Surrealistic Pillow

Excellent, couple of stone cold classics, and acoustic tracks I hadn't heard really hold up well against modern stuff.

Meh

It’s fine (psychedelic?) acoustic rock.White rabbit is obviously the stand out track but besides that the whole album is just alright.Nothing spectacular

Me da un poco de pereza el psychodelic, pero objetivamente bueno

I really like this album. I never realized how similar sounding they were to the Mamas and the Papas. My only real exposure to them has been "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love." Nice to finally listen. The bluesy stuff was good but not as good as the first half. Feels like two different bands. Too bad this band eventually became Starship.

San Francisco psychedelic masterpiece!! I still get goose bumps when I crank Somebody to Love to ear bleeding levels. My only complaint is it's too short!

Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are standout classics. Embryonic Journey is a some nice bit of guitar play. And the rest of the record is just great classic folk/psychedelic rock.

The two songs i knew were fine. The rest of the tracks were hard to get through.

If you ask me to name a Psychadelic record from the 60s, there's a VERY good chance that this will be the one I mention. It's excellent, one of the best examples of that type of sound that I know.

Cool

One of the only psychedelic rock albums I actually like. This wasn't my first time listening to this.

some classic songs surd restively well

I was pleasantly surprised by this album. I had, of course, heard Somebody to Love and White Rabbit, but wasn’t expecting much from the rest of the album. Many of the songs reminded me of Velvet Underground or Bob Dylan. 8/10

"Somebody to Love" is surely one of the tracks that embodies the 60's vibe but hadn't appreciated how strong the whole album would be. White Rabbit is obviously another classic of the psychedelic vibe, and "Embryonic Journey" a classic from multiple TV shows.

There is nothing inherently wrong with this album. Not at all. Jefferson Airplane deserves the credit they get. One of the leading bands in the psychedelic push of the 60's. I just can't explain what doesn't click with me about certain aspects of this. I love my fair share of psychedelic music, and it's really the first kind of rock music I fell in love with. I see what they were doing with this record, and it just isn't my thing. Maybe if I took a fair amount of drugs before listening to this, it would have heightened the experience. I do want to give this album its flowers though. I was surprised by some of the songs on here that I had already heard, but had no idea were from Jefferson Airplane. She Has Funny Cars, Somebody to Love, 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds and White Rabbit I find to be fantastic little bursts of psychedelia jamming. On the other hand, songs like My Best Friend or Comin' Back to Me just don't hit the same for me.

I've found this a very difficult album to rate. When it's firing, it's up there with the best. However, there are probably a couple too many tracks which are just "okay" to justify a 5-star rating. The best tracks are almost entirely the ones with Grace Slick on lead vocals. Her vibrato and passion are infectious. A great album, but just not quite a masterpiece.

Yep. That's some white biker mid-sixties psychedelic bullshit alright. I am so sick of that decade. It's sooooo over represented in this list.

I feel how this album influenced the music industry. At first, I thought this album was younger. 1970-ish? Thank you Jefferson Airplane for influencing psychedelic rock! Somebody to Love & White Rabbit 5/5 Personal enjoyment: 4/5

Fabulous album! This is going to stay on my playlist. Great band, amazing songs, all good. Five stars

Based on “White Rabbit”, people seem quick to write Jefferson Airplane off as just a psychedelic rock band, but I don’t think that description does them justice. They can do it all. They rock on “Somebody to Love”. With “Today” they prove they write a top notch ballad. “Coming’ Back to Me“ is beautiful in its simplicity. “3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds” sports some great electric guitar work. On “How Do You Feel” they give the Mamas & the Papas a run for their money with lush harmonies. “Embryonic Journey” is an upbeat acoustic instrumental. They tackle the blues “In The Morning”. Check out the spectacular bass lines on “Come Back Baby”. This production value is right up there with the best of that time period. I one of the first things that jumped out at me is the brilliant use of stereo. This is another album best listened to with headphones on. This is truly a great album. The musicianship is top notch, they make great use of harmonies and sophisticated lyrics and melodies. Will be listening again and again.

I’ll admit that In The Morning is a very strange track to throw on this album considering it is southern blues on a white-washed California rock album. The guitar work on 3/5 mile is crunchy and delicious! I really like the female vocalist and even the others sound good. Talented musicians and some good hits on this.

oh this is some weird shit somebody to love, I know this this is fine, too long dull 2/5

Listened to most of the album however did not complete it. Obviously, a very influential psychedelic rock album with some excellent tracks, but also some very dull tracks that would normally merit skipping.

A little surprised by the sound...a little less psycadelic than I anticipated. That probably isn't a good thing when it comes to JA. 2/5

A delightful mess of an album-clearly on the cusp of transition and showing off all that they can do. Some classic songs here with some undiscovered (by me) gems

Rock psicodélico. Folk.

I've heard this album a few times before, and when it popped up now I still thought "I wonder what other songs are on there apart from 'White Rabbit' and 'Somebody to Love'". I think this is quite telling of the record: it's very uneven. There are very many songs on the album, and only the first half + 'White Rabbit' is really worth keeping. The rest should just have been cut and it could've gotten a 4 probably. I also think it's a mistake to not have Grace sing more of the songs, since she has such an iconic voice and is what stands out the most to me.

"White rabbit" is an amazing track. "Somebody to Love" is too. The rest isn't those two songs and i found I lost interest slightly although there are some nice typical 60s songs. Major props for the guitar playing, specially in "Embryonic Journey". I just prefer the songs when Grace Slick is singing which are too far between, as soon as she comes on my interest peaks.

Ok

"White Rabbit" is an amazing song. Powerful, beautifully performed by Grace, Woodstock was probably in ecstasy. Same thing for "Somebody to Love". Although more traditional composition, it's a legendary track, unsurprisingly again thanks to Grace. It feels like she can transform an average song into a masterpiece. And the problem is there - she is not that prominent on the rest of the album, and it's an absolute snoozefest. I couldn't get through other songs, it was just painfully average. Its a real shame, because those two songs are easily 6/5 on my list, but altogether I can't give anything more than 3. Sorry Grace!

Very 60’s, kinda fun, but somewhat low energy and not something I enjoyed a whole lot. 2/5

Somebody to love e jo bra, men resten e litt meh

Too long

Enjoyed

This album was so much fun. It’s also nice to be listening to an album and suddenly learn the roots of a viral social media song.

i knew the songs 'somebody to love' and 'white rabbit' which i loved! others were good, i would say 3.7ish

- A+ album title - Good variety of song styles - Enjoyed it more than I expected tbh

- I think I was hoping it would be better - I dig their vibe, very fun -2.5

I always struggled to get into the tracks where Grace isn’t singing lead. On this listen, I don’t find anything unpleasant, but the rest of the band feels ordinary next to her powerful, unmistakable voice. It’s like if Queen only let Freddie sing lead on a couple songs an album.

Unbelievable blend of folk, rock, bubblegum pop and psychedelia. The tracks with Grace Slick on lead vocal suck you in and hold on. Get a lot of Fleetwood Mac rumours vibes out of it

Not really my sort of thing, but technically good.

