Anthem Of The Sun
by Grateful Dead
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Grateful Dead bestography
Anthem Of The Sun is ranked 5th best out of 164 albums by Grateful Dead on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Grateful Dead is American Beauty which is ranked number 396 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,143.
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Anthem Of The Sun track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Anthem Of The Sun rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 91 Music Albums of 1968 | 67/91 | 1 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 57/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 36 Music Albums of 1968 | 31/36 | 1 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 45/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 77 Music Albums of 1968 | 70/77 | 1 |
| 2026 |  RoundTheBend | Top 60 Music Albums of 1968 | 29/60 | 3 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 64 Music Albums of 1968 | 21/64 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 45 Music Albums of 1968 | 31/45 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 172 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 600 | |||
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Anthem Of The Sun ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | Philly28 | 968 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/23/2026 08:02 | juanr1096 | 6,336 | 78/100 |
| ! | 09/03/2026 02:34 | BurndenAce | 1,339 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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Anthem Of The Sun forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/04/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5394): By O.T.Anthem Of The Sun comments
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The sound on this album is complex, dense and mellow akin to the harmonious experimentalism of Pink Floyd, the instrumentals of Cream and the 'cosmic' improvisation and existentialism of Sun Ra. The band members, inspired by Stockhausen and John Cage and the music tapes for Morton Subotnick, produced one of the all-time acid-rock masterpieces.
Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/01/2020 10:44 | #249393 | TOP COMMENT
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nobodyisemo should not listen their albums after this one, 'cause personally this is the only album where I can bear their acid rock.
And I found an Aphex Twin sample. Near the end of "That's It For The Other One" in the mess of noise you hear a sound I think I heard before on Aphex Twin's Gwarek2. (Edited)
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/04/2013 21:05 | #63971 | TOP COMMENT
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It's not a terrible album, but it just doesn't have the quality and production to feel like a complete studio album. At this point I don't think the Grateful Dead knew quite how to do anything other than play live.
I am going through a kind of psychedelic musical awakening at the moment and this is a very chilled jazzy album in parts, particularly side one. I am not over keen on the use of a kazoo in music but it soon drops out after side two (vinyl) gets moving. I agree with some of the other comments, that there is a disconnectedness but that kind of adds to the overall album appeal to me. I actually prefer this album to American Beauty but it's all personal preference. I am enjoying my psychedelic 'trip' and if you want to experience some other interesting albums try The West Coast Pop Experimental Band (Part one) The Electric Flag, The Deep Six and the Zombies (Oddysey and Oracle). And there's plenty more!
Nobodyisemo 10/22/2017 01:54 | #199909 | TOP COMMENT
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There's very little intentionality in their music, like they're accidentally hitting these notes. Unfortunately, despite their 'organic', 'unpracticed' sound, there are few moments where it sounds like they are playing the same song together. That doesn't even make it experimental really, to me, it just means they kind of suck. (Edited)
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