The time has come to talk about Led
Zeppelin. But what can I say about them that's not been said already?
They're one of – if no the – greatest hard rock bands that ever
existed. They've influenced countless bands, pioneered whole new
genres of rock n' roll, and sold hundreds of millions of records.
They're one of the heaviest bands ever and without them hard rock
would sound very different today.
How can one describe Led Zeppelin's
sound? It's a bit of everything, a mix of hard rock, blues, old
school rock and roll, heavy metal, folk, funk rock, and progressive
rock. Sometimes it was several of these genres in a single song!
Listening to the band's music one can tell that Robert Plant, Jimmy
Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham weren't content to stay put in
the confines of just one box. They wanted to do everything and they
did it well. So to celebrate their rich legacy I'm going to list all
80 of their songs (from the nine main albums) from best to worst. And
just for the record, this is the hardest songs rankings list I've had
to do yet, mostly because I don't really consider any Led Zeppelin song to be bad. It's just that some are way, way better than others.
1. “Stairway to Heaven”, Led
Zeppelin IV (1971)
2. “Kashmir”, Physical Graffiti
(1975)
3. “Whole Lotta Love”, Led
Zeppelin II (1969)
4. “Heartbreaker”, LZ II
5. “When the Levee Breaks”, LZ IV
6. “Immigrant Song”, Led
Zeppelin III (1970)
7. “In My Time of Dying”, PG
8. “Moby Dick”, LZ II
9. “The Ocean”, Houses of the
Holy (1973)
10. “No Quarter”, HOTH
11. “Dazed and Confused”, Led
Zeppelin (1969)
12. “Black Dog”, LZ IV
13. “Rock and Roll”, LZ IV
14. “Wearing and Tearing”, Coda
(1982)
15. “Babe I'm Gonna Leave You”, LZ
16. “The Lemon Song”, LZ II
17. “Bring it on Home”, LZ II
18. “The Rain Song”, HOTH
19. “Communication Breakdown”, LZ
20. “That's the Way”, LZ III
21. “I Can't Quit You Baby”, C
22. “The Battle of Evermore”, LZ IV
23. “Houses of the Holy”, PG
24. “Custard Pie”, PG
25. “Ten Years Gone”, PG
26. “Since I've Been Loving You”,
LZ III
27. “Going to California”, LZ IV
28. “In the Light”, PG
29. “Good Times Bad Times”, LZ
30. “Achilles Last Stand”, Presence
(1976)
31. “D'Yer Maker”, HOTH
32. “The Crunge”, HOTH
33. “I Can't Quit You Baby”, LZ
34. “Ramble On”, LZ II
35. “What is and What Should Never
Be”, LZ II
36. “Misty Mountain Hop”, LZ IV
37. “Four Sticks”, LZ IV
38. “Fool in the Rain”, In
Through the Out Door (1979)
39. “The Rover”, PG
40. “Bron Y Aur Stomp”, LZ III
41. “Walter's Walk”, C
42. “Living Loving Maid”, LZ II
43. “Tangerine”, LZ III
44. “Hots on For Nowhere”, P
45. “Dancing Days”, HOTH
46. “Candy Store Rock”, P
47. “You Shook Me”, LZ
48. “Down By the Seaside”, PG
49. “Friends”, LZ III
50. “Thank You”, LZ II
51. “Royal Orleans”, P
52. “Ozone Baby”, C
53. “Nobody's Fault But Mine”, P
54. “Bonzo's Montreux”, C
55. “How Many More Times”, LZ
56. “I'm Gonna Crawl”, ITTOD
57. “Trampled Under Foot”, PG
58. “The Song Remains the Same”,
HOTH
59. “Black Country Woman”, PG
60. “Sick Again”, PG
61. “For Your Life”, P
62. “Darlene”, C
63. “Over the Hills and Far Away”,
HOTH
64. “Celebration Day”, LZ III
65. “All My Love”, ITTOD
66. “Hot Dog”, ITTOD
67. “Boogie With Stu”, PG
68. “We're Gonna Grove”, C
69. “Your Time is Gonna Come”, LZ
70. “Black Mountain Side”, LZ
71. “Out on the Tiles”, LZ III
72. “The Wanton Song”, PG
73. “South Bound Saurez”, ITTOD
74. “Poor Tom”, C
75. “Carouselambra”, ITTOD
76. “Hats Off to Roy Harper”, LZ
III
77. “Bron-Yr-Aur”, PG
78. “Night Flight”, PG
79. “Tea For One”, P
80. “In the Evening”, ITTOD
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