Blues For Allah
by Grateful Dead

Blues For Allah by Grateful Dead
Year: 1975
Overall rank: 4,491st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 128 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (67th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (746th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,491st)

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Grateful Dead bestography

Blues For Allah is ranked 8th best out of 162 albums by Grateful Dead on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Grateful Dead is American Beauty which is ranked number 384 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,380.

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Overall rank: 4,491st | 1970s rank: 746th | 1975 rank: 67th

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 128 votes)
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01/30/2026 01:19 Jax83  Ratings distribution  18094/100
 
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12/28/2025 11:57 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,71570/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.

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From 06/15/2017 13:46 | #192646
spacey, exploratory and original, a truly fantastic album. demands a complete listen to fully get the whole experience. Standouts are help-slipknot-franklin's tower, sage and spirit, and Blues for allah, king solomon's marbles, and crazy fingers.
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From 03/17/2016 10:21 | #162080
This is a really good album. I need to be in the mood to listen to it as it's very atmospheric.
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From 10/30/2015 15:39 | #152284
This is one of my favorite albums, I've listened to it countless times. that being said, I dont think Blues for Allah is the best song, i think its meant to be empty and desolate like a desert but its not incredibly fun to listen to and it's 12 minutes, also the flute in sage and spirit can bother my ears a bit, I still think both are good songs.
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Best Albums of 1975
1. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
2. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
3. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
4. Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
5. A Night At The Opera by Queen
6. Another Green World by Eno
7. Horses by Patti Smith
8. Tonight's The Night by Neil Young
9. Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood Mac
10. The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
11. Mothership Connection by Parliament
12. Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith
13. The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett
14. Zuma by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
15. Young Americans by David Bowie
16. Expensive Shit by Fela Kuti & Africa 70
17. The Basement Tapes by Bob Dylan & The Band
18. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John
19. Sabotage by Black Sabbath
20. Katy Lied by Steely Dan
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