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Shakedown Street

Album

Shakedown Street

Grateful Dead

1978Rock · Music · Arena Rock · Jam Bands · Pop · Pop/Rock · R&B/Soul · Disco

The jam-band titans venture into disco and funk.
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Release date
Record label
Grateful Dead/Rhino
Tracks
10

℗ 1978 Grateful Dead Productions. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.

Tracks

  1. 1
    Good Lovin'
    Grateful Dead
    4:51
  2. 2
    France
    Grateful Dead
    4:05
  3. 3
    Shakedown Street
    Grateful Dead
    5:00
  4. 4
    Serengetti
    Grateful Dead
    2:03
  5. 5
    Fire On the Mountain
    Grateful Dead
    3:49
  6. 6
    I Need a Miracle
    Grateful Dead
    3:35
  7. 7
    From the Heart of Me
    Grateful Dead
    3:25
  8. 8
    Stagger Lee
    Grateful Dead
    3:28
  9. 9
    All New Minglewood Blues
    Grateful Dead
    4:16
  10. 10
    If I Had the World to Give
    Grateful Dead
    4:51

About this album

Shakedown Street's title track shows the Dead adapting shockingly well to the disco era, transforming their normal rhythmic interplay into a slick, grooving strut. The remainder of the album sees them tackling similarly funky sounds. The rough-edged blues of "I Need a Miracle" and the Caribbean-tinged "Fire On the Mountain" would become setlist staples, and their Latin-flavoured version of The Rascals’ '60s rock classic "Good Lovin'" is one of the band's most beloved covers.