Surrealistic Pillow

Solid classic rock record with a couple of really great songs.

So much good, so much okay. Best Song: Somebody to Love Rating: 5/10 Stars: 3

Songs with the woman singing - classic and great others - boring!

album

decent

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Is this the band with the most name changes? Or are they always just new bands? Either way, this album is just ok. Top tracks: "Embryonic Journey," "Somebody to Love," "White Rabbit"

--She Has Funny Cars...I like the way their voices blend --Somebody to Love...Slick's got the power --My Best Friend...not enough Slick --Today...lame flower child stuff --Comin' Back to Me...more flower child stuff but this one is compelling --3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds...a fun rocker and head bopper --D.C.B.A.–25...interesting psychedelic track. cool guitar tone and Grace Slick's voice just works --How Do You Feel...could be a the Mamas & the Papas song --Embryonic Journey...pretty (12 string?) guitar instrumental --White Rabbit...THE 60s psychedelic drug song, in my humble opinion. Slick slays again --Plastic Fantastic Lover...eh, it's just kind of there

Some songs on this really spoke to me - such as Comin’ Back To Me and Today. I like the general ambience of this album - and Surrealistic Pillow is such a great name for an album omg. I would be interested in hearing more from them !

It was okay

“Somebody To Love” is such an iconic track, I feel like house music has recycled and rinsed this one so many times and no matter how strange the sampling/rendition is, the highlight is always Grace Slick’s sharp vocals. That’s true for all of this album. Shes a powerhouse that brings this San Francisco sound together. “Comin Back To Me” was a nice acoustic ballad that oscillates between sweet in tone and contemplative for little moments. “Embryonic Journey” feels like a b-side to Comin Back To Me’s a-side. A majority of the songs blend in with all the other psych rock of the late 60’s, but that doesn’t take away from this being a well-made project. “How Do You Feel” is a good example, with its typical chorus vocal being executed really well. Let’s go firm 3/5. I’m all good with it being scored higher though

I think that White Rabbit is one of the top 10 songs to come out of 60's, so I was pretty excited to listen to this album. Unfortunately the rest of the album doesn't really sound like it. The rest of the album is much more folk oriented, which is fine, but not really my thing. Still a pretty good album overall. High 3.

Not really blowing me away, but probably the best psychedelic rock album not made by The Beatles on the list. Sometimes feeling a little Beatles, sometimes there's some Dylan in there. Some classics like Somebody to Love and White Rabbit. But yeah. It's great for psychedelic rock. Fine for me.

I wrote a review for this, I swear! It disappeared. So briefly: Cool mashup of styles and genres, experimentation that isn’t embarrassing, a couple of stone classics.

Prefer Jefferson Starship, but this is OK.

This is ok with some hits. But the list is much too over indexed on this era of music. Embryonic Journey is my favorite track here.

Good 60s album with a few iconic songs. Could be a 4 on repeat listens.

Equal parts blues, psychedelic, folk and rock. A. Elton pot of genres. Not sure how I feel about the male vocal harmonies though. Grace Slick is slick by name slick by nature

1. 3.5 2. 4.5 3. 3 4. 2.5 5. 3 1. 4 2. 3.5 3. 4 4. 4 5. 5 6. 4 It blows my mind that this band had Grace as a vocalist but barely utilized her, at least on this album.

Good album, very representative of the San Francisco psychedelic scene. Yes, I know it's easier when you're one of the founders of that particular scene! I still think that "Somebody To Love" is the outlier song on this one. Finding out it was written by Slick's brother, and originally done by her earlier band makes way more sense. Still, the Airplane knock it out of the park. Can't believe I never realized that the song "Today" was the same song that Tom Scott covers (but his version ends up in Pete Rock/CL Smooth's "They Reminisce Over You").

6/10

listened to it on Friday, and i forgot it by monday. didn't do much to stick around in my opinion. a few songs that have made their way and stood the test of time, but not enough to give this a super high score.

Classics "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit". Good listen but the rest of the songs are pretty meh.

