Built To Last
by Grateful Dead
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Grateful Dead bestography
Built To Last is ranked 32nd best out of 164 albums by Grateful Dead on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Grateful Dead is American Beauty which is ranked number 395 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,169.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Built To Last track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Built To Last rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 54/100 | 9 |
| 2025 | brent13 | Grateful Dead's studio albums ranked | 8/13 | - |
| 2025 | brent13 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1989 | 10/20 | 3 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Grateful Dead albums ranked by Brooklyn Vegan | 15/15 | - |
| 2023 | arnellarsen | Top 52 Music Albums of 1989 | 8/52 | 4 |
| 2022 | Rovers | Top 31 Music Albums of 1989 | 16/31 | 3 |
| 2021 |  NickVolos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2020 |  21stCenturySchiz | Top 95 Music Albums of the 1980s | 92/95 | 1 |
| 2019 | 21stCenturySchiz | Top 13 Music Albums of 1989 | 10/13 | 2 |
| 2018 | AlienCinema | Top 50 Music Albums of 1989 | 42/50 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 28 | |||
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Built To Last ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/07/2025 00:38 | brent13 | 2,179 | 66/100 |
| ! | 11/14/2024 21:49 | davidleewrong | 2,357 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2024 22:31 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 60.9/100, a mean average of 56.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 56.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.0.
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CharlieBarley 10/13/2019 22:23 in What album are you listening to right now?Built To Last comments
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I totally forgot about this album! Were the dead attempting a follow up to In the Dark? Weird that this album came out at the absolute peak of their popularity and yet it's pretty much forgotten (at least by me!)
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