BBC Sessions (live album) by Led Zeppelin

BBC Sessions by Led Zeppelin
(Live album)
Year: 1997
Overall rank: 4,474th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 204 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1997 (69th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (778th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,474th)

Led Zeppelin bestography

BBC Sessions is ranked 13th best out of 23 albums by Led Zeppelin on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Led Zeppelin is Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) which is ranked number 12 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 44,725.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.9/100, a mean average of 78.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.

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85/100
From 06/17/2021 22:13
Good album, the best section is from tack 15 to 24. Great version of Thank You.
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From 02/03/2021 01:00
Beautiful Bustling Cool Sessions, always a hit!
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From 12/30/2019 18:22
Some excellent performances when they were good.
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From 06/19/2015 18:53
I suppose that with a compilation like this you'll get some unnecessary tracks, such as sitting through 3 takes of "Communication Breakdown", but you should come to this looking for those brief moments where your ear is surprised. Plenty of them to be found here, plus you get "Traveling Riverside Blues", which somehow never found its way onto any of the original albums.
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From 02/03/2015 20:47
Zeppelin may sometimes lose the heart of their studio works when playing live, but they never cease to entertain. Sometoimes, they're downright bombin'.
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From 03/01/2013 00:34
Honestly, this is my favorite Zeppelin album. It complies much of the best material they recorded prior to 75, and captures them at the peak of their live prowess.
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From 01/26/2013 21:57
Well worth buying just for Travelling Riverside Blues. Cover it may be (although unrecognisable from the original), but one of my favourite Led Zep songs.
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From 05/20/2011 03:13
This makes me wish even more that there was a truly great Led Zeppelin live album. Guess it'll have to do.
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