Reviews (page 6 of 14)
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Kinda want to watch Cable Guy now.
I dig your groovy tunes, man.
The hits hold up amazingly well but some filler on this. Good listen overall
There's a reason you've heard "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" a gazillion times in every form of media at this point: Grace Slick's vocals are unique for a White female singer from her era, with a just-right combination of bluesy earthiness and pure tone. Frustratingly, the rest of the band doesn't seem to know what they have on their hands with her, veering instead into more standard, period-reflective folk and soul led by Marty Balin (that's Jerry Garcia playing lead on "Today"). Which doesn't make the latter stuff bad - it's actually generally quite good. But it ain't special the way Slick's voice is. Feels like the musical equivalent of making Bill Walton play on the JV team for a year at UCLA.
Groovy, mellow, psychedelic sound of the 60s. Personally, I'd prefer the psychedelic tripping balls stuff like White Rabbit than the Hippy Dippy I Love You stuff. Those are still good but to each their own. Different styles throughout lots of bluesy numbers or skipping through the fields with your lady friend numbers. In The Morning is generic blues song #362 that is actually pretty great. Grace Slick is best of the vocalists here it really shows up when she takes over in some of the songs. 4
I can't admit that I know all that much about Jefferson Airplane, but I do know that a lot of their hits are here. "Somebody to Love", "White Rabbit", I mean those are psychedelic rock staples. The remainder of the album is mostly...calming compared to those mega-hits. There's almost an even mix of those driving guitar solos supported by powerful vocals (S/O to Grace Slick), with more folk-based, change of pace songs. It's interesting and not something you'd normally see in these psychedelic/acid rock acts from around this time. Influential and unique for the time for sure.
Two really really good songs, some other good, and maybe one or two that didn't excite me much.
they have the best, most beautiful, iconic songs and then really boring leftovers inbetween
Podoba sie dla mnie brzmienie albumu, są dwie piosenkie które mocno siadły "somebody to love" oraz "white rabbit". Reszta piosnek choc brzmi dobrze tak nie zapadły jakos w pamiec, ale sa na tyle dobre, że sie wróci do paru.
Grace Slick had such a distinct voice! I love listening to her. This album has a few of their all-time classic hits.
Would listen to an entire album of Embryonic Journey
these guys are really good musicians! I respect it, and there were even some parts I really enjoyed in the back half. Just not my thing. heard they were predecessors for the Grateful Dead
Visions of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard on here. I’m sure this did a number in the 60s for someone’s grandma and grandpa, and I respect that. Today was a vibe, and some guitar sections like the ones in DCBA25 are pretty good. It also appears this came out the same year as Sgt Peppers by The Beatles, so these guys were smoking the same stuff it seems.. Holy moley, these are the White Rabbit people. But this one had a lot more stuff that rolled over me then really hit home. Maybe cuz I’m not in the psychedelic, surf rock mood today.
A totally solid album, though there are some songs with extremely strange titles.
Fav Song: White Rabbit
psychedelic titans and an absolute staple of that time for a reason. very very good album
Surrealistic Pillow is as good as psychedelic rock gets. All the songs are interesting and on top of that 'Somebody to Love' and 'White Rabbit' are genuine masterpieces. What an incredible voice does Grace Slick have!
High 3, some classic tracks here but man some of these titles are wild
Couple good songs but 60s hippie psych rock isn’t my jam
couple fantastic songs. too long though with some definite filler
Groovy.
Decent rock album, better than I expected considering the year of release.
Risky 4 - there are clearly songs I've enjoyed here for years, not realizing how old the album is. The vibe is good too, but I cannot really stick it out until the ending.
3.5
Reminds me of what a good band can create as a group vs. individuals
Classic acid rock masterpiece. Some of these songs literally represent the latter part of the decade of the 60's in their entirety but the album actually holds up as an end to end listen too.
What I'm learning is oftentimes I have an idea of what one of these classic rock bands from the 60s/70s sounds like, but upon listening...they do not sound like what I thought they sounded like. "Somebody To Love" is a hit, and now I'll know it's Jefferson Airplane next time I hear it.
The album is uneven, but the highlights are so high. When Grace Slick sings, this album soars. 8.5/10
A very enjoyable psychedelic ride, though it was a bit of a letdown that besides the two super iconic tracks there weren't any others where Grace Slick was front and center
Blues rock~ish fine, but the hits are so good
Me causa repulsión. 1/5
I like the two big hits on here, but you’d do much better with Volunteers or even The Worst of Jefferson Airplane
Good album.
Good album, with some legendary songs. 7.4/10
I listened to this album through my crappy PC monitor speakers, and oddly that felt like the best way to consume it. Weird, psychedelic, and somewhat eerie, but in an enjoyable way.
This, at its core, is not something I’d normally like. Almost everything “psychedelic” from the “summer of love” is autofellating up its own ass schlock. This is a universal truth. But Grace Slick is a badass and it’s more than clear she was able to corral those dweebs and with them create something great.
More than just the big hits! Really liked ‘Today’! Edit: went back the next day and upgraded this to 5 stars. Didn't feel like there were any particular weak spots in this album. (As a caveat, I didn't listen to the six bonus tracks in the reissue.)
White Rabbit is one of the coolest songs of all time. Turns out this album has a bunch of other cool songs too. Man, what a cool band.
6/10
Two absolute 60's bangers with Somebody to Love and White Rabbit - unfortunately everything else is a bit forgettable. Really half arssed album cover also.
