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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| 01/20/2026 16:18 | alexandermause | 16,292 | 85/100 | |
| 01/05/2026 04:37 | Exist-en-ciel | 84,641 | 71/100 | |
| 12/06/2025 04:22 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 | |
| 12/03/2025 08:41 |  Purplepash | 33,833 | 76/100 | |
| 08/17/2025 18:06 |  ExTeaSea | 12,480 | 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 86.5/100, a mean average of 85.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.6.
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Goliath 02/09/2018 12:02 | #207464
One of the albums highlights even though it sounds like Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat!
One of the most beautiful songs ever. An absolutely lovely track that should be more highly regarded. Brilliant.
My favourite song of the Deads, and one of my favourite ever. Beautiful music and lyrics. A masterpiece of folk rock
Jasonconfused 12/24/2012 19:01 | #58809
An instant classic. Beautiful song. Folk rock at its best.
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