Presence (studio album) by Led Zeppelin

Presence by Led Zeppelin
Year: 1976
Overall rank: 1,370th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 813 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1976 (24th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (273rd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,370th)

Led Zeppelin bestography

Presence is ranked 7th 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 11 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 41,509.

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Presence track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 813 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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75/100
From 08/08/2023 12:13
My active Zeppelin listening history during the 70s ended with Physical Graffiti, and Presence was only appropriately heard last week! Achilles is a standout but the rest sound leftovers from previous albums.
The playing is strong but sounds a bit dated by 1976.
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From 03/11/2023 16:31
Achilles Last Stand is a masterpiece ???
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85/100
From 03/10/2023 23:55
This was the last of the Zeppelin I got well after I had all others. Hence I always had a weariness that it wouldn't live up to the glory of all others before. So it took a bit before fully appreciating the greatness of it. Sure, they have better albums, but this is still fucking shit hot. Very guitar driven rhythms and riffs. Zeppelin do no wrong
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70/100
From 07/31/2022 10:46
Album Rating: 71.29
(499/7)

1.Achilles Last Stand. 90
2.For Your Life. 71
3.Royal Orleans. 68
4.Nobody's Fault But Mine. 74
5.Candy Store Rock. 56
6.Hots On For Nowhere. 67
7.Tea For One. 73
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20/100
From 03/14/2022 21:57
Very forgettable overall. The guitar on Achilles Last Stand is great, although the song is probably double the length it should be. A huge drop-off from their previous albums. It feels like it's 44 minutes of the same song over and over...
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From 02/22/2022 21:40
fave tracks - Achilles Last Stand, Nobody's Fault But Mine, Candy Store Rock
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70/100
From 11/08/2021 18:58
I love the first 6 albums, some of the greatest albums ever recorded. However I never feel like putting this one on. The cover is a bit suspect as well.....
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80/100
From 09/28/2021 13:01
Tem um bluesinho do caramba!!
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From 07/08/2021 00:10
This is definitely one of the most forgettable Led Zeppelin record, besides CODA, but I suggest just listening to "Achilles Last Stand," if the rest of the album sounded like that it would be a solid album in their discography, but this was the end of great Zeppelin trilogy.
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55/100
From 01/12/2021 15:50
zep's first drop off in quality. Achilles is an amazing song though
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