Surrealistic Pillow

Oh, I loved this! I've never checked out Jefferson Airplane, and was only familiar with the fantastic 'Somebody to Love'. Listening blind, Embryonic Journey and White Rabbit both stood out to me both, and these seem to be generally seen as highlights. As a huge Led Zep fan, this album reminded me a lot of their softer side, particularly Embryonic Journey which is reminiscent of Bron-Yr-Aur. No gnarly Page-esque riffs, but the female vocals were fantastic when they came in, and would have been welcome if they were more common. Look forward to checking back in on this and building some familiarity. 8/10

good 60’s vibes, a lot of bangers and grace slicks voice and harmonies are amazing

Ok, full disclosure, I kinda hate boomer music, so this one should have irritated me. And, it absolutely didn't. Way more dynamic than I was expecting. Of course we've all heard the hits a million times, but in the context of the album, they kinda hide away in here, which is refreshing. Obviously a lot of musicianship here, throw in some psychedelic exploring, and you get this. Good stuff. Ok Boomer, I'll grant you this one.

It’s an interesting relic of the 60’s psychedelic scene, if not a tad overrated. Somebody to Love is still a banger, and White Rabbit remains a singular, fascinating song. Other than that it’s a nice album, and as a product that could only have been produced in late 60’s California you can’t help but feel connected to that time and place while listening to it.

Very similar to anything from the 60s but with a touch of personality, really enjoy the track outside of the singles

Good Stuff. Hippie rock that holds up really well. Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are the only songs I knew going in and was pleasantly surprised with the rest of the tracks.

Det va gøyere enn æ hadde forventa, æ angre litt på at æ ikke hørte på det en gang til, så det tror æ kanskje æ skal gjøre.

Some of the most well known '60s psych for a reason. This is a really solid release.

Väldigt bra skiva ändå. Lättlyssnad och härlig med bra låtar. Inget perfekt album dock, få låtar som verkligen sticker ut.

It’s classical (psychedelic) rock. It shows how music evolved since then

Definitely longer than it needs to be but man there are some absolute jams in here!

cool

Very bluesy and has such great tunes. A good one for a car ride.

Chill and nice. A 7.

"Somebody to Love", "White Rabbit", - ♡ "Comin' back to Me", "In the Morning" - eh Every other song: okay. Overall: It's a good band, and a relatively good album. There were hits, and there were misses.

Ik vind dit soort van heel lekker en tegelijkertijd vind ik het af en toe ook wel iets teveel allemaal. Die galm, het bombastische (wat vooral tot uiting komt bij Wit Konijn). Ik vind deze daardoor wat lastig te beoordelen, maar uiteindelijk vind ik het hele sfeertje toch wel lekker. Ik zet 'm op 4 sterren en het kan zijn dat daar een half bonuspuntje bij zit voor die remix van Somebody to Love van Boogie Pimps, met die clip met skydivende baby's. Dat was godverdomme een clip naar m'n hart zeg. Alweer 21 jaar geleden is dat overigens. Fuck.

Really liked this all the way through - can see it growing on me even more. Folky but also with a rock edge, I liked the multiple vocalists and I thought there was a good variety of sounds here.

08.22.2025

A great album. The band pulls off the folkier tracks and the psychedelic tracks both equally great. The harmonies sound beautiful throughout, and though Grace Slick is definitely the best singer in the band, the others are still very good. I do wish that Plastic Fantastic Lover was earlier in the album to allow White Rabbit to be the closer, as it feels so climactic. 4/5

If your band name has Airplane in it, then there has to be at least one person who is high as a kite. My guess is the female vocalist, who still popped off

Favorite Track: White Rabbit

Wow

I enjoyed this , very chill vibe , some of the songs were quite similar so could be little predictable but it did flow well as an album

Je n'aime pas le blues. C'est pourquoi j'enleve une étoile.

Classic '60's record with a few all time classics.

There is psychedelic rock and then there is good psychedelic rock and Jefferson Airplane are the latter. Most psych rock just sounds like they were on bad acid. I am no musician, but when I am trippin' that is not the sounds I want to hear or would make if I had the talent. JA on the other hand make really good music that I have never listened to while trippin' but I might given it a try in the future, but listening to their music sober is very music enjoyable. Good riffs, good and unique melodies, strong vocals, and a presence and a tone that is distinctly them, even as the added and subtracted and changed members through the years. This is definitely an album that belongs on this list. There are many bands that come to mind when talking about psych rock, but to me they are at or near the top of that list. 8.2/10 145/1001

The sound of LSD. Si me apuras 4.5

Quintessential psychedelic rock standard from the "Summer of Love," all and all a great album with some very memorable songs. "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" are standouts, but "Today" is one of my favorites.

2 Iconic songs in this album. Overall great experience

Good love a bit of OG psych

cool and fun for a friday morning kinda album

Enjoyed this a lot!

Book me a first class ticket on this airplane

Fav: White Rabbit Least Fav: Comin’ Back To Me It’s weird to think they went from this to re-naming and creating that We Built This City On Rock And Roll song, what went wrong

A fantastic album!

Impressively and surprisingly consistent. “Embryonic Journey” is one of the greatest compositions of the decade.

This is a vibe. Love this genre and didn't realize it was much deeper than just the Grateful Dead.

Great when Grace Slick is doing lead vocals, considerably less so when she doesn't. Overall still pretty good.

Early psych rock, and it's good

Virkelig fint album. Jeg vil lytte til det igen, dog ikke så mange af sangene jeg sådan vil tage ud at lytte til igen, men kunne godt lige “White rabet” og “someone to love”

Cool album. The singles stand out, of course, but I had never heard "Today," and I quite enjoyed it (though apparently it was a college radio staple back in the day! I wasn't aware of that). Embryonic Journey was also a cool folksy instrumental. I'd listen to that track again for sure.

Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are probably two of the most iconic 1960s songs ever. However, I'm not sure I could have named any other Jefferson Airplane songs before I listened to this album. 60's psychedelic/blues/folky-rock music. I was surprised how much I liked some of the more upbeat songs like She Has Funny Cars and My Best Friend. Grace Slick definitely elevates things to another level whenever she is singing on this album. I don't usually listen to this type of music, but I liked this album.

I have mixed feelings about this one. "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" still sound great sixty years on, but some of the other material tends to sink into the primordial psychedelic ooze. I'm a much bigger fan of JA's album "Volunteers," which came along a few years later.

Classic songs. Great.

Pretty good album, the music is really mellow and some songs are really chill which makes it pretty relaxing to listen to. I'm not an expert on the genre but I'm definetley more interested in it after hearing this

It’s odd that this album brings me so much nostalgia, since neither of my parents were even born when this was released. Regardless, my friends and I became somewhat obsessed with White Rabbit as teens, and I remember discovering the album around that time. White Rabbit and Somebody To Love are definitely the biggest hitters here, but the whole album is still a good time. Ok now let’s all do a drug.