The songs with Grace Slick as the lead are much stronger than others and the rock numbers better than the acoustic folk stuff. White Rabbit and Someone to Love are seminal psychedelic rock songs. Extra star for the influence they had on others to follow.
Hablamos de uno de los mejores discos de los 60 , del año fundamental del Rock, el 67. Y por tanto de la historia de la música. Sin más. Tiene sus historias y leyendas como la participación o no de Jerry García, algo negado por él. No es solo Somebody to love o White rabbit. La apertura con She has funny cars es gloriosa. My best friend, son ecos a The Byrds (o los Mamas& Papas). Today es otra cosa, delicada psicodelia, que sigue cálidamente con Comin' Back to Me y sus aires acústicos. California en su esplendor. La segunda cara, que abre con brío con 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds, baja un poco el nivel con no tanto con D.C.B.A.–25 (los coros y voces superpuestas de Slick le dan un impulso fundamental) como con How Do You Feel (que no es mala en absoluto) o el instrumental Embryonic Journey, sobre todo porque destaca ese faro que es White Rabbit, una joya interminable. Cierra Plastic Fantastic Lover con aroma inconfundible al mejor Dylan. ES un disco que ha perdido importancia con el tiempo, algo incomprensible e injusto. Ahí es nada. 5/5
This was a cool album, a great psychedelic rock record. Grace Slick has such a cool voice and the two main hits, Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are great, great songs no doubt. But I really enjoyed the ones where she co-led with Marty Balin every bit as much, such as She Has Funny Cars. Fun to discover this in this list. A fun listen.
Des hauts très très hauts, mais des bas très très chiants aussi.
1001 Albums Challenge (13/1001) 1. She Has Funny Cars (5/5) 2. Somebody To Love (5/5) 3. My Best Friend (5/5) 4. Today (5/5) 5. Comin' Back To Me (5/5) 6. 3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds (5/5) 7. D.C.B.A.-25 (5/5) 8. How Do You Feel (5/5) 9. Embryonic Journey (5/5) 10. White Rabbit (5/5) 11. Plastic Fantastic Lover (5/5) Total (5/5)
I was all of two years old when this was released. But this, along with other albums of this era, really resonates with me. Grace's voice is easy on the ears, and captivating. The instruments bring me in. There are a couple of songs that feel like fillers, so a strong 4.
I missed this album last week and was putting it off because of its age and length but it was really great. Maybe a little less blues for me but otherwise super solid. 3.8/3.9
Like somebody to love and white rabbit, but rest is meh
I didn't think I would recognize one of the songs. Pretty good album. Not my personal taste. But if I was looking for something of this genre I would say this was pretty good.
Really influential album. Their sound wasn’t like anyone else. Grace and her powerhouse vocals take it to another level.
60's/70's vibes.
White Rabbit earned it an extra star
Great female vocalist and feels like the standard for psychedelic rock. It did feel mostly repetitive through the album but I did like the change of pace that In The Morning brought.
It’s fine but it’s boring. I think I like 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds the best. There’s a few songs on here that make you say “oh yeah I know that song” but you’ll never choose to put them on again.
Probably super influential and important to artists that I love, but I feel like it doesn't really hold up without putting into the context of "the sixties, maaan". It is cool in that context, but music shouldn't require a backstory to be enjoyable.
Liked it more than I expected to, given how I usually feel about hippie music. “Somebody to Love” is a hit for a reason…I enjoy Jorma Kaukonen and Paul Kantner’s guitar playing, good harmonies. Some songs have that goofy flowery singing or flute/fairy vibe that sounds dated, but overall the songs are good and I enjoyed it, wish I could do 3.5 stars. Crazy how much Marty Balin sounds like 1966 Paul Simon
pretty much what i expected, recognized a couple songs
Everyone thinks the Grace Slick songs are the only ones that matter at first, but once you've listened to this album enough times, they're still standouts, but not by nearly as much as you used to think. If I could only have one psych album again for the rest of my life, it would probably be this one.
Was decent - some bangers but probably wouldnt rush back
iha semi ok kuuntelin vaan pari ekaa kappaletta ja tunnistinki yhen joka oli aika yllättävää
Great album. Got the classic Jefferson songs I now and the rest of the album is pretty great too.
White Rabbit is a great track. The rest are listenable, if not memorable.
I’ve always been a ‘Somebody to Love’ champ, and less in the ‘White Rabbit’ camp. But relistening to Surrealistic Pillow today, it really caught me how profound a song like White Rabbit would’ve been at the time. It’s the mid sixties, and you’ve got surf rock and innocence, then here comes this bold belter, like an Amazon battling complacent culture, shouting at the kids to take magic mushrooms, advertising drugs with Alice in Wonderland like the Camel cigarettes cartoon. I’m into it. The story about Grace Slick and Abbie Hoffman trying to dose Nixon is also an insane rabbit hole to go down. If someone tried that in this day of age, they’d be taken out by a sniper. It was a different time, and I get the sense America wasn’t ready for the late sixties. The rest of the tracks are ok. You get very strong Simon and G-Funk vibes. Some skippable blues. To me, this is a two track ordeal. Scroll through the reviews here if you don’t believe me. Even if people mention the tracks other than the obvious Slicks, they’re alongside longer, more glowing, mentions of Somebody to Live and White Rabbit. Casualties among classics.
