Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead

Skeletons from the Closet:
The Best of Grateful Dead
A line drawing of a skeleton holding a record, a woman holding a rose, and a man holding the woman
Cover art by John Van Hamersveld
Greatest hits album by
Grateful Dead
ReleasedFebruary 1974 (1974-02) (LP)
October 1988 (1988-10) (CD)
Recorded1967–1972
Genre
Length44:53
LabelWarner Bros.
WS 2764
Producer
Grateful Dead chronology
Wake of the Flood
(1973) 		Skeletons from the Closet:
The Best of Grateful Dead
(1974) 		From the Mars Hotel
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling StoneMixed[2]

Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead is the first compilation album from rock band the Grateful Dead. It was originally released in February 1974. As with other such packages, the album was a way for Warner Bros. Records to capitalize on the Dead's back catalog after the band had left the label. It was followed three years later by a second compilation, What a Long Strange Trip It's Been.[3]

  1. ^ Lankford, Ronnie D. Jr. "Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead". AllMusic. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  2. ^ Scoppa, Bud (April 25, 1974). Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead, Rolling Stone
  3. ^ Woodward, Jake; et al. (2003). Grateful Dead: The Illustrated Trip. Dorling Kindersley, ltd. p. 165.