Workingman's Dead
1970 album by Grateful Dead / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Workingman's Dead is the fourth studio album (and fifth overall) by American rock band Grateful Dead. It was recorded in February 1970 and originally released on June 14, 1970. The album and its studio follow-up, American Beauty, were recorded back-to-back using a similar style, eschewing the psychedelic experimentation of previous albums in favor of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter's Americana-styled songcraft.
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Released | June 14, 1970 (1970-06-14) | |||
Recorded | February 1970 | |||
Studio | Pacific High Recording, San Francisco | |||
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Length | 35:33 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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Christgau's Record Guide | A[3] |
Pitchfork | 9.1/10[4] |
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In 2003, the album was ranked number 262 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, 264 in a 2012 revised list,[7] and 409 in the 2020 list.[8] It was voted number 371 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[9]