American Beauty

Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Critic Score
Based on 4 reviews
1970 Ratings: #3 / 161
User Score
Based on 503 ratings
1970 Rank: #94
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
Pitchfork

American Beauty is a pure and potent representation of Dead-ness as a philosophical outlook.

100
AllMusic
It’s easily the masterwork of their studio output, and a strong contender for the best music the band ever made.
100
Rolling Stone
They have given us all something to treasure with this album. It's one for now, and one for the kids in 20 years too.
100
Entertainment Weekly

... represents the band’s switch to acoustic material and their best studio work.

BradTasteMusic
77

I found it nearly impossible to close my eyes, and disappear into the music, but it was basically the perfect background music. Great music to play in the background while tinkering in a garage. There is nothing wrong with something being just listenable and not super impressionable

Ari007
90

love this album, a few years ago this was my favorite album of all time, now it's far from that, but still amazing

Doofy
74

Kinda wish more of the album was like 'Friend of the Devil' but for hippy bs this is about the pinnacle.

40

Favourites: Box Of Rain, Friend Of The Devil, Sugar Magnolia and Truckin

Satellite
100

Country Rock classic

f10ating
NR

i only know these mfs from the dunks

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Track List

1Box of Rain
5:17
88
2Friend of the Devil
3:21
91
3Sugar Magnolia
3:17
85
4Operator
2:22
81
5Candyman
6:10
79
6Ripple
4:11
91
7Brokedown Palace
4:05
87
8Till the Morning Comes
3:07
77
9Attics of My Life
5:10
72
10Truckin'
5:02
88
Total Length: 42 minutes

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Added on: February 4, 2013