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Skeletons From The Closet - The Best of -- CD
Grateful Dead
1974/1990 Warner Bros. Records
A Contrary Opinion January 6, 1999
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Contrary to other statements, I feel that this cd contains all of the songs necessary, and then some, to be called "the best of". "Mexicali Blues" is one of my favorite Dead songs. I believe that it entails a musical background seperate from that of the other songs, but is just as catchy. The lyrics are incredible as well. I think that anyone who likes this cd should go onto albums. American Beauty is a good starting point. It contains some songs found here and other classics such as "Ripple" and "Box of Rain". This is definitly an incredible cd.
Track listing
"The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" (Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, and Bob Weir) – 2:07
Originally released on the album The Grateful Dead.
"Truckin'" (Garcia, Robert Hunter, Lesh, and Weir) – 5:09
Originally released on the album American Beauty.
"Rosemary" (Garcia and Hunter) – 1:58
Originally released on the album Aoxomoxoa.
"Sugar Magnolia" (Hunter and Weir) – 3:15
Originally released on the album American Beauty.
"St. Stephen" (Garcia, Hunter, and Lesh) – 4:26
Originally released on the album Aoxomoxoa.
"Uncle John's Band" (Garcia and Hunter) – 4:42
Originally released on the album Workingman's Dead.
"Casey Jones" (Garcia and Hunter) – 4:24
Originally released on the album Workingman's Dead.
"Mexicali Blues" (John Perry Barlow and Weir) – 3:24
Originally released on the Bob Weir album Ace.
"Turn On Your Love Light" (Deadric Malone and Joseph Scott) – 6:30 / 15:08 (2004 re-release)
Originally released on Live/Dead.
"One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:45
Originally released on the album Europe '72.
"Friend of the Devil" (John Dawson, Garcia, and Hunter) – 3:20
Originally released on the album American Beauty.