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List Price: $17.98 | | Label: Arista
Salesrank: 62866
Released: October 25, 1990 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Terrapin Station Track Listing:
1. Estimated Prophet - Grateful Dead, Barlow, John
2. Dancing in the Streets - Grateful Dead, Gaye, Marvin
3. Passenger - Grateful Dead, Lesh, Phil
4. Samson & Delilah - Grateful Dead, Traditional
5. Sunrise - Grateful Dead, Godchaux, Donna
6. Terrapin Station - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
Terrapin Station Reviews:
My Favorite Grateful Dead Album 
2008-03-19 - Many complained at its release about over production on the album, but I liked this about the CD. I wouldn't call myself a dead head, but I own five albums including "American Beauty," along with hours of live recordings. This is the only one I listen to on a regular basis. I love the opener, "Estimated Prophet," with a distinct reggae influence this song just feels cool to listen to. All the songs are great with good choruses, but my favorite is the final track, "Terrapin Station." The instrumentation on it is great, and it passes by without a trace of boredom. Sometimes long songs like this get boring, but I have no trouble listening to this entire album all the way through, which is one of the criterion I judge albums on. Even if you're not a Grateful Dead fan, picking this album up might not be a bad idea, it's by far my favorite, although I am also partial to "In The Dark."
Just cashing in a little too late 
2006-09-24 - After a 2 year hiatus from the studio, the Dead decided it was time to get even more progressive in their music. The only problem is Yes, King Crimson, Genesis and ELP had already beat the pants off of them years earlier with this kind of symphonic prog! Although it is a very good attempt on their part to try to capture this sound. But trying is all they do here. It simply lacks the feel that their European counterparts were successful at achieving. On the title track, you'd almost wish Peter Gabriel or Jon Anderson would come in and push Jerry out of the way and take over the vocals!
All in all, it's still an interesting listen given who it is. We're generally used to the usual stellar improv in jazz and blues they've excelled in. Unfortunately the Dead here were just trying to cash in on a genre that had already hit it's peak with Close to the Edge, Brain Salad Surgery, Red and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Nice try guys, but a little late here!
For the fans
2005-12-10 - This is an excellent album. It strengthened my image of who I was during my years after college and formed me into a good loving human. I think the power of the Dead movement was just that...how it moved you. Jerry and Bobby really did a great job with this so I feel honored to be able to write a couple of notes about them. I feel like Terrapin is one of those sonically classic albums that's a little bit over-engineered, but damn it sounds gooood. I guess I'm so used to hearing the album speak to me that its like an old friend. Estimated is one of those songs that lives with you for years. Terrapin Station(see also Dec. 31, 1978) is a marvel. I've heard conglomerations of the album live 2300 different ways and it always works for me. I am a Deadhead, and I always will be so this review is for those who know how special the whole experience has been for us.
Best Grateful Dead album of that era
2005-09-22 - Great rock art--creative Dead. Reminiscent of Jethro Tull and Renaissance of that same era. A little epical and orchestral with great Rbt. Hunter lyrics. A few cuts are typical Dead but the real beef of this album is Terappin Station and the cut that precedes that one with the female vocalist. Great Stuff!
A great introduction to the Dead
2005-08-05 - A great start for new listeners and for fans it is an essential recording.
This CD is worth the 15+ minute Terrapin Station title track alone, but the other songs are gems as well - especially Estimated Prophet, Passenger & Samson and Delilah.
If there was another Dead album to get besides this one, I'd choose American Beauty or Workingman's Dead. They are much more 'folky' and have that traditional Dead sound. Both compliment each other, and either would be a very worthwhile purchase. Enjoy!