Really liked this one, I've realized I've heard this before Fav: white rabbit, somebody to love
the pro: - there were some interesting guitar and bass parts that accented some of the usual (boring-ish) straight love ballad + extended 12-bar blues jam combination of songs that every band was doing during that time. those occasional instrumental flourishes that caught my attention were like a little bit of seasoning on an otherwise bland, predictable meal - I enjoyed some of the lyrics (if not so much their presentation): "I'm so full of love I could burst apart and start to cry" the cons: - it's hard (for me) to get past her voice. it works in some places but not others, and I'm left feeling like I've just heard a slightly less heinous version of the infamous Yoko Ono/Chuck Berry performance. her vibrato in some places is similar to a car engine trying to start on a cold morning - just not as enjoyable as I'd hoped, which was disappointing (mostly because I wanted to explore more beyond "White Rabbit"), and now my interest just isn't there.
The hits were great but the rest of the songs were generic psychedelia that blended into the background and didn't make a splash
Bra - hørt før. Men aldri vært 100% inni
Dom kan sin psykadeliska pop i San Franscisco. Har nog aldrig lyssnat igenom hela den här förut och jag blir lite förvånad över hur popigt det är. Soundet är riktigt bra för att vara 1967, bra separerat och klart, trummorna mestadels i en högtalare, nåt jag gillar. Låtmaterialet är starkt, kanske inga riktiga supertoppar men bra rakt över, förutom nåt meningslöst instrumentalt mellanspel är faktiskt en av hitarna (Whute rabbit) sämst. Sånginsatserna är också starka både på den kvinnliga och manliga sidan. Nu är kanske inte dom riktigt jämförbara, men om vi jämför i alla fall med Vevet Undergrounds bananplatta från samma år som vi hade, tycker jag detta är betydligt mer aptitligt med en tydlig lätthet och mindre flummeri. Och skulle man jämföra med ett mer renodlat popband som Beatles som försökte att bli psykadeliska, lyckas Jefferson bra mycket bättre att förena både pop och haschdimma. 1967 är ett bra år också då har ännu inte psykadelian blir besläktad med bluesrocken och övergår i oändliga solon och blir tungrodd. 1967 finns fortfarande solsken, oskyldighet och ren förälskelse där. Det va inte för inte Lundell skaldade om 67 67. Jag gillar det här, rätt skarpt faktiskt. Hela viben är skön, låtarna lagom korta, popen får skina och det är varierat. Genuint glad att jag fick lyssna på hela plattan och upptäcka det här. En parantes; lyssnade på nån utökad utgåva, där fanns en låt som hette "Go to her", det är synd att den inte är inkluderad i albumet, en riktig rökare faktiskt. Det härligt popiga anslaget gör att det här tippar över till en fyra för mig. Lyssna också på The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses, Love - Forever changes, Easy - Magic seed
Summer of love-rocken har inte åldrats så bra. De folkcountry-iga spåren är bättre, som How do you feel? och DCBA25.
Det här var svårbedömt. Spretar åt alla håll. Vi samlas ett gäng som inte känner varandra. Alla tar med sig ett par låtar så kör vi. Det är folk, traditionell 60-talspop, lite blues och så förstås flower power. Somebody to love och White rabbit är ju fina knarkardängor (säger en som aldrig knarkat). Tydligen tog Grace Slick, som var ny JA, med sig dem från sitt förra album. Hade nog blivit mer spännande om hon tagit med fler låtar. Står och vacklar mellan 2 och 3 men väljer att fria denna gång.
White Rabbit sticker ut och avslutande plastic fantastic lover är helt ok. I övrigt rätt ordinärt 60-talshippieflum. I mina öron inget vidare album. Två singlar och resten utfyllnad.
I actually liked this! Especially the slightly rawer songs, but overall the songwriting is very good. Yeah, nice surprise.
At one time, this was one of my favorite albums by any artist. I still like it a lot. It has everything - smash hits (Somebody to Love, White Rabbit), rocking songs (She Has Funny Cars, Plastic Fantastic Lover), introspective songs (Coming Back to Me, Today), pure psychedelia (How Do You Feel), and virtuoso guitar playing (Embryonic Journey). Having both male and female vocals really adds to the sound. It really is one of the best albums of the 60s for sure.
I think I vaguely recall hearing about Jefferson Airplane someplace, somehow, though I'm confident I've never heard a single song of theirs. I've no clue what to expect going off this album cover, though I have a good feeling I'm in for something folky. I can't imagine any other kind of musical act rocking up to the album cover with banjos and flutes of all things. Ah, psychedelic rock. This is quite good. I'm always down for a little psychedelic action, especially when it concerns 60s and 70s music. The songwriting is competent across the board, and I'm into the soft, varied instrumentals which adorn this album. It's nothing exceptional in my eyes, though after having just got through The Beatles' White Album I'm down for something which is just competent. "She Has Funny Cars" is a solid opener. The guitarwork is pretty good. It's heavy-hitting at times while also managing to be quite elegant in the middle of the song. Good vocal melody, too. "My Best Friend" is another good cut. Very reminiscent of the Beach Boys, vocal stylings and all. "Today" has a good ambience. I like the echoing sound. It pairs nicely with the prominent folk influence. "How Do You Feel" is a good later-album track. I like how the ocarina is matched with the acoustic guitar, and the relaxed atmosphere is much-appreciated, too. Book time. Had a successful single. The rest of the entry is about how stylistically diverse this album is. Wikipedia reveals that this album was a hit, received critical acclaim and was highly influential in the formation of psychedelic rock. Yeah. I was already on this album's side, but those tidbits put me over. This is a solid pick.
a classic!
Enjoyed this album and have always been a fan.
Stellar album. One of the few psychedelic albums from that period that stands the test of time.