4 for White Rabbit and Somebody to Love

"Surrealistic Pillow" is the second studio album by American rock band Jefferson Airplane and the first one with vocalistic Grace Slick and drummer Spencer Dryden. Folk rock, pyschedelic rock and acid rock. Yep. The album is cited as one of the quintessential works of early pychedelic rock and the 1960's counterculture era. The one and only Jerry Garcia was credited as "spiritual advisor," was involved musically and coined the album title as he described the music as being "as surrealistic as a pillow is soft." Word. The album was a commercial success hitting #3 in the US. A Bo Diddley drum beat opens "She Has Funny Cars." Pyschedelic guitars. Marty Balin and Grace Slick on lead vocals. Materialism in American society. "Somebody to Love" was originally recorded by Grace Slick's former band The Great Society but this is the version that hit it. Slick's vocals come on strong. The pounding music. One true love will nuture us through tough times. The first single "My Best Friend" was written by former drummer Skip Spence. This is more pop with a bluesy guitar. Vocal harmonies and three lead singers, Balin, Slick and guitarist Paul Katner. Very Mamas and Papas. Hey it's "Dark Star!" No, it's "Today" with Jerry Garcia on lead guitar. A folk, rock ballad Balin wrote to Tony Bennett who was in the next studio. Unfortunately, Marty never met Tony. The marching band drums, the seductive pyschedelic guitar and "One pill makes you nervous.......go ask Alice when she's ten feet tall" begins "White Rabbit." Another song written while Slick was in The Great Society. But, this version....Good Lord. One of the best ever rock vocal performances in my world. Using Alice in Wonderland imagery to follow the white rabbit (your curiosity...drugs)...a slap at parents who read their children these books and wondered why they did drugs. Yeah, why? The album ends with "Plastic Fantadtic Lover." Co-lead guitars, acoustic and electric pyschedelic. About TV addiction...even back then, eh? This is a great album. Besides the pyschedelic 60's sounding music, there's elements of pop, blue grass and blues. Great, great vocals. The multiple lead singers and harmonization really highlight the Mamas and Papas' influence. Some clearly iconic songs of the time that have held up. A classic.

Some tracks weee ok others not so much

Not a lot to say. There's some good songs on here and it was an overall good album

Somebody to Love My Best Friend Today 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds Plastic Fantastic Lover White Rabbit

Really fun psychedelic music, I remember the first time I heard White Rabbit and thinking it was such an interesting song just building the entire time. I like the variety of sounds the album captures while remaining a good fit. Somebody to Love, White Rabbit, and In the Morning all have very different vibes but they match together well.

There are some highs & lows on this one....but the highs are like the quintessential sound of psychedelia...I've got to give it that extra star out of respect

A landmark album of San Francisco psych rock and 1967 in general. When Grace Slick joined Jefferson Airplane the band started to make great albums one after another, but Surrealistic Pillow is their strongest one they recorded together. It sums up the Summer of Love perfectly and in such a high quality - the songrwriting, the clear production, the singing, the lyrics are all there. Slick brought two songs with her when she joined the band - Somebody to Love, which was originally a slower and more melancholic song, and White Rabbit that she wrote herself - both songs became big hits and are classics today. Slick's amazing voice adds a lot to the sound of the band. All other songs are great as well. The album is a mix of psychedelic rock, blues and folk-rock by the band that had a really great line-up at the time with Slick, the main songwriter Balin, singer and rhythm guitarist Kantner, guitarist Kaukonen, bassist Casady and drummer Dryden. Besides the hits, my favourite songs are the opening 'She Has Funny Cars', Balin's hauntingly beautiful 'Today' and Kaukonen's fantastic 'Embryonic Journey'. 5/5

The songs are nice, but still bores me

This album sounds amazing and feels like the epitome of "flower power". I loved the jazzy and rock and roll sound of it, mixed with great melodies and lyrics.

Idk what this is about

I always knew I liked Jefferson Airplane, but I didn't realize I was weird about them until listening through this album.

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. I find most psychedelic music to be kind of goofy and dumb, but Jefferson Airplane manages to exist in the genre while being simultaneously able to be taken seriously. Creative instrumentation, nice genre bending, a really good listen.

Some really great songs on this album. I really enjoyed this one.

Folk rock, psychedelic rock, acid rock. Somebody to Love.

Psychedelic rock is probably at its best when spoken through the lips of Grace Slick. Iconic track after iconic track weaves us down the rabbit hole. Don’t trip on the way down!

Good stuff, many interesting ideas and solid psych-Rock

Decent album. A little poppy and a little psychedelic. The 60s seem like they were a much simpler time to get high with less stimuli all around. I imagine there were a ton of people that took LSD, tossed this record on, and had the trip of their lives. No cell phones, no internet, no distractions, just living in the moment with some Jefferson Airplane grooves in the background.

Gets a 4 just bc white rabbit is such a fucking banger. The rest of the album is solid but that song just RIPS!

Great psych rock album. Gotta be their best? While their massive hits on the record have been played so much that the enjoyment is diminishing returns for me, re-listening Friday the rest of the tracks demonstrate while they don't particularly stand out, it's no fluke. I don't find any serious weak points here. I think my only critique is that I wish they gave Grace Slick the mic more.

Other than the famous singles, I found this pretty dull. I do really like those singles though so I’ll give it a 4.

Outside of the two all-time great songs (Somebody to Love and White Rabbit) this is a very good but not great record.

A perfect example of psychedelic rock and the genres it draws from. There is rock, folk, blues and combinations of all three, and while the album had songs in diff genres nothing sounded out of place. This album helped give me a real sense of the Summer of Love in San Francisco and I think I would have really enjoyed seeing this band live in its prime. I Loved the guitar solos and drum parts and thought that Jorma Kaukonen's guitar playing was kind of like mine. It's not perfect but it's able to communicate what it wants to and gets the job done. I also love bands with multiple singers so it was fun to hear different lead vocalists and crafted a communal vibe very fitting with the summer of love. Favorite tracks "Somebody to Love, Embryonic Journey, White Rabbit".

Only knew the last track. different.

Some fantastic songs on this

two of the greatest songs ever.

I think this album can be split into two parts, the rockier numbers with Grace Slick singing, which are great, and the poppier/ folky numbers without Grace Slick singing, which are nothing special. There's a similarity to other bands, like the Beach Boys, CSN, etc. a sort of folk-rock-pop combination that sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. Without the two big hits this would probably be a 2, but I'm going to raise it to 3 stars for White Rabbit alone.

Highlights: "Comin' Back to Me," "Embryonic Journey," "White Rabbit," "DCBA-25" Probably the best encapsulation of 60s pop music we're going to get, in that it's competently performed but transparently derivative. Like if Sonny and Cher did Beatles, Stones, Dylan, Zombies, and Doors. That is on a lyrical level, too, with as much inconsistency in quality as you'd expect. Not really blown away by Slick's performance -- the harsh vibrato and liberal portamento is a little annoying. The vocal harmonies work best for them. Maybe the bigger issue is how tonally inconsistent it is, the way it progresses from bold rock jams to blithe pretentious pop-folk creeds but ends on whack blues numbers. It's like hearing a cult coalesce and go off the rails in fast forward -- which it was.

