Dark Star (track)
by Grateful Dead
Dark Star appears on the following album(s) by Grateful Dead:
- Live/Dead (track #1) (this album) (1969)
- Dick's Picks Volume Four: Fillmore East 2/13 - 14/70 (track #8) (1996)
- Two From The Vault (track #2) (1992)
- Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings (track #9) (2005)
- Ladies And Gentlemen... The Grateful Dead (track #25) (2000)
- Dick's Picks Volume Seven: Alexandra Palace, London, England - September 1974 (track #19) (1997)
- The Closing Of Winterland: 12/31/78 (track #19) (2003)
- The Closing Of Winterland: 12/31/78 (track #21) (2003)
- Dick's Picks Volume Eleven: Stanley Theater, September 27, 1972 (track #19) (1998)
- Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings (track #66) (2008)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 05/05/2026 03:26 | lucasleite | 131 | 98/100 |
| ! | 02/06/2026 17:27 | Deckard | 423 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/16/2025 00:18 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,579 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2025 01:31 |  AAL2014 | 41,018 | 76/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2025 12:05 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.1/100, a mean average of 88.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.5.
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One of the best tracks on any album any genre any year. a masterpiece (Edited)
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