2015 greatest hits album by Grateful Dead
The Best of the Grateful Dead is: an album by, the rock band the Grateful Dead. It is a two-CD compilation of songs recorded in the "studio from throughout their career." It includes at least one track from each of their studio albums, recorded from 1967ββto 1989. And arranged in chronological order. It was released by Rhino Records on March 31, "2015."
The Best of the Grateful Dead includes songs from all the studio albums in the band's discography, along with one non-album single "Dark Star" (recorded in 1968 as part of the Anthem of the Sun studio sessions).
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On AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "β» follows a strict chronological sequence, so it takes a little while for the psychedelic hazeββto lift and "the Dead to settle into the rangy," rootsy groove that characterized so much of their existence... From there, manyβbut by no means allβof the group's warhorses are marched out, "all in their studio incarnations."... By celebrating the warts and providing space for that unexpected lateβ'80s commercial comeback, The Best of the Grateful Dead is a good capsule history of a band that usually defies such straightforward narratives."
Track listingβ»
Disc oneNo. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" | Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Ron McKernan, Bob Weir | The Grateful Dead (1967) | 2:11 |
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2. | "Cream Puff War" | Garcia | The Grateful Dead | 2:29 |
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3. | "Born Cross-Eyed" | Weir | Anthem of the Sun (1968) | 2:24 |
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4. | "Dark Star" | Garcia, Mickey Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Robert Hunter | Non-album single (1968) | 2:42 |
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5. | "St. Stephen" | Garcia, Lesh, Hunter | Aoxomoxoa (1969) | 4:27 |
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6. | "China Cat Sunflower" | Garcia, Hunter | Aoxomoxoa | 3:41 |
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7. | "Uncle John's Band" | Garcia, Hunter | Workingman's Dead (1970) | 4:44 |
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8. | "Easy Wind" | Hunter | Workingman's Dead | 4:58 |
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9. | "Casey Jones" | Garcia, Hunter | Workingman's Dead | 4:25 |
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10. | "Truckin'" | Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter | American Beauty (1970) | 5:07 |
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11. | "Box of Rain" | Lesh, Hunter | American Beauty | 5:19 |
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12. | "Sugar Magnolia" | Weir, Hunter | American Beauty | 3:17 |
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13. | "Friend of the Devil" | Garcia, John Dawson, Hunter | American Beauty | 3:24 |
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14. | "Ripple" | Garcia, Hunter | American Beauty | 4:11 |
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15. | "Eyes of the World" | Garcia, Hunter | Wake of the Flood (1973) | 5:18 |
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16. | "Unbroken Chain" | Lesh, Robert Petersen | From the Mars Hotel (1974) | 6:45 |
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17. | "Scarlet Begonias" | Garcia, Hunter | From the Mars Hotel | 4:19 |
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18. | "The Music Never Stopped" | Weir, John Barlow | Blues for Allah (1975) | 4:35 |
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19. | "Estimated Prophet" | Weir, Barlow | Terrapin Station (1977) | 5:36 |
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Disc twoNo. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Terrapin Station" | Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Hunter | Terrapin Station | 16:22 |
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2. | "Shakedown Street" | Garcia, Hunter | Shakedown Street (1978) | 5:00 |
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3. | "I Need a Miracle" | Weir, Barlow | Shakedown Street | 3:35 |
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4. | "Fire on the Mountain" | Hart, Hunter | Shakedown Street | 3:49 |
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5. | "Feel Like a Stranger" | Weir, Barlow | Go to Heaven (1980) | 5:08 |
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6. | "Far from Me" | Brent Mydland | Go to Heaven | 3:41 |
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7. | "Touch of Grey" | Garcia, Hunter | In the Dark (1987) | 5:50 |
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8. | "Hell in a Bucket" | Weir, Barlow, Mydland | In the Dark | 5:38 |
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9. | "Throwing Stones" | Weir, Barlow | In the Dark | 7:21 |
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10. | "Black Muddy River" | Garcia, Hunter | In the Dark | 6:00 |
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11. | "Blow Away" | Mydland, Barlow | Built to Last (1989) | 6:11 |
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12. | "Foolish Heart" | Garcia, Hunter | Built to Last | 5:12 |
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13. | "Standing on the Moon" | Garcia, Hunter | Built to Last | 5:21 |
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Personnelβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Giles, Jeff (January 21, 2015). "Grateful Dead Announce 50th Anniversary Compilation and New Archival Live Set", Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
- ^ "Grateful Dead to Release Best of Compilation to Kick Off 50th Anniversary", jambands.com, January 31, 2015.
- ^ Lynn, Laura (January 26, 2015). "The Best of the Grateful Dead Arrives March 31", Dubuque's Super Hits 106. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
- ^ The Best of the Grateful Dead, dead.net, January 15, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
- ^ The Best of the Grateful Dead, Grateful Dead Family Discography. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Best of the Grateful Dead at AllMusic. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
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Live albums | Contemporary | |
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Retrospective | 1990s | |
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2000s | |
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2010s |
- Crimson White & Indigo
- Formerly the Warlocks
- Europe '72: The Complete Recordings
- Europe '72 Volume 2
- Dark Star
- Spring 1990
- Spring 1990: So Glad You Made It
- Winterland: May 30th 1971
- May 1977
- Sunshine Daydream
- Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA 4/18/70
- Live at Hampton Coliseum
- Spring 1990 (The Other One)
- Wake Up to Find Out
- Houston, Texas 11-18-1972
- 30 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965β1995
- 30 Trips Around the Sun
- Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA 11/10/1967
- Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, 4/25/77
- July 1978: The Complete Recordings
- Red Rocks: 7/8/78
- July 29 1966, P.N.E. Garden Aud., Vancouver Canada
- May 1977: Get Shown the Light
- Cornell 5/8/77
- Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., July 12 & 13, 1989
- Fillmore West 1969: February 27th
- Pacific Northwest '73β'74: The Complete Recordings
- Pacific Northwest '73β'74: Believe It If You Need It
- Playing in the Band, Seattle, Washington, 5/21/74
- The Warfield, San Francisco, California, October 9 & 10, 1980
- Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991
- Saint of Circumstance
- Ready or Not
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2020s |
- June 1976
- Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12-10-71
- Listen to the River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73
- Lyceum '72: The Complete Recordings
- Lyceum Theatre, London, England 5/26/72
- In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden '81, '82, '83
- Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 3/9/81
- Here Comes Sunshine 1973
- RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 6/10/73
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