Album · Led Zeppelin
Presence by Led Zeppelin
Presence is an album by Led Zeppelin, released in 1976. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 42 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Nobody's Fault But Mine”, on 29 lists with a best position of #5.
Presence, Led Zeppelin's seventh album, landed in American shops on 31 March 1976 on Swan Song, the label the group had set up for itself, with Britain getting it on 2 April. It was made in a hurry and under a cloud. Robert Plant was still mending from serious injuries in a car crash earlier in 1975, the tours were scrapped, so the band booked studio time instead, and Jimmy Page produced, pulling marathon shifts to get it recorded and mixed within a few weeks late that year.
What came out is Zeppelin stripped for combat: no keyboards from John Paul Jones, hardly an acoustic guitar in sight, just Page's riffs stacked like armor, Bonham pounding like a pile driver and Plant wailing over the top. "Achilles Last Stand" gallops for miles, "Nobody's Fault But Mine" grinds the blues into metal. It topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, but reviews were mixed and it's their lowest seller, though critics have warmed to it since.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Presence on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody's Fault But Mine | 29 | #5 | – | 1990–2023 | |
| 2 | Achilles Last Stand | 13 | #18 | – | 2012–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.