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The Music That Rocked Us by Led Zeppelin. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
- Alan York
- Kashmir. Stairway To Heaven may be synonymous with Led Zeppelin, but for sheer audacity, Kashmir trumps it to top our list of the best Led Zeppelin songs.
- Stairway To Heaven. Both milestone and millstone for the group, “Led Zeppelin IV”’s Stairway To Heaven is arguably the most successful album track of all time: even though it was never commercially released as a single, it became the most requested song on FM radio stations across the US during the 70s.
- Whole Lotta Love. Colossal-sounding and horny as hell – but also daringly experimental – Whole Lotta Love needs no introduction. Propelled by Page’s iconic, chugging riff, Led Zeppelin II’s signature rocker is instantly recognisable to rock fans of all persuasions – and, indeed, readers of a certain age will always recall it as the Top Of The Pops theme tune.
- When The Levee Breaks. The closing track to “Led Zeppelin IV”, When The Levee Breaks was based on Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie’s country-blues standard of the same name.
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- Jon Dolan
- 'Whole Lotta Love' (1969) Led Zeppelin's defining song – obscene, brutish and utterly awesome. "Way down inside," squeals Robert Plant, "I'm gonna give you every inch of my love" – adding, "I wanna be your backdoor man!"
- 'Stairway to Heaven' (1971) The signature power ballad on Led Zeppelin IV towers over Seventies rock like a monolith. From the Elizabethan ambience of its acoustic introduction to Plant's lyrical mysticism to Page's spiraling solo, the eight-minute song is a masterpiece of slow-reveal intensity that withholds power, then ascends skyward like nothing in rock.
- 'Black Dog' (1971) Arguably the most badass Led Zeppelin riff: It was cooked up by Jones, who had a Muddy Waters song stuck in his head. Page turned it into a chain-saw ballet on his Les Paul over Bonzo's stealth groove, with snarling multitracked rhythm guitar tearing up the midsection.
- 'Kashmir' (1975) It's their hugest-sounding track, partly because it was one of the few that used outside musicians – a string and brass corps that augmented Jones' Mellotron swirls, Bonham's druid storm-trooper processional and Page's Arabic-Indian vibe ("I had a sitar before George Harrison," he said).
- You Shook Me (Led Zeppelin, 1969) It may never appear on Jeff Beck’s Spotify – he was legendarily peeved on hearing it, having released a similar arrangement a couple of months earlier on 1968 solo album Truth – but Zep’s orgiastic take on Willie Dixon’s standard rightly took the plaudits.
- Bring It On Home (Led Zeppelin II, 1969) Recorded at Mystic Studio in LA in May 1969, this deceptively arranged final cut on Led Zeppelin II appears, for almost two minutes, to be nothing more than a narcoleptic homage to Sonny Boy Williamson’s blues of the same name before exploding into life.
- Moby Dick (Led Zeppelin II, 1969) Led Zeppelin were lucky to have John Bonham as their drummer. Apart from being Plant’s mate, his presence gave the band a unique sound and authority.
- Tea For One (Presence, 1976) The pulverising opening guitar riff might mimic the adrenalised thrill of live performance, but as Tea For One unravels over a hypnotic nine-and-a-half minutes, the sobering reality of life on the road becomes clear.
Nov 16, 2023 · And as their music pinwheeled between apocalyptic heavy rock, blues, folk and balladry, it never stopped moving. Here, MOJO's world-class team of writers have charted that journey and assembled what we think is the definitive list of Zeppelin's greatest ever songs.
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Sep 20, 2013 · Our list of the Top 50 Led Zeppelin Songs demonstrates quite clearly why the group is among the most popular, important and influential acts in classic rock history. Choosing the best tracks...