This was OK, maybe I would have loved it more if I had been at Woodstock as that's the vibes it gave.
I liked the harmonies with the melody. It was more of a San Francisco, 60s musical style which I enjoyed. "Somebody to Love" is excellent.
Great album, amazing songs. I can't believe it's from 1967. It sounds new and fresh in so many ways.
This is one of those albums where I see why it has such amazing reviews but it wasn’t for me An objectively great album that combines good vibes and good lyricism I also think it sounds great and holds up extremely well for an album that’s nearly 60 years old Favorites: None Honorable Mentions: Somebody to Love,
I prefer boarding the Starship compared to the Airplane, but this is an all-time classic for sure!
Better than Starship.
Ehhhhhhh this was fine. There are some high points for sure, but really it's mostly just fine.
Another really nice example of 60s psychedelia. On this one the guitar was a particular highlight, as were Grace Slick's vocals, when she got to show them off at least - it's a shame she didn't get more lead vocal spots on here.
Pretty good stuff, especially for mid-60s! Unfortunately all the comments were correct that said how the songs with Grace Slick on vocals were miles better than the others. She Has Funny Cars was a good opener and had some cool guitar at the end. Somebody to Love is a classic. I hadn’t heard White Rabbit before but it grew on me after a few listens. Also really enjoyed D. C. B. A.-25. (In The Morning was a bonus track but it also was very good) This is like a 4.5, rounded down to a 4 just because like half the songs were forgettable, but some really good stuff on here!
I really don't care for the vocals here, but when an instrumental track came up it made me realize that this band has some really impressive instrumentation. Love the subtle, surf-y guitar playing throughout, as well as the not-so-subtle guitar solos in the blues tracks. Decent 60s joint! Standouts: My Best Friend • Today • Embryonic Journey • In The Morning
I wish they had just let Grace Slick do her thing but this is still great. The guitar work is excellent and the transition from Embryonic Journey into White Rabbit is one of my favorites by anyone. Not everything they do works, but it's far better than their other albums.
Again with the 60s psych - throw it all in a pot and it doesn't matter what band it is
I think maybe I haven’t done enough drugs to fully appreciate this album.
9/10
I like
Excellent tracks , this is peak 60s pychadelic. High 4/5
Grace Slick's contributions shines out. Otherwise okay.
When I was 17 I heard Grace Slick and the Great Society and was spellbound by Grace's powerful performance. She has an eerie, cult-leader like voice and a talent for storytelling. The comparatively rough and ready live recordings of songs which end up on this record are an absolute delight. What I prefer to that live record is that the band let each idea ride out for long stretches before returning each time to the core of the song at play. Things on this studio Jefferson Airplane records are (to my ears) a little bit more straightforward, and the improved quality of the recordings does not enhance the overall production. I also just love Grace Slick's voice, and I'm not nearly as enamoured with the male singer who sings on the majority of these songs. Its objectively a great album but that early experience of being blown away by something similar, but substantially different has left a mark on me.
Giving Jefferson Airplane’s Surrealistic Pillow a low 5 today, I bloody love psychedelic rock and this album fills in a big gap for me in terms of its development and arrival, whilst also being mind-bending, rocking, and vibey - fav track was Today
Somebody to Love & White Rabbit are my favourites and stars of the show! 💕
The songs where Grace Slick leads really make you wish she took lead vocal the whole time, but that's not to say the others are bad. Today and Comin' Back To Me are both solid tracks in their own right.
Classic
Obviously, it's not all terrible, but a lot of this music is boring to my ear. Maybe it's the modern listening habit, but I find it to not be atmospheric enough to accept into a different mode of listening but not interesting enough to keep me engaged. Have a 'surrealistic' pillow on hand during your flight on the Jefferson Airplane so you can go to sleep until the singles and a couple other standout tracks come on and then you can return to your slumber after they're over. If you can sleep through it, you don't have to have your patience tested in quite the same way.
Hippy slop
The airplane will always have a place to go between my ears
Solid. Great standout tracks with "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" but the whole album is a good listen. Love the fingerpicking on "Embryonic Journey"
Groovy rock man.
i would be considered as a coolest fucking badass guy if i listened to this when it came out 4.5/5
If not for some iconic songs this would be a 1. So bloody dreary besides the hits.
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
Embryonic journey forever ingrained because of the Friends finale Nice 60s album, good instrumentation. Just doesn't crack outstanding album for me, maybe because too many 60s/70s on here. 3*
72/1001 Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ❓ Somebody To Love and White Rabbit are the outstanding songs on this record. On the whole, this is a pretty enjoyable listen. I will say, the songs with Grace Slick as the main vocalist tend to be a lot better and the slower tunes stop any momentum the album had.
good 60’s vibes, a lot of bangers and grace slicks voice and harmonies are amazing
Lots of great songs I recognized but not really my vibe
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.
This was one of those albums where I know (and enjoy) their hit songs very, very well, but wasn't really sure what the rest would sound like. I was pleasantly surprised by some of it, but not so much for the parts that skewed folk/country.
Ok with a couple of their memorable tunes, a bit Meh for me though
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.
I’m sure good for the style just not my thing
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.
Hell yeah.
Some of the most well known '60s psych for a reason. This is a really solid release.
Some songs were peak but a lot were kind of lame
So we all know Somebody To Love and White Rabbit, not only some of the greatest songs of the 60s, but easily of all time. Classic songs still played on classic rock radio, songs featured on every classic rock playlist. But what about the other 9 songs? Well, they're okay I guess. I'm sure like with many albums on this list this album is more influential than anything, and it most certainly is in many ways, but were the two songs were or was the whole album? Not to say the album is bad, it wasn't, but there's a reason why those two songs specifically will stand the rest of time.
