Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
by Dave Matthews Band
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Dave Matthews Band bestography
Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King is ranked 6th best out of 62 albums by Dave Matthews Band on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Dave Matthews Band is Crash which is ranked number 1789 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 956.
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Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 90 Music Albums of 2009 | 15/90 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 2009 | 42/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 57 Music Albums of 2009 | 13/57 | 4 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2025 | Drbassexpert24 | Top 18 Music Albums of 2009 | 10/18 | 3 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (62), #0401-0500* | 88/99 | - |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | Jaymantheman | Top 31 Music Albums of 2009 | 2/31 | 5 |
| 2025 | Jaymantheman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 34/100 | 13 |
| 2025 | Rounder89 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 98/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 40 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 106 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/09/2026 17:47 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 12:07 | Adhura | 1,732 | 77/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2025 18:57 |  Milhaud | 2,161 | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 71.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.0.
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DMB timeline goes something like this.
Popularity wanes after poppy Everyday
Classic Busted Stuff is made but people aren't listening
DMB try main stream pop Stand Up to gain fans but has opposite effect being easily their worst album and losing some of their most die hard and loyal fans along the way
Saxophonist Moore dies in an ATV accident and DMB is reenergized by the loss and release GrooGrux King.
This is a very solid album from start to finish. Comparisons to humans being monkey's from Dave does get tiresome
Alligator Pie is unique and Time Bomb is a hidden gem as well. It starts great from songs 1-5 and meanders into average a little after that.
This is surprisingly good but overtime DMB hasn't evolved enough positively to gain fans. Their attempts at reinvention have failed. So here they release what they do best. It is good but you have heard this sound and these these lyrical topics before.
Busted Stuff was great and twins Under Table and Crash were very very good. This comes in a bit behind those.
A welcome return to form after Stand Up but not unique enough to bring them back into high popularity. People who loved them in the 90's will like this and music fans who came after will probably only like it in party situations
lightmyway TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/05/2012 00:10 | #41539
It's a little better than Stand Up but it's not the great album or the return to form it's sometimes made out to be. The first listen was amazing but it kind of fell apart on the next few. There's still some good songs, don't get me wrong, but not enough.
Another great album from this band from start to finish. My 2nd favorite next to Crash. Not a bad song on the album and I'm surprised how little people have rated this.
Shortlisted for album of the year at the 2010 Grammys. The winner was Fearless by Taylor Swift (Edited)
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