White Rabbit is an absolute banger. The vocals on it are just amazing. The rest of the ablum is pretty good as well. Almost a 5.

I like this, it reminds me of summers in the kitchen with dad doing DIY and the boys running about

I really thought with "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" that I would enjoy this album more.

It’s like 40% of the way to a 3 in my mind. Some songs are really good and others feel lacking to me.

Fine. Majority of songs are blah, but really enjoyed Somebody To Love and Embryonic Journey.

haha classics

3.5

everyone knows the singles but the rest of the album is surprisingly different. still really solid.

More outdated, drug infused music from the sixties.

It's fine. It's ok. There's some standout tracks, but a lot of other tracks feel quite low-key and a bit boring. It's not the most exciting album in the world. White Rabbit is a hell of a track. 2.5 rounded up.

I had so much fun with this album, there was a lot of variety in style and genre and it all sounded solid!

Great classic psychedelic rock. I already knew and liked a couple songs going in and found several more. This is going on rotation.

I mean, definitely influential and important. Just not at all my thing. Organ keyboard stuff is a bit much. I do appreciate the group energy put into it all.

Never really been fan of “White Rabbit”. I mean it’s ok, but it’s no “Somebody to Love”, which easily makes it into in the top 5 songs of the 60’s. The rest of the record pales in comparison to those two hits, but it’s enjoyable overall. This band is clearly at their best when they’re playing in rock mode rather than folky acoustic shit.

Did this album, in part, spawn a blog project name? Yes

Perfectly fine

Knew a couple off this album, but it's really not dated well I don't think. Sounds like hippy nonsense and I'm but a wee nipper by comparison. Did not really enjoy much.

60s non granché

Molto bello, mi è piaciuto, chill e psichedelico, figo

Glad I discovered the album "Somebody To Love" came from!

Not really a fan of the dreamy sound throughout the album and in particular the singing. Some song are nice, but as an album it is quite boring.

It's ok

2 absolutely amazing songs and other good songs.

Get's me nostalgic to a time I've never experienced.

Jefferson airplane- Grace slick and the harmonies are cool. I would’ve wanted her singing lead on all the songs instead of the other guy. I like Somebody to love. White rabbit sounds like drugs. Best friend is ok. I hate listening to these 60’s bands play blues songs- kinda just feels like album filler to me. Embryonic journey was cool- the fingerpicking acoustic stuff is way more interesting than his electric playing. Would’ve wanted to hear a song with vocals with this vibe. 2.5

Not a fan. I don’t know why but I’ve always really hated the song white rabbits. Good players and really great production, the reverb sounds especially great. All 60’s RCA records sound great though. Didn’t enjoy it otherwise.

There were so many things about this that I almost liked. The female voice is cool but I just couldn’t care about anything they wrote about.

The album that gave us Somebody to Love and White Rabbit! Great stuff Saved tracks: She Has Funny Cars, Somebody to Love, 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds, White Rabbit, Go To Her

San Francisco psychedelia at its best in the late 60s. Everyone should own this piece of musical history.

Overall I really enjoyed it. I was already a little familiar with them. I love white rabbit, and somebody to love is a classic. I think I expected more of it to be similar to white rabbit. I think 3/5. I would definitely listen to it again.

Okay

Starts out strong and has a couple of amazing songs. Ends a bit weak, but good overall.

Nice songs but Jefferson Airplane was never much of a favourite of mine, too bad this full record didn’t really change much. Instrumentally is where I like it, but vocally and lyrically less. 7 out of 10

Dette er gammel "rock". Tenk beatles. Funker helt greit, men utenom hiten Somebody to Love så blir det litt for kjedelig for meg.

A few good songs, but a lot of this was just meh to me.

This felt a bit schizophrenic. Really enjoyed the sixties pop rockers - White Rabbit, Somebody To Love and the one that sounds like Last Train To Clarksville - but struggled with the more folky numbers, which haven't aged so well. Overall, pleasantly surprised, but didn't hang together as an album.

Hippy shit fairy music. Bad drugs. Bloody awful haircuts. No ta.

2.5

Now I’m not much of a fan of 60’s rock, I am indeed a Beatles disliker, so I wasn’t going into this album too optimistic but staying open minded, and I’m glad I did. Although this record fully embodies the 60’s rock sound I can’t get over how well each song is put together, each one is as consistent as the last and makes for a strong album. This album does have some stand out tracks such as ‘Somebody to Love’, ‘White Rabbit’ and ‘Go To Her’ but honestly each song here is incredibly strong I find it hard to pick one that doesn’t click with me. Another thing I really like about this album is the handful of slow songs mixed in with the classic rock songs, these include ‘Today’ and ‘J. P. P. Mc Step B. Blues’, and not forgetting the lovely instrumental track ‘Embryonic Journey’ that sits nicely in the middle of the record. In all honesty I really liked this album and I’m saying it like this as I’m surprised to how much I liked it considering my experiences with other 60’s rock albums. Gonna give it a few more listens but for now there’s nothing negative for me to say.

This is about as hippie, counterculture, psychedelic as it gets but I wasn’t really wowed by this album. It was cool to hear white rabbit and somebody to love, which are the standouts, but everything else was just fine. I didn’t realize there were extra tracks at first but could basically tell once an out of place blues song kicked in. Overall grace slick is the most talented out of everyone based on this album but it’s still all average 60s counterculture music with the exception of white rabbit which is really good.

somebody to love is iconic yet i never want to listen to it white rabbit i find so annoying the rest is dribble really

What a fuckin snoozefest

A key album of the California flower power hippy psychedelia... it all sounds a bit dated. Love White Rabbit though.

This was an awesome album! Thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish! Added to the list to own!

Jefferson Airplane! solid album that feels like it's def from '67

More folkly/jangly than the Starship they morphed into, but fun stiff

White Rabbit and Somebody to Lovr outshine the rest.

banco 7.5/10

Really enjoyed this

A psychedelic staple and Grace Slick is an absolute vocal beast. But not an album I necessarily want to come back to over and over, so I gotta give a 3

One of my all-time favorite albums

Really enjoyable and varied with a surpringly high amount of hits on it

Very weird mix of music, feel like its an album by two different bands. I do love White Rabbit a lot though, so that's always great to listen to.

Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are absolute classics, of course. Sadly the rest of the album didn't grab me as much.

good ol fashioned psychedelia and rock n roll. her voice is triumphant. these singles are iconic. that instrumental track sounds like leo kottke. all positive vibes baby!

"Somebody to Love," "Today"and "White Rabbit" are rightly the prize-winners, with the latter being maybe the best song under 3 minutes ever made. The intro bass of Jack Cassady later combined with Grace Slick's vocal line is absolutely incredible . This also immediately names the strongest asset of the band. The other songs besides those three on the album are nice, but nowhere do they reach the level of the band's two most famous titles. That's not a bad thing, but what you're left with is changeable song material with some psychedelic elements without being blown off your feet. But that song about Alice. And The White Rabbit. Oh my.

