[GratefulFloyd]

I really like Workingman's Dead, but i have a lot of memories with that record, so i'm pretty sure thats why it has a special place in my mind.

[Shaggy]

American Beauty.

The most complete and perfect sounding album they ever recorded. One of the classic albums of all time.

[tigerstrat]

cleans up more of my dupli-posts.

tiger

You don't have an X in the top right "block" of your posts? I deleted your dupli-posts this morning, but users should be able to delete their own.

No I didn't and don't have an X button - just a Quote button. Sometimes the X is there- more often it is not.

[tigerstrat]

OK, now my last post does show an 'X' but my previous ones do not... I wonder if the 'X' will disappear on the last post after I post this one...?

[tigerstrat]

Apparently the 'X' stays only on my most recent post.

[lostsailor8782]

MARS HOTEL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chief5959]

If you ignore the question of balance of material you could make an argument that Ace was the best dead studio lp. I kept it off the list in my earlier post because of the minimal involvement of Garcia's voice but in terms of instrumentation Ace was pretty good representation of the dead.

[jjbankhead]

this is a tough one for me. I have to say the most played recently are Europe '72, i really love the Brown eyed women and china cats from this album/s. I also love the copy of AOXOMOXOA (sp?) because the on i have has a bunch of extra tracks at the end of the CD... but the first two Cds i ever listened to of the dead (as far as studio recordings) were Working man's dead and American Beauty...

now as far as quality of recording i think the Mars hotel, blues for allah and terrapin albums are the coolest. I am not a big fan of Donna's lead vocals on some of the songs on thses albums but the production work on all 3 of these are really cool.

[reccstermatt]

Hi All, this is my first post on the rukind forum, and have to say this website is amazing. I was introduced to the Dead with the Blues for Allah album, and I have to pick it for my favorite album.

[smile_smile_smile]

american beauty
wake of the flood

[jdasa]

Studio Albums:

American Beauty
Blues for Allah
Terrapin Station (Only for the fully orchestrated Terrapin)

Live Albums:

One from the Vault
Without a Net
Live Dead

[weedar]

Tough question, my favorite album changes all the time,
depending on my mood. When driving I really love listening to
American Beauty or Europe '72, but when at home I usually
prefer Live/Dead or Anthem of the Sun.

[gablemancer]

American Beauty!!

[devil]

Studio:

Workingman's Dead
AoxomoxoA
American Beauty
Terrapin Station

Live:
Reckoning
Skull & Roses
Live Dead

[smilinonacloudyday]

Anthem of the Sun
Aoxomoxoa
Wake of the Flood
Live/Dead

How bout JG's album Garcia. Technically not a Dead album but lots of great material played by the Dead.