Definitive 70s classic rock. Legendary songs like White Rabbit and Somebody to Love endure to this day. The rest of the album is filled with bluesy rock that was a hallmark of their time. Can’t find a real fault or dislike about any of it
Old school 60’s folk pop. Lush reverbs, acoustic guitar, flute, and harmonies make it sound similar to a lot of bands from the period.
I’ve heard this before from the challenge but somehow i like it less than before. Somebody to Love is a banger. The rest are not.
Classic
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
Great album, lots of wonderful harmonies.
Coming into this, I only know White Rabbit. And I love that song. Excited to hear rest of the album. She has funny cars: Marty Balin's vocals remind me of Somewhere they cant find me by Simon & Garfunkel. Hearing Grace Slick come in on a song other than White Rabbit was very cool. Excited for rest of album. OK yes I know Somebody to Love. No clue why I didn't recognize that. White Rabbit is still my favorite though. Big fan of In The Morning. The middle of the album sounded like a mix of S&G and the Beatles. Going for listen 2 now
Definitely longer than it needs to be but man there are some absolute jams in here!
cool
Primo Dad-stolgia record. It’s fine, just not my favorite genre of music.
I don’t know. White Rabbit and Somebody To Love are great songs but everything just kind of sounds the same. Not bad, but not as fun as I had hoped.
Very bluesy and has such great tunes. A good one for a car ride.
Chill and nice. A 7.
Great
Underwhelming
Classic. Essential album but in my opinion it’s only for a few key songs. I like a couple deep tracks but i would skip more than half the songs on the album. The good songs carry the whole album.
Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are classics. Go to Her is an unexpected jam. The rest are pretty forgettable.
"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.
i adore this i cant stop coming back to it
I was not prepared for how boring this would be. Obviously 'Someone to Love' and 'White Rabbit' are classic rock standards. And for good reason. But 'Coming Back to Me', what the heck, how can a song this bad actually make it onto a album? Oh jeez, now I just got to 'How do you Feel', it's even worse!
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.
Nice mellow album
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.
This album bounces around quite a bit between good and bad. Starts out eh with She Has Funny Cars, not sure what's going on in that song. Then the classic Somebody To Love is a blast to hear. My Best Friend is also pretty good. But then it drops back down for a bit. 3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds was good, White Rabbit was an interesting Alice in Wonderland song. And Plastic Fantastic Lover was fun. All in all it has its moments, but I can't rate it higher than a 2. Best song: Somebody To Love
Album is decent overall though it's one of those albums where I hear songs and think "oh fuck that's who sang that song?". Favorite tracks: Somebody to Love, White Rabbit
I really liked somebody to love, white rabbit, and in the morning. Interesting vocals all around.
Finally found the Similac Child sample (Today).
So many things to like about this album. The mix of pop, folk and psychedelia, all with an oh-so San Franciscan vibe. It could be described as ramshackle if the songs themselves weren't so perfect. The band was packed with major talents, all of whom shine at different times in different ways. Marty Balin, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Cassady and Spencer Dryden, yowza.
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
Really good sound!
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
OK for insect oriented prison folk, I guess
Тут є пісня від якої тошно (Somebody to love), бо юзали її тупо всюди, але в цілому - дуже непоганий альбом тієї епохи. Але щось я не можу слухати загалом подібну музику 60х без якогось враження ніби дивлюсь фільм про ті часи. Не виходить бути об'єктивним, бо вся ця музика для мене звучить як саме референс до епохи, а не щось окреме.
I wish we had more songs with the woman singing and less songs with the Bob Dylan/Paul Simon man.
Kennt man doch viel von
I enjoyed the musicality of it. Some of the songs were okay. It just wasn't my vibe.
Go ask Alice. Alice says 5 start
3,1/5
Favorite Track: White Rabbit
Not their best but some decent tunes.
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.
Voilà un avion qui me passe très très haut au-dessus d'la tête.
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.
classic. she has funny cars and today are my favourites. as well as somebody to love and white rabbit, of course.
Cool, foundational psychedelic rock. I love Grace Slick's voice. Some of the songs do it for me, and others don't. Somebody to Love is a stone cold classic.
2 Iconic songs in this album. Overall great experience
Good love a bit of OG psych
Rock and roll, nie znam sie, dla mnie brzmi jak Beatelsi. Ola mówi, że bardzo fajny (sobota, nakłada obiad)
Could have been a much stronger shorter album. Hindsight is 20/20, but it’s wild to not have Grace Slick on every single song
cool and fun for a friday morning kinda album
Enjoyed this a lot!
Book me a first class ticket on this airplane
This type of music would normally tick all the boxes for me – 60s music? Yep / Psychedelic? Yep. But I was a bit ambivalent. I know two songs of theirs (I am not including We Built This City), Somebody to Love (heard on the film the Cable Guy) and White Rabbit (insert any Vietnam War film) and like the fact that both of these are used in films to indicate discord and confusion. While both of these songs are happily on this album it didn’t really do anything for me as a whole, with songs that are nice but not very interesting musically. I think its indicative of the fact that although I have heard of the group, I have never felt inclined to buy an album.
Relatively inoffensive, if pretty incoherent as an album. Plenty of filler: rock flute, cowbell, the blooz. Does not make me want to hang with the hippies.
