Blues for Allah

Blues for Allah
Studio album by Grateful Dead
Released	September 1, 1975 (1975-09-01)
Recorded	February 27 – May 7, 1975
Genre	Jazz-rock progressive rock
Length	44:13
Label	Grateful Dead United Artists[1]
Producer	Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
From the Mars Hotel (1974) Blues for Allah (1975) Steal Your Face (1976)
Singles from Blues for Allah
"The Music Never Stopped" Released: September 1975 "Franklin's Tower" Released: January 1976

Blues for Allah is the eighth studio album (twelfth album overall) by the Grateful Dead. It was released on September 1, 1975, and was the band's third album released through their own Grateful Dead Records label. The album was recorded between February and May of 1975 during an extended hiatus from touring. Recorded at rhythm guitarist and vocalist Bob Weir's home studio, the music on Blues for Allah further showcases the jazz fusion influence shown on the band's previous two records while also having a more experimental sound influenced by Middle Eastern scales and musical styles, which is also reflected in the album's lyrical content.

Upon release, Blues for Allah became the band's highest-charting album up to that point, peaking at number 12 in the US during a thirteen-week chart run and becoming their third straight top 20 album.^[2] Two singles were released to promote the album—"The Music Never Stopped" and "Franklin's Tower"—with the former cracking the Billboard Hot 100. The album initially received mixed reviews, but has retrospectively been praised for its melding of new styles and increased emphasis on jamming and improvisation in comparison with the band's other studio efforts.