--- product_id: 49357783 title: "American Beauty" price: "€ 17.25" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.at/products/49357783-american-beauty store_origin: AT region: Austria --- # American Beauty **Price:** € 17.25 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** American Beauty - **How much does it cost?** € 17.25 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.at](https://www.desertcart.at/products/49357783-american-beauty) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description American Beauty - CD No. Disks or Items: 1 Product Type: Music / CD - Genre / Rock 1 - 1 - Box Of Rain - 05:20 1 - 2 - Friend Of The Devil - 03:26 1 - 3 - Sugar Magnolia - 03:21 1 - 4 - Operator - 02:25 1 - 5 - Candyman - 03:03 1 - 6 - Ripple - 04:11 1 - 7 - Brokedown Places - 04:11 1 - 8 - Till The Morning Comes - 03:10 1 - 9 - Attics Of The Life - 05:14 1 - 10 - Truckin' - 05:04 Release Date : unknown Dimensions: W: 143mm x L: 127mm x H: 10mm Weight: 92g Barcode: 0075992719025 Catalogue No.: 7599271902 Review: "Our records are awful" Jerry Garcia 1974 - A typically humble assessment by Jerry of his bands studio albums. Quite refreshing, in a culture that is over populated with self regarding wannabes, pushing themselves and their products with little awareness of their minute import in the overall scheme of things. Yes, a humble assessment. but a wrong one. The Dead made some of the most beautiful and enduring albums of their era. This one, American Beauty, is one of the best. To me, it hasn't dated in the slightest. Never have such transcendent lyrics been couple with such superb melodies ans sensitive playing. If you have never heard this album-boy are you in for a treat. One of the best albums ever made. I am in a minority regarding the live set, though. 18/2/71, and the first of a run of shows at Portchester. It is the worst of the run-several new songs are played for the first time, and it sounds like it. Even comparative warhorses like Hard To Handle sound hesitant and unsure. In fact they slow down so much on that one, that during the instrumental break down it sounds as though they are going to stop playing all together. Maybe they would have done if Pigpen hadn't woken everybody up when he resumes singing. Its not all bad-the Dark Star-Wharf Rat-Dark Star is the stuff of legend, and the band seem to find their collective mojo in the last half hour and rock out in fine style. The downside to this final rock out is Ned Lagin's tootling keyboard. Some friend he turned out to be. Curiously, it was Mickey Hart's last show for a few years. Obviously dissension in the ranks as he played the first show of the run and then left. Still - this is a great release. Just don't go thinking 18/2/71 represents the band at its best. And i should perhaps add that many Deadheads love 18/2/71-so maybe its just me. Review: One of their most essential - Three months after Workingman's Dead reached the shops, the Dead were in the studios for the second time that year, at Wally Heider's in San Francisco, to record its sequel, American Beauty, making 1970 probably the high water mark as far as their studio work is concerned. It was a time when a number of American-based musicians such as Dylan and the Band, the Byrds, the Flying Burritos, Ry Cooder, Van Morrison and others had been rediscovering their country's musical roots, unplugging their guitars and adding fiddles and button accordions to forge a new Americana. It was natural that the Dead should be associated with this movement since they had been long term students of folk, blues, jug band and bluegrass music even before they had begun their psychedelic explorations in the mid-sixties. In Workingman's Dead they had shown themselves to be highly adept at mastering the demands of these structured and mostly acoustic musical forms with a collection of brilliant new songs, and the self-produced American Beauty, which came out in November 1970, proved that this was no fluke. If anything, the songs on American Beauty are even stronger and equally timeless. Furthermore, the music is beautifully recorded by engineer Steve Barncard, with deep clarity and resonance, in a way that would expose any flaws or weaknesses in the singing and playing, should there have been any. The performances were live in the studio, with restrained overdubs added to the basic tracks by Jerry Garcia and guest musicians, and is a testament to their proficiency. The songs, with Robert Hunter's exquisite lyrics, are allowed to speak for themselves, with very little soloing, and Jerry Garcia mostly using his pedal steel guitar in place of his normal electric 6-string. Songs such as Friend Of The Devil and Bob Weir's Sugar Magnolia became staples of the band's live repertoire, and edited versions of Truckin' and the very beautiful Ripple were released on a single in January 1971 to become their biggest selling single to date. This is one of the most essential of all Grateful Dead albums. ## Images ![American Beauty - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91+UbBYZGtL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Our records are awful" Jerry Garcia 1974 *by D***K on 9 November 2020* A typically humble assessment by Jerry of his bands studio albums. Quite refreshing, in a culture that is over populated with self regarding wannabes, pushing themselves and their products with little awareness of their minute import in the overall scheme of things. Yes, a humble assessment. but a wrong one. The Dead made some of the most beautiful and enduring albums of their era. This one, American Beauty, is one of the best. To me, it hasn't dated in the slightest. Never have such transcendent lyrics been couple with such superb melodies ans sensitive playing. If you have never heard this album-boy are you in for a treat. One of the best albums ever made. I am in a minority regarding the live set, though. 