Workingman's Dead (studio album) by Grateful Dead

Workingman's Dead by Grateful Dead
Year: 1970
Overall rank: 1,041st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 423 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1970 (31st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (220th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,041st)
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Grateful Dead bestography

Workingman's Dead is ranked 2nd best out of 157 albums by Grateful Dead on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Grateful Dead is American Beauty which is ranked number 342 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,212.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 423 votes)
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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 79.3/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.

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80/100
From 09/06/2022 15:44
Solid
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From 01/05/2022 23:37
Enjoyable country/folk music here. A few standouts but overall a little inconsistent.
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80/100
From 09/29/2021 02:50
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.
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95/100
From 01/30/2021 01:31
A step behind American Beauty as an album, but featuring more songs on my all-time favorite playlist.
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65/100
From 12/05/2020 14:21
A tiny bit weaker than "American Beauty", but it contains my favorite song by them "Casey Jones". Overall, 65/100.
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From 04/23/2020 03:16
Not as consistently strong as a American Beauty but it’s peaks are just as high.
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80/100
From 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.
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85/100
From 12/11/2017 09:57
New speedway boogie is very underrated. Uncle johns band is the best
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75/100
From 06/11/2016 15:05
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.
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From 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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