Not really my style overall but there are clear, undeniable cultural touchstones (Somebody to Love, White Rabbit) here. I've heard those songs all over the place through my life. 60 years later and the music is still kicking, it's fascinating!

The late 60s, early 70s have such a unique sound to them you can pick them out very easily, and Jefferson Airplane is one of the reasons for that

Normcore and a half album cover. The frontwoman has a cracking voice and is key to the best songs on this (somebody to love, white rabbit). She should have featured more. Also appreciated the embryonic journey. This did not however speed up my hungover bus journey to Riga. So in spite of a few highs this is not getting beyond a very ordinary three.

Got some nice tunes but that's it. Nice tunes

Great early psychedelic rock. White Rabbit and Somebody of Love solidify this as essential.

Classic enduring psychedelic songs that are still great to listen to!

Two of the greatest songs of the 60s but the rest of the album didn't do much for me

Mellow and drifty, an easy listen. Iconic

Better than I thought it was gonna be, many genres, much influence

It waa great

Good dose of psychedelic rock

Perfection.

High on my list of bands that should just let the female vocalist sing every song (I'm looking at you New Pornographers). She is so clearly better than the guy singer, not just on the two hits. The guy is almost being cheeky when he (tries to) sing, while the women has a powerful voice built for rock with a great vibrato. Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are the clear hits, but shout out to Embryonic Journey for a surprise great instrumental track.

Simply one of the best psychedelic rock offerings out there. Aside from the hits, I’ve always liked Today and DCBA -25. This album has great variety. Some powerful tracks, but knows when to slow things down.

Impressive album, considering how dull and uninspiring a lot of 60s music is. You can make fun of how much drugs psych rockers are on, but what they create is often spectacular. The one thing I can’t figure out. Why is Grace Slick not used in a solo singing role more often on this album? Every time she comes in, it is a highlight.

Some good classics on this album. White rabbit is good!! I really like the little jam that is Embryonic Journey

Pretty good stuff!

I really prefer Jefferson Starship, actually. The album is great for feeling pillow fabrics at IKEA. So plush. I was hesitant about this one because honestly I don’t know much Airplane other than the hits. How do I feel about it? I’m very into it. Not sure if it was just Today, but I found that it had quite a bit more variety than I was expecting, with some classic feel good 60s vibes, but also some ballad, blues, and acoustic licks. The biggest surprise was that Grace Slick doesn’t sing all the songs? Like, whats that all about? G-Slicks is a babe. But the committee vocal section really rang true on most tracks. The two big hits are obviously great tunes, and I could feel them coming back to me with each listen. With Somebody to Love being an all timer, and White Rabbit being the LSD Anthem. But the surprise of the record was My Best Friend, which started out as a “whatever, 60s feel good track” but it sneakily slips into some groovy acoustic blues lick that gives the song a cool dimension. Seems to be the theme of the album - lot of subtle dimension and good vibes. Deserves the praise is gets. Plus, any band with a flautist is aces in my books. Or is it flutist?

It was okay. I found that with each listen I would check my phone around DCBA to see if the album is almost done. A couple classics that have been immortalized through media but overall it didn't do all that much for me.

Is this ever a 60s album. The instrument tone and mixing just has the quintessential 60s feel. This album is really quite decent, with a lot of good songs spread throughout. Two highlights for me are the massive song Somebody to Love and the instrumental Embryonic Journey. Embryonic has a Jimmy Page-esque feel. There are great performances by guitar, bass and vocals all over this album. There's also a variety of song tempos and styles. I really wasn't expecting much from this bunch of hippies, but as it turns out this album gave me everything I look for. Pleasantly surprised by this one.

"Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit” has appeared in at least one movie or TV show every year since 2001." Haha, as soon as White Rabbit kicked in I was like "Oh, which TV/Movie show did I hear this in before". Regardless I still think it's a great song. White Rabbit and Somebody to Love stand out so much the rest of the album kind of fades into the background.

"White Rabbit" alone makes this an era-defining cultural mammoth, and then having "Somebody to Love" on same album? Geddouttahere! Fave track - As well as those too monster tracks, gotta love the noodling of "Embryonic Journey" and the sixtiesness of "Plastic Fantastic Lover"

Somehow so boring that its over-represented aura gets old and dusty. Nothing I would keep in mind for another session.

Easy listening and very enjoyable vibe. Some awesome hits on this album too.

It is actually pretty amazing how similar this is to my album from yesterday, The Velvet Underground, and how it's that sort of Psychedelic Rock that never goes too far out there. This album, just like that one, I think would've benefitted from some more out there performances and more use of the female singer, as all the best songs are performed by her. No matter what, this was better than what Jefferson Airplane would be turning out by the mid-1980s.

Fine album, some very good songs, but most just average. Not any great overarching theme/flow to the album

Fine album if a bit long, Somebody to love is a great tune but nothing else really stands out. Hold up better than a lot of albums of it's time.

had a few great tracks but the the rest was just meandering 60s psychedelica

This album required 3 listens to appreciate. The 60's influence is psychedelic and groovy; the sort of music my grandfather grew up with. Very well done I kept half the album on Spotify.

amazing production. smooth. soothing. great vocals and back vocals.

A bit different than I was expecting. But overall pretty good 70s trippy rock type album

3.5/5

Seminal.

Interesting

Weak opening track but the rest was awesome.

Not interested.

Ta bien.

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Yeah! Some great accoustic and electric guitar solos on this Favourite song: Track 2 - Somebody To Love

Oh come on. My childhood!

Very good

Another good suggestion from the 1001, 3.5 stars

I thought Jefferson Airplane was fine but a bit too twee for me in places, but such an iconic sound and Somebody To Love is an all-timer. Embryonic Journey is beautiful too.

Easier listening than I expected it to be - given their reputation (and the album title), thought it might be a bit weirder and harder work. Agree with Rolfe that it was too cutesy in parts, but it's pleasant enough with a couple of highlights (Somebody To Love, White Rabbit, and 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds are all well worth a listen). 3/5.

Still a classic. It’s not 100% my favorite but it’s great

It was quite good, the standouts being Somebody to Love, 3/5 of a Mile and White Rabit. Classic psychedelic rock album. They almost lost me at time in the first half but from White Rabit on they really closed this album out strong. Could have benefited from dropping a few tracks and trimming this up a bit but it’s still great. 4 stars

Incredible album. Just listened to it last week as well so not much more to say than what is said but very solid album.

Her neon mouth with the blinkers-off smile Nothing but an electric sign You could say she has an individual style She's a part of a colorful time Secrecy of lady-chrome-covered clothes You wear 'cause you have no other But I suppose no one knows You're my plastic fantastic lover Fucking hippies made an excellent album. They all turned out to be some of the most awful rotten people later! 5/5

It was the 60's. Music was everything and Grace Slick was/ is a rock legend. Wish she did more of the vocals but as is, this album holds up to the test of time.

Not that great and the album title feels like they were trying too hard. Meh.

A great album that fits well within its time and still sounds relevant today…

Much better than I thought it would be. Grace Slick has a great voice. I caught Jefferson Starship as they became, without Slick who had just been kicked out. This was at Knebworth 1978 supporting Genesis. They were terrible.

