Audio CD review:
Grateful Dead - The Very Best of the Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead - The Very Best of the Grateful Dead

Band: Grateful Dead Title: The Very Best of the Grateful Dead Rating: Release Date: 16 September, 2003 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Truckin' 2: Touch Of Grey 3: Sugar Magnolia 4: Casey Jones 5: Uncle John's Band 6: Friend Of The Devil 7: Franklin's Tower 8: Estimated Prophet 9: Eyes Of The World 10: Box Of Rain 11: U.S. Blues 12: The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) 13: One More Saturday Night 14: Fire On The Mountain 15: The Music Never Stopped 16: Hell In A Bucket 17: Ripple

Customer Reviews Not so Grateful I didn't like it very much but he seems well satisfied. I bought this for my husband. Dead Heads or Casual listeners This alblum has most of my favorite Grateful Dead songs and the recordings are excellent. I am not a "Dead Head" but I like the music. I might point out that these are mostly studio recordings, there is only one live track. The Grateful Dead's music in a studio (like most groups) has a different feel than live music. Some would even say that they are different songs when done live. If you are not a "Dead head" I would still recommend this CD. Then, I might recommend listeniong to the same songs on live alblums. On another note, there are a lot of emotions flying around about the band and the times. As a teenager, I was caught between waring factions of the social and political arena. The Grateful Dead's music has drug and lifestyle references of the times. But, being a forty five year old guy (who actually is balding and fighting a losing battle with a growing gut), I look at the emotional experience with the music as a glimpse at history and not an endorsement for a lifestyle that we gave up thirty five or so years before. Good tunes, though, and not terribly expensive. The best of the Dead Quite an awesome CD- Covers everything from the early hits to later music- Takes you from "Truckin'" to "Touch of Grey" all with great digital quality- A must for anyone checking out the band's music now- All the Deadheads already have it- . . You can see a complete list of all Grateful Dead discography, or go back to the Grateful Dead tabs