When The Levee Breaks (track) by Led Zeppelin
Year: 1971
From the album Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (track #8)


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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I don’t like Led Zeppelin, but this is easily their best song, if not second to Kashmir. Just so freakin awesome.

Superb bluesy guitar.
Driving psychedelic blues guitar riff with excellent harmonica and drumming.
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
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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.
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