Super-dated sound, but really good music. White Rabbit and Somebody to Love are stone cold classics, but there's a lot to like in the album's other tracks, including Today (nice mellow track with an interesting guitar part), Comin' Back to Me (another nice mellow track - really like the guitar parts on this album), 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds (good rocker), and Embryonic Journey (really nice fingerstyle guitar). Plastic Fantastic Lover didn't hit me at first but grew on me. Well worth hearing.

She has Funny Cars: A solid opening on the album. Enjoyable, guitar riff gives Day Tripper by the Beatles. 7/10 Somebody to Love: Deserving of any greatest list. There's a reason that this is one of the songs the springs to mind when you think of Jefferson Airplane. Outro guitar solo is beautiful and gives a fulfilment in the song not common in the era. 12/10 My Best Friend: A whiplash of changing musical styles from Somebody to Love, a problem rampant in this era. Definitely a weaker song on the album. 3/10 Today : A nice melancholic psychedelic song, no real notes on this one. 7/10 Coming Back to Me: Very long instrumental intro. Very breathy, folksy vocals. Feels like it belongs in a drum circle with a bunch of beatniks. No real progression within the song, doesn't seem much more than a spoken word song. 5/10 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds: Another Ballad. Back to changing genres wildly. Song is about someone tired of society as it is and jokes about joining the circus? Every other line is "know I love you baby, yes I do". Not a whole lot going on lyrically with this one. 4/10 DCBA -25: Titled after the chord progression and a reference to LSD. It's about as late 60's psychedelic as it gets just with the title. Very apt for the times. 6/10 How Do You Feel: Back to folksy with this one. I like the flute or pipes or whatever wind instrument on the backing here. Really good example of a mid-sixties cutesy love song. 5/10 Embryonic Journey: Instrumental song! Apparently it started out from the guitarist messing around with a 12 string tuned to Drop D. Not a super memorable instrumental but a calming listen. 7/10 White Rabbit. Already well familiar with this one as well. Immediate rating of 13/10. Love the dark psychedelic tones on this one. Grace Slick on vocals again pushes it beyond a good song to being great. The rhythm of the snare scratches that right spot. Paired with Grace's echoing vocals leading into the second half of the song as the other instruments pick up showcases the madness of Alice in Wonderland while being an obvious reference to the drug scenes of the time. once again, 13/10 Plastic Fantastic Lover: Good song, feels like there's something more in there. As if it were trimmed from a longer song. 6/10 In the Morning: The blues tones are impeccable. Feels like a real sleeper on the album. 9/10 JPPMc Step B Blues: Oh great, another ballad. I know this released in the Summer of Love but good God damn. Though this may be their best ballad on the album. The way they had multiple vocalists on the latter half of the track singing the same thing simultaneously is a really nice effect. 8/10 Go to Her: Ballad. Again. A very aggressive and directing ballad. Multiple perspectives within the lyrics is a really nice touch. Tied with the previous track for best ballad personally. 8/10 Come Back Baby: To round it out, you guessed it, another ballad. Not a bad end to the album. Feels like they're begging the listener to start over again. 6/10 Overall: I've seen the album referred to as a "druggy cacophony", and I wholeheartedly agree. Sequencing of the album leaves something to be desired; there's too many ballads next to each other, though, most of the album was ballad. Not an album I'd really recommend as a whole to anyone not already into psychedelic rock, but, I would recommend both "Somebody to Love" & "White Rabbit" to anyone who'd listen. 7/10 total

Great songs, good production, great textures and guitar work,

I'm from San Francisco. Too young to have been part of this generation, but I've always been fascinated with this part of my city's history. There is a house here somewhere that the 'Airplane' used to live in together. This band really seemed to capture the spirit of those hippy dippy years of San Francisco. The two standouts on this record are the familiar favorites, 'Somebody to Love' and 'White Rabbit' with Grace Slick's vocals on full display. But the record as a whole is pretty fantastic! I can just imagine them busting these tunes out at a house party and just blowing people's minds!

very whimsical, very mellow, very enjoyable!

This is the weirdest album I think we've listened to. It hits about 4 different rock genres and I was expecting more psychedelia and definitely more Grace Slick. The 2 hits are so iconic I thought the rest of the songs would be similar and they are not. Hard to judge, but I liked it. Probably 3.5 for me, but bumping.

Hier staan absoluut wat parels op.. maar toch ook wat vulling, in mijn ogen...

8/10 Two of the best 60s songs in Somebody to Love and White Rabbit earns it 4 stars. The rest is good, but mainly forgettable.

Would definitely listen to again

lives up to its name - listening to this album is like floating in a half-asleep dreamlike state, pleasant and untethered to reality.

8/10

Me gustó la verdad, raro, no sé si podría escucharlo muy seguido pero viaja piola. Somebody to love me trae recuerdos de infancia no sé porque

Nice! (:

It's a darn good album. Not all of the songs are ones I'd revisit often, but the ones that hit, hit hard. The best tracks are, sorry to say, the ones everyone remembers, those being Somebody to Love and White Rabbit. But there are other underrated ones here, like Today and Comin' Back to Me. Worth a listen.

Liked this one more than I expected. Fun mix of gospel, blues, and rock.

Great album, esp on vinyl

Iconisch album. "White Rabbit" zit zo goed in elkaar. Ook jeugdsentiment (roze bandje). Haar stem is geweldig!!!

one of the albums that best represents the sound and spirit of the summer of love.

Day539 - two all time smash hits and you probably have to be on drugs for the rest of them

Couple of classics, but really like the blues in track In The Morning

Couple of absolute classics. Sound is a bit dated but reward comes with repeat listening

I enjoyed this a lot, channeled my Doctor Gonzo. The big two are the stand outs but the rest was an interesting listen, not a sound thst really exists now.

Цей гурт, а зокрема їхній найвідоміший і, напевно, «найпсиходелічніший» трек White Rabbit, я вперше почув у культовому фільмі «Страх і огида в Лас-Вегасі», який показував нам «двох біженців епохи хіпі». І до нього не могло бути кращого саундтреку, ніж цей, адже він, як і альбом загалом, був ідеальним музичним портретом «Літа Кохання» 1967 року, що фактично стало символом тієї епохи. Це був другий альбом гурту і перший, у якому з’явилася вокалістка, клавішниця та авторка пісень Грейс Слік. Саме вона, до речі, принесла дві ключові композиції альбому: вищезгадану гіпнотичну психоделічну баладу White Rabbit та хітову, енергійну Somebody to Love. Якщо до цього вам доводилося слухати фолк-рок, то ви неодмінно одразу впізнаєте тут його естетику — неохайне та природне звучання й легкі пасторальні мотиви. Але на відміну від фолку, звучання тут все ж електричне, хоча часом воно все одно наслідує акустику. На відміну від тих же Бітлів, які на той час уже встигли випустити свій шедевральний психоделічний поп-альбом Revolver (1966), Jefferson Airplane усе далі відходили в бік рок-музики, ставши одним із перших гуртів, що сформували чітке обличчя психоделічного року як жанру. У ньому чується і безтурботність серф-року, і блюз-рокова щирість, і простота кантрі, але все це разом утворює суцільну психоделічну подорож просторами американського Заходу. Jefferson Airplane були на той час одними з небагатьох гуртів, у піснях яких можна було чітко почути прямі натяки на вживання галюциногенів, що також робило їх знаковими.

