Ready or Not (Grateful Dead album)
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| Ready or Not | ||||
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| Released | November 22, 2019 | |||
| Recorded | June 23, 1992 – April 2, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 79:53 | |||
| Label | Rhino | |||
| Producer | Grateful Dead | |||
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Ready or Not is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead, featuring nine songs recorded at various venues from 1992 to 1995. It was released on November 22, 2019, in both LP and CD format.[1][2][3]
In February 1992, the Grateful Dead began work on recording a new studio album. That album was never completed, and the group disbanded in 1995 following the death of Jerry Garcia. Most likely the unfinished studio album would have included the songs that appear on Ready or Not.[2][3][4]
Critical reception
On AllMusic, Fred Thomas wrote, "Ready or Not indeed offers a glimpse of what another studio album from what turned out to be the group's later phase would have sounded like, only with the buffer of comfort that comes from them working out the songs on-stage. It's a document not quite like any of the Dead's hundreds of other archival releases, zeroing in on unfamiliar and exciting material."[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Liberty" (October 14, 1994 at Madison Square Garden) | Garcia | 6:14 | |
| 2. | "Eternity" (April 2, 1995 at Memphis Pyramid) | Weir | 10:10 | |
| 3. | "Lazy River Road" (March 25, 1993 at Dean Smith Center) |
| Garcia | 6:54 |
| 4. | "Samba in the Rain" (March 30, 1995 at Omni Coliseum) |
| Welnick | 6:44 |
| 5. | "So Many Roads" (June 23, 1992 at Star Lake Amphitheatre) |
| Garcia | 7:33 |
| 6. | "Way to Go Home" (June 28, 1992 at Deer Creek Music Center) |
| Welnick | 6:02 |
| 7. | "Corrina" (October 14, 1994 at Madison Square Garden) |
| Weir | 15:27 |
| 8. | "Easy Answers" (September 13, 1993 at The Spectrum) |
| Weir | 7:00 |
| 9. | "Days Between" (December 11, 1994 at Oakland Arena) |
| Garcia | 13:25 |
| Total length: | 79:53 | |||