Great album full of memorable songs.

My name is Lorenzo se duvois. My friends call me lsd.

Definitely didn't expect the rest of the album to sound the way it did in comparison to "Somebody to Love" Not surprising that I heard some Beatles in there or rather that era given this album was released in '67. Track #6 "3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds" was quite the (welcome) wake up call after the gradual sleepy time area the album had gone into. "How Do You Feel" is one of the only times outside of Jethro Tull that I've heard flute. Of course the legendary "White Rabbit" is still a masterpiece. Thanks to this album being on the list I finally looked into the differences in Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship (and Starship).

Awesome, love embryonic journey. For the longest time I thought Janis sang on white rabbit.

Solid

Great album. Folksy and relaxing yet stimulating.

Giving this one star was too harsh before, but the comments stand. These are not good songs outside of the hits. Favorite track: Somebody to Love

Loved this - it sounds so psychedelic consistently throughout, yet each song feels like it's own. I heard so many sounds and riffs that influenced artists after this was released.

Interesting listen, although I'm not sure it's aged well. Some of the lyrics are a little cringe-worthy.

This was a thing at a time, but that time is not now, sorry.

I love this album. As a ten year old when it first came out in 1967 I heard the singles White Rabbit and Somebody to Love on my a.m. radio and knew something was different. But it wasn't until years later when I discovered the band Hot Tuna that I went back and listen to the Jefferson Airplane collection. This album is one of their best. "Today", "Embryonic Journey", 3/5 of a Mile, "Come Back Baby"; all define a period and a gene.

3 good songs.

Niet verkeerd

Very easy going album. Had some good emotional tracks, moreso than fast paced songs. Really good plucking in some songs. Shorter listens make it easier to diversify in an album, in my opinion.

jeg vil ikke mere, 60´erne please

a staple from that era. brings back so fond memories of a easier time

Some very good moments in it, just not enough of them

Rolling Stone apparently had this thing as one of the Top 150 albums of all-time in their first two polls, then dropped it down to 471 in their most recent polling. Fuck Rolling Stone. They were right the first two times. The album's reputation is earned from the two giant, timeless bangers (Somebody To Love and especially the ubiquitous White Rabbit) and for it being the announcement of one the essential female rock vocalists. Grace Slick brings everything to an entirely new level, and like most listeners, I find myself wishing she sang lead on every track. But in 1967, having her take charge of the band's two biggest single was a huge deal. Grace Slick is such a presence that even her backing and co-lead vocals overshadow anyone in her orbit. Go ask Alice, I think she'll know.

Classic

Not nearly as terrible or pretentious as one might've expected, given just how wretched and awful the later work would become. The big singles hold up – they're solid and masterpieces of their moment and showcase Grace Slick's vocal strengths. The quieter cuts – "My Best Friend," "Comin' Back to Me," "Embryonic Journey" – are surprisingly effective and the overall quality is pretty high throughout. In general, they don't try too hard or oversell the material, which mostly comes off (the quite tepid blues "In the Morning" being a rather glaring exception and a few of the latter cuts sounding an awful lot like filler). Though their putrid and embarrassing future work as Starship (including "We Built This City," a strong contender for worst all-time song ever), as well as their self-importance, can't be overlooked, this record, with its classic '60s sound, holds up much better than many of their contemporaries' efforts.

This album marks a transition to more expressive psychedelic and emotional music. Absolutely influential and, though rough at times, played a big roll in creating the revolution of the 60's. White Rabbit is the perfect analogy to exploring the unknown given its' consistent use to flash back to the Vietnam war

7,5/10

I'm rating this in the middle of the road because it has two MASSIVE hits in the pantheon of rock and roll, so it earns high marks for those two alone. However, the rest of the album is kind of bland, imo. Well done, just bland.

It's a good album, but not quite as good as the hits of the album: Somebody to Love, and White Rabbit.

3/5 For the songs with the guy, it was really meh. It was like classic hippie blah. But the song with Grace Slick.... I was obsessed!!!!

I was excited to hear this one when it popped up but ended up a little disappointed. Maybe built it up too much? The female singer is awesome, the male less so. So many hits and recognisable songs but unfortunately it didn't keep me fully engaged.

Un album contenant d'immenses tubes qu'eltrapeze n'a même pas su reconnaître tant sa culture musicale est limitée. Vous savez pertinemment que je n'ai en ce moment que trop peu de temps à consacrer à mes critiques. C'est pour cette raison que j'ai décidé de m'aider de l'intelligence artificielle pour en rédiger certaines et rattraper mon retard. J'ai en ce sens demandé à ChatGPT de rédiger une courte biographie d'eltrapeze. À noter qu'avec une consigne de seulement quelques mots, le logiciel a totalement su cerner la personnalité de mon rival. Voici la biographie en question : "Eltrapeze est un critique musical polémique et incompétent, né dans les années 90. Il a toujours eu une passion pour la musique, mais malheureusement, il n'a jamais réussi à percer dans l'industrie musicale malgré ses tentatives répétées. Eltrapeze est surtout connu pour ses critiques acerbes et souvent injustes envers les artistes qu'il couvre. Il est très critique envers la musique populaire et préfère se concentrer sur des genres plus obscurs, ce qui peut parfois le faire passer pour un snob. Malheureusement pour Eltrapeze, il vit constamment dans l'ombre de son rival Robbandoulière, un critique musical célèbre et respecté. Eltrapeze est jaloux de la popularité et de la réussite de Robbandoulière et ne rate jamais une occasion de critiquer son travail. Outre sa jalousie maladive envers son rival, il y a beaucoup de choses qui ne vont pas chez Eltrapeze, notamment : - Son manque de compétence musicale : Eltrapeze a souvent du mal à reconnaître les accords ou les notes, ce qui peut le faire passer pour un critique ignorant. - Son manque de rigueur : Eltrapeze est connu pour ne pas faire suffisamment de recherches sur les artistes qu'il critique, ce qui peut mener à des erreurs ou des incompréhensions dans ses critiques. - Son manque d'empathie : Eltrapeze est souvent très dur envers les artistes qu'il critique, même lorsqu'ils font preuve de talent ou de créativité. Il est souvent perçu comme étant trop négatif et trop critique. - Son manque de reconnaissance : Eltrapeze ne reconnaît jamais le talent des artistes qu'il critique et préfère se concentrer sur leurs défauts. Cela peut donner l'impression qu'il est incapable d'apprécier la musique. En somme, Eltrapeze est un critique musical malheureux, jaloux et incompétent, dont les critiques sont souvent décriées pour leur manque de rigueur et de professionnalisme." Pas besoin d'en rajouter.

Cet album ne présente absolumetn pas la moindre instruction de vol: les consignes sur les masques à oxygènes sont absentes, tout comme les instuctions propres à l'utilisation du gilet de sauvetage gonflable. En lieu et place, une nouvelle imitation bas de gamme des Beatles. On en peut plus.

