NewCC0073: The Grateful Dead

Submitted by lbangs on Tue, 05/15/2001 - 04:11
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  • Workingman's Dead (70): *****
  • American Beauty (70): *****
  • So Many Roads (1965 - 1995) (99): **** 1/2
  • Two from the Vault (92): ****
  • Anthem of the Sun (68): ****
  • Live / Dead (69): ****
  • Europe '72 (72): ****
  • The Arista Years (96): ****
  • Dick's Picks, Vol. 5 (97): ****
  • Live at Fillmore East 2-11-69 (97): ****
  • Dick's Picks, Vol. 8 (97): ****
  • History of the Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice) (73): *** 1/2
  • Wake of the Flood (73): *** 1/2
  • Blues for Allah (75): *** 1/2
  • In the Dark (87): *** 1/2
  • Hundred Year Hall (95): *** 1/2
  • Dozin' at the Knick (96): *** 1/2
  • Dick's Picks, Vol. 7 (97): *** 1/2
  • Ladies and Gentlemen... The Grateful Dead: Fillmore East New York April 1971 (00): *** 1/2
  • The Grateful Dead [1967] (67): ***
  • Aoxomoxoa (69): ***
  • The Grateful Dead [1971] (71): ***
  • Reckoning (81): ***
  • One from the Vault (91): ***
  • Dick's Picks, Vol. 1 (93): ***
  • Dick's Picks, Vol 2 (95): ***
  • Dick's Picks, Vol. 3 (95): ***
  • Fallout from the Phil Zone (97): ***
  • Dick's Picks, Vol. 9 (97): ***
  • Dick's Picks, Vol. 10 (98): ***
  • The Grateful Dead From the Mars Hotel (74): ** 1/2
  • Dead Set (81): ** 1/2
  • Infrared Roses (91): ** 1/2
  • Terrapin Station (77): ** 1/2
  • Without a Net (90): **
  • Shakedown Street (78): * 1/2
  • Steal Your Face (76): * 1/2
  • Built to Last (89): *
  • Go to Heaven (80): 1/2
Author Comments: 

This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.

Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.

Scale:

***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever