LABEL: Rhino
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 07/19/2024
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 1970
VARIANT: High Fidelity Pressing

American Beauty is the fifth studio album by rock band The Grateful Dead. Released November 1, 1970, by Warner Bros. Records, the album continued the folk rock and country music style of their previous album Workingman’s Dead, issued earlier in the year. Though the Americana approach is still evident in the songwriting, comparatively the sound focused more on folk harmonies and major-key melodies, showing influence from Bob Dylan and Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young.