The Wanton Song (track)
by Led Zeppelin
Year: 1975
From the album Physical Graffiti (track #12)
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The Wanton Song appears on the following album(s) by Led Zeppelin:
- Physical Graffiti (track #12) (this album) (1975)
- The Complete Studio Recordings (track #63) (compilation) (1993)
- Led Zeppelin (Box Set) (track #51) (compilation) (1990)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 11/14/2025 23:07 |  LukasAntoine00s | 4,951 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2025 14:21 |  Liedzeit | 9,410 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/04/2025 13:48 |  VictorVale | 42,899 | 88/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2025 07:30 |  NJ | 991 | 87/100 |
| ! | 08/16/2025 09:43 | twinedspirit | 244 | 91/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.3/100, a mean average of 82.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.1.
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Jboy56 12/13/2021 17:06 | #277451
The riff is really great but the guitar solo and the sound of it is very lame. A bad choice from Page use that effect.
Bonham's driving drum attack always amazes me, and I love the way the track switches from Hard Rock to psychedelic funk so quickly.
I like the main riff, actually. it's a good song, but I don't think Zep tried to go for filler after five perfect albums. They had a reputation to keep up.
The guitar solo isn't that great, though.
Jasonconfused 12/07/2012 18:13 | #57061
The main riff is kind of annoying but the other parts of the song are pretty decent. Still, I'd call this song a filler.
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