10 Best Rock Album Closers Ever

Originally penned by blues duo Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929, "When The Levee Breaks" tells the story of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and the displaced workers affected by it. When Led Zeppelin was searching for a song to end their fourth album 42 years later, they chose this song and adapted it with their heavier brand of blues rock. Clocking in at seven minutes, this extravagant cover of a blues original provides a fitting end to what is perhaps the band's most famous album: Led Zeppelin IV

The track memorably opens with John Bonham's vigorous drumming, opening the track with a powerful thumping rhythm before Jimmy Page's fuzz guitar and Robert Plant's high-registered vocals enter. Whilst Plant's singing is as impressive as always, the real focus here is on the instrumentals, as the other three members deliver an unforgettable performance.

In order to acquire the heavier sound that this track is remembered for, all of the instrumentals (with the exception of Plant's vocals) were actually slowed down in post production, which creates a memorably deliberate and thunderous effect throughout the entirety of the track. Solid effort from a legendary band.