Grateful Dead: Wake Of The Flood (1973)

Yeah, I get it, everyone loves American Beauty , as well they should. But I think a strong case can be made that Wake of the Flood -- which followed three years later (during which time they released a number of live albums, as well as a pair of excellent solo albums from Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir) -- is equally great, if not their best studio work then certainly close. On a personal level, after becoming a full-blown convert to the Dead back in college based primarily on live tapes, it was my pu...