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
Some great classics on this record. And a lot of interesting psychedelic music. Definitely belongs on this list. Highlights are all the Grace Slick songs. Embryonic Journey also good. But the other songs aren’t quite as impactful. Strong record that could’ve been a lot better with more Grace Slick. I give the Grace songs a 4 or 5, the rest of the album a 3.
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
Sämre än va ja trodde
3/5 rating for me. I can see how important and exciting this album and its singles were in the summer of 1967. Its a great snapshot of how blues rock was co-opted by California hippies and mixed with psychedelic rock. Some of the more tender and quiet songs have beautiful singing parts and not just from Grace Slick. The two singles are absolute standouts but they sit great with this easy listening album.
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”
7/10
I love this album, I love the hippie vibe and I adore Grace. It will affect me if she might go, because she is one of the latest Woodstock hippies imo. Also, White Rabbit jut goes hard.
Een album dat zoveel meer is dan White Rabbit en Somebody to love (wat trouwens ongelooflijk goede schijven zijn). 5.0
This is good. A little too “mock psychedelic” for me, but it’s well produced. 6/10
amei muito
Grace Slick's vocals alone make this worth a listen but then you have classics like Plastic Fantastic Lover and 3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds that showcase a band who were one of the pillars of psychedelic rock. It's an album you love or hate. It truly is a snapshot of a time that we will never see again.
❤️
really strong 3.5, def a good listen with some all time great songs
This has two songs that I like on it! And I didn't realise they were by the same people
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.
There are some classic tunes on here and the album as a whole was really pleasing to listen to.
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.
Good
not bad
Starting off with the positives: when the female vocalist takes lead holy hell she is an absolute powerhouse. It’s no question that the best tracks are Somebody to Love and White Rabbit. The rest of the album has a serious identity crisis. The male vocalist(s) are boring and generic even when they flop from psychedelic rock to blues. The track sequence dynamics are terrible. Why did they put the most sleep inducing ballad in the dead center of the album. I want to rank this album lower, yet I can’t because she’s so damn good.
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.
The sort of extreme earnestness but also trying-so-hardism of this kind of 60s psychedelic folkiness just bugs me: the ridiculous lyrics, the meandering recorder, the breathy spacey singing, weak-ass drumming. However, Slick is amazing on the two big hits, and the acoustic guitar instrumental is gorgeous.
Glad to listen to this one all the way through. While there are some bangers "White Rabbit", there were also some surprises including the instrumental "Embryonic Journey" for instance. However, time has not been as kind to this album as it feel a bit dated.
Not a big fan of their sound, though how could you not appreciate Grace Slick’s voice, and of course the two big songs here deserve to be classics.
de su época, clásico de clásicos. algunas no me gustaron, me encanta la vozde la mujer. algunas no son mi estilo
Sorry Balin, Grace Slick is the star here. Her songs are infinitely better, her voice is more powerful, and the songs she doesn't feature on are copycat Brit-folk. Maybe a touch of Mod influence. Regardless, Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are obvious all-time classics. There is virtually nothing else here. It's disjointed as an album because of the conflicting styles of Slick and Balin. Sorry, but I have to round down from 2.5
Classic songs. Great.
Its fine, its whatever, its 3/5.
An album of importance and it’s pretty good. Ok white rabbit is transcendent pop and somebody to love is incredible. The others aren’t as strong. But it doesn’t lose focus, doesn’t drone on and is well played. Grace slick gives this album an extra 1.5 points. 4.5 rounded down cause don’t do drugs.
Obviously belongs here. Distinctive influential sound. And it really grew on me. By track 12 I upgraded foprm 4 to 5 star: + White Rabbit is superb and unique. + Somebody to Love is iconic too. + some great guitar and improv along the way + liked the switch to bluesy "In the Morning" - I disliked the twang and brittle scratchy sounds of some songs. ? time will tell if I listen to it as a whole album again. Definitely interesting & rewarding and enjoyable ( I skipped the first track though) . A mid stregth 5.
Doing this project has inspired in me a strong dislike of 60s West Coast psychedelic rock. Self-indulgent, pseudo-meaningful twaddle for the most part, prone to lengthy and meaningless jamming. Generally, these albums suffer from too much "psychedelia", meaning you need to take a lot of drugs to enjoy them (in which case, why not just do the drugs? amiright?) and not nearly enough "rock". But Surrealistic Pillow is an exception. I'm pretty sure Peter at Scratches put me onto this record when I was in my late teens, and I listened to it a lot back in the day. I probably haven't spun it all the way through in twenty years, and it was fun to come back to. The tunes are strong, harmonies are great, the band can rock, arrangements don't waste time, and best of all, ladies and gentlemen, Ms Grace Slick! She's a powerful and charismatic front-person and can hold her own on harmonies where required. Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are classic singles but there are a bunch of other songs here that are really strong. It doesn't surprise me to read in wikipedia that "As producer, [Rick] Jarrard was under orders by RCA to produce something commercial, so none of the longer covers and psychedelic instrumental jams the group had been featuring on stage... were attempted. " God bless you, Mr Jarrad, saving us from the worst excesses and inclinations of 60s San Francisco bands, instead delivering us a tight, tuneful and listenable album. It sounds strongly of its time but still stands up today because they trimmed the fat and gristle. And it has Whtie Rabbit, which is an all-time classic.
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
I went into this album misremembering how many songs were on it and that was really my only major negative is that the album is packed. There’s a lot of tracks on this album and I think the album would’ve benefited from slimming down. But the tracks on this album that work and that are major hit songs are truly iconic. The amount of movies and tv shows that use this song cause it’s so iconic for its time is endless. Seriously this album is an all time great….just a little bloated though.
