All Songs, Best to Worst: Led Zeppelin

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