<3 you even moar now Scroggy. Wouldn't IV get a look in though? Much better the HotH IMO.
IV is the second best in the studio, but Houses has Song Remains and The Rain Song back to back, and that really takes some beating. Plus The Ocean is my favourite "pop" Zeppelin song. No Quarter trumps pretty much any other song ever.
Having said that, my personal favourite song at the moment is Going to California... Black Dog is awesome, so is Rock and Roll, heck, so's The Battle for Evermore... the only thing letting IV down is Misty Mountain Hop and Four Sticks, which I think are a little out of place.
Perhaps IV might edge Houses out in terms of individual songs but I think Houses flows better as an album.
But yeah, you have made me reconsider a bit
