One of my favorites
5
By jimmyl1955
Another great "studio album" from the Dead!!!!!
The Apogee of The Dead
5
By CaveDweller1
Not only does the album contain some of the best studio performances by The Dead since American Beauty and Mars Hotel it is also incredibly well recorded. Thankfully so, because the caliber of the musicianship represents The Dead at their most innovative in writing and performing. The songs really do break from tradition and the band merrily goes about weaving a variety of world music into their classic boogie woogie sound. The results are incredible, especially The Music Never Stopped, Help On The Way/Slipknot and Franklin's Tower . As an album, side one never lets up on expanding the classic Dead motifs and signature musical cues. Then, as an album, you turned to Side 2 and a whole new musical Dead experience awaited. More leisurely, with definite world influences and crystal clear spacious arrangements and performances. This is an album any lover of great music should own. Plus it has the Dead's greatest and most iconic cover. A true masterpiece.
Paradise Waits
5
By patrick jordan
Great studio album, next to Wake of the Flood it is my favorite. Everything is perfect.... the vocals and harmonies are some of the best they ever laid down in the studio. The musicianship sounds closer to live Dead than any other studio release. It also features the coolest album art work of all time IMO!
And they said the Grateful Dead never caught their groove in the studio.....
5
By guyfromNewHampshire
I have to think that this album captures elements of the Grateful Dead's live shows almost flawlessly. Some of the mix and musicianship is as stellar as any bootleg and with pristine recording quality.
Five stars for this old head.
