Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead (1970)

Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead (1970)

Tracklist front / back album covers

Songs / lyrics written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter

Side one

1. "Uncle John's Band" 4:42

2. "High Time" 5:12

3. "Dire Wolf" 3:11

4. "New Speedway Boogie" 4:01

Side two

1. "Cumberland Blues"   3:14

2. "Black Peter" 5:41

3. "Easy Wind" 4:57

4. "Casey Jones"    4:24

Workingman's Dead is the fourth Grateful Dead studio album. 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.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 262 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and 264 in a 2012 revised list. It was voted number 371 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.