Anthem of the Sun is an album by the American rock band Grateful Dead, released in 1968. It is the band's second studio album and was recorded in the San Francisco Bay Area. The album features a mix of traditional folk and rock music, as well as experimental sound
An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries. Originally, and in music theory and religious contexts, it also refers more particularly to short sacred choral work and still more particularly to a specific form of liturgical music. In this sense, its use began c. 1550 in English-speaking churches; it uses English language words, in contrast to the originally Roman Catholic 'motet' which sets a Latin text.