Ripple (track)
by Grateful Dead
Year: 1970
From the album American Beauty (track #6)
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Ripple appears on the following album(s) by Grateful Dead:
- American Beauty (track #6) (this album) (1970)
- Reckoning (track #16) (1981)
- The Very Best Of Grateful Dead (track #17) (compilation) (2003)
- The Golden Road (1965-1973) (track #97) (compilation) (2001)
- Ladies And Gentlemen... The Grateful Dead (track #16) (2000)
- For The Faithful (track #16) (1984)
- What A Long Strange Trip It's Been (track #6) (compilation) (1977)
- Long Strange Trip (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (track #18) (2017)
- The Best Of The Grateful Dead Live (track #15) (compilation) (2018)
- First Hits (track #13) (compilation) (1991)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/16/2026 11:26 |  NowhereMan | 15,099 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2026 22:43 |  junodog4 | 8,635 | 76/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2026 16:18 | alexandermause | 17,992 | 85/100 |
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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 86.4/100, a mean average of 85.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.6.
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My favourite song of the Deads, and one of my favourite ever. Beautiful music and lyrics. A masterpiece of folk rock (Edited)
One of the most beautiful songs ever. An absolutely lovely track that should be more highly regarded. Brilliant. (Edited)
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/24/2012 19:01 | #58809
An instant classic. Beautiful song. Folk rock at its best. (Edited)
Goliath 02/09/2018 12:02 | #207464
One of the albums highlights even though it sounds like Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat!