A couple of known songs, but nothing extraordinary. Giving it a 4 because of the Friends finale song =)

It’s nice

less popular tracks are so good

Standout Songs: Somebody to Love Today 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds White Rabbit Plastic Fantastic Lover Go To Her Come Back Baby

It was alright. Somebody to love

Not my favourite era but it’s a great example of psychedelic rock.

I've got a couple copies of this on vinyl. I always like this more than I think I will. Their are a couple of features that I enjoy here. 1) It's soaked in reverb. 2) The male female vocals are great. 3) The are still writing pop or folk songs with psych touches. There's noodly guitars but they are contained. No 10 minute songs that go nowhere. The song "Today" is so unique. The two singles hold up. Side B is better/ more consistant than side A.

Really enjoyed this on my second listen. Had some beautiful guitar pieces and nice variety in feel. Song picks: Somebody to Love 3/5 of a mile in 10 seconds How do you feel Embryonic Journey Come back baby

oh that opener is VERY god she broke im up. hello. hell yess I was never really into 60's music and I was more familiar with Jefferson Starship... So far this is very good!! Favorites: Today, She Has Funny Cars Least favorites:

I think the only reason I'm not giving it 5 starts is for one or two okay tracks and just the sound of the recording itself. Otherwise such an incredibly solid album. Grace Slick is an incredible vocalist and although it's no doubt psych/hippy music the band is tight and the guitar work is perfect for the sound.

I've definitely heard some of these songs before without knowing it was them.

Tedious

This is one of the soundtracks to grade 12 for me. I had a record player in my room and played this repeatedly while burning strawberry incense. I know. And I don’t even do drugs. Anyway, great album and Gracie’s voice is always on point.

The rest of the album isn't as immediate as the singles, but it really is a genre defining classic. Killer vocals, huge bass, incredible cool modal guitar playing. Had been meaning to listen to this record in full for a long time and it was worth doing so.

Det här borde jag definitivt lyssna mer på. Härliga låtar, härliga röster. Fyra plus

Yes. I really enjoyed this one. All we knew was Go ask Alice as kids/teens and then they did we built this city and it sucked so bad I rejected them outright. But this is the JA record that I can say makes me understand their significance. loved it!

This was a fun one along my recent five hour drive. Some trippy classics…

Would. Did.

Very good mix of songs.

I remember seeing Paul Kantner and I think a few of the other members of Jefferson Airplane playing at what was like a hotel lobby bar with tables and chairs in Denver back in the 90s. At the time I was pretty clueless as to who they were. The tiny audience was mostly "old people", they must have all been 50+. I don't think Grace Slick was singing but they did have a female singer, honestly barely remember the show at all, but I remember when they started playing White Rabbit was when I realized (was told?) who they were. Good times.

Aside from knowing the obvious hits on this album, I’ve never actually listened to it in totality. I guess I was expecting the hits surrounded by eight versions of “Listen to the Flower People.” Pleasantly surprised, it’s not that. What I like about this is that it doesn’t doodle around. Aside from the one mandatory blues ripoff — it was the law back in the 60s that bands had to do at least one boring blues track per album — the other songs are a neat and tidy three minutes long (approximately). Each song is representative of the area and time, with hints of The Dead, The Byrds, The Mommas and Pappas, etc. But unique too. Factor in the two classic hits here, with White Rabbit being one of the maybe top 100 songs ever, I think I’ve slept too long on JA. It didn’t blow me away, but maybe I’d listen again.

Dosad nisam skontala da je Somebody to Love stvarno genijalna pjesma. Ima još veoma dobrih na albumu. Općenito, vrlo zanimljivo.

I like the upbeat contrast of 3/5 miles in a second. Somebody to Love is just an amazing song. Songs are very short and listenable apart from a couple. Go To Her and Come Back Baby very strong finish to album

Day 2: Surrealistic Pillow-Jefferson Airplane If there was a 4.5 rating this would definitely fit into that category, this album is really really good. From the melodic flows to some of the guitar on this record it is a really innovative album for it's time. My only complaint for this album would be their was just not enough Grace Slick solo vocals, sure a few them singing is good but I do feel it was necessary to have Grace be the lead on 90% of the songs. Besides that, their aren't really any more bad things to say about it. I think most of these songs were really good and didn't have a flaw to them. But one thing I do have to say is the song "White Rabbit" which I had already listened to before but, man this song is absolutely incredible when you get the guitar that will send goosebumps down your spine to the vocals that sound so powerful and to the trippy lyrics that will make you wonder what your listening to, the song is amazing! Top 3 Favorite Songs: White Rabbit, Somebody to Love, and Plastic Fantastic Lover

Grace Slick is not everyone's cup of tea, but there's no denying the arresting power of her voice. Her strong persona shines through, in what feels like a groundbreaking venture from folk into psychedelia. The other musicians are accomplished and bold, and they're a tight group. A solid album.

Classic Jefferson Airplane

Man, this takes me right back to the 60s. (I was born in 1998)

Fun psychedelic pop rock with highs and lows.

Best so far

Enjoyed it, imagined myself listening to it in the 60s

I enjoyed this one. I can't find too many faults with Surrealistic Pillow. Grace Slick's vocals are simultaneously smoky and ethereal, carrying the listener through the haze of late 60s folk rock. The instrumentation is similarly impressive--the guitar work on Embryonic Journey stood out to me in particular. Favorite track: White Rabbit Hidden Gem: D. C. B. A.-25

4 Muito bacana, músicas clássicas, psicodelia e uma nostalgia também (ouvia várias dessas canções quando estava com 17 anos). Amo!

What a pleasant 60s album.

TIene unos clásicos, está gucci gang

A classic psychedelic rock album. Doesn't quite reach 5 for me but it was a great listen and is a great addition to the list. Really feel like this defines the era of music in many ways

2/1001 I actually used to own this back in the early 90s, I don't remember if I sold it, gave it away or did it just vanish, as seems to happen to some LPs. Of course some of these tunes (white rabbit & someone to love especially) play more or less regularly ubiquitously. So anyhow this listen was a nice reminder as a whole. Actually there are many things here I've come to love over the years - acoustic folk guitaring especially. But for that I rather turn to British folk, mcCarthy, Jansch et al, Graham, etc. And If I need a soundtrack od the Pyschedelic era, the summer of love, California hippie scene, there are excellent compilations which gather all the hits (and yes, they probably include the two mentioned ones from this album). So nothing really wrong here, of course - like so many other bands and records from the same area / era - it hasn't aged so well, but still it is varied and interesting and full of great tunes, but it is not for me, not anymore. My favourite LP dig from Haight-Ashbury area is a record for training your parakeet to say sentences. The image - no matter how inaccurate it may be - of hippies stoned and listening to 20 minutes of monotonous voice speking "hello budgie" over and over again makes me smile more than any late 1960's pop record ever can. Happy to say that record is now in Finland at the Arctic circle, I'll set up a listen any time you might pop around. But for the White Rabbit alone a 4.

