How The West Was Won
by Led Zeppelin
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Led Zeppelin bestography
How The West Was Won is ranked 10th best out of 24 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 36,026.
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How The West Was Won track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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How The West Was Won rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 40 Music Albums of 2003 | 21/40 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Drbassexpert24 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 64/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Best Ever Live Albums | 8/100 | - |
| 2026 | Drbassexpert24 | Top 22 Music Albums of 2003 | 11/22 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Most listened to live albums in 2020 | 61/70 | - |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 2003 | 6/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2003 | 62/100 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Live Albums | 13/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 126 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 687 | |||
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How The West Was Won ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11 hours ago | Jackjansen | 373 | 80/100 |
| ! | 10/18/2026 19:59 |  UofTBlues | 3,642 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/17/2026 14:50 | PMV | 31 | 96/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.2/100, a mean average of 80.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.
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How The West Was Won forum mentions
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Certainly better than, the song remains the same. Finally, Led Zeppelin release a live album worthy of their legendary status. Great performances, still, Moby dick, is as boring, as dull, and as tortuous as ever. The rest? Brilliant.
i think of zeppelin as the ultimate 'live band' which is why its so high on my list. whole lotta love medley, come on, maybe the most fun ive had listening to music.
flyingcitrus 12/06/2013 17:26 | #96536 | TOP COMMENT
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Page says he considers this to be Zeppelin at its best, and I agree. This album is the pinnacle of rock music.
One of the best live albums I've ever heard. Many live albums do not translate well. Such is not the case here. Some of the live versions of these songs are even better than the studio recordings, such as Moby Dick.
Solid Live album, probably would've been much more successful if it was released during their career.
Also, I find myself coming back to listen to the acoustic songs at least like 3 times a week, simply fantastic renditions of those songs.
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