Audio CD review:
Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead

Band: Grateful Dead Title: Grateful Dead Rating: Release Date: 25 February, 2003 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) 2: Beat It On Down The Line 3: Good Morning Little School Girl (Full Length Version) 4: Cold Rain And Snow 5: Sitting On Top Of The World (Full Length Version) 6: Cream Puff War (Full Length Version) 7: Morning Dew (Full Length Version) 8: New, New Minglewood Blues (Full Length Version) 9: Viola Lee Blues 10: Alice D. Millionaire 11: Overseas Stomp (The Lindy) 12: Tastebud 13: Death Don't Have No Mercy 14: Viola Lee Blues (Edited Version) 15: Viola Lee Blues (Live)

Customer Reviews My First Listen and Impressed. I just don't have an account on Amazon, seeing as how you must purchase something through the website in order to get an account. For the record, I am not 13 years old. In fact, I am 19 years old and an avid music lover. I'm more into genres such as Metalcore, Punk Rock, etc. , however, I will listen to almost anything if it catches my attention and interests me. What matters to me is quality, not quantity. I want to know if I'm getting my money's worth. I could care less if there are 25 songs on an album or only 3 songs on an album, though it'd be more like a severe lacking LP. I care about the quality of the recording, lyrical value, musicianship, and so on. I've never really cared for the Grateful Dead. Don't ask me why because I couldn't answer you. I just don't know. Though I was born in 1987, I have a big interest in the hippie culture. I'm also a firm believer in marijuana legalization and I could definitely back up reasons why. This album was my first listen. It sounds like a VERY relaxing, peace, and chill collection of what seem to be some of the Grateful Dead's best work. Of course not all of their best work is featured here, but it's a start for beginners. I'm a perfect example; Hence the title of my review. Some songs are slower than others, but you just feel so relaxed when you listen to this album and get into it. I couldn't imagine having an experience under the influence with this album, but I hope to have such an experience sometime in the very near future. If you're not so sure about purchasing the album, at least give it a listen. Hell, buy or download a few tracks and experience the Grateful Dead for yourself. You won't regret because I definitely don't. I may actually eventually end up purchasing a Grateful Dead release. great classic dead album golden road, this is a classic dead song only song on this album that acctually stayed with the deads live set throughout the rest of their carrer very upbeat tempo classic 2. this is a great album ya im just gonna write a reveiw for all 9 songs, 1. beat it on down the line, good song tribute though but still very good one of my favirote songs on the album love it awesome 3. good morning little school girl, probaly my least favirote song on the album still pretty good though has a 1940s blues type beat on it 4. cold rain and snow, great great song this versions much better than the version on 1976's steal your face i like it alot great song 5. sitting on top of the world, good song kinda has a folk beat to it not really though okay not the best but pretty good 6. cream puff war, only other song on the album that aint a tribute besides golden road pretty good has that 1967 summer of love feel to it 7. morning dew, this is a good song nice slow bluesy song has a sad beat 8. new new minglewood blues, great great song i love the beat to it and the bass is very good on it 9. viola lee blues, running at over 10 minutes long has a great 1920s stomp prison beat to it another great song also all the other bonus tracks our good too like alice d millionare thats good but viola lee blues live on this album the beggining of its cut off overall a great great album!!!. THE DEADS GARAGE DISC 1967, San Fran. . from what I hear, this album never scored very much attention when it came out, nor really ever, from what it seems. For many, this disc is much different than what they are used to from The Dead, but this establishes the bands first excursion to the studio, which is a place that, yes, they were never very comfortable with. . . (in fact they have admitted that they were ALL hyped up on various psychedelic drugs during these sessions, and had sort of a rough time recording it. . ) However, it is sort of a guilty pleasure album for me. I love The Dead, but am way more of a fan of the stuff after they seperated from the psychedelic sixties thing. . . this ain't my favorite, but sometimes I can really dig the vibe. . . There are the singles GOLDEN ROAD, and the more enjoyable MINGLEWOOD (one of my signature picks from way back). . there are equally as catchy tunes like BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE and theres the gutter blues via Pigpen GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOL GIRL (though not as developed as some more classic live versions). . plus lots of early Jerry Garcia trips like CREAMPUFF WAR and MORNING DEW. A certain mood has to strike me to really get down and listen to The Grateful Dead. Theres a different mood that strikes for this album in particular. . . a sixties garage album all the way, and excellent in that vain (which is what I've been all about lately). . . . Rhinos DEAD remasters rule all over the place. . . they all have a sound far superior to the original releases and mucho extras. . so, pop a flower in your hair and get ready to dance in that weird, tripped out flower child kind of groove, baby. Deads first. . 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