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Comment by truth on December 21, 2011 at 10:57pm

Comment by truth on September 6, 2011 at 3:55am

Aoxomoxoa is the third studio album by the Grateful Dead. It was originally titled Earthquake Country.[4] Many Deadheads consider this era of the Dead to be the experimental apex of the band's history. It is also the first album with Tom Constanten as an official member of the band. Rolling Stone, upon reviewing the album, mentioned that "no other music sustains a lifestyle so delicate and loving and lifelike."[5] The album was certified gold by the RIAA on May 13, 1997.[6]

The title of the album is a palindrome created by cover artist Rick Griffin and lyricist Robert Hunter. According to the audio version of the Rock Scully memoir, Living with the Dead (read by the author and former Dead co-manager himself), the title is pronounced "ox-oh-mox-oh-ah". The words "Grateful Dead" on the front of the album, written in large, flowing capital letters, are an ambigram that can also be read "we ate the acid".[7]

Comment by truth on September 6, 2011 at 3:53am