7 pingüinos tortuga en el hielo. Primer Pingüino de Galápago: ¿Qué le pasa a mi chico? Segundo pingüino de Galápago: Alguien puso drogas en su cocaína. Tercer Pingüino de Galápago: Oh, mierda. Mujer piloto a bordo. Cuarto Pingüino de Galápagos: ¿Qué tan grandes son tus pezones? Quinto Pingüino de Galápago: Me gusta trepar a los árboles. Sexto pingüino de Galapago: 我喜歡爸爸樹，我的屁股著火了。 Séptimo pingüino de Galapagos: Bueno, iq volvió negativo. somebody to love

Thank god for Grace Slick!!! just a couple tracks here that i didn't love & so it is just below a 5.

What links the Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane and the Grace Slick of Jefferson Starship? The ability to tap into the youth zeitgeist of the moment, I suppose. "You can do jazz, classical, blues, opera, country until you're 150, but rap and rock and roll are really a way for young people to get that anger out" "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" – a Reaganite anthem if there ever was one – was as connected to the moment as "White Rabbit" two decades earlier. This is a hard proposition to prove, not least because very few people could have (emotionally, subjectively) inhabited both milieu. Still, I stand by this thesis. "Somebody to Love" was on the soundtrack to one of the most hyped films of the 1990s, Jin Carrey's "Cable Guy". My theory is that it was always intended to be a dark and malevolent critique of consumer comfort – but got sidetracked by the outsized and unexpected success of The Mask. Dunno. Should look it up sometime.

So hard for me to get into psych rock from this era. It essentially has to wear me down a bit before I can get past the dated sound. White Rabbit is an all time classic, though.

This album oozes San Fran Summer of Love. Do they even need to have verses for Somebody to Love? That song and Slick's composition White Rabbit are quite good. Who knew the rhythm section wouldn't fall apart without Skip on drums - lol. I'm glad they included one of his compositions, My Best Friend, which is nicely done and very psychedelic. This album makes Jefferson Airplane heavily associated with psychedelic and Haight Ashbury - not at the level of the Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holdco but up there. These were the good days of psychedelic. Peace.

This is the first album that pops into my head when someone mentions 60s psychedelic. “Somebody to Love” and “White Rabbit” are iconic songs that still sound good and keep working their way back into popular culture. “Today” is a lovely folk ballad and I like the duelling vocals on “She has Funny Cars”. The other songs aren’t as strong but they’re nice period pieces that transport me back to Haight Ashbury in the summer of love.

The album title sounds quaintly twee today. For some reason music from the 60s is probably my least favourite, I like the 50s and 70s plenty, but the the 60's is just too much flower power for me. The saving grace (pun intended) on this album is Ms. Slick herself. Her strong vocals elevate Somebody to love and White Rabbit way above the other hippie songs. The bolero theme on White Rabbit is also quite memorable and as a result its an iconic 60's song. It's a shame that they didn't give Grace more opportunity to shine on this album.

It was a good album. Somebody To Love and White Rabbit are all timers. The album was good as a whole. I enjoyed it for the most part. It ia better than a 3 and really a solid 4 but I will round up.

This album got me into psychedelic rock.

I'm an easy sell for 60s psychedelia, what can I say. I dig the folk elements here but mixing them with the psych rock really elevates it for me. Grace Slick's vocals are gorgeous here as well.

Big 60s energy without feeling too cliche. A fun listen for sure.

didn’t know i needed jefferson airplane in my life but wow. this kind of blew me away

Tremendous variety on this one. Great instrumental folk, excellent blues, as well as the widely known psychedelia

oh, good old Jefferson Airplane - definitely on several playlists I have.

4.25

You had me at surrealistic.

Embryonic Journey is the most beautiful song on this album. These guys need some haircuts, they make the Beatles look normal.

More thankful for it than into it. You can't have psych rock revivals without some psych rock to revive in the first place.

There’s some really nice tracks on here. It’s kind of ok. I was listening to Embryonic Journey and trying to think where I’d heard it before. Then it came to me that it was used in the final episode of Friends. Trivia.

1. Хиппи лохматые. Вроде мощно начали, но оно никуда не идет. 2. Хитище тиктока. Ничо, типа ван пилл и кролик 3. Бичбойзовщина 4. Пока самая красивая 5. Никакая 6. Дерьмище рокнрольное 7. Покрасивше 8. Балансируют на бичбойзе. Ничего интересного. 9. Классика. Любимое. Обожаю. Не знала, что с этого альбома. 10. Просто не люблю

This is clearly an important album that belongs on the list. No question. I might find the vocals a bit too cleanly harmonic (these 60s harmonies lack interest and dissonance!) and the tunes ridiculously overplayed (remember, I was a child of hippies and overexposed to this stuff from birth), but there is a lot to like about this album - especially the instrumentation and the cohesive themes. It is quintessential flower power, but you really can't help but groove along with it. 4/5 despite the fact that I'm pretty tired of this stuff.

8/10 - honestly enjoyed this way more than I thought I would.

Not memorable but some songs are good.

This album has 'White Rabbit' on it, so it's pretty darn iconographic for me. I also really enjoy 'Somebody To Love.' Grace Slick's voice is so good and I greatly prefer the tracks on which she sings lead. Overall, the sound is a little hampered by the way things were arranged in recorded at the time, but I still hear the genuine talent come through.

She Has Funny Cars- 8 Somebody to Love- 8.5 My Best Friend- 8 Today- 9 Comin' Back to Me- 7 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds- 8 D. C. B. A. -25- 8 How Do You Feel- 7 Embryonic Journey- 7 White Rabbit- 10 Plastic Fantastic Lover- 8 In The Morning- 8 (nice blues) J.P.P Mc Step B. Blues- 7 Go To Her- 8 Come Back Baby- 8

Nice

Love this album! Almost every song could be played on radio

A couple absolute classics here, filled in by other folk psychedelia.

Hugely enjoyable, must surely have sounded so fresh at the time and still does today. White Rabbit is an obvious highlight and Grace Slick’s vocals are terrific - full of menace and ambiguity. Hugely influential and a cultural cornerstone in so many ways, thoroughly deserving of its place on this list.

I don't like the remix of the song

Elevator music in the extreme. Not bad to listen to but also completely devoid of an emotional connection. 3. the definition of 3. UPDATE: Oh man, this album's radio station is pretty rad and useful when I need an upbeat, not-too-heavy soundtrack. All music that's fun, e.g. Buffalo Springfield FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.

pretty good album, psychedelic sound.

It is quite a lovely album, I must say. There are some very good song, and I even knew one of them. It can be listened to every now and again. I would certainly recommend it.

This is what I imagine Woodstock ‘69 sounded like. Somebody to Love is a moderate jam. There’s a lot of songs on this album, and they get a lot of mileage out of the acoustic guitar, but nothing really jumps out to me. White Rabbit is supposedly the most famous song on here, and I have never heard it.

fome

Fine

Love the grace slick tracks, blues stuff not so much

i didnt ike it

Jefferson Airplane began to shift more towards aggressive rock with this album, but the majority of it is hippie-dippy pie-in-the-sky ideology.

