Mothership
by Led Zeppelin

Mothership by Led Zeppelin
(Compilation album)
Year: 2007
Release date: 2007-11-13
Overall rank: 5,317th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 217 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2007 (88th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (919th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,317th)

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Led Zeppelin bestography

Mothership is ranked 14th 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 37,758.

Led Zeppelin album bestography « Higher ranked (4,888th)
Celebration Day
This album (5,317th)
Mothership
Lower ranked (10,023rd) »
Remasters

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Mothership track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Mothership rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,317th | 2000s rank: 919th | 2007 rank: 88th

Mothership collection

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Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 217 votes)
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02/28/2026 00:10 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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02/16/2026 21:50 Devilwoac  Ratings distribution  1,10497/100
 
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01/25/2026 14:40 Pluto11  Ratings distribution  12,13872/100
 
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01/25/2026 13:19 Ilolahti  Ratings distribution  8881/100
 
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12/27/2025 04:45 AbsurdCheesecake  Ratings distribution  33587/100

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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 82.0/100, a mean average of 80.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.

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70/100
From 11/08/2016 20:14 | #178137
The only time I've ever seen a compilation album feel like a full LP, as the picks here seem like the perfect order to their specific talents. The density of rock is fantastic as most greatest hits albums are, so this is just icing on the cake.

Key Cuts: it's a compilation album
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Rating:  
80/100
From 07/07/2016 10:52 | #170748
Basically a re-release of the, remasters, album from 1990, with an almost identical track list, repackaged with new cover artwork. You can't argue about the quality of songs though. I don't personally like to rate and comment on compilations, but I need to bump my points up to get to level seven.
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From 10/05/2015 21:01 | #151038
Jackbrown is right, don't stone him.
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From 10/05/2015 17:06 | #151021
if we all vote 0/100 maybe we can get all 3 of these LZ compilations out of the top 200 rated albums on this site. as of now it's embarrassing.
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From 01/03/2013 20:17 | #59923
I haven't exactly heard the album Celebration Day, but I've heard every song on it. Still counts.
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