Black Mountain Side (track)
by Led Zeppelin
Year: 1969
From the album Led Zeppelin (track #6)
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Black Mountain Side appears on the following album(s) by Led Zeppelin:
- Led Zeppelin (track #6) (this album) (1969)
- The Complete Studio Recordings (track #6) (compilation) (1993)
- 1st + 2nd (track #6) (compilation) (1970)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/18/2026 22:15 | stareaterogni0n | 3,585 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 04:15 | AbsurdCheesecake | 1,614 | 90/100 |
| ! | 12/27/2025 20:13 | SammyC33 | 720 | 88/100 |
| ! | 12/11/2025 16:53 | Johnnyo | 42,817 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 22:10 | Exist-en-ciel | 78,868 | 70/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 4% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.4/100, a mean average of 80.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.6.
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I'm biased against instrumentals. This one isn't horrible but nothing exciting.
DriftingOrpheus 03/28/2020 05:05 | #249184
Incredible piece of Guitar-Driven Work.
An essential transition piece. I'll take a live version any day though, Jimmy's medleys with White Summer are extremely under-appreciated.
travelful 12/22/2017 00:32 | #203694
Might be slightly plagiarized from Bert Jansch...but fantastic nonetheless.
Amazing instrumental
tgarritsen 02/25/2014 20:54 | #104449
Cool mix of different mixes witht he acoustic guitar playing and the percussions.
Jasonconfused 11/29/2012 16:19 | #56212
Took me many many lessons to appreciate this song, but now I wouldn't dream of skipping it when listening to this album.
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