title: Day of the Dead (2016 album)
text: # 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 |
  