Day of the Dead (2016 album)
# Day of the Dead (2016 album)

Day of the Dead is the twenty-fifth compilation release benefiting the Red Hot Organization, an international charity dedicated to raising funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS. Featuring fifty-nine exclusive recordings of covers of Grateful Dead songs by a number of independent artists as a tribute to the band, the compilation was released on May 20, 2016, as five CDs, a limited edition vinyl LP box set, and as a digital download. John Carlin, the founder of the Red Hot Organization, was the executive producer for the album. The members of The National first performed with Bob Weir at his Bay Area studio in 2012 as part of the Headcount benefit The Bridge Session. The group's budding friendship with the Dead cofounder pushed them to record the massive Dead tribute.

It is the second compilation album produced by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National for Red Hot Organization, following 2009's Dark Was the Night, which has raised over $1.5 million for the organizations fighting AIDS to date.

A Day of the Dead live performance took place at the second annual Eaux Claires Festival on August 12–13, 2016. The performers, who all appear on the record, included Jenny Lewis, Matthew Houck (Phosphorescent), Lucius, Will Oldham, Moses Sumney, Sam Amidon, Richard Reed Parry, Matt Berninger, Justin Vernon, Josh Kaufman, Bruce Hornsby, Ruban Nielson, Aaron and Bryce Dessner and The National.

## Track listing

### Digital sequence

CD sequence :

CD sequence

Disc 1

Touch of Grey

Sugaree

Candyman

Dire Wolf

New Speedway Boogie

Friend of the Devil

Black Muddy River

Morning Dew

Black Peter

Loser

To Lay Me Down

Disc 2

Box of Rain

Rubin and Cherise

Me and My Uncle

Cassidy

Uncle John's Band

Mountains of the Moon

Dark Star - (Cass McCombs, Joe Russo & Friends)

Nightfall of Diamonds

Transitive Refraction Axis for John Oswald

Playing in the Band

Brokedown Palace

Disc 3

Peggy-O

Garcia Counterpoint

Terrapin Station (Suite)

Clementine Jam

China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider

Jack-A-Roe

Easy Wind

Wharf Rat

Going Down The Road Feelin' Bad

And We Bid You Goodnight

Disc 4

Ripple

Truckin'

Dark Star - (The Flaming Lips)

Stella Blue

Shakedown Street

Franklin's Tower

Eyes of the World

Help on the Way

Estimated Prophet

What's Become of the Baby

King Solomon's Marbles

If I Had the World to Give

Disc 5

Standing on the Moon

Ship of Fools

Bird Song

Brown-Eyed Women

Here Comes Sunshine

Cumberland Blues

Drums -> Space

Cream Puff War

Rosemary

High Time

Till the Morning Comes

Althea

Attics of My Life

St. Stephen (live)

I Know You Rider (live) :

## Personnel

* Created and curated by Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner
* Produced by Aaron Dessner
* Co-producer: Bryce Dessner, Josh Kaufman
* Music direction: Josh Kaufman, Aaron Dessner
* Co-curators: Scott Devendorf, Bryan Devendorf, Conrad Doucette
* Project manager: Tom Wironen
* Co-executive producer: Dawn Barger
* Executive producer: John Carlin

## Charts

| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) | 76 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) | 196 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 54 |
| US Billboard 200 | 49 |
