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List Price: $11.98 | | Label: Rhino / Wea
Salesrank: 1685
Released: February 25, 2003 |
| Our Price: $6.39 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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American Beauty Track Listing:
1. Box Of Rain
2. Friend Of the Devil
3. Sugar Magnolia
4. Operator
5. Candyman
6. Ripple
7. Brokedown Palace
8. Till the Morning Comes
9. Attics Of My Life
10. Truckin'
11. Truckin'
12. Friend Of the Devil
13. Candyman
14. Till the Morning Comes
15. Attics Of My Life
16. Truckin'
17. Bonus Track 1
18. Bonus Track 2
Editorial Review:
Expanded & remastered (HDCD) version of the band's 1970 classic featuring many of the Dead's best-known songs plus 6 bonus tracks 'Truckin' (single version) & 5 live tracks 'Friend of the Devil', 'Candyman', 'Till The Morning Comes', 'Attics of My Life' & 'Truckin'. Digipak. Warner/Rhino. 2003.
Description of American Beauty:
Who says discipline is a bad thing? No one who's heard American Beauty, the Dead's greatest studio achievement. Showcasing 10 concise, country-rooted gems that sound equally good whether you're hanging on the front porch in the afternoon or nursing a bottle after hours, this one could win over many an anti-Jerry. Bewildered by loss both personal and social--the hippie dream was quickly crashing by Beauty's 1970 release date--the band put its querulousness ("Box of Rain") and wry humor ("Truckin'") into the service of a masterwork. The most impressive cut of all may be "Ripple," Garcia's spiritual credo. --Rickey Wright
American Beauty Reviews:
American Beauty 
2009-09-24 - American Beauty being Grateful Dead's 5th studio album and their 1970 album is verily an amazing record with great lyrics to go. Allmusic and Robert Chritgau both gave it high marks (5/5 and A-) and I agree with this assessment. The booklet is unfortunately very sparse and contains no lyrics but one does get a list of what instruments they play on the album. We also get liner notes that talk about history of the Grateful Dead up to that point. 5/5.
Simply Put....
2009-05-14 - This is my favorite album of all time. I can listen to it no matter my mood, time of day, day of the week, year etc. It sounds just as great today as it did the day it was released. I have owned it in every format: 8 track, cassette, vinyl, CD, and now MP3. And I will buy it again in whatever the next technology may be.
AmericanBeauty my review
2009-03-26 - American Beauty is great, the harmonies, music, lyrics and feel make this one of the best of its time Attics of my life is beautiful, the guitar on the live version of Truckin is powerful live guitar. Till the morning comes is catchy.
great sound, got it from a great vendor
2009-01-03 - I searched around for awhile to find this, and finally did on here through rockaway records. well worth the research, the sound is phenomenal! i'm usually a bit leery of going through secondary vendors on amazon.com, but rockaway records could not have been better. the post office took awhile getting my package here (christmas time), but rockaway records were very responsive to the issue and even offered to send another copy if the post office flailed! customer service you do not see very often anymore. HIGHLY recommend these guys!
Beauty Is A Real Gem
2008-08-07 - What makes this masterpiece speak for itself is the main ingredient none other than the tight harmonies flowing throughout this entire recording,infested with strong lyrics,a prime example,Attics Of My Life,flowing like a fine wine remenisant of the classic Beatles,Sun king,and classic is as classic does in Jerry Garcia's signature tune,Ripple,and other notable tunes such as,Sugar Magnolia,and Operator,the instrumentation is subdued on this album leaving the vocals standing out painting a visual in the listeners mind. This Grateful Dead remastered classic is essential,containing sixteen tracks,ten of the original 1970 album,the last six are live versions of,Truckin,Friend Of The Devil,Til The Morning Comes,also including a single version of Truckin'. An American beauty.
