Shakedown Street
by Grateful Dead
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Grateful Dead bestography
Shakedown Street is ranked 24th 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 4,199.
(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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Shakedown Street track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Shakedown Street rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  MetalMan67 | Top 62 Music Albums of 1978 | 44/62 | 2 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 26 Music Albums of 1978 | 19/26 | 2 |
| 2026 |  O.T. | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | craab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 96/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | O.T. | Top 26 Music Albums of 1978 | 5/26 | 4 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Grateful Dead albums ranked by Brooklyn Vegan | 10/15 | - |
| 2025 | craab | Top 12 Music Albums of 1978 | 12/12 | 0 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | brent13 | Top 13 Music Albums of 1978 | 9/13 | 2 |
| 2025 | dougcummings | Top 13 Music Albums of 1978 | 12/13 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 28 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 39 | |||
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Shakedown Street ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/18/2026 11:16 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,648 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/23/2025 16:31 | matterhornrider | 5,158 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2025 04:16 | dougcummings | 2,027 | 72/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.0/100, a mean average of 65.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.0.
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Forum mentions
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adnielsen 06/21/2018 00:05 | #217091
Some killer songs like “Shakedown Street” and “Fire on the Mountain”, but as the last reviewer noted, this studio album is so damn polished that it loses the cool jammy feel of the Dead. The live versions of these songs are much better, so skip this and check out some 1978 era live Dead. (Edited)
Very good but not great album. Over produced by Little Feet frontman Lowell George, gives it to slick of a sound to polished a feel for the Grateful Dead. It contains some excellent songs that would thrive in the live setting. including Fire On The Mountain, Shakedown Street and I Need A Miracle. This album has been called disco dead by some. i think its more a funk feel but i know thats splitting hairs. (Edited)
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