designed along the lines of "Stairway to Heaven" (and not really much worse!), The listener Sönglein in styles may treat themselves to "Down By The Seaside" the Sixties, which would certainly also already passed by the message her on the previous album: cheerful, lively, live in the moment.
"Night Flight" is raised, therefore, "The Wanton Song" is a macho monster that has just sex for the purposes. Testosterone-driven Durchlavieren.
"Boogie With Stu" nice danceable, and "Black Country Woman", once again Page Pure, give pleasure and prepare for "Sick Again", a worthy Closer. Heavy, disparagingly, nigh brutal the unprejudiced listener the wickedness of the world is forced into the neck here. Further evidence of the singing talents of Robert Plant (yes, the singing here really!).

For the reviewers certainly one of the best, but certainly the most varied work of the band.
In any mood to listen, what more does not apply to other plants of the group (Extreme: "Houses of the Holy" on one side, "Presence" on the other); In short: it enriches with each listen.

Blessed, if one can say that on an album; absolutely to die for, if this is true for a double album.