Grateful Dead American Beauty Music
by Grateful Dead

Label: Grateful Dead Production
Release Date: Feb 24, 2003
Genre: Rock
ASIN: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00007LTIL/?tag=connectings01-20" target="_blank" title="Amazon ASIN">B00007LTIL

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UnknownOPApr 2009

The Grateful Dead are really a concert band, and many of their studio recordings don't satisfy true Deadheads. This one, however, satisfies me to a T. It has songs Dead fans know and can sing along to (Friend of the Devil, Ripple, Truckin', Candyman, Sugar Magnolia). I have been lucky enough to see the GD many times in concert, and have tickets to see them again (RIP Jerry) in May. If you don't know why people listen to the Dead, try this one. You might figure it out.

honkeytonkMay 9, 2009

I agree with Frantic1 you have to see and hear their music!!!

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Another seminal masterpiece, the 1970 classic featuring many of the Dead's best-known songs - "Sugar Magnolia" and "Friend Of The Devil" among others - now has 6 extra tracks, including the single version of "Truckin'", the first electric recording of "Candyman," and one of the few live performances of "Till The Morning Comes."

Who says discipline is a bad thing? No one who's heard American Beauty, the Dead's greatest studio achievement. Showcasing 10 concise, country-rooted gems that sound equally good whether you're hanging on the front porch in the afternoon or nursing a bottle after hours, this one could win over many an anti-Jerry. Bewildered by loss both personal and social--the hippie dream was quickly crashing by Beauty's 1970 release date--the band put its querulousness ("Box of Rain") and wry humor ("Truckin'") into the service of a masterwork. The most impressive cut of all may be "Ripple," Garcia's spiritual credo. --Rickey Wright