Song · Led Zeppelin
“Carouselambra” by Led Zeppelin
From the album In Through the Out Door (1979)
“Carouselambra” by Led Zeppelin appears on 10 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1994 and 2023. It was first released in 1979 on the album In Through the Out Door. Its best result is #705 on the Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,897 indie & aaa song of all time.
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At more than 10 minutes, "Carouselambra" is the second-longest thing Led Zeppelin ever cut in a studio, and it's John Paul Jones' show, his synthesizers out front while Jimmy Page's guitar plays support. The band worked it up at Clearwell Castle in May 1978 under the working title "The Epic", and on In Through the Out Door it unfolds in three parts.
The first is a fast, whirling synthesizer ride, the carousel of the title, with Robert Plant's voice tucked just under Jones, John Bonham driving and Page laying down chords. The second slows right down for Plant's reflective lyrics and Page's Gibson EDS-1275 double-neck, the only time he used it on a Zeppelin studio track. Then all four lock together at full gallop for the finale. Page produced, with Peter Grant as executive producer and Leif Mases engineering.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 998 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 912 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 872 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1998 | 867 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 907 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2001 | 1839 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2002 | 733 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2021 | 894 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) | 1043 |
| 2022 | 827 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) | 1043 |
| 2023 | 705 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) | 1043 |
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