UAWIL #291: 2nd To Last Led Zeppelin Songs Ranked

UAWIL #291: 2nd To Last Led Zeppelin Songs Ranked

From The Ugly American Werewolf in London Rock Podcast by Mac B.

June 25, 2026 · 1h 22m · Season 1 · Episode 291

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The episode ranks the second to last songs from Led Zeppelin's albums based on the hosts' observations about album track placements.

We've been doing our podcast for almost 6 years and with that time & experience, one does find patterns or tricks of the trade that pop up regularly. As The Wolf & Action Jackson have reviewed about 200 albums on the show and listened to thousands more, the boys observed something when it comes to tracking albums. Bands rarely leave the worst song on the album for the last track; however, they often slot the worst song as the 2nd to Last track on the record. Which makes sense - you don't want the last song you hear to be the worst and sometimes bands will save the best for last. So we decided to apply our observation to a band that has a very strong catalog without too many duds. A band with enough albums to make up a record of their 2nd to Last songs but not so many that it would take us multiple episodes. Led Zeppelin fit the bill perfectly as the boys know the catalog back to front, there are only 8 albums (we don't include Coda but we give a track to each disc/LP of Physical Graffiti) to review and we can not only rank them against each other but rank the track's position on the album. I Can't Quit You Baby off LZ I isn't a bad track at all but the competition is stiff and…

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