“No Quarter” by Led Zeppelin

"No Quarter" is the dark, fog-bound heart of Led Zeppelin's 1973 album Houses of the Holy, and it's John Paul Jones' showcase as much as anyone's. He wrote it with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, and he carries it on synthesizer, bass synth and grand piano, a slow, cold drift of keys that Page's guitar cuts through like a blade while John Bonham's drums march heavy underneath and Plant's voice floats in from somewhere far off.

Page produced, and Andy Johns engineered and mixed. On stage it became a centerpiece at every Zeppelin show through their final tour, and it's in both the film and the live album of The Song Remains the Same. Page and Plant made it the title track of their 1994 reunion album, and it returned on Celebration Day, from the band's 2007 reunion at London's O2 Arena.

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