General:

Artist       : Grateful Dead
Album        : American Beauty
Genre        : Folk Rock/Country Rock
Year         : 1970
Label        : Warner Bros. Records
Tracks       : 10
Playtime     : 00:42:26
Size         : 97.99 MB
Codec        : MPEG 1 Layer III / Lame 3.97 / 320 kbps


Tracks:

01. Box Of Rain (05:18)
02. Friend Of The Devil (03:24)
03. Sugar Magnolia (03:19)
04. Operator (02:25)
05. Candyman (06:14)
06. Ripple (04:09)
07. Brokedown Palace (04:09)
08. Till The Morning Comes (03:08)
09. Attics Of My Life (05:12)
10. Truckin (05:03)


Review:

Who says discipline is a bad thing? No one who's heard American Beauty, the Dead's greatest studio achievement. Showcasing 10 concise, country-rooted gems that sound equally good whether you're hanging on the front porch in the afternoon or nursing a bottle after hours, this one could win over many an anti-Jerry. 
Bewildered by loss both personal and social--the hippie dream was quickly crashing by Beauty's 1970 release date--the band put its querulousness "Box of Rain" and wry humor "Truckin'" into the service of a masterwork. The most impressive cut of all may be "Ripple," Garcia's spiritual credo.  --Rickey Wright

Bio:


Rock's longest, strangest trip, the Grateful Dead were the psychedelic era's most beloved musical ambassadors as well as its most enduring survivors, spreading their message of peace, love, and mind-expansion across the globe throughout the better part of three decades. The object of adoration for popular music's most fervent and celebrated fan following -- the Deadheads, their numbers and devotion legendary in their own right -- they were the ultimate cult band, creating a self-styled universe all their own; for the better part of their career orbiting well outside of the mainstream, the Dead became superstars solely on their own terms, tie-dyed pied pipers whose epic, free-form live shows were rites of passage for an extended family of listeners who knew no cultural boundaries