Skeletons From the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead

by Grateful Dead

Skeletons From the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: February 1974
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:20
  • Community rating: 3.56/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Betty Cantor-Jackson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Operating as the legendary jam band's first official retrospective, this compilation focuses heavily on their most accessible, studio-oriented compositions. By emphasizing their rustic country-rock and concise folk-pop moments, the release provided a digestible entry point for listeners intimidated by their extensive live improvisations.

Genres

Descriptors: drugs

Tracklist

  1. The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) (2:10)
  2. Truckin' (5:06)
  3. Rosemary (2:00)
  4. Sugar Magnolia (3:16)
  5. St. Stephen (4:27)
  6. Uncle John's Band (4:44)
  7. Casey Jones (4:25)
  8. Mexicali Blues (3:26)
  9. Turn on Your Love Light (6:30)
  10. One More Saturday Night (4:46)
  11. Friend of the Devil (3:24)

Credits

  • John Van Hamersveld - artwork
  • Bill Wolf - edited by
  • Bill Kreutzmann - written-by
  • Bob Weir - written-by
  • Jerry Garcia - written-by
  • Phil Lesh - written-by
  • Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - written-by
  • Robert Hunter - written-by

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