Black Dog (track) by Led Zeppelin

Black Dog by Led Zeppelin
Year: 1971
From the album Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (track #1)
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91/100 (from 1,080 votes)
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Black Dog appears on the following album(s) by Led Zeppelin:


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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 91.0/100, a mean average of 90.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.8.

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From 10/16/2018 16:43
Awesome opening, this song goes hard as hell.
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From 12/06/2017 16:20
Definitely my favorite Zeppelin guitar track. Both the solo and the riff are just amazing.
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95/100
From 01/02/2017 20:43
Awesome opening track! Love the "synthy" guitar riff and the shifting time signature :)
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From 06/25/2016 04:28
One of my favorite riffs of all time. JPJ and Jimmy Page were such a good writing duo. A very primal energy from the production as well.
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From 02/11/2016 19:47
John paul Jones had a big hand in the writing of this song. An amazing, Original rocker.
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90/100
From 08/20/2015 13:59
Classic song
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85/100
From 03/30/2015 20:52
This must be one of the best openers of all time.
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From 04/20/2014 21:48
An iconic rock song!
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From 12/30/2012 16:01
What did I tell you in my Immigrant Song review? Zep starts their albums with a legend song. The guitar is way too good to change the radio station. Black Dog is one of the most unique songs you can find.
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From 12/04/2012 01:45
Great way to start this masterpiece album. One of the most recognized riffs of all time and just some of Plant's best vocals.
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