Many thanks to everyone who recently voted for their favorite Grateful Dead album as part of Albumism’s readers’ poll series! Check out the consensus results & rankings below, and stay tuned for our next readers’ poll coming soon.

Albumism Readers’ Poll Results (2,593 Total Votes):

#1 | American Beauty | 1970 | 471 votes (18% of total)

#2 | Workingman’s Dead | 1970 | 405 votes (16% of total)

#3 | Europe ‘72 | 1972 | 317 votes (12% of total)

#4 | Live/Dead | 1969 | 249 votes (10% of total)

#5 | Anthem of the Sun | 1968 | 222 votes (9% of total) | Read More

#6 | Wake of the Flood | 1973 | 168 votes (6% of total)

#7 | Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) | 1971 | 115 votes (4% of total)

#8 | Terrapin Station | 1977 | 94 votes (4% of total)

#9 | Reckoning | 1981 | 89 votes (3% of total)

#10 | Aoxomoxoa | 1969 | 77 votes (3% of total) | Read More

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