| American Beauty |
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Grateful Dead Warner Bros Released 11/70 Studio Recordings - 1 CD Buy It at Amazon.com - Reviews, samples, ordering |
| Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, 8/70 - 10/70 |
| Without a doubt, one of the Dead's top studio albums. A legitimate masterpiece of song writing and vocal harmony. The album cover art alternatively spells "American Reality". The creation of the album is featured in the video, Anthem to Beauty. |
| Tracks: |
| 1 | Box of Rain 5:19 Lesh / Hunter | |
| 2 | Friend of the Devil 3:24 Dawson / Garcia / Hunter | |
| 3 | Sugar Magnolia 3:19 Weir / Hunter | |
| 4 | Operator 2:26 Ron McKernan | |
| 5 | Candyman 6:14 Garcia / Hunter | |
| 6 | Ripple 4:10 Garcia / Hunter | |
| 7 | Brokedown Palace 4:09 Garcia / Hunter | |
| 8 | Till the Morning Comes 3:09 Garcia / Hunter | |
| 9 | Attics of My Life 5:13 Garcia / Hunter | |
| 10 | Truckin' 5:03 Garcia / Lesh / Weir / Hunter | |
| Personnel: | |
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Jerry Garcia - guitar, pedal steel, piano, vocals Bob Weir - guitar, vocals Phil Lesh - bass, guitar, piano, vocals Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - harmonica, vocals Bill Kreutzmann - drums Mickey Hart - percussion David Grisman - mandolin on "Friend Of The Devil" and "Ripple" Ned Lagin - piano on "Candyman" Dave Nelson - electric guitar on "Box Of Rain" Dave Torbert - bass on "Box Of Rain" Howard Wales - organ on "Candyman" and "Truckin", piano on "Brokedown Palace" New Riders of the Purple Sage - collaborated musically throughout the album | |
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