Worth it just for the big hits on the album, but the rest just don’t stand up to Somebody to Love and White Rabbit

"Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" were the most popular songs I recognized on the album. Was generally fine; no major opinion of it. 6/10.

A lot different than I thought

Loved it. Good vibes. Would listen to again.

I liked it, but it is really the two big hits here that juuuuust elevate this album to 4 stars. The remaining songs are good but don't make it stand out too far from it's contemporaries.

I mean, yeah the big singles here are doing some carrying, but not by much. The whole album is stellar, front to back.

I should've been born in the early 50s. I love this genre. I was shameless singing and being judged by my dogs lol

Folk hippie de tota la vida

Somebody to love och White rabbit är ju fantastiska låtar. I övrigt så är det godkänt, inte mycket mer.

Prepped up by 2 really banging singles

This week we had Amy Winehouse, Janis Joplin and Grace Slick! If the selections are random, the gods shined on us this week. This album was quintessential psychedelic rock. Essential listening, and very enjoyable.

Jefferson Airplane doesn't get the credit that they deserve. Or if they do, I haven't heard of it. Regardless, this album was pretty great.

I enjoyed this album, but White Rabbit is so incredible nothing else really compared to it.

Good psychedelic rock. A little dated.

I like the songs, but overall it sounds like it was recorded in a airplane hangar, which I do not like.

Great record. Never listened all the way through until now but I can still remember how taken I was when I heard White Rabbit for the first time. Still an all time song. Not a bad song in the bunch. Fantastic, important record. Hard to think of any peers to this even in terms of 60s psychadelia. One of a kind.

This was a fun listen. They undeniably have hits! This was one of my mom's favorite bands, growing up. I like to picture her getting this record as a brand new vinyl, and putting it on for the first time. It really is like time-travel music. That's how I'm getting to understand bands like Jefferson Airplane more... not as particularly groundbreaking, not because they have the most poignant songs, but as capturing a very particular energy and time. It feels like the music that plays as the backdrop to so many young people's adventures in that time. There's definitely more depth to the music than I may be leading on, but that's my overall impression.

God I love rock music. Took me a few minutes to warm up to the lead singer's voice, but once I did I was totally on board. Yes, it's nothing that hasn't been done before, and yes, the mix is really weird and everything sounds like it's far away and dreamy, but this album just has some really, really good songs. My favorites were "Comin' Back to Me," "My Best Friend," and "In The Morning." Maybe I was just in a good mood today, but cmon - these songs are just infectious (and the weird mixes are definitely part of it). There are certainly some weaker moments through the album - I think I get what they were going for with the ending, but it was pretty poorly-executed. Despite all this, made me rediscover my love of rock and roll. Will put it on next time I want to smile.

Classic

Grace Slick! Not just White Rabbit, Somebody to Love, Today and some other songs, although that would almost be enough. Those songs tower. DCBA 25 is also pretty great. Feed your head!

42 de fièvre, c'est le moment idéal pour écouter du Jefferson Airplane

relatable j’étais en train de changer mes draps

Awesome psychedelic rock album. White Rabbit and Somebody to Love are the biggest tracks on this but it would be a mistake to think that they're the only ones worth hearing.

Surrealistic masterpiece.

Classic ! One of my all time favorite

This album is a masterpiece for so many reasons. White Rabbit is what I called an "unpredictable hit", sounds like nothing on the radio, but still... It belongs to the radio. Somebody to Love is powerful and catchy, She Has Funny Cars is an insane opener with punchy drums and guitars. The album even leads the listener to the refined and unexpected classical guitar piece "Embryonic Journey". How Do You Feel and My Best Friend are also solid songs. A landmark album of psychedelic rock and the year 1967.

Jefferson Airplane were a 60's psychadelic rock band. They had two singers, Grace Slick (this was her first album made with the band), and Marty Balin. There is no trouble telling that this music hails from the Flower Power hippy generation, as the themes of peace and love are laced all through this album. Grace has an almost haunting voice, especially in the song Somebody to Love. The harmonies reached by her and Marty are teriffic. There was a lot of experimentation going on in this album (and also the expanded re-release of the album in 2003) with different styles of music, as well as the inclusion of various instruments. In The Morning, for example, is an excellent blues song, which included Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) on one of the guitars. Jerry also was included in the songs: Today, Plastic Fantastic Lover, Comin' Back to Me, and J.P.P. McStep B. Blues, and played the part of "Sage council" for the band and helped arrange the songs for the album. How Do You Feel has a flute included in the musical accompaniment. Jorma Kaukonen dabbled away at the fantastic instrumental number Embryonic Journey. White Rabbit is a song about Alice in Wonderland, whose lyrics would be super trippy if you were on heavy psychadelics. In fact the whole album would hit different if you were stoned. Overall, a great album! I have never delved into Jefferson Airplane before, but there is some great stuff here. Will listen again! Favourite songs: Somebody to Love, 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds, Embryonic Journey, White Rabbit, Plastic Fantastic Lover, In The Morning Least favourite songs: Comin' Back to Me 4/5

Some undeniable high points, but overall the album feels like it has too much fluff. 3.5/5

Jefferson Airplane were, of course, driving the psychedelic rock and hippie movement in San Francisco back in 1967, alongside a select few other groups. I’ve known two of this album’s tracks for many years (no prizes for guessing which) and was excited to hear a full set of Grace Slick’s stunning, hypnotic vocals. Alas… There’s a reason “Somebody to Love” and “White Rabbit” are the only Jefferson Airplane songs most people have heard of. As well as displaying more lean, muscular songwriting than most of the others on “Surrealistic Pillow”, it’s obvious from the outset that Grace Slick is the band’s MVP. When her lead vocals kick in with “when the truth is found…” or rise up to the climactic “FEED YOUR HEAD!”, it’s impossible not to pay attention. It feels like the whole band are ascending into another cosmos whenever she starts to sing, and it’s criminal that she was excluded from the other tracks. Marty Balin and Spencer Dryden both have serviceable vocals, but they sound like they’re from totally different bands: neither of them capture the bravado or drama on the same level as Slick. Vocalists aside, the songs we are left with either slot neatly into the burgeoning psychedelic movement of the late 60’s, or stay in their lane with much more of a folk influence than I expected. “She Has Funny Cars” is a decent opening, with a fuzzed out guitar riff coiling itself around a Bo Diddley beat. Psychedelic, surf, rock and roll… it’s an intoxicating mix. “My Best Friend” is a languid, carefree love letter that lollops along like a Labrador. And “Embryonic Journey” is a stunning acoustic guitar showcase (Jorma Kaukonen deserves much more praise). “3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds” also deserves a shoutout, for getting the pace back on track in the middle of the record and injecting more raw rock and roll energy than anything else here. On the other end of the spectrum are the light and airy ballads of “Comin’ Back to Me” and “Today”, and the breezy Simon and Garfunkel lite of “How Do You Feel”. They’re all perfectly pleasant, but feel quite insubstantial and safe for a record that’s often hailed as an all-round game-changer. And while “D-C-B-A 15” employs some lovely harmonies and arpeggiated guitar, it’s nothing the Byrds hadn’t already been doing better. Really, then, once you’ve heard the Slick tracks you’ve heard the most bold, exciting material Jefferson Airplane seem capable of at this stage in their journey. There’s nothing to actively dislike across the rest of the album- in fact it’s mostly an enjoyable listen- but it’s just not quite as revolutionary as I’d hoped.

