Built To Last
by Grateful Dead

Built To Last by Grateful Dead
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 30,081st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
61/100 (from 27 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (404th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,758th)
Award Best albums of all time (30,081st)

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Grateful Dead bestography

Built To Last is ranked 31st best out of 162 albums by Grateful Dead on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Grateful Dead is American Beauty which is ranked number 387 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,317.

Grateful Dead album bestography « Higher ranked (29,011th)
Without A Net
This album (30,081st)
Built To Last
Lower ranked (30,141st) »
The Best Of Grateful Dead: Skeletons From The Closet

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Overall rank: 30,081st | 1980s rank: 3,758th | 1989 rank: 404th

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Average Rating: 
61/100 (from 27 votes)
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07/07/2025 00:38 brent13  Ratings distribution  1,94068/100
 
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11/14/2024 21:49 davidleewrong  Ratings distribution  2,33981/100
 
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05/12/2024 22:31 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,12774/100
 
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06/20/2022 08:52 MetalMan67  Ratings distribution  6,01071/100
 
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01/26/2022 12:29 doombringer  Ratings distribution  2,25475/100

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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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From 09/29/2021 03:09 | #274371
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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