J - 4/5 Best Track - "Somebody To Love" F - 3/5 Best Track - "White Rabbit"

https://rateyourmusic.com/music-review/JesseOverPessi/jefferson-airplane/surrealistic-pillow/255468889

Vocals: The range of voices work and harmonize well. Songwriting:it’s not crazy, nor is it predictable, in a good way. AR: 8/10

Favorites: Somebody to Love, My Best Friend, How Do You Feel, White Rabbit Set the stage for that psych rock that would come to define Woodstock and Vietnam-era classic rock. Not very consistent in my opinion, but still worth its weight, especially Somebody to Love and White Rabbit.

Very nice album

Shades of the Mamas and Papas, which makes sense. D.C.B.A. 25, Embryonic Journey and White Rabbit elevate what could have been run of the mill late 60s psych-pop.

1. She Has Funny Cars - 8/10 2. Somebody to Love - 9/10 3. My Best Friend - 7/10 4. Today - 9/10 5. Comin' Back to Me - 8/10 6. 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds - 7/10 7. D.C.B.A.–25 - 7/10 8. How Do You Feel - 7.8/10 9. Embryonic Journey - instru 10. White Rabbit - 7.5/10 11. Plastic Fantastic Lover - 8/10 7.8/10

An enchanting album showcasing a spectrum of different musical sounds of the late 60s, from the more acoustic feel of the album’s first half to its blues-heavy second. ‘Somebody To Love’ is an obvious single but it’s immediate successor ‘My Best Friend’ is also a stand out track. Another favourite of mine is the Velvet Underground-alike ‘D. C. B. A. -25’ kicking off the second side of the record. ‘White rabbit’ was the other single and for me is probably the albums highlight. Dripping in psychedelia, it’s Alice in Wonderland-based lyrical metaphors go so perfectly with the enchanting instrumentation and hypnotic bassline. Underrated 7/10

Great album! Definitely saved like half the songs. I wish the recording gear was better back then, some songs sounded washed out, a product of their age I guess. Heavy guitar focus is fun, but feels like unintentional shoegaze not being able to hear vocals super well. Anyways, listened in a hurry so maybe not my best review

Dope

pretty good psych rock

so much variaton and great songs!

It's a low 4. Some great harmonies and obviously great songs like Somebody to Love and Today. Some don't quite hit. But Signe Anderson"s voice is a marvel.

Extremely enjoyable. I can't say it's my all-time favourite thing, but a pleasant listen nonetheless. I can see how this album was influential, and I will definitely be adding some of the tracks to my daily rotation.

Grace gets 5 stars, but overall a 4. Still an incredibly important album with a load of bangers.

Listened before?: No, only individual songs I enjoyed it! Particularly their jangly jam number, Embryonic Journey.

BANGER. Definitivamente vou ouvir denovo. Lembra muito os Beatles, talvez por ser da mesma época. Melhor música: "Somebody to Love"

Great stuff.

Chill and catchy tunes

Somebody to Love and White Rabbit make it worth the listen. Grace Slick’s vocals are the highlight.

gostei muitíssimo. não tava dando nada pro Jefferson Avião e fiquei positivamente impressionada.

Som en medelklassvamptripp

Вещь своего времени! Культовые композиции Somebody to Love и White Rabbit. При прослушивании всего альбома хочу для себя выделить забавную Plastic Fantastic Lover и бодрый блюз 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds.

Banging vibes, when cass singing its best

I'm a fan of the title

Grateful for this one, never really listen to a Jefferson Airplane album right on through. This albums mix is real shitty. No idea if hts the compression of Spotify or what but it sounds super flat and quiet. It might just be the whiplash from me getting my teeth kicked in by prodigy. TODAY is so classy and iconic. I thought Today had a honky lil sax solo at the end. Just googled that it's from a Tom Scott cover. Must be from a deep ZQ playlisty. I prefer the cover!!! That sax is saxy. GO TO HER has a riff that sounds like half of the garagey surf rock from bands ive listened to in the 2010's COME BACK BABY has a tasty riff. Gives me Sure Nuff n Yes I do or whatever from The Magic Band.

I mean this album has several songs that are played in every period piece movie, Somebody to Love and White Rabbit. I like stereo over mono for these songs as well. Therefore this album forever represents late 60's /70's United States. Overall good album, but those two songs make the album.

Some all time psych rock classics on this album. Gotta show it some love!

The more Grace Slick, the better

I was sort of getting sick of all these '60s psychedelic entries on this list, but I honestly really liked this one. At times, it had the ferocity of an early 'The Doors' album, though much poppier in essence. But a good chunk of it was these very solid and mellow (hipster) acoustic cuts, my favourites being 'Comin' Back to Me' and the instrumental 'Embryonic Journey. Though I did enjoy the more aggressive 'Somebody to Love' the most, it's one of two Grace Slick led tracks here, and if you were to ask me, she has the two best songs on the album. The other one being 'The White Rabbit', there's something so ominous and towering in the vibrato of her vocal delivery on the latter part of this short yet progressive song. While yeah I've heard too many albums that sound like this one at this point, I do still think there's a consistent quality to the music here that made it a joy to get through, moreso than many other psych records from this time.

Good formative stuff

7/10

Great album with white rabbit and somebody to love on it. I remember listening to this at Rutgers in the dorms with that kid from Pennsylvania with the record player. We got a case of bud heavy and put this on.

This is the best surprise yet, this is awesome (4)

Surrealistic Pillow is absolutely accurate, this album is very surreal and very comfy

Een album dat terecht mag worden genoemd in de flower-power Hall of Fame. Dit album ademt het jaar '67, maar limiteert zich niet perse aan het regulaire geluid dat we zo goed kennen uit de Summer of Love. Daarmee wil ik zeggen dat het vrij dynamisch is, vooral als we naar kantje één kijken. Psychedelic rock, hard rock, country, folk rock, psychedelic folk, het pallet aan typische 60s stijlen is rijk op 'Surrealistic Pillow'. De eerste helft van het album is wat dat betreft ook wel een hele accurate snapshot van de popmuziek uit dat jaar. Veel beter kun je hem niet samenstellen eigenlijk. Als je ook ziet hoeveel figuren zich bemoeiden met de songwriting, dan is de 'range' geen verrassing. Zelfs maverick Skip Spence (van Moby Grape) mocht een duit in het zakje doen met 'My Best Friend', die powerhouse 'Somebody to Love' en het mystieke 'Today' fantastisch verbindt. Kantje twee kan het tempo helaas niet bij benen, en heeft tot het akoestische 'Embryonic Journey' en de grand finale 'White Rabbit' weinig om het lijf. Het lijkt in die fase op 'één van de duizenden bandjes' die dat jaar het levenslicht zag. Maar als je hem zo afsluit dan is het ze vergeven. Al met al gewoon een solide en iconisch album met muzikale en culturele importantie in het jaar 1967. En met 'Somebody to Love' en 'White Rabbit' brengen ze in één klap misschien wel de twee meest archetypische en quintessential songs van die periode uit. De één inhakend op de prominente love-movement van eind jaren 60, en de andere op de rol van 'verboden middelen' in het realiseren van deze culturele beweging. 8/10 Highlights: Somebody to Love My Best Friend Today White Rabbit