It was a nice album but didn't blow me away. I liked the bluesy stuff and some of the folky elements but not sure it excited me enough that I'd listen to it again. Fav song: White Rabbit Least fav: Go To Her

White Rabbit is such an incredible song. The rest of the album is fine. Favourite song: White Rabbit Least: Embryonic Journey

Oh. My heart just sank. Yeah. Grace Slick and Spencer Dryden make this. What there is of value. Her voice is… instantly recognizable. His drumming is often the element that keeps my interest. Like on Today. His drumming anchors the haunting modality and keeps it grounded. The album is super uneven. But… I’m not going lower than a 3. 3 Boolean: True

Psych folk album with some well-known tunes.

Kinda fun

Not bad! I enjoyed it

Really liked this but maybe not enough for a 4 star.

Best song: Somebody to Love Worst song: Comin' Back to Me

Pretty average 60s album I’d say Couple standouts I wish grace slick was lead on more tracks because she’s the best part of the album Favorites: somebody to love, j.p.p. Mc step b. Blues 3/5 maybe 3.5

- so so sweet but i'm just not the biggest fan of slow songs - comin' back to me was so hauntingly beautiful - not my fav but def not bad

Only album by them that matters

dużo smaczków w różnych utworach, ale zlewało mi się za bardzo

Pretty good

All these early psychedelic albums sound the same. I guess because of the kinds of music it grew out of. Somebody to Love rocks though. And then back to the folk rock adjacent My Best Friend. The folk songs are awful. Band dynamics are strange. I'm guessing once they got famous, after this record, Grace Slick sang on a lot higher percentage of the songs because so far it's just Somebody to Love. 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds is doing it for me for some reason. Embryonic Journey is a good instrumental track. Throw it in the bathtub! White Rabbit is a jam. Plastic Fantastic Lover is like a psychedelic Primus song.

Good album. Somebody to Love and White Rabbit. The rest sounds like the Beatles with Grace Slick singing which isn't a bad thing.

I enjoy a lot of parts of this album. Could definitely creep close to a 4 but again keeping it at a 3

Really enlightening listening, was aware of them but not that some super-popular songs were theirs; will explore further ✨👌

Enjoyment: 6 Replayability: 5 Cohesion: 6 Flow/Pacing: 4 Artistic Merit: 5 Weighted Average: 5.4 Review: I dig the the progressive and psychedelic nature of these tracks, but there are multiple dull stretches where they just mix together with little substance. Overall, an average album. Liked Song(s): She Has Funny Cars, Somebody to Love, 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds, White Rabbit Disliked Song(s): My Best Friends, Plastic Fantastic Lover Recommend? Maybe

There are few albums that manage to capture a decade's atmosphere as much as this one, warts and all. It's got a solid amount of truly spectacular tracks, but it succumbs to psychedelia's worst instincts a few too many times for my liking. For every Somebody to Love, there is an accompanying My Best Friend that completely kills the flow of the album. Anyhow, there is still much to love here. It's certainly leagues better than the horrors that Jefferson Starship and Starship would produce in the future. Favourite track: White Rabbit

A couple really strong songs, a couple ok songs, and several snoozers. I expected to like this a lot more than I did.

actually quite like this 3.5/5

its not bad

Compared to so more modern projects it’s alright but it’s a decent rock album for its time

Every song with Grace Slick is good Every other song except the guitar solo is mid. Simple formula here- more Grace, less everything else. This album is a bit of a mixed bag, but the Grace stuff is great. I had no idea that this Somebody to Love is the original and that Queen covered it in 1976- fantastic songwriting. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Also, I’ve dreamed of the day I could use Grace’s famous quote in a review, so here we go. During a 1998 interview with VH1, the Jefferson Airplane and Starship singer derisively stated, “All rock-and-rollers over the age of 50 look stupid and should retire”. She was right. They are, and do. Grace, of course, was speaking from experience. 15 years after the early successes with Airplane, Jefferson Starship re-recruited Slick back into the group and they had some additional smash hits like We Built This City On Rock N Roll and Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now in 1981/82. These songs are corny and lame as hell, and they knew it. Grace was and is deeply embarrassed by them, and that prompted the famous quote. The old Airplane stuff was real and heartfelt, and this new music just didn’t have the urgency or fire that it did when the band members were in their 20s.

The songs with the lady singing are the best. I wish she took the lead in more of them!

