LED ZEPPELIN - HOUSES OF THE HOLY
- Format: (CD) Compact disc
- Executor: LED ZEPPELIN
- Title: HOUSES OF THE HOLY
- Catalog number: WPCR-11615
- A country: Japan
- Label: Warner Bros
- Year of issue: 1973
- Complictation: PAPER SLEEVE
- Type of publication: EDITION 2003
- Condition (record/cover): SS
- Style: Rock
- Rarity: star_rate star_rate star_rate
Houses of the Holy is the fifth Studio album by the British rock group Led Zeppelin released 28 March 1973 on Atlantic Records. Page described the concept of the cover as "a symbol of innocence, the expression of the idea that we are all beings who aspire to the heavens promised". Posed six-year-old Samantha gates and her four year old brother Stefan. The photo on the cover is a collage of over thirty shots. The cover of the album did not contain any information about artists or the title. In the US the title was written on ribbons that were taped children's buttocks. Despite this precaution, the album was banned in many States in the Bible belt. "Anything like that today we would do not allowed, immediately would be accused of propaganda of pedophilia, says Powell. But we were hippies, walking around naked was quite ordinary". In 2011, the cover of the album took 28 th place in the list of best album covers of all time according to the online edition Music Radar. The musical rating of the album immediately took the 1 to 10 place in the charts of countries in all continents, becoming immediately multiplatinovymi.