Prachtig album. Zo toepasselijk bij het tijdsgewricht en vind het een bijzonder hoogstandje van de sixties folk rock. Dat genre kan soms wat saai zijn door een 2025. Maar de meer psychedelic elementen van Surrealistic Pillow drijven de boel aardig op de spits. Dat wordt natuurlijk met name duidelijk in White Rabbit. Met alleen maar opbouw heeft dit nummer iets agressiefs, maar is daardoor onwijs aantrekkelijk. Somebody to Love en White Rabbit, toch de all-time classics van Jefferson Airplane blijken met de zangeres over te zijn gekomen van haar vorige band. Wellicht verklaard dat ook wel waarom deze band (en haar bandleden) verder geen wereldwijde fame hebben behaald (naast de hits en de associatie met Woodstock en the Summer of Love). De namen van de bandleden zeiden mij tot vandaag niks. Overall kwaliteit met twee knallers. Dat levert ze toch wel 4 sterretjes op. 8/10 Highlights Somebody to Love White Rabbit

24/03/25 Happy with this album.

A strong psychadelic folk/rock album. of course I was very familiar with the White Rabitt and Don't You Want Somebody to Love, but I was unfamiliar with the whole ouevre of Jefferson Airplane's mach 1 run of the late 60s early 70s. Turns out that this is a very tuneful and well-written record. I'll be keeping it in rotation in the future to get to know it more deeply.

Great 70’s vibes album

3.5 stars

This is nearly a perfect album, side one especially which is absolutely flawless. But the real cream of the crop are the album's closers "White Rabbit" and "Plastic Fantastic Lover". Talk about saving the best for last. It's still a coin toss between this and Volunteers being my favorite Airplane Lp, but both solid albums for me. (9.70) ★★★★½

This is a pretty cool album. I think the songs that everyone knows -- "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" -- are definite standouts, but there's some other cool stuff here, like "Today" and "Plastic Fantastic Lover". Occasionally they drift into this hippie folky sound I don't quite love, but when they stick to the psych rock stuff, the results are great. 4 stars.

This was surprising! Typically, psychedelic rock scores very low for me. But this had a lot of substance and range.

A classic.

Some songs are better than others. I accidentally listened to this album on shuffle and repeat. After the first listen through it kept playing and I didn’t turn it off. Classic, will listen again.

genuinely good songs alongside the two you've heard of. there's an instrumental in there that i can place from somewhere but havent been bothered to figure out where

The last album I'll review before my hiatus. It was an instant classic. One song was 20 years before its time. Both singers were up to their game. Some songs are a bit less significant. 4 stars for "Surrealistic Pillow".

Man, Grace Slick is a FORCE. More of her and this would be a 5.

Hits

I was pleasantly surprised by this album. A decent amount of well known/iconic songs that I never would have guessed would have been on the same album/made by the same band. Stylistically a cross between The Beatles and Velvet Underground, which has its moments but I don't think overtakes either in my opinion. A very good album, but not great. Top tracks: Somebody to Love, Embryonic Journey, White Rabbit

🐇! I realize that this is a pretty common opinion but: Grace Slick vocals > Marty Balin vocals It's a bit frustrating because this album had the potential to be another 60s psychedelic masterpiece, akin to something by Hendrix or the Doors, if only she had been the lead vocalist on more than just two tracks. Its still a great album as it is but man do those 2 Grace Slick songs REALLY overshadow the rest of the album. Favorite track: White Rabbit 3.5/5

Lekkekrr

Two of the greatest songs on the 60s on here. Grace Slick’s voice is superb. Great album 4.25/5

Oh, stoned 16 year old me was so into this album. I re-listened recently and it holds up. Great early psychedelica without the flourishes that can date the music. Compelling and catchy tunes, further enhanced by a hell of a lead singer, Grace Slick.

Solid 60’s album.

I'm glad we got this album, pretty much exclusively because I've always enjoyed hearing "White rabbit", but it's weird to hear the remainder of an album that has nothing to really compare with that song. I'm reminded a bit of a much later album in this collection, "The La's" and their hit "There she goes", although that's not really fair to Jefferson Airplane or this album, since their other (decent) single, "Somebody to love", isn't that far from "White rabbit", although not nearly as interesting. The remainder of the album is disappointingly very late 60s-sounding and pretty forgettable, and some of the tracks are downright saccharine and annoying ("My best friend" and "Today" are an unfortunate one-two punch in this regard, and I'm shocked to read that they got substantial air-time back in the day). I *did* enjoy the Leo-Kottke-sounding instrumental "Embryonic journey", though, and there's something a bit compelling about "Plastic fantastic lover", perhaps simply because it was inspired by a visit to a plastics factory in Chicago while they were on tour. I have no idea how to rank this album, as "White rabbit" elevates it for me well above three stars, but so much of this album is so middling it feels like it cancels out the one great song. But it's a great song, and it wasn't until I read the Wikipedia entry that I discovered that part of why "White rabbit" seems so different is because Grace Slick brought it over from her previous band, The Great Society. Maybe we can post-humously share the stars among the two bands? And as much as I didn't find the album as a whole very interesting or entertaining, it's hard to ignore the impact it had at the time.

Nice one

good stuff, honestly

It was good.

It would be very difficult for someone to not like this album and also have a good taste in music. This kind of sound was the start of everything music stands for and puts the love in summer of love. Embryonic Journey is one of the most moving sub 2 minute pieces I have ever heard. Solid 8/10

As much as I love "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love", I've never heard this album in full. I also didn't know this was the first album Grace Slick was on, she makes such a difference on the sound. The sound and the music is essential early psychedelia, on the cleaner pop side of things, but psych rock none the less. While I like the more aggressive and less structured music of Can and Amon Düül, this is marvellous record. The only thing I consider a negative, is the very basic early 60's style pop songs (like "My Best Friend", which was probably considered rock music then and sounds like every other popular group of the time) and full blast blues songs. I wish they'd left those out and tried to keep the whole album psych rock for a consistent experience front to back. Which might be too modern thinking for the time.

Great psychedelic pop/rock and White Rabbit sounds like a masterpiece.

Great voice, some recognisable songs and a range of feelings throughout. The instrumental of Embryonic Journey gives cathartic feelings of reflection. 8.2/10.

Somebody to Love // My Best Friend // Today // White Rabbit // 3.5/5

white rabbit

Man, the harder tracks are amazing. The folky tracks are a little much though. So much tambourine.

