Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)
by Grateful Dead
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Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) is ranked 16th best out of 164 albums by Grateful Dead on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Grateful Dead is American Beauty which is ranked number 392 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,193.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 57 Music Albums of 1971 | 12/57 | 4 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Live Dead | 44/57 | - |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1971 | 10/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  JR | Grateful Dead | 9/13 | - |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 72 Music Albums of 1971 | 48/72 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Brandon8 | Grateful Dead Top Ten Live Albums | 9/10 | - |
| 2025 | Drbassexpert24 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 98/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 65/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 21/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 46 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 112 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/17/2026 19:46 | JR | 1,124 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/11/2026 14:56 | Sentido | 352 | 84/100 |
| ! | 01/04/2026 10:51 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,669 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 79.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.
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This was made after they finally fired Tom Constanten for being a bad keyboard player in over his head, but before they added Keith Godchaux. What they did was have Merle Saunders overdub some organ parts, and Pigpen is in there on some tracks, but the keyboards are kind of absent on a lot of this album. So, where Constanten used to be doing aimless and meaningless tweedle dee dum dum organ parts and Godchaux would later be adding soulful and understated piano parts, here there's a bit of space. Also, since this is during the Mickey Hart-less years, so only one drummer, and no Donna Godchaux harmonies yet, the whole album has a stripped-down feel which is rather nice. It's always been one of my favorite Dead listens, although now only the first three sides, because I long ago grew weary of the drawn-out melodrama of Wharf Rat. Not on the level of Europe 72 of course, but a good slice of live Dead.
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"It's like the whole album is one big jam session". No, it's like their whole discography is.
This was their first live recording released in the wake of the success of American Beauty & Workingman's Dead. The cover art became an icon.
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