Was fun, and some obvious classic songs. However, I was never fully enticed and it kinda was just a more boring beatles...
Either “Somebody to Love” or “White Rabbit” would be enough to get me close to four stars, but—of course—Surrealistic Pillow has both! Wow. And there’s all sorts of good (maybe not GREAT?) 60s psychedelia elsewhere on the album. Grace Slick *made* this band, eh?
carino ma niente di eccezionale
More country western twang than I remember. You can definitely see the Grateful Dead Live sound on this album and the mellow vibe is really nice. Definitely magic in a bottle for some of the best sounds of the era. Birds and Mamas and Papas influence. Some Crosby Stills. After reading about the album I was spot on with the Grateful Dead Live references. Jerry Garcia personally played on a handful of tracks. Very cool.
It's always worth listening to full albums by iconic groups to familiarize yourself with the non-hits...but you'll often realize that you're good just knowing the hits, as was the case with me and Jefferson Airplane.
4.5 - fantastic psychedelic album. Best songs were when grace slick was singing. Kinda lost itself towards the end. The last few songs started to sound like a generic blues man
Skippy tracks
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.
3.5 stars
Far too many 60s psychedelic rock albums on this list
Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are two of my most favorite songs of all time. The rest of the album is boring. Or I’m not on enough psychedelics.
No sabia que estos hitazos no eran de una solista. Igual, no es lo mío. Nota: 2.7
Pretty good - diverse mix with a couple of big tunes thrown in. Probably 3.5 stars really
Good album, I know and enjoy one song off of it, the rest is somewhat similar but feels like it falls a bit flat for me.
Significantly better than I expected. I knew White Rabbit and Somebody to love, but didn't realise that Today was one of theirs. Even though it drifted into floppy hippie nonsense a couple of times, it was a genuinely varied and enjoyable listen.
4.51
Their second album. Psychedelic Rock. Peak Flower Power / Counter Culture music. Grace Slick has a great voice. Somebody To Love is a classic track! The tracks with Grace Slick on lead vocals are the better and more powerful ones. This is pure San Francisco, Haight / Ashbury Hippy Stuff and I'm all for it. Some of the tracks are 'Groovy Baby, Yeah!' Ha! Some lovely harmonies. White Rabbit - this track is a mushroom infused Alice in Wonderland trip.
Feels like a 4 but if 4 criteria is entire album listenability it cant be. Really cool album, good songs for the most part but some are stinkers.
Fun record and a surprising amount of calm songs. The singles elevate it's popularity and makes it fun to listen to. Will need to listen to it more times.
Banger
Album full of great song writing, beautiful harmonies and an unmistakable 60 psychedelic feel. The beginning of the album starts off with sparse arrangements of acoustic or clean electric guitar and voice with little percussion, through to a wonderful instrument track, maturing to full psychedelic and dark blues. This album has unmistakable classics such as white rabbit and somebody to love.
Dreamy
Peak 60s. It has White Rabbit so you already know it's a good album but all the songs have good vibes.
Jorma is a beast. The hits still pop. Most of the rest sounds pretty dated and forgettable to me.
Clasico, Somebody to Love es una cabilla
Liked that rock, psychedelic? Wanted to give 4 stars but changed my mind. The album is fantastic - 5/5
It was fine as background music, but nothing was a particular standout.
kind of forgettable, very average maybe slight above, well other than “somebody to love”
Bluesy easy listening
This is the kind of music that makes me want to buy a record player and start a record collection.
Got chills hearing Somebody to Love on this album
Jefferson Airplane were the defining group of the San Francisco psychedelic rock scene that started in the mid 1960's. After a relatively unremarkable start to their career, Jefferson Airplane found massive success with the release of the singles White Rabbit and Somebody To Love, penned by newest addition to the group Grace Slick. From this point on, Jefferson Airplane remained a household name among psychedelic rock groups of the time, and the album containing these two massive singles, Surrealistic Pillow, was released in 1967. I absolutely love this album. When I went to Egypt with my wife and a couple of friends, we rented a car, and my buddy had a great idea for each of us to choose 3 albums we hadn't heard before, and these 12 albums would be all that we listened to. Surrealistic Pillow was one of my choices (along with Gunesh's self-titled and The Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab in Egypt), so every time I hear anything from this album, I'm transported back to the desert, visiting monasteries and being the only white people that village children had seen in their entire lives. What a great time. While this nostalgia does influence my view, I do still think this album is great on its own. She Has Funny Cars has these high energy verses before cutting to the strange chorus, where the male and female vocals interact nicely. It also has great guitar. Somebody To Love has such an amazing chorus that my wife and I were singing all weekend. My Best Friend keeps switching between a swung feel and a straight feel, which gives it a really cool feel. When the first switch from swung to straight happens, I just can't help but do the stank face. My wife said this one really sounded like a Beatles song, which I agree with. 3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds (a title that was apparently a thoughtless combination of two headlines that Marty Balin saw in a newspaper) is a great way to start the second side, with the constant snare rhythm giving it a really high energy. How Do You Feel really brings me back to the Sahara; doesn't it just kind of sound like a desert song in a Mario game or something? This is one of my favorite of the soft songs on the album. I don't need to tell you how great White Rabbit is, but I will say that I didn't realize it was one of the first openly pro-drug songs that had gotten released. The marching band sound throughout mixed with the Latin American influence give it such a unique sound. It is a classic for a reason. Embryonic Journey is a beautiful piece of American Primitivism. It is amazing to think about these guys throwing on a John Fahey album (maybe after a couple J's) and being like "I could do that". Comin' Back To Me is the only song that I don't really like. It's not a very interesting acoustic ballad in my opinion, but the worst song on an album full of gold is not necessarily a bad thing. Surrealistic Pillow is really an underrated psych rock gem. Jefferson Airplane put together a tight, but stylistically distinct, album that manages to avoid some pitfalls that other psych rockers fell into at the time. Their emphasis on folk adds a nice flair as well. 4.5/5, rounded up to a 5.