I never heard the album before now. The familiar ones even better as part of the album. The psych is way more psychy. Even more original. Some really fine vocalizations and subtle (noninvasive) production. Grace is the perfect match for Jorma. Definitive.

This is 1967 encapsulated. White Rabbit, Somebody to love, coming back to me, absolutely iconic. And every time I sang somebody to love at the top of my lungs the cat sprang into my embrace. Quite literally a call to arms. The other songs, although rich and varied didn’t quite have the punch of Grace Slick they were of an era and evocative in their own way. It did get me thinking though, they started as Jefferson airplane, transmuted into Jefferson Starship - what would they be today? Jefferson teleporter, Jefferson Siri. Jefferson Hadron Collider. No matter - when logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead… Feed your head!

Wow this was astonishing. Spooky, sad, tender, all of it

4.2/5

Its a great album, good flow, bit outdated but was probably the nest at the time. Grace's voice is top shape and best in that era. Joma's arrangements were above average and the harmonies were only second to mamas and papas

Brilliant. This is everything I wanted The Yardbirds to be, meaning you can feel soul here. These folks are pouring something into this music and it is utterly compelling. Plus the arrangements and performances are wonderful. It feels live. A bit noisy, too, lol. No "noise reduction" back then. Anyway, yes.

Another group I was only familiar with by name, and I was pleasantly surprised that this was a 4 rather than my expectation of 3. The guitar tones are great, it sounds Beatlesque at times without being a rip-off, and at other times it's its own, cool, thing.

# Album Name: Surrealistic Pillow # Artist: Jefferson Airplane # Rating: 4/5 # Comments: Somebody to love - A classic which the majority of people will have heard. Its a great song too. This is such a good album with plenty of great tracks. # Top Tunes: Somebody to love / White rabbit / Embryonic Journey # Would I listen to it again? Hell yeah

I enjoyed this way more than I expected.

3.5 - Good

So many evergreens on a single album.

Loved in my youth

To me this is the definitive 60s psychedelic rock album. The sound is emblematic of the time. Grace Slick's vocals are iconic. There is a mix of some blues rock in there as well. A couple songs that miss for me, overall great album.

I knew a bunch of these tracks but was nice to listen to the album in it's entirety. I love Janis so overall enjoyed this album.

Very weirdcore, I feel as if it were the abomination that the 70's had made if they had every hippie put their combined endure and love into this album.

Early Prog rock? sign me up

-damnn i actually really liked this. these people know how to craft a song and they really showed off their range here -I can’t even name what i like about it so much, it’s just very well-done -honestly very few low points on this record. the upbeat ones are probably my favorites -Favorites are She Has Funny Cars, Somebody to Love, and White Rabbit

Grace Slick is amazing. Unique - and beautiful - voice. Had many of these songs on Worst of album, but heard some new ones here.

A lot of nice songs

Rating: 7.5/10 Some very good classic rock.

I can't sleep and the streaming service I'm using keeps pausing commercials every time it switches to the next episode

This album almost feels schizophrenic the way goes from super mellow folk music to electric psychedelic rock. I do appreciate their willingness to experiment and not be pigeonholed. It was a bit long, I would have cut a few of the folk tunes, but I do appreciate this album’s creativity.

Gotta say I was positively surprised by this one. Not usually a big fan of the whole 60s psychedelic scene (which actually has me dreading a lot of what's to come), but the understated production , simple instrumentation and quality songwriting on this one were a very welcome surprise. Great record!

I kind of love this, the transition from swing to straight in My Best Friend had me relistening multiple times, Somebody to Love is clearly a classic, and overall I enjoyed the vibe of it quite a lot.

Es un disco buenísimo. Es considerado uno de los pilares de la psicodelia pero tiene un pragmatismo increíble: blues, rock de guitarras acústicas, progresivo, baladas y juego de voces (cambiando de voz líder de mujer a varón).

Very good psych rock. Consistent all the way through, great combination and palace of instrumentals and vocals. Weird out the wall, I love this.

83% Best: Somebody to Love; ⅗ of a Mile in 10 Seconds; How Do You Feel; White Rabbit; Plastic Fantastic Lover Must-Hear? Sure

still psychoactive now

3.5

I like the vibes, but I’m giving extra credit here because I love Jorma Kaukonen so much. Give me Embryonic Journey for an album and I’ll give you five stars!

A few of the songs are here are more lame 60s folk rock than I would have expected but the number of bluesy, psychedelic, rocking songs and the mega hit White Rabbit redeemed the album. I enjoyed the majority of this album after its getting off to a slow start.

The drummer is really good. Standout Tracks: "Somebody to Love" "3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds" "White Rabbit" Worst song: "Today"

Mucha onda sesentera y un par de hitazos espectaculares. Me hizo muy feliz descubrir aquí White Rabbit. Padre padre disco.

I understand the cultural significance. As my wife mentioned, Grace Potter isn't front and center. It is a lot of music and I'm a big fan of Jorma, so Embryonic Journey and In the Morning made my ears perk up. Molly Tuttle does a great version of White Rabbit. Again I wish there was a 3.5, I may round up. The mix is a bit bright.

You better fimd somebody to love

will relisten! liked it a lot more than I thought!

What a time to be alive

I didn't realize how many of these songs I knew. Fun 60s jams

Despite not knowing about its existence, this specific album is what I had in mind when I signed up for the project. Psychadelic rock is a relative blind spot of which I am tangentially aware of in greater culture (60s montages) but never really deep dived or learned the context. This album seems to be considered the prototypical example of the genre. Unfortunately, I threw out my blacklight posters from college just last week, so the experience wasn't all it could have been.

Solid classic, love me some Jefferson Airplane.

Wow this album was incredibly good. I really liked Somebody to Love. The whole vibe of this album was great and I can see why it's in this list!

Neat old psychedelic rock. A nice listen even if only a couple songs stand out.

258/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

Fab psychedelic rock album.

actually pretty deece

Psychedelic hippie blues. A couple of iconic songs. Production quality stinks, but still pretty good stuff.

I guess I have a think for psychedelic music. Who knew? 4/5

Good shit!

Very good 60s, psychedelic music. Some massive songs on here.

Love White Rabbit and Somebody to Love

great opening, inviting enough. nice accelerando concluding "My Best Friend". overall very good coherence and alternation of themes/vibes. "Comin' Back To Me" is BORING, like 5 pm café soundtrack boring. They wrote that song, felt like they had to hide it somewhere, ok track 5, great. hippieness is moderate, which is greatly appreciated. boring shit between track 5 til "White Rabbit", that is really the outstanding piece, which is why everybody knows that one. "Somebody To Love" is great too, but stuck in the hippieness. "Plastic Fantastic Lover", great. Rest is, um, history.

Enjoyed parts of this

Good psychedelic fun

Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are so good they raise my rating a star, rest good but not nearly as standout.