She should sing all these songs. Loses steam toward the end, but overall pretty good.

Hit and miss but some classics

I love when ye come across an album you've never heard and it's full of songs you have heard but didn't know who sang them. Mixed bag this but enjoyed the hits

Det er vel ingen tvil om at denne hører hjemme på lista, men jeg forbeholder 4ern og 5ern til album og låter jeg selv ville satt på av egen maskin. Denne faller ikke inn der.

Vergeten op te schrijven. Ik weet het niet goed meer.

I think I like it slightly more than neutral, but honestly, apart from the hits, not much else sticks. I really loved Today though.

Funky, background music of someone with taste. Highs and mids. I enjoyed some songs and earthy angst that has accompanied my evening of unemployment and internet scrolling. I most likely would not come back to it … Maybe if I’m driving somewhere.

One of those albums where 2 of the tracks are total total classics, and it almost dilutes the rest by comparison which is really quite good and varied

I was only really familiar with the hits from this album (thank you AM radio from my childhood) and it was interesting to listen to the entire thing. I especially enjoyed Embryonic Journey.

better than i'd expect. some tunes i recognize Would I listen again: I'd allow it Deserves to be on this list: i guess 3.4

Quite dated sounding. Nothing particularly stood out, but I wouldn't say that there was anything particularly bad either.

This was ok. white rabbit is always enjoyable to listen to.

From what I hear, I would have absolutely given live JA 5 stars. This album has some gems, but is msotly just okay.

S’alright

A good one. These 60s albums had a lot of layers to the sound.

I didnt expect much of this from this album but was pleasantly suprised. I am not really a fan of psychedelic rock and you can almost smell the LSD and the 'primo grade marijana' on this album (it even features Jerry Garcia as "musical and spiritual advisor"). However, I did actually enjoy it and would even listen again. The standout tracks were the singles White Rabbit and Somebody to Love but I also enjoyed a few of the other (How Do You Feel, My Best Friend and Embryonic Journey). Can we stop using White Rabbit in every single film trailer now.... pretty please!

Good but white rabbit is not nice

I admit I was caught a little off guard with this album. I was expecting it to be more hippie-psych and it just sort of was a little more rock than I'd have guessed. It dragged when it got quiet, and I honestly am unlikely to listen to it again, but I enjoyed it enough. My wife does "White Rabbit" at karaoke semi-often, so it was fun to like actually listen to it and hear the different parts while not surrounded by the clanging of a bar atmosphere.

Psychedelic music has not aged well at all. Three singers: Grace Slick, Paul Kanter and Marty Balin. Lots of filler on the album. Three fantastic songs: Somebody to Love, White Rabbit, Today

Not every song can be, “White Rabbit.” but it is definitely Grace Slick’s vocals that keep this from sounding like a caricature that most psychedelic rock ends up sounding like to me these days. The bluesier numbers were unexpectedly good, too. Rounding down from 3.5* based on unlikelihood of dialing this up for a second listen.

Rating: 3/5 Playlist track: Comin' Back to Me Date listened: 5-6/06/26 Listen when: Slower tracks during sunset walks but the rock tracks on road trips Took me a while to get through for sure. I couldn't get into it and was mostly attracted to the slower tracks which I think are beautiful.

Nice 60’s vibe

Pretty good. But not really my thing.

The recognisable songs are the best on this album. The others are unmemorable but by no means bad. Stand out song: white rabbit..... by a country mile

3

Sólo he escuchado las dos primeras canciones y no me desagradan. De momento, no es un álbum que volvería a escuchar pero le vamos a dar una oportunidad. Vale, ya lo he escuchado entero. No ha estado nada mal. Mis favoritas después de la primera escucha han sido "Comin' Back to Me" y "In The Morning". Para ser el primer disco totalmente aleatorio que escucho, le doy un 3,5/5

Pretty generic 60s psych, the singles hard carry but I enjoy the folky stuff too Favourites: Somebody to Love, Today, Embryonic Journey, White Rabbit

“And your friends, baby, treat you like a guest” are some of the best lyrics in rock and roll. 2 hits are classics, the rest I can leave. Grace Slick! They got lucky when she joined.

