Recorded 1967–1989 | Release date 31 March 2015 Genre Rock music | |
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Released March 31, 2015 (2015-03-31) Similar Grateful Dead albums, Rock music albums | ||
The Best of the Grateful Dead is an album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It is a two-CD compilation of songs recorded in the studio from throughout their career. It includes at least one track from each of their studio albums, recorded from 1967 to 1989 and arranged in chronological order. It was released by Rhino Records on March 31, 2015.
Contents
The Best of the Grateful Dead includes songs from all the studio albums in the band's discography, along with one non-album single "Dark Star" (recorded in 1968 as part of the Anthem of the Sun studio sessions).
Critical reception
On AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "[The album] follows a strict chronological sequence, so it takes a little while for the psychedelic haze to lift and the Dead to settle into the rangy, rootsy groove that characterized so much of their existence... From there, many—but by no means all—of the group's warhorses are marched out, all in their studio incarnations.... By celebrating the warts and providing space for that unexpected late–'80s commercial comeback, The Best of the Grateful Dead is a good capsule history of a band that usually defies such straightforward narratives."
Personnel
Songs
1The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) [2015 Remastered Version]2:11
2Cream Puff War (2015 Remastered Version)2:29
3Born Cross-Eyed (2015 Remastered Version)2:25