Alligator (track)
by Grateful Dead
Year: 1968
From the album Anthem Of The Sun (track #4)
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Alligator appears on the following album(s) by Grateful Dead:
- Dick's Picks Volume Four: Fillmore East 2/13 - 14/70 (track #11) (1996)
- Anthem Of The Sun (track #4) (this album) (1968)
- Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings (track #14) (2005)
- The Golden Road (1965-1973) (track #50) (compilation) (2001)
- Ladies And Gentlemen... The Grateful Dead (track #33) (2000)
- Road Trips, Volume 2, Number 2: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, 2/14/68 (track #15) (2009)
- Fillmore West 1969 (track #14) (2005)
- Dick's Picks, Vol. 22: Kings Beach Bowl, Kings Beach, CA, 2/23-2/24/68 (track #13) (2001)
- Dick's Picks, Vol. 22: Kings Beach Bowl, Kings Beach, CA, 2/23-2/24/68 (track #16) (2001)
- Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA 11/10/1967 (track #8) (2016)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/23/2026 08:02 | juanr1096 | 74,116 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2026 15:37 | Exist-en-ciel | 179,458 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2026 21:55 | Leginlists | 615 | 84/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 7% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.5/100, a mean average of 79.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.7.
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Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/04/2013 20:54 | #63969
Some cool tribal drumming going on, and the guitar work is pretty good, but not really a great song.