It’s actually not as good as I thought. Two hits and a lot of fillers. Hm

first album out of the 1001 Surrealistic Pillow is a pretty neat psychadelic rock joint from the 60s very strawberry fields beatles with some nice vocals pretty good

La música es muy chula, pero me gusta más la melodía en sí que las partes cantadas, y siento que no todas las canciones tienen coherencia con el álbum, y que hay mucha variabilidad de todo. Pero las partes de solo música me parecen chulísimas, y creo que es algo que molaría escuchar en un garito en directo, o en el coche, como la típica escena americana escuchando la radio mientras conducen

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Pretty good this. Good vocals and guitar. Reminded me of Simon & Garfunkel a few times. Somebody to Love is a track I recognised.

A nice psychedelic record that manages to hit a ton of fertile ground. "White Rabbit" has always been a personal favorite and they definitely enjoy getting far out but their folk side and Jorma Kaukkonen's solo effort left me wanting even more of that. Uneven but fun nonetheless.

I knew White Rabbit and Somebody to Love going in. The rest isn’t really my thing but it was decent. The last of the original tracks actually sounded pretty good.

Eh! A few goodies, otherwise one note for me.

Mixed feelings about this one. Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are very good and others like My Best Friend and How Do You Feel have charm. The rest are at best ok.

60s music with two stand out songs.

good

This is exactly what I feel like a psychedelic rock album is supposed to sound like. Run of the mill folky guitars and generally a laid back tone talking about some shit I don't fully understand but had fun listening to. Highlight: Today

Somebody to love - White Rabbit

It's alright. Most of the songs were not quite what I was looking for from this era.

White rabbit

One of the better albums from the SF psychadelia scene that we've gotten so far. Grace Slick sounds great and her voice has a lot of power here. Two huge songs that have stood the test of time, but also some nice quieter and more acoustic moments like Embryonic Journey and Comin Back to Me. Funny to get this a few days after Fleet Foxes as there are a lot of lines to draw between those two bands I think. The more standard blues-y moments are less good. Overall a pretty decent listen.

3 sterne

Doux, nostalgique, beaucoup de jeu de guitare acoustique et des harmonies voix féminines et masculines. Des passages de l’album trop long pour moi. Pleins de sons courts, fortes inspirations indienne ou orientale. Groupe précurseur de psychédélique. Album initiateur du summer of love, mouvement hippie

what a bunch of hippies. Okay but actually I liked it more than I thought. Pleasant psychedelic 60s with some interesting musings about the dangers of television or something.

Jefferson Airplane or Mamas and Papas? Mamas and Papas or Jefferson Airplane? There's only one way to find out.... FIGHT!!!

Kinda cool to finally know where that White Rabbit song comes from. I can't say I'm a fan of that song in particular, maybe just cause I associate it as cliche hippy music, but I can't deny both its own impact, and the impact of this album as a whole on the psych rock sound. As for my own thoughts, it was more hit or miss and I only saved a handful of tracks, but still an overall enjoyable listen and not much to really hate. Also very interesting to see how this band evolved over the years. I had no idea about the whole Jefferson Airplane -> Jefferson Starship -> Starship thing. 3/5

Classic stuff. Good for the era.

Side B is much weaker than Side A

not quite my tempo

Save for a couple of tracks and Grace Slick's singing, there is not much here. Obviously, Somebody to Love is eternal, so worth the listen for that only. Wish it was more rock and guitar, instead of folk and acoustic whisper shit.

dang man

Content d’écouter ce groupe que je connais peu, et d’écouter l’album de somebody to love Comin’ back to me est bien ! Sinon c’est trop hippie pour moi J’aime bien la voix de la chanteuse ! Bah c’était bien, 7/10

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grace knocks those boys outta the water. maybe too sleepy to give this one a proper evaluation. appreciated the production

fun i like it

it's not bad, maybe more interesting in context, but the album still hits

The folky stuff I don’t really care for, but the rockier numbers are well worthwhile. Grace Slick can belt out a tune with the best of them, but sadly she only features heavily on a couple of tracks here. Pity.

