Audio CD review:
Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station

Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station

Band: Grateful Dead Title: Terrapin Station Rating: Release Date: 25 October, 1990 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Estimated Prophet 2: Dancin' In The Streets 3: Passenger 4: Samson & Delilah 5: Sunrise 6: Terrapin Station Part 1: Lady With A Fan/Terrapin Station/Terrapin/Terrapin Transit/At A Siding/Terrapin Flyer/Refrain

Customer Reviews Just cashing in a little too late The only problem is Yes, King Crimson, Genesis and ELP had already beat the pants off of them years earlier with this kind of symphonic prog! Although it is a very good attempt on their part to try to capture this sound. After a 2 year hiatus from the studio, the Dead decided it was time to get even more progressive in their music. But trying is all they do here. It simply lacks the feel that their European counterparts were successful at achieving. On the title track, you'd almost wish Peter Gabriel or Jon Anderson would come in and push Jerry out of the way and take over the vocals! All in all, it's still an interesting listen given who it is. We're generally used to the usual stellar improv in jazz and blues they've excelled in. Unfortunately the Dead here were just trying to cash in on a genre that had already hit it's peak with Close to the Edge, Brain Salad Surgery, Red and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Nice try guys, but a little late here!. For the fans It strengthened my image of who I was during my years after college and formed me into a good loving human. This is an excellent album. I think the power of the Dead movement was just that. . . how it moved you. Jerry and Bobby really did a great job with this so I feel honored to be able to write a couple of notes about them. I feel like Terrapin is one of those sonically classic albums that's a little bit over-engineered, but damn it sounds gooood. I guess I'm so used to hearing the album speak to me that its like an old friend. Estimated is one of those songs that lives with you for years. Terrapin Station(see also Dec. 31, 1978) is a marvel. I've heard conglomerations of the album live 2300 different ways and it always works for me. I am a Deadhead, and I always will be so this review is for those who know how special the whole experience has been for us. Best Grateful Dead album of that era Reminiscent of Jethro Tull and Renaissance of that same era. Great rock art--creative Dead. A little epical and orchestral with great Rbt. Hunter lyrics. A few cuts are typical Dead but the real beef of this album is Terappin Station and the cut that precedes that one with the female vocalist. Great Stuff!. . You can see a complete list of all Grateful Dead discography, or go back to the Grateful Dead tabs