18/2/71, and the first of a run of shows at Portchester. It is the worst of the run-several new songs are played for the first time, and it sounds like it. Even comparative warhorses like Hard To Handle sound hesitant and unsure. In fact they slow down so much on that one, that during the instrumental break down it sounds as though they are going to stop playing all together. Maybe they would have done if Pigpen hadn't woken everybody up when he resumes singing. Its not all bad-the Dark Star-Wharf Rat-Dark Star is the stuff of legend, and the band seem to find their collective mojo in the last half hour and rock out in fine style. The downside to this final rock out is Ned Lagin's tootling keyboard. Some friend he turned out to be. Curiously, it was Mickey Hart's last show for a few years. Obviously dissension in the ranks as he played the first show of the run and then left. Still - this is a great release. Just don't go thinking 18/2/71 represents the band at its best. And i should perhaps add that many Deadheads love 18/2/71-so maybe its just me. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ One of their most essential *by L***M on 12 January 2008* Three months after Workingman's Dead reached the shops, the Dead were in the studios for the second time that year, at Wally Heider's in San Francisco, to record its sequel, American Beauty, making 1970 probably the high water mark as far as their studio work is concerned. It was a time when a number of American-based musicians such as Dylan and the Band, the Byrds, the Flying Burritos, Ry Cooder, Van Morrison and others had been rediscovering their country's musical roots, unplugging their guitars and adding fiddles and button accordions to forge a new Americana. It was natural that the Dead should be associated with this movement since they had been long term students of folk, blues, jug band and bluegrass music even before they had begun their psychedelic explorations in the mid-sixties. In Workingman's Dead they had shown themselves to be highly adept at mastering the demands of these structured and mostly acoustic musical forms with a collection of brilliant new songs, and the self-produced American Beauty, which came out in November 1970, proved that this was no fluke. If anything, the songs on American Beauty are even stronger and equally timeless. Furthermore, the music is beautifully recorded by engineer Steve Barncard, with deep clarity and resonance, in a way that would expose any flaws or weaknesses in the singing and playing, should there have been any. The performances were live in the studio, with restrained overdubs added to the basic tracks by Jerry Garcia and guest musicians, and is a testament to their proficiency. The songs, with Robert Hunter's exquisite lyrics, are allowed to speak for themselves, with very little soloing, and Jerry Garcia mostly using his pedal steel guitar in place of his normal electric 6-string. Songs such as Friend Of The Devil and Bob Weir's Sugar Magnolia became staples of the band's live repertoire, and edited versions of Truckin' and the very beautiful Ripple were released on a single in January 1971 to become their biggest selling single to date. This is one of the most essential of all Grateful Dead albums. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Still beautiful after all these years *by C***H on 12 October 2011* As a relatively recent convert to the music of the Grateful Dead, I've grown to love the rich diversity of this great band's music, from the psychedelic output of the 1960's, with those wonderfully eclectic elongated jams, through to the dawn of the 1970's with the delights of "Workingman's Dead", then on to this album. There's no fillers here, as the band's collaboration with songwriter Robert Hunter yields another great collection, a selection of blues-tinged country compositions. Its easy to see why the versatile Jerry Garcia is held in such high esteem, his contribution here (as usual) is superb, an example being his acoustic guitar picking on "Friend Of The Devil" which is a delight, but I'm certainly not overlooking the great contribution from the rest of the band. Its sometimes said that the band's vocals lack power, and that may be so, but personally I don't want to be blown out of my chair with powerhouse vocals when listening to these songs, I find the vocals here to be sensitive and emotional, and blend perfectly with the often beautiful and tender music/lyrics. My favourite tracks are "Box Of Rain" - the personal pain behind Phil Lesh's aching vocals add extra emotion and poignancy to this classic opening track. Then "Friend Of The Devil". Also the truly beautiful "Ripple" with it's moving lyrics and vocals. The catchy "Truckin" is an uplifting foot-tapper. A great album from a uniquely special band, an album that still sounds fresh over forty years after it's release. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.at/products/49357783-american-beauty](https://www.desertcart.at/products/49357783-american-beauty) --- *Product available on Desertcart Austria* *Store origin: AT* *Last updated: 2026-08-15*