Good hits. Not much else
The "hits" are in fact the best thing on the album. Sometimes that's not the case, but the rest seem very dated. You have the one two punch of "Somebody To Love" and "White Rabbit," two songs that defined 60s music. The rest? Meh. A song like "My Best Friend" ... Queen did it better. The only two other songs that were any good was "Embryonic Journey" (I liked the guitar work on it, sue me) and "3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds". The rest didn't hit me, maybe because it was so much a 60s album, I dunno. But liking 4 of the songs is better than just the 2, so I would probably give it a 2.6, rounding up to a 3.
I always liked Somebody to Love and disliked White Rabbit. The lyrics on the latter are sublime but the sound was too psychedelic for me. The former is energetic and a fierce rocker; a true classic. But there's not enough of it on this album. To me, it's all too plodding. Except 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds (it's got some energy and bops to it) and Embryonic Journey (an incredibly beautiful and deft instrumental piece). Just not my scene.
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.
Big-time snoozer
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
Was good. I knew a couple songs on it already. Took me a long time to finish listening tho bc I got kinda bored or distracted a few times but ultimately I really enjoyed the second half a lot more.
The good is very good, and the filler is not hard to listen to either. I just found that I wanted to like it more than I actually liked it.
60s Rock albums - you know one, you know them all. 2.5/5
Some great classics in there.
Great songs, good production, great textures and guitar work,
It was good. Typical hippy album
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!
Inoffensive psych-rock. Nothing more, nothing less. Some cool ideas, but something standout.
Best Song: White Rabbit This is a really good album that captures the time. But it is still kinda funny when their lead singer gets punched out at Altamont. What? Too soon?!?!
Correcto
A record with classics, like "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit", you'd imagine it to be a classic album... but not this one. Those are the only 2 songs that are the classics. The rest is just ok and/or bad '60s rock.
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.
i dont do the drugs that might make me enjoy this album
Had its moments (mainly the parts with emphasis on female vocals) but overall is kinda meh. I don’t really have strong feelings about this album. I didn’t hate it (and Somebody to Love is an absolute banger), but it went into one ear and out of the other. The songs meandered too much and had some parts where nothing really happened. It’s a fine album but somewhat uninspiring.
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.
Hard to look past the legendary 60s hype of Grace Slick when listening to this. I knew White Rabbit but not much else. Not a sound I’d listen to again but probably influential.
The whiplash you get from two of the best opening tracks on this list to My Best Friend, a song that’s uhhhhh awful is pretty amazing. A real, guys let’s take it down a few notches, I want people to hear our sensitive side! And the sensitive side sucks ass, Jesus.
i actually really liked it
One of my faves. Jefferson airplane fucks. 10/10
Pretty solid album overall, I love the vibe. I feel like I could put it on and listen to it all the way, of course the singles are amazing. I think this is probably a three out of five pretty close to a four. There’s a lot of albums to go through.
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
Me gusto hasta ahí
Ni bueno ni malo. Si lo escucho muchas veces me aburriria, pero una vez cada tanto viaja
It's very 60's. This is free love and drugs before it became cool.
Not my glass of water
Nice! (:
I really likes the songs by the female lead singer and would have probably given the album a 4/5 if it was just her, reminded me of the cranberries.
Very high quality for its short runtime. No song on here is a miss
Holds up better than I expected.
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.
2.5 I was dreading this, just because I generally think giving white people drugs was a mistake for music, but this was fine. The worst stuff was the Grace Slick songs, the singles, the ones everyone knows. The other tracks were sweeter, lighter, kinder. Gentle hippie music. Harmless overall, and very short.
Liked this one more than I expected. Fun mix of gospel, blues, and rock.
Great album, esp on vinyl
[3.25/5] Final impressions: Grace Slick just has such a great voice. Unfortunately, she is kind of carrying this album. Generally good throughout, but the primary stand outs are the tracks Slick does vocals on. Listened to on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/album/6lPb7Eoon6QPbscWbMsk6a]. She Has Funny Cars - The vocals are just fantastic here. Aside from that, nothing too crazy. Somebody to Love - Stronger than the previous track, a fun listen. The standalone instrumentals are great as well. My Best Friend - Not my favorite track out of whats on here. Just okay. Gets somewhat better with the tempo shift. I liked the ending. Today - Good track, creates a tone masterfully. Comin' Back To Me - Amazing instrumentals paired with amazing vocals, absolutely nothing to complain about here. Really like this one. 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds - A fun ride. A joy to listen to. D. C. B. A.-25 - Great beat, great vocals. How Do You Feel - Good beat, but I don't love this one. A bit too syrupy. Embryonic Journey - Great instrumentals. It's good. *White Rabbit - Is, and has always been, one of my favorite songs of all time. Fantastic. Stays just as good as I remember. Plastic Fantastic Lover - Kind of fun. Not necessarily similar to the rest of this album, which isn't a bad thing. Overall notes: Just generally good throughout. Doesn't really have any low points.