Moby Dick (track) by Led Zeppelin
Moby Dick appears on the following album(s) by Led Zeppelin:
- Led Zeppelin II (track #8) (this album) (1969)
- How The West Was Won (track #14) (2003)
- The Soundtrack From The Film The Song Remains The Same (track #8) (1976)
- The Complete Studio Recordings (track #17) (compilation) (1993)
- 1st + 2nd (track #17) (compilation) (1970)
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80/100  | 06/20/2025 21:35 | HotZappsBoogaloo | | 82/100 |
70/100 | 06/17/2025 02:27 | stareaterogni0n | | 77/100 |
80/100 | 06/02/2025 17:31 | ShenBapiro | | 82/100 |
85/100 | 05/27/2025 19:31 | Tainaz | | 85/100 |
80/100 | 05/12/2025 17:38 | machiaj | | 75/100 |
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Starts off and ends as a pretty decent jam but the bulk of the song is a boring, repetitive drum solo in the middle. No argument that Bonham was a great drummer, maybe the best rock drummer of all time, but drum solos are hard to make entertaining. Especially recorded, live can be different sometimes.
Squonk007 03/21/2022 14:40
Not my cup of tea and the weakest track on the LP.
StefanR10 01/01/2020 19:21
Great guitar I always sum the song with the band. It is a earworm
Grouse 02/03/2019 13:27
The drum part gets a bit boring after some time but Bonham is still really rocking on this song
Fischman 01/07/2019 17:47
Simple 12-bar I-IV-V instrumental with nothing special to recommend it other than it's a fun listen.
I love Bonzo, but drum solos always come off as dry and repetitive if you don't get to watch.
Fischman 03/27/2017 18:06
Not particularly creative straight ahead hard rock instrumental, but still lots of fun, largely due to Bonzo on the drum kit.
Space-Dementia 01/17/2016 03:24
Even though the album version is great, it's so much better live. Bonham was a legend.
I have to agree that this drum solo released on the studio version is not too impressive. However, the guitar to start and end this song is fantastic I think and it is too bad they did not take that guitar riff and run with it. Probably would have made for a much better song.
Mediocre drum solo at best, he did it way better live. Bonham was a fantastic drummer but it did not lend to an amazing solo in the studio version of the song.
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