Four Sticks (track)
by Led Zeppelin
Year: 1971
From the album Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (track #6)
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Four Sticks appears on the following album(s) by Led Zeppelin:
- Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (track #6) (this album) (1971)
- The Complete Studio Recordings (track #34) (compilation) (1993)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 02/12/2026 16:26 | philschmil | 427 | 88/100 | |
| 02/02/2026 03:02 | stareaterogni0n | 3,594 | 72/100 | |
| 01/27/2026 15:05 | mattkwyatt | 58 | 84/100 | |
| 01/22/2026 06:17 | alexandermause | 15,347 | 85/100 | |
| 12/04/2025 16:54 | Exist-en-ciel | 79,013 | 70/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.2/100, a mean average of 81.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.1.
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Squonk007 02/03/2024 15:50 | #301702
The vocals grate but the guitar riff is good.
Amazing song, Robert Plant's vocals are downplayed, the instrumentation keeps my attention the whole time, especially the keyboards. How Misty Mountain Hop is rated higher than this is 100% beyond me.
Nice riff and interesting time signatures. But maybe not the best on the album ;)
AAL2014 06/25/2016 04:40 | #169738
A bit tedious to sit through. My least favorite song on the album. The riff is a good one, but the song is too repetitive.
A bit underrated in my opinion
Anti 04/20/2014 22:13 | #109625
Very fun riff!!!
Jasonconfused 12/04/2012 02:06 | #56675
Most notable for its really awesome riff.
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