Go to Heaven

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Go to Heaven
Studio album by The Grateful Dead
Released	April 28, 1980
Genre	Rock
Length	38:19
Label	Arista
Producer	Gary Lyons
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (C) link Rolling Stone (not rated) link
The Grateful Dead chronology
Shakedown Street (1978) Go to Heaven (1980) Reckoning (1981)

Go to Heaven is the eleventh studio album by the Grateful Dead. It was released on April 28, 1980.

The album was released for the first time on CD in 1990 by Arista Records before being re-released in 2000 by BMG International. It was then remastered, expanded, and released as part of the Beyond Description (1973-1989) box set in October 2004. The remasted version was later released separately on CD on April 11, 2006 by Rhino Records.

It was the band's first album with newcomer keyboard player Brent Mydland replacing both Donna Jean Godchaux's backup vocals and Keith Godchaux's piano playing. Much reason for the album's mixed critical review could by rooted towards the bands transition from Godchaux's jazzy piano playing to Mydland's Hammond B3 organ and use of keyboard effects.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

1. "Alabama Getaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:36
2. "Far From Me" (Mydland) – 3:40
3. "Althea" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:51
4. "Feel Like a Stranger" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:07

[edit] Side two

1. "Lost Sailor" (Barlow, Weir)– 5:54
2. "Saint of Circumstance" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:40
3. "Antwerp's Placebo (The Plumber)" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 0:38
4. "Easy to Love You" (Barlow, Mydland) – 3:40
5. "Don't Ease Me In" (Traditional) – 3:13

[edit] 2004 reissue

1. "Alabama Getaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:37
2. "Far From Me" (Mydland) – 3:39
3. "Althea" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:52
4. "Feel Like a Stranger" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:08
5. "Lost Sailor" (Barlow, Weir)– 5:54
6. "Saint of Circumstance" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:39
7. "Antwerp's Placebo (The Plumber)" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 0:39
8. "Easy to Love You" (Barlow, Mydland) – 3:38
9. "Don't Ease Me In" (traditional) – 3:23
10. "Peggy-O" (studio outtake) (traditional) – 5:51
11. "What'll You Raise" (studio outtake) (Hunter) – 4:10
12. "Jack-A-Roe" (studio outtake) (traditional) – 4:55
13. "Althea" (live) – 8:17
14. "Lost Sailor" (live) – 6:41
15. "Saint of Circumstance" (live) – 6:35

[edit] Personnel

Grateful Dead:

• Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
• Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
• Phil Lesh - bass
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums
• Mickey Hart - drums

Production:

• Gary Lyons - producer, engineer
• Stanley Mouse - producer, art direction, illustrations
• Bob Seidemann - photography
• Jim Welch - producer, art direction
• Betty Cantor-Jackson, Bob Matthews, Pete Thea - engineers

[edit] Bonus tracks production details

• "Peggy-O" - studio outtake recorded on July 16, 1979
• "What'll You Raise" - studio outtake recorded on July 16, 1979
• "Jack-A-Roe" - studio outtake recorded on July 14, 1979
• "Althea" - recorded live during October 1980
• "Lost Sailor" - recorded live at Radio City Music Hall on October 25, 1980
• "Saint Of Circumstance" - recorded live at Radio City Music Hall on October 25, 1980

[edit] Reissue production credits

• David Lemieux, James Austin - reissue producers
• Reggie Collins - liner notes
• Sheryl Farber - editorial supervision
• Cameron Sears - executive producer
• Joe Gastwirt - mastering, production consultant
• Tom Flye - mixing
• Robert Gatley - mixing assistant
• Hugh Brown, Steve Vance - art coordinator
• Jimmy Edwards, Robin Hurley, Hale Milfgrim, Scott Pascucci - associate producer
• Eileen Law - research
• Vanessa Atkins, Steven Chean, Bill Inglot, Jeffrey Norman, Randy Perry - project assistants
• John Cutler - engineer
• Herbert Greene - photography
• Richard Loren, Rock Scully, Alan Trist - coordination, direction

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard

Singles - Billboard

[edit] See also

• Grateful Dead
• Grateful Dead discography

[edit] References