Friends (track)
by Led Zeppelin
Friends appears on the following album(s) by Led Zeppelin:
- Led Zeppelin III (track #2) (this album) (1970)
- The Complete Studio Recordings (track #20) (compilation) (1993)
- Led Zeppelin (Box Set) (track #12) (compilation) (1990)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/18/2026 22:33 | stareaterogni0n | 3,287 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2026 02:35 | alexandermause | 14,622 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2026 22:04 | mrmcrook | 11,315 | 78/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 13:47 | daCritic | 34,441 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 16:54 | Exist-en-ciel | 76,621 | 70/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 84.4/100, a mean average of 84.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.5.
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Squonk007 04/20/2022 16:15 | #284428
Another excellent acoustic track.
“Friends” is by far the best track on a great, consistent and surprising album. “Friends” has a haunting dark charm and benefits from a Middle Eastern tone. The strings arrangements are wonderful. The vocals and guitar are tense and ominous. The Moog that closes “Friends” is a little weird but it opens wonderfully for the next track. I once saw Zep performing the track life with African musicians and African percussionists in some television performance. Bloody brilliant. Zep never surpassed this. While reading reviews, I always wonder why this Led Zeppelin III gem is rarely mentioned or appreciated.
I never figured out why I love this song so very much. One of my all time favorites. An intruiging drive. Brilliant guitar performance and even better performed vocals.
Fischman 12/27/2018 18:34 | #228101
After The Immigrant Song, this is the song that truly slips this album into its more acoustic groove, and does so very well.
I love the way this track builds, it's an avant-psychedelia masterpiece.
Jasonconfused 12/19/2012 05:48 | #58272
Great acoustic track! It has a very dramatic sound.
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