Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: One of their very best

WAKE OF THE FLOOD is way up their with Dead classics WORKINGMAN'S DEAD and AMERICAN BEAUTY. People sometimes say they reached their peak with these two earlier albums and it was all downhill from there. Not so. The songs on WAKE OF THE FLOOD may not be as immediately catchy as "Truckin'" or "Uncle John's Band", but they have their own strange appeal and hold up to hundreds of listenings. I must single out the long Bob Weir-John Barlow song "Weather Report Suite" as my favorite track. It is one of the most unbelievably beautiful songs I have ever heard. If you already have the LP, you should get this CD just for the alternative solo demo of this song, with just Bob Weir singing and playing acoustic guitar in his unique style. It is literally worth the price of the whole CD (kind of cliche, I know, but when you hear it you'll agree!).