Go to Heaven

Go to Heaven
Studio album by Grateful Dead
Released	April 28, 1980 (1980-04-28)
Genre	Rock
Length	38:19
Label	Arista
Producer	Gary Lyons
Grateful Dead chronology
Shakedown Street (1978) Go to Heaven (1980) Reckoning (1981)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	C
Rolling Stone	Mixed

Go to Heaven is the 11th studio album by the Grateful Dead. It was released on April 28, 1980.

The album was released for the first time on CD in 1987 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 remastered 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.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Alabama Getaway" (Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter) – 3:36
2. "Far From Me" (Brent Mydland) – 3:40
3. "Althea" (Garcia and Hunter) – 6:51
4. "Feel Like a Stranger" (John Perry Barlow and Bob Weir) – 5:07

Side two

5. "Lost Sailor" (Barlow and Weir)– 5:54
6. "Saint of Circumstance" (Barlow and Weir) – 5:40
7. "Antwerp's Placebo (The Plumber)" (Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann) – 0:38
8. "Easy to Love You" (Barlow and Mydland) – 3:40
9. "Don't Ease Me In" (Traditional) – 3:13

2004 reissue bonus tracks

10. "Easy to Love You" (Alternative version) (Barlow and Mydland) – 3:38
11. "Don't Ease Me In" (traditional) – 3:23
12. "Peggy-O" (traditional) – 5:51
13. "What'll You Raise" (Hunter) – 4:10
14. "Jack-A-Roe" (traditional) – 4:55
15. "Althea" (live, October 1980) – 8:17
16. "Lost Sailor" (live at Radio City Music Hall, October 25, 1980) – 6:41
17. "Saint of Circumstance" (live at Radio City Music Hall, October 25, 1980) – 6:35

Personnel

Grateful Dead

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

Technical personnel

• Betty Cantor-Jackson – engineering
• Gary Lyons – production, engineering
• Bob Matthews – engineering
• Stanley Mouse – production, art direction, illustrations
• Bob Seidemann – photography
• Pete Thea – engineering
• Jim Welch – production, art direction

Reissue personnel

• David Lemieux, James Austin – production
• Reggie Collins – liner notes
• John Cutler – engineering
• Sheryl Farber – editorial supervision
• Cameron Sears – executive production
• Joe Gastwirt – mastering, production consultancy
• Tom Flye – mixing
• Robert Gatley – mixing assistance
• Hugh Brown, Steve Vance – art coordination
• Jimmy Edwards, Robin Hurley, Hale Milfgrim, Scott Pascucci – associate production
• Eileen Law – research
• Herbert Greene – photography
• Richard Loren, Rock Scully, Alan Trist – coordination, direction

Charts

Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1980	Pop Albums	23[citation needed]

Singles – Billboard

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1980	"Alabama Getaway"	Pop Singles	68[citation needed]