Workingman's Dead (studio album)
by Grateful Dead
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Workingman's Dead is ranked 2nd best out of 162 albums by Grateful Dead on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Grateful Dead is American Beauty which is ranked number 372 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,539.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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90/100  | 10/24/2025 03:49 | adbrack1988 | | 83/100 |
60/100 | 10/06/2025 18:36 | Olli | | 68/100 |
95/100 | 08/30/2025 17:53 | MarkusKosmo | | 84/100 |
80/100 | 07/15/2025 22:40 | djbauer99 | | 87/100 |
65/100 | 06/12/2025 05:16 | stevengnz | | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.5/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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Solid
Enjoyable country/folk music here. A few standouts but overall a little inconsistent.
I love "Uncle John's Band," "Dire Wolf," and "High Time." I am in the minority liking this album a little better than American Beauty.
planetneutral 01/30/2021 01:31
A step behind American Beauty as an album, but featuring more songs on my all-time favorite playlist.
A tiny bit weaker than "American Beauty", but it contains my favorite song by them "Casey Jones". Overall, 65/100.
Brandon8 04/23/2020 03:16
Not as consistently strong as a American Beauty but it’s peaks are just as high.
OldToad 01/21/2020 07:13
The weak track for me is Cumberland Blues, a great tune, but the arrangement here is weird, starting out electric--a very thin-toned electric--then bringing in the banjo and going full acoustic. It sounds like an outtake to me, and Europe '72 obviously has the definitive version of that tune. Otherwise, this is a classic. Easy Wind is one of Pigpen's finest moments, so good.
Medelsvensson 12/11/2017 09:57
New speedway boogie is very underrated. Uncle johns band is the best
In my opinion the slightly weaker of the two 'country' records the Grateful dead released in 1970. Workingman's dead, is still a fine record, but it just doesn't have a, ripple, on it. Still fine songs in, high time, new speedway boogie, and, Casey Jones. Good summertime sounds.
RoundTheBend 04/03/2016 03:37
Casey Jones is one of my favorites of theirs. I'm totally a song fan of them... the albums are ok.
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