Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)
by Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) by Grateful Dead
(Live album)
Year: 1971
Release date: 1971-00-00
Overall rank: 9,804th   
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 56 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (149th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,430th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,804th)

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Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) is ranked 16th best out of 162 albums by Grateful Dead on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Grateful Dead is American Beauty which is ranked number 380 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,397.

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Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) track list

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Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) rankings

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Overall rank: 9,804th | 1970s rank: 1,430th | 1971 rank: 149th

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78/100 (from 56 votes)
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From 09/21/2020 04:09 | #258496
This was made after they finally fired Tom Constanten for being a bad keyboard player in over his head, but before they added Keith Godchaux. What they did was have Merle Saunders overdub some organ parts, and Pigpen is in there on some tracks, but the keyboards are kind of absent on a lot of this album. So, where Constanten used to be doing aimless and meaningless tweedle dee dum dum organ parts and Godchaux would later be adding soulful and understated piano parts, here there's a bit of space. Also, since this is during the Mickey Hart-less years, so only one drummer, and no Donna Godchaux harmonies yet, the whole album has a stripped-down feel which is rather nice. It's always been one of my favorite Dead listens, although now only the first three sides, because I long ago grew weary of the drawn-out melodrama of Wharf Rat. Not on the level of Europe 72 of course, but a good slice of live Dead.
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From 04/01/2020 11:10 | #249396
"It's like the whole album is one big jam session". No, it's like their whole discography is.
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Best Albums of 1971
1. Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
2. Who's Next by The Who
3. Hunky Dory by David Bowie
4. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
5. Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
6. Blue by Joni Mitchell
7. Tago Mago by Can
8. Meddle by Pink Floyd
9. L.A. Woman by The Doors
10. Tapestry by Carole King
11. Fragile by Yes
12. Bryter Layter by Nick Drake
13. Master Of Reality by Black Sabbath
14. Aqualung by Jethro Tull
15. Ram by Paul & Linda McCartney
16. Electric Warrior by T. Rex
17. Imagine by John Lennon
18. Maggot Brain by Funkadelic
19. There's A Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone
20. At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
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