You know, I've always wanted to listen to an album from a band whose name is comprised of a US president's last name and an aerial method of transportation. Fortunately, Jefferson Airplane has me covered with their second album, Surrealistic Pillow. This album's great! Never before have I been so happy to listen to a classic rock album. The style here is very enjoyable. I like that it's not definitively one specific style of rock. Most albums fit comfortably into something like psychedelic rock or hard rock. This album largely has elements of folk and psychedelic, with a bit of blues in there as well. I like listening to this music. The singing and writing are both pretty good as well. I especially like Grace Slick's vocals. The album has some great songs, with the obvious highlights being "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit." Both of those songs are excellent, but the other songs are also enjoyable. Overall, this is just a nice album that I really like. Good job, Jefferson Airplane! High 4/5.

• 4/5 • White Rabbit and Somebody to Love are fantastic and make the most of Grace Slick • I was surprised at the variety in the tracks: not solely psychedelic, but acoustic, blues, etc. Some good tracks but not at the level of the iconic singles

General impression: this is the kind of 60s music you hear in Tarantino films Detailed review: I enjoyed this more than I thought I would, mainly because I knew nothing about them going in. Turned out I did know “Somebody to Love.” This is some killer ‘60s psychedelia. Kinda wish I could go back in time to drop acid and spin this record. It’s just got a great, layered, punchy, vital kinda sound. Some of the tunes didn’t hit as well but most of them did. Deeper thoughts (context): really intrigued to listen again, it might upgrade the score. Score: 4.2 Number of albums left to review: 938 Number of albums from the list I’d consider “must-listens”: 37 (including this one) Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 26

Was expecting it to be a lot more psychedelic and was pleasantly surprised in how much they mix up genres. Enjoyed the one bluesy song very much

Made me want to watch the Cable Guy.

Actually good

I'd probably give this 3.5 stars for my own personal enjoyment, but there is no doubt this had a huge influence. I just don't like it enough to give it 5 stars, as this is not the type of album I would go back to regularly, but there are some flashes of brilliance amidst the psychedelia. And, of course "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" are classics that most people have heard one way or another.

I can't say I'm a big fan of the band, but there are a couple songs from Jefferson Airplane that should be included on anyone's greatest classic rock songs list from the 60's. Somebody To Love and White Rabbit are a fine introduction to Grace Slick in her debut with the band on the album, Surrealistic Pillow. This record has a certain vibe and energy that perfectly suited the time period and era and Slick's strong vocals ties it all together. Personally, this album is the essential record from the band I need to hear and I don't need to the hear the rest of the group's catalog, especially when they transformed into the Starship.

No one knows what it means but it’s provocative.

This one’s tough. Two of the greatest songs ever written, but the rest is jangly forgettable nonsense.

Every so often in my younger days, Saturday nights were spent round my pals house with a bag of cans and some funny cigarettes and a Woodstock 69 dvd, which had Jefferson Airplane on it. Blew my mind then, and I still find some of their tracks have that ‘punch in the gut’ sound that nostalgia leaves behind. Realised after listening to this they do have a more 60s rock/pop side to them too. Not all tie dye pysch. Either way, I enjoyed them them and I enjoyed this a lot now. Way better than most other 60s records that have been on this list, and tread that line well between pysch and blues/rock. Good stuff

Actually thought this was great. Going through this list I've learnt I don't care for much 60s psychedelia, this is definitely the best example of it. Has a classic 60s sound but thought the songs in general were just better put together than their contemporaries. Want somebody to love sounds about a decade ahead of it's time but even the more standard 60s stuff was good. I might listen again but it's not a 5 for me, just not my genre. 4.5 but more a 4.

I'm fine with psychedelic/folk rock. I only knew the singles, but had a good time listening to this. I think the female vocals are much stronger, and I enjoyed the songs she led on more. Somebody to Love, and White Rabbit are great, and the whole album zips by. I think if there was one musical era I'd have liked to have been in, it would be late 60s psychedelia. Tie-dye, hallucinations, the evolution of rock.

Think my first and probably only exposure to Jefferson airplane is from the bathtub scene in fear and loathing. Saw that film a fair amount as a teenager so kinda knew what they were associated with.....Wouldn't have been able to tell you that "somebody to love" was their song, although I know it. When this was good it was great. The more bluesy, psychedelic tracks particularly. However, there were quite a lot of tracks that were too beatlesy for me which passed me by. Was reading that the grateful dead were the psychedelic band that stood the test of time, rather than these guys. I thought this was considerably better than the grateful dead album we had, but in their defence it was a live album. Really like the psychedelic blues rock sound and I'll definitely be back. Bet it was a fun time to live through! Favourites: Somebody to love Comin back to me White rabbit In the morning 4

Grace Slick's voice is wonderful. Dark, weird, explorations of life and the human psyche

Groovy man! Obviously, 'Somebody To Love' and 'White Rabbit' stand above the rest of the tracks, but the rest of the songs are still enjoyable.

Jefferson Airplane could have yelled into a well for 30 minutes and this would probably still be a 4 due to “Somebody To Love”. Grace Slick sounds unbelievably good.

How could I give the album containing White Rabbit anything less than 4?

good album

"White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" make this a four. You can leave the rest of them.

Embarrassed to say this is the first time I've ever listened to this album, and it was much better than I expected. A bit sprawling at 17 tracks, but a surprising amount of range.

I liked this. Some of the poppier tracks remind me of Oddysay and Oracle. A couple of these songs drag, but when they hit they hit. Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are all time classics, I also liked the opener and My best friend. 4

It’s emblematic of the Summer of Love, but runs a little long and the songs where Grace Slick doesn’t sing lead aren’t as good in my opinion.

Favourite song - 3/5 of a mile in 10 seconds

Great album stylistically. Perfect representation of the late 60's sound. Makes me want to turn on, tune in, and drop out. The hits off of this one are total classics, and while a couple of the other tracks lost my interest a bit, overall it made me long for the days of dropping acid and sitting in a room with black lights on. Solid 4/5

It's hard to believe this is the same band that would later record We Built This City 😆 The album is essentially the entire 60s music scene in one handy package Quite long for an album recorded for vinyl.

Oh no, I really liked this

A couple of nice hits, the rest is also not too bad

Great album

Jefferson Airplane are pretty good dad rock.

Mostly love it

Great songs and vibes, hippie music for a good mood.

Good psychedelic vibes Lots of good singles Would I listen again - probably yes Would I buy - Probably no Favourite song I'd never heard before - Go to her

One thing. I’ve learned from this project is that 60s psychedelic rock isn’t really my thing - it mostly sounds the same to me. I can’t pin down exactly why, but in comparison to its peers, this album went down more smoothly. For that, I’m rounding up the 3.5.

Such a wonderful album. I inherited this record from my Father. I oftentimes see Jorma around town and at the gym. My only complaint is a lot of the songs sound similar.

It was decent fun Rating: 3.6

Is it weird that 'White Rabbit' is one of my go-to workout songs?

Epitomizes the 60's hippie culture, with lots of self inspection, freedom, drug usage, social commentary and critique, and musical development. While not everything on this album is a strong listen, it's hard to underestimate the impact of both this album and Jefferson Airplane as a band, so even though this only has a couple of top-ten hits, it's a great album in its context, so I'm going high. Fun fact: the first drummer left (before this album) because he didn't like the band's culture and drug use. He was a former US Marine Core drummer... about as opposite of a culture from the band as you could be.

