Blues For Allah
by Grateful Dead

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Blues For Allah by Grateful Dead
Year: 1975
Release date: 1975-09-01
Overall rank: 4,523rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 130 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (66th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (741st)
Award Best albums of all time (4,523rd)

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Grateful Dead bestography

Blues For Allah is ranked 8th best out of 164 albums by Grateful Dead on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Grateful Dead is American Beauty which is ranked number 395 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,165.

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Overall rank: 4,523rd | 1970s rank: 741st | 1975 rank: 66th  Overall chart history
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74/100 (from 130 votes)
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From BestEverAlbums 08/04/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5394): By O.T.
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1975) 2. by (1959) 3. by (1970) 4. by (1975) 5. by (1969) 6. (1976) 7. (1969) 8. by (1968) 9. by (1976) 10. by (1967) 11. by (1975) 12. by (1969) 13. by (1972) 14. by (1968) 15. by by (1964) 17. by (1972) 18. (1982) 19. by (1975)…”
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From 10/30/2015 15:39 | #152284 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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. (Edited)
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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 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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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