Superb. Grace Slick's vocal on Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are amongst my favourites by a female artist.

Far out

Jefferson Airplane was one of the bands that directed the American musical spotlight to San Francisco, what with their uninhibited, extroverted stage personality. Of course this album contains their smash hit "Somebody to Love", featuring Grace Slick's glorious vocals, but the short, powerful "White Rabbit" is the track that most directly connects the listener to the drug experiences of the late 60s. This is an overt reference to Alice in Wonderland, a kind of weird, psychedelic roadmap detailing a world of strange experiences. (I recommend reading the book aloud if you haven't before.) The lyrics of this song contain only part of the importance, though, since the music itself was inspired by an LSD experience while listening to jazz. The gradual crescendo makes the final line sound like a call to action, exhorting everyone to drop acid at least once.

This is a nice CD, but they have made some obvious blunders in it's recording. Their female singer is a total powerhouse, she destroys every song she's on. And for some reason, they only have her sing lead vocals two songs, which not coincidentally are easily the two best tracks on the CD. What were they thinking? They were handed a gift and threw it in the trash. Their other singers aren't awful, but they're just nowhere near the same kind of class. They're also quite strong on rockers - each of "Somebody To Love", "3/5 of a Mile" and "White Rabbit" is a wonderful, fun, up-tempo rocker. But the CD is loaded up with dudly slow numbers - especially "Today" and "Comin' Back To Me". If they'd just focused on what they did well, this would be a much better CD. That said, it's still actually pretty good. Jefferson Airplane have a nice but very, very sixties sound, with a mix of very trebly guitar, lots of echo/reverb (on "White Rabbit" it sounds like the whole band fell down a well), lovely backing vocals, and thumping but very simple four-on-the-floor drumming (often subbing tambourine for a full kit). I happen to like that sound a lot - and while this is as good an illustration of the style as anything else, it's not actually as good music as the high-water-marks of that era. Overall, very strong singles, but the rest of it is mediocre.

Trippy maar goed

Classic psychedelic record. Always love giving this one a spin.

One of the most outstanding and wonderful albums of the psychedelic 1960s

Unfortunately it’s impossible for me not to think of The Cable Guy when I hear “Somebody To Love.” Cool album though!

I can respect classic rock and I'm sure this album is great, but it's just not my jam. "White Rabbit" is an absolute banger, but other than that, there were no other songs that I thoroughly enjoyed. Oh and also, "Somebody To Love" is pretty good, but I couldn't find myself to listen to one song in it's entirety. I tend to enjoy songs that change tempo throughout the song. Many of the songs in this album maintained the same tempo throughout and it made the songs feel a little drawn out.

Why doesn’t Grace just write and sing every song?

White Rabbit is still the best track on the album. I thought it was longer? I like how it builds and builds until the end.

Always loved this album - classic folk rock / psychedelia, especially the contributions of Grace Slick and Jorma Koukonen.

This really is something special. Of its time, but also timeless in ways.

Jefferson Airplane evokes exactly what the trippy 60s were like. A bunch of hippies singing of the mystic arts: groovy and harmonic but with a rough edge. It has the hooks and hits as well as the more magical and experimental songs that take you on a peculiar journey. The lofi 60s style combined with the fuzzy bass, the concerning wailing strings, the anxious hollow drums, and the beautiful harmonies by Slick and Balin bring about models of control (capable of guiding your journey) and comfort (to not overwhelm you). There are plenty of songs that push you to dance and sing along, while the calmer folk tracks sit you back down and pay attention to the strange lyrics and instrumentation. I'm obsessed with these mystical 60s albums like United States of America and Electric Music (by Country Joe), but none sound as polished and focused as this one. The record is fantastic, and so is the track ordering (almost). We start off with 3 loud and fun groovy tracks. Then 2 really trippy tracks full of powerful yearnful vocals by Balin, smoothly bridged together. Then we get 4 tracks that gradually transitions from loud and rough acid rock to slow and loving acoustics. (Why does "Embryonic Journey" have 17 million plays on Spotify?) We reach our conclusion with 2 tracks that feel too short, but "White Rabbit" is our popular commanding track with the least discrete lyrics of the summer of love. "Plastic Fantastic Lover" is our chaotic bluesy finish, but feels a bit anticlimatic. Let's talk about the bonus tracks. As anticlimatic as the closer is, it does transition well to the really bluesy "In the Morning" but that definitely feels too long at over 6 minutes, and sounds like a more polished but less interesting Country Joe song. Not a big fan of the pure blues "J. P. P." "Go to Her" is decent and catchy with captivating melodies, but I could see why it was cut. "Come Back Baby" is an awesome jam track (what a sick guitar solo), definitely warrants Jerry Garcia as their spiritual advisor. My only real complaint is that I wish the last 2 tracks were moved elsewhere. It should have ended with a cheery or dreamy track like "My Best Friend", "How Do You Feel", or "Embryonic Journey", of course changing the ending a bit to feel satisfying.

2 Another 60’s

FOund out about a cpl s0ngs I d1dn't know aboot

71/100: Pretty good, but didn't really live up to the hype. I've heard great things about Jefferson Airplane, but unfortunately didn't find very many great songs on this album. Spotify suggested their psychedelic rock playlist after this album and that feels like a swing and a miss. I don't know how you'd classify this album as psychedelic rock, it just feels like bland normal rock.

Vraiment pas pire, beaucoup plus diversifié que ce que je pensais comme sons

Grace Slick is the clear star here. Her voice is so distinct and dramatic and she sings lead on the two major classics, “Somebody to Love” and “White Rabbit.” Without those songs, this album would blend in with other (good) psychedelic albums from the era. Those tracks help distinguish this album from the rest. But there are other good songs here too. The quiet, melancholy of “Comin’ Back to Me” grabbed my attention. It slows things down nicely and has some wonderful lyrics. Ooh the guitar instrumental “Embryonic Journey” is great! “Surrealistic Pillow” is a funny title. Some real late-60s psychedelic nonsense. 😆

"Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" are both American classics. I think the rest of the album is good and bordering on great. Because of those two tracks I feel that this album definitely deserves a spot on this list, and is a solid 3/5 for me.

Pioneering work - difficult to give less than four stars...

A classic of the period

Okay. Not bad, but not great. Probably won’t be coming back to this one. Just too dated for me, and I’ve listened to a lot of music that’s taken the psychedelic side to further and weirder extents. Would have been great to hear this when it first came out.

Some good parts in a sea of mediocity

Jefferson Airplane's impact on music is far greater than their actual music. This is by no means a bad album in fact it is a damn good album. I just don't think it gets the bump to a 4 or 5 star album for me. My top tracks were "She Has Funny Cars" and "Somebody to Love" the latter being the one that nearly bumped it to a 4 in my book.

Banger

Kinda smacks

Classic