Great album, some good classics

3.5/5

One pill makes you horny!!! I really enjoyed this album. The duel male and female vocals. Light and dark songs. Good, chill, groovy vibes.

Really cool psychedelic rock album with some great songs. Probably a bit long and could do with a bit of a trim, but I really enjoyed the way the instrumentation (the distortion pedals) created this dreamy sensation that definitely reminds me of an acid trip.

Pretty decent album. Couple of my favs from this group on here. I thought they would be a little more psychedelic but seemed to have a but more structure than I have anticipated. Solid 3.5 rounding up.

La droga es la salud

Classic/psych rock

insanely well-structured songs, no frills or indulgences, just a terrific command of what a pop song should Do. it’s a shame that jefferson airplane get written off as one-hit wonders because of “white rabbit” in the grand scheme of things (NOT BY ME!) considering how good they actually were. fav tracks: today; comin’ back to me; DCBA-25

Fun album with great dynamics. My favorite is D. C. B. A. 25

Way better than I initially expected, I tend to forget that 60's psychedelia was way more accessible than its reputation would sometimes indicate

good stuff. 4

This album was pretty golden, had a couple of hits inside

Rock sesentero. Un megahit. Un 4.

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

Right on. Knew more than I expected.

I’ve never listened to Jefferson Airplane before but of course recognised a few songs. Quite a few songs I really liked - coming back to me. One song I really didn’t like - my best friend.

3.9 - I thought this was going to be another album with the big hit in it. There were a few nothing tracks, but some real gems outside of the big songs. This will be given a thumbs up.

Very close, but not quite a 5 for me. A few classics in early psychedelia and the absolutely stunning Embryonic Journey. But also a few generic 60s fillers. Fave Tracks: Somebody to Love, Today, Embryonic Journey, White Rabbit 4.4/5

Good album. Not just the two big hits. And it was a bit ahead of its time.

Although White Rabbit and Somebody to Love are the clear standout tracks, listeners may be surprised to realize how diverse this album is, featuring not only psychedelia, but also healthy doses of blues and hippy love songs. Through the modern lens, this may feel like an antiquated mix, but it's a welcome relief to anyone who is more familiar with the latter-era output of this group (and its associated offshoots). One has to imagine that it was a mind blowing listen upon its release in 1967. The overall aesthetic isn't really to my taste; I'd prefer to give it a 3.5, but in the absence of a half star option, I'm giving it a generous 4 stars.

I knew the really popular songs from this album but had listened to much else of theirs. It was okay overall. Her voice is really iconic.

Peak Summer Of Love vibes here, standout tracks are the obvious ones, Somebody to Love & White Rabbit, but the whole album oozes warm trippy 60s goodness. Accessible and evocative of the era that it's from, well worth revisiting.

Bretty good. Most of this is standard slightly blues-y early psychedelia (with some occasional structural or melodic experimentation); the best tracks on here are actually the slower, low-key folksy ones like "Comin' Back To Me", "My Best Friend", "Today", etc. Today and Coming Back To Me I'd say are the best songs here- pop genius, I tells ya, practically every part of that is great. The way the latter's arpeggios contrast with the bass notes, and change in harmony is incredibly interesting and sophisticated. It's honestly kind of amazing they were able to get so much mileage out of those triadic-based melodies. The sparse arrangements are gorgeous as well. I'd listen to a whole album of that. I'm honestly a bit bored by a lot of blues-based music, but some of the melodies or chords here tend to step out of the typical blues/rock schemas and rhythms which is really nice. There's a lot more interesting lead parts or arrangements here compared to many of their contemporaries or predecessors. There's even some contrapuntal guitar parts in here! Even the more regular tracks are fun and have that nice, driving RAWK rhythmic intensity. Also, Grace Slick is a GORGEOUS vocalist! I'd like this way more if she was the main vocalist here instead of... *googles* those two guys Paul and Jorma. Still, they're pretty good too, and the dual/occasional counterpoint vocals are very nice. PS Embryonic Journey totally sounds like John Fahey

About a decade before their time. Great musical storytelling with diverse sound

Great album. A cornerstone of 60s psychedelia and Woodstock culture.

This was a good album. Unique sound

it felt like i could hear a different band in each song. very cool they came first.

Say you're a teenager thinking about dropping acid (or just doing drugs in general) for the first time. You've heard that there's as much a chance as something wonderfully life-altering as bizarro freakout happening. What do you do? You put on Surrealistic Pillow -- the gentlest drug album ever recorded. It's good rock and roll, for sure, but there are plenty of psychedelic fun times with sounds and space to be had. But nothing threatening. Even "White Rabbit" -- as dread-inducing as that beat can be -- comes across as a friendly guide in the context of the album. It's plenty good. Unexpected bangers: 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds, Plastic Fantastic Lover, Go to Her

Nice and familiar sounds.

I'm told this is psychedelic rock. It absolutely is, and it's wonderful. I hadn't heard of Jefferson Airplane prior to this, but I had certainly heard the 2 singles that came off this album, Somebody to Love and White Rabbit. The Album could potentially have been pushed to a 5/5 if the female vocalist had taken the lead in more of the songs but it is what it is. My infant also really enjoyed this, she was legitimately dancing along to the music! 4/5

I really enjoyed this album, perhaps because the last five albums have been dogshit? I first heard White Rabbit in the movie 'The Game' with Micheal (sex addict) Douglas. The scene is where his house has been trashed, and he slowly ascends the staircase to see what is happening. It's such an awesome and fitting scene for this song. Every time I hear white rabbit, this scene is painted in my mind. This is great, dramatic, psychedelic music. 3 stars for the track, White Rabbit and round it up for the rest!

There is A LOT of psychedelic rock on this list - but this is one I actually enjoyed compared to many of the others! Most of these stars are for Somebody to Love and White Rabbit - great tracks! Somebody to Love always makes me think of that karaoke scene from The Cable Guy and both tracks are in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - I think these films might need a rewatch! I haven’t heard the Boogie Pimps remix of Somebody to Love for years - thanks 1001 for the blast from the past!!

Great classic rock band that are just not as famous as other major acts but are just as talented

Flower power at its best. Grace Silks voice is amazing. Her songs on the album are the highlight. Somebody to love is the standout tune but there are some other belters like white rabbit and she has funny cars. Favourite song: she has funny cars Least favourite: everything is cool Album cover: standard cover

This will take the modern listner a few go rounds. Side B greatly outshines A, I feel JA saved the rockin psych stuff for side B, see Crown of Creation. Probably their best effort all-round, with a fee true classics

Oh man, I mellowed out so much. SO much. Some of the grooviest work of the 60s with not one but TWO iconic hits. The famous stuff rocks and quite a few of the deep cuts sound great too. However, a couple songs I could have cared less for, making this a solid 4.5.