When The Levee Breaks (track)
by Led Zeppelin
Year: 1971
From the album Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (track #8)
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When The Levee Breaks appears on the following album(s) by Led Zeppelin:
- Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (track #8) (this album) (1971)
- Early Days: The Best Of Led Zeppelin Volume One (track #12) (compilation) (1999)
- Mothership (track #12) (compilation) (2007)
- The Complete Studio Recordings (track #36) (compilation) (1993)
- Led Zeppelin (Box Set) (track #36) (compilation) (1990)
- Early Days & Latter Days (track #12) (compilation) (2002)
- Led Zeppelin X Led Zeppelin (track #13) (compilation) (2018)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | philschmil | 427 | 88/100 |
| ! | 02/02/2026 03:12 | stareaterogni0n | 3,464 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/27/2026 13:57 | mattkwyatt | 58 | 84/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2026 06:17 | alexandermause | 14,879 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2025 16:54 | Exist-en-ciel | 77,258 | 70/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 92.2/100, a mean average of 91.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 92.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.7.
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I don’t like Led Zeppelin, but this is easily their best song, if not second to Kashmir. Just so freakin awesome.
Squonk007 05/03/2024 19:30 | #303330
Superb bluesy guitar.
the greatest blues song of all time
A perfect ending to a groundbreaking album
Right now , this might be the best song in the 70`s !!!!
An example of perfect rock song
Bonham makes this song. His drumming is incredible - so good in fact that even other genres such as hip hop have sampled his drumming.
Call me crazy but I think this one's way better than Stairway to Heaven. In fact, my fav on the album.
PinkMind 03/21/2018 15:20 | #211425
Another one of those odd blues that Jimmy turned into a masterpiece.
Beautiful song, but I don't think it's Zeppelin's 2nd best
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