skeletons from the closet is a best of album from the grateful dead. the albums consists of 11 tracks including the classics 'truckin', 'sugar magnolia' and 'turn on your love light'. the song selection is generally excellent and provides a good cross section of the bands music. there are acoustic ... Read review
A review by gregcom on Skeletons From The Closet (The Best Of The Grateful Dead) - Grateful Dead (The) December 23rd, 2008
Author's product rating:
Originality
Definitely a cut above the rest
Lyrics
Standard
Quality and consistency of tracks
A couple of weak links
How does it compare to the artist's other releases
Good
Value for Money
Satisfactory
Advantages:
good song choices
Disadvantages:
basic lyrics, a couple of average tracks
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
skeletons from the closet is a best of album from the grateful dead. the albums consists of 11 tracks including the classics 'truckin', 'sugar magnolia' and 'turn on your love light'. the song selection is generally excellent and provides a good cross section of the bands music. there are acoustic based songs such as 'firend of the devil' and rosemary' along with the typical electric guitar based 'st stephen' and 'casey jones'. the music is generallt fairly laid back as you would expect from one of the most popular bands of the 60s counter-culture.
lyrically, the songs tend to be fairly simple, but they are still good and are usually pretty catchy. the guitar work is proficient throughout. the album includes an extended live versionof 'turn on your love light' which is probably the highlight of the album.
overall this is a very solid collection that is a good place to start if you are new to the grateful dead.
Skeletons From The Closet (The Best Of The Grateful Dead) - Grateful Dead (The)
Product details
Title: Skeletons From The Closet (The Best Of The Grateful Dead)
Performer: Grateful Dead (The)
Genre: Rock & Pop
Sub Genre: Psychedelic
Release Date: 26/09/2005
Original Release Year: 1974
Label / Distributor: Warner Bros. / Cinram Logistics
Engineer: Dick Bogert; Grateful Dead; Bob Mat
Producer: Dave Hassinger; Grateful Dead; Stev
Pieces in Set: 1
Studio / Live: Studio
Stereo: Stereo
Format: Performer
EAN: 75992728225
Catalogue Number: 7599272822
Additional notes
Album Notes: Grateful Dead: Jerry Garcia (vocals, guitar, pedal steel guitar, piano); Phil Lesh (vocals, guitar, piano, bass); Bob Weir (vocals, guitar); Ron "Pig Pen" McKernan (vocals, harmonica); Bill Kreutzmann (drums); Micky Hart (percussion). Digitally remastered by Joe Gastwirt using the Sonic Solution NoNoise System. This pleasant collection of songs assembled in 1974 is subtitled "The Best of," which is a somewhat amusing notion to hardcore fans for several reasons. First, the Grateful Dead created an extensive song repertoire, and singling out any 11 cuts is an exercise in arbitrary selection. Second, the Dead were a live band, and only two songs from SKELETONS FROM THE CLOSET are culled from concert recordings--"One More Saturday Night" and "Turn on Your Love Light." Lastly, this album rests on the considerable strength of six of the Grateful Dead's most recognized songs--"Truckin'," "Casey Jones," "Friend of the Devil," "Uncle John's Band," "Sugar Magnolia" and "St. Stephen"--songs that intermediate and beginner fans will insist upon owning, but that serious Deadheads will consider too obvious. Still, if one will only own one Grateful Dead CD, SKELETONS FROM THE CLOSET is a tidy way to go.
Titles on disc 1
1.: Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
2.: Truckin'
3.: Rosemary
4.: Sugar Magnolia
5.: St Stephen
6.: Uncle John's Band
7.: Casey Jones
8.: Mexicali Blues
9.: Turn On Your Love Light
10.: One More Saturday Night
11.: Friend Of The Devil
12.: Don't Fall In Love (Rock 'n' Roll)
13.: Do You Believe
14.: Creeper
15.: Wednesday
16.: Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)
17.: Call Your Name
18.: Take You Home
19.: Halloween
20.: Rollercoaster
21.: Blizzard
22.: On The Run
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