
59 Songs, 5 Hours 25 Minutes

Day of the Dead Various Artists
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4.0, 76 Ratings - $29.99
EDITORS’ NOTES
An epic tribute to the Grateful Dead from the most fertile minds in independent music, the five-and-a-half-hour Day of the Dead glows with a reverence few bands ever get. From the expected (Kurt Vile’s “Box of Rain” or the War on Drugs’ “Touch of Grey”) to the radically reimagined (Senegalese legends Orchestra Baobab’s Afro-Cuban spin on “Franklin’s Tower,” ANOHNI and yMusic’s “Black Peter”), it’s the sound of a younger generation moving forward by embracing what came before—lovingly produced by the National’s Bryce and Aaron Dessner.
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Touch of Grey
The War on Drugs
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Sugaree
Phosphorescent & Jenny Lewis
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Candyman
Jim James
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Cassidy
Moses Sumney & Jenny Lewis
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Black Muddy River
Bruce Hornsby & DeYarmond Edison
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Loser
Ed Droste & Binki Shapiro
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Peggy-O
The National
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Box of Rain (feat. J Mascis)
Kurt Vile & The Violators
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Rubin and Cherise
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
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To Lay Me Down
Perfume Genius & Sharon Van Etten
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New Speedway Boogie
Courtney Barnett
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Friend of the Devil
Mumford & Sons
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Uncle John's Band
Lucius
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Me and My Uncle
The Lone Bellow
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Mountains of the Moon
Lee Ranaldo & Lisa Hannigan & Friends
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Black Peter
ANOHNI & yMusic
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Garcia Counterpoint
Bryce Dessner
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Terrapin Station (Suite) [feat. Josh Kaufman, Conrad Doucette, So Percussion & Brooklyn Youth Chorus]
Daniel Rossen, Christopher Bear & The National
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Attics of My Life
Angel Olsen
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St. Stephen (live)
Wilco & Bob Weir
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If I Had the World to Give
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
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Standing on the Moon
Phosphorescent
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Cumberland Blues
Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band
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Ship of Fools
Tallest Man On Earth & Friends
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Bird Song
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
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Morning Dew
The National
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Truckin'
Marijuana Deathsquads
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Dark Star
Cass McCombs & Joe Russo
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Nightfall of Diamonds
Nightfall of Diamonds
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Transitive Refraction Axis for John Oswald
Tim Hecker
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Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad
Lucinda Williams & Friends
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Playing in the Band
Tunde Adebimpe & Lee Ranaldo & Friends
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Stella Blue
Local Natives
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Eyes of the World
Tal National
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Help on the Way
Béla Fleck
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Franklin's Tower
Orchestra Baobab
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Till the Morning Comes
Luluc & Xylouris White
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Ripple
The Walkmen
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Brokedown Palace (feat. Garth Hudson)
Richard Reed Parry, Caroline Shaw & Little Scream
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Here Comes Sunshine
Real Estate
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Shakedown Street
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
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Brown-Eyed Women
Hiss Golden Messenger
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Jack-A-Roe
This Is the Kit
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High Time
Daniel Rossen & Christopher Bear
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Dire Wolf
The Lone Bellow
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Althea
Winston Marshall, Kodiak Blue & Shura
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Clementine Jam
Orchestra Baobab
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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
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Easy Wind
Bill Callahan
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Wharf Rat
Ira Kaplan
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Estimated Prophet
The Rileys
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Drums -> Space
Man Forever, Oneida & So Percussion
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Cream Puff War
Fucked Up
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Dark Star
The Flaming Lips
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What's Become of the Baby
s t a r g a z e
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King Solomon's Marbles
Vijay Iyer
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Rosemary
Mina Tindle
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And We Bid You Goodnight
Sam Amidon
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I Know You Rider (live)
The National & Bob Weir
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Ratings and Reviews
Songs of the Dead
Saw the Grateful Dead several times in 1967 , before I even got stoned . T'was wonderful and original , I am glad hearing other artists performing their songs . I'd always wondered why so few had . On this subject I am very grateful ...
If you’re gonna buy a tribute….
get Deadicated. It’s a much better up tempo to the classics with like Ripple by Janes Addiction or Trucking’ by Dwight Yoakham. Other artists include Indigo Girls, Los Lobos, Elvis Costello to name a few. Great tribute album. Of course you won’t find the album on iTunes but you might be able to research and find the songs on their own.
The Nationals put an indie spin on the Dead
Let's start with the assumption that virtually every tribute album suffers from the same problem: musical schizophrenia. The more artists added to an effort like Day of the Dead, the more diverse the vision and diluted the ultimate product. Sadly, this sprawing 59 cut 3 disc set, spanning the entire Dead catalogue (and then some - I've never found anything called Garcia Counterpoint on any Dead release anywhere) is exactly what you would expect, based on historical approaches to this genre. There are highlights to be sure - The War on Drugs' take on Touch of Grey is sublimely wonderful - just as there are crushing disappointments. Unfortunately, those moments greatly overshadow the great tunes. Even more curious are the strange song selections made by some artists. Did we really need The Riley's Estimated Prophet, or Stargaze's What's Become of the Baby? I would recommend sifting through the songs one by one and downloading those that tickle your fancy, rather than spending $30 on 20 or so tunes you'll onlty want to hear once - well, maybe once.