Operator (track)
by Grateful Dead
Year: 1970
From the album American Beauty (track #4)
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Operator appears on the following album(s) by Grateful Dead:
- American Beauty (track #4) (this album) (1970)
- The Golden Road (1965-1973) (track #95) (compilation) (2001)
- First Hits (track #8) (compilation) (1991)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 01/20/2026 16:09 | alexandermause | 15,648 | 85/100 | |
| 01/05/2026 04:37 | Exist-en-ciel | 79,899 | 70/100 | |
| 12/06/2025 04:22 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 | |
| 12/03/2025 08:40 |  Purplepash | 33,785 | 76/100 | |
| 08/17/2025 18:06 |  ExTeaSea | 12,459 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 10% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.7/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.5.
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Jasonconfused 12/24/2012 18:51 | #58806
The harmonica alone makes this a great song.
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