American Beauty

Albums Heard in 2021 (61 music items)

"June 4th Year: 1970 Genre: Folk Rock Brokedown Palace"

Best Albums of the 1970s (201 music items)

" The Grateful Dead "

100 Greatest American Albums of All Time (100 music items)

"Farewell, “Dark Star”; hello, songs Workingman’s Dead paved the way, and the acid-etched Californians took their newfound love of rolling tunes, loose harmonies and folksy storytelling a step further on American Beauty. Their indispensable album, it gave them both FM-radio access and their peripatetic anthem, “Truckin’. ” Standout tracks: “Truckin’, ” “Box of Rain”"

500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die! (500 music items)

"The Dead’s second great country-rock album is a masterpiece of cosmic American songwriting, mostly acoustic arrangements and angelic vocal harmonies. You’ll hardly notice the absence of guitar solos. Standout track: “Box of Rain”"