Sympa. Pas mauvais je pense. C’est varié, ça s’écoute bien. Pas aimé de dingue non plus. Average

Two absolute classics in White Rabbit and Somebody to Love then a bunch of filler. Album suffers when Grace Slick isn't singing.

goed album

Couple of synonymous hits that JA are known for. A handful of good songs and you get a three.

I liked more than expected. Especially when it takes its time to slow down with the most psychedelic tunes.

Good musicians and well produced but something lacking in the composition for me just not sure what. I feel the same way about these guys as the Kinks - nothing 6 / 10 Best track/s: In The Morning, Somebody To Love, Go To Her

Not really into psychedelic, but I did like this album. "Somebody To Love" is great track and clear stand out. Would be nice to throw on in Laurel Canyon on a Sunday drive.

This airplane runs on Flower Power

Fine, classic, not my favorite

Surprisingly really good, super talented but they can't decide what style to actually settle in to. I hear Led Zepplin, Mamas and Papas, and SImon and Garfunkel, and obviously a lot of "monkees-style 60s fluff"

I listened to a few of these songs in the history of rock n roll (ski u mah). Not to my taste overall but it was fun to revisit, overall good music

Fav: Somebody to love; white rabbit The music gives vibes of far west / cowboy

3/5 Nice Album. Meget 60'erne. Meget syre-rock Kan både høre noget Beatles i instrumentationen og Beach Boys i Harmonierne. Er vild med samspillet mellem den mandlige og kvindelige vokalist. Også nice med et par blues-numre. Hvoraf In The Morning er meget traditionel. Kommer nok til at genbesøge dette album. Nok primært for følgende numre. Standouts: She Has Funny Cars: Sikken en måde at få mig hypet for et album. Nice trommerytme og vildt hooky guitar-riff. Vokalernes mod og samspil på dette nummer er også fedt. Comin' Back To Me: Smukt lille pusterum Somebody to love: Super catchy! How Do you feel: Nok den der giver mig mest Beatles (ticket to ride) + Beach Boys (harmonierne). White Rabbit: Et lille nik til den nok mest syrede børnebog Plastic Fantastic Lover: Plastik Fantastisk nummer!

7/10

Better than I expected.

Is this one star? five? My past and present are at war.

Man I really wanted to love this album more but it honestly had a lot of duds. Somebody to Love has been stuck in my head all day but I wish we had more bangers! The best songs are by far the ones where Grace Slick is the only one singing. LET GRACE SLICK COOK. P.S. never forget that this band spun off Starship which created the song We Built This City.

Pas mal. Quelques titres accrocheurs. Pas une révolution non plus.

Leuk album, luistert makkelijk weg

kind of rock your grandpa listens to in his garage while working on his motorcycle, a good album indeed but not my style

first listen. never been a big JA fan, but respect their place in rock history. this is fine.

Trippy, better than I thought it would be.

When I rode the bus in high school I used to bring my discman with 90 seconds of skip free play. To play music on the bus with some small portable speakers that plugged into the headphone port. I’d bring my book of CDs and some friends would bring theirs. Which helped make the hour long ride to school and home everyday a little more fun. There were these two sisters that rode the bus. That always requested Jefferson Airplane. Not really knowing the band, I thought it was odd how they always requested it. Especially since I wasn’t like a radio station with all songs in my CD book. But I guess they must have listened to them at home with their parents and were familiar with them. Anyways Jefferson Airplane was okay. I’m not crazy about them. But won’t complain if their music is playing.

Just let Grace sing please

could see it being a staple in 60s rocks. fave are today, white rabbit, DCBA -25 and plastic fantastic lover

Sympa, ambiance tikki bar/surf, mais passe pas toujours.

Bonus points for reminding me of the old juke box

not rly great. didnt leave any mark in my mind

Le pongo tres estrellas (si pudiera pondría 3.5) pero siento que está un poquito más arriba que la Luna anterior que era del grupo a Tribe Called Quest. Me hizo acordar mucho a Fleetwood Mac y algunas partecitas a los Rolling Stones. Antes de ver de qué época era el disco sentía que podía llegar a ser de los sesentas setentas y después cuando leí la historia de la banda vi que sí. No me disgustó, y si podría volver a escucharlo alguna que otra canción.

Some classics, some okay stuff

The first album after Skip spence left on drums and Grace Slick rