Bob Weir - Ace
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Track List: Ace
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- Greatest Story Ever ToldDownload & Buy
- Black-Throated WindDownload & Buy
- Walk In The SunshineDownload & Buy
- Playing In The BandDownload & Buy
- Looks Like RainDownload & Buy
- Mexicali BluesDownload & Buy
- One More Saturday NightDownload & Buy
- CassidyDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Ace
- Release Date:
- 01/01/1972
- Label:
- Arista
- UPC:
- 078221400428
User Reviews: Ace
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The Dead...inside out
, February 8, 2006Reviewer: daytonaduncan - See all daytonaduncan's reviews
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Pro Reviews: Ace
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews As a "bonus" for re-signing another three-album deal with Warner Brothers Records in the early '70s, members of the Grateful Dead were given the opportunity to cut solo albums. Jerry Garcia (Garcia), Mickey Hart (Rolling Thunder), and Bob Weir (Ace) took advantage of the offer -- although it could easily be argued that Weir's disc was in reality the next Grateful Dead album simply featuring the rhythm guitarist's co-compositions and lead vocals throughout. In essence, Ace became the follow-up to the double-live LP Grateful Dead [1971] (aka "Skull and Roses"), which included a live and somewhat non-descript rendition of "Playing in the Band." Ironically, on this studio release the Grateful Dead stretch out during the seven-plus-minute version -- which is considered to be one of their most inspired improvisational interactions away from the concert stage. Likewise, practically every track -- with the exception of the painfully optimistic "Walk in the Sunshine" -- became an integral component of the Grateful Dead's performance repertoire for their remaining 20-plus years as an actively touring band. Much of Ace is flavored with the same country-rock textures that informed the Dead's previous two studio recordings, American Beauty and Workingman's Dead. The addition of keyboardist Keith Godchaux -- whose style on this album rivals that of Jerry Lee Lewis -- gives songs such as "Greatest Story Ever Told" and "One More Saturday Night" an aggressive bite which is conspicuous in its absence from the Grateful Dead's previous studio outings. On the whole, Ace is thoroughly enjoyable for devout Deadheads as well as less-fanatical enthusiasts. Other standout tracks include the lilting lullaby "Cassidy," Snooky Flowers' driving horn arrangement on "One More Saturday Night," and Garcia's lazy, laid-back pedal steel guitar work on "Looks Like Rain." - Lindsay Planer, All Music Guide |
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A founding member of the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir's musical legacy (separate from its cultural implications) will be of an utterly strange rhythm guitar player and songwriter who grew up in one of the most lasting outside bands of the 1960s. Playing w...Full Bob Weir Biography
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Pros: Great tunes, great Bob Weir vocals!
Cons: Over too soon...
This has got to be the greatest Grateful Dead album, but it's NOT the Grateful Dead. Weir, way back in '72, starting his solo career (an on-again, off-again career) employed the members of the Dead on this great album of his compositions (with Hunter and Barlow). It just sounds as right for me now as it did when I first got the vinyl in 1972. Losing it in a divorce, I was without this album for almost 20 years, till I found it on CD. Albums were over quickly back then, this one, without "bonus tracks" seems very short by 21st century standards. "Black-Throated Wind" and "One More Saturday Night" stand out but every song is a Dead winner. The version of "Playing in the Band" is easily the best recording of this song of of them all. If you like the Dead, if you're a Deadhead at all, get this one! ...