Alice's Restaurant
by Arlo Guthrie
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Alice's Restaurant is ranked as the best album by Arlo Guthrie.
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Alice's Restaurant track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 06/18/2026 21:22 | matterhornrider | 5,112 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2026 02:20 | mrmcrook | 1,105 | 77/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2026 00:56 | stangetzaway | 2,311 | 84/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 23:00 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2025 20:10 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,328 | 70/100 |
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I don't understand the accolades of the title track. Basically a narrated story over a backdrop of a repetitive tune. It's not good. Or bad. It just plods along. The remaining 6 tracks aren't bad though. Studio tracks, short, part folk, part folk blues. For me, it's them that help save the album as a whole.
Martini 10/31/2020 23:21 | #260038 | TOP COMMENT
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This is such an underrated album. Besides the obvious masterpiece that is the title track, the rest of the album also makes for a great listen. Not a single bad song on here.
Hey in the day this was some hip stuff. Unfortunately the bit about dumping trash is pretty un-cool nowadays. He should have been arrested and fined. That said, he has perfect comic timing and it is a funny bit. The other half of the record is listenable with a couple of stand out tracks,
junodog4 01/19/2015 03:56 | #131922 | TOP COMMENT
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When I had a late-night radio show, I could put on Alice's Restaurant, run down the hall to use the bathroom, and be back with plenty of time. Nobody tells a tongue-in-cheek yet politically biting yarn like Arlo. Don't overlook the Motorcycle Song either.
MrRetardization 02/26/2014 21:55 | #104619 | TOP COMMENT
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The title track is a masterpiece. Sadly, the rest of the album doesn't stand out too much. Ring-Around-a-Rosy Rag and The Motorcyle Song are pretty great tho.
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