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“Terrapin Station” by The Grateful Dead
Released 1977
“Terrapin Station” by The Grateful Dead appears on 9 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1996 and 2020. It was first released in 1977. Its best result is #50 on the WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #904 indie & aaa song of all time.
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The Grateful Dead handed the whole second side of their 1977 album Terrapin Station to one sprawling piece, "Terrapin Part 1": seven movements, sixteen minutes and change, the longest thing they ever put down in a studio. Robert Hunter wrote the words, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann the music, and Keith Olsen's production dresses the band's cosmic wanderings in a slicker, prog-leaning suit.
Onstage they never played the full suite, but its opening three sections, the part known simply as "Terrapin Station", became a regular fixture of their sets. Only after Garcia's death in 1995 and the end of the band did outfits built from former members, Furthur and Bob Weir & Wolf Bros among them, take on the whole thing.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 136 | WNEW-FM | WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) | 500 |
| 2001 | 1482 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2004 | 172 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2007 | 594 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2009 | 50 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2010 | 446 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2012 | 438 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) | 885 |
| 2014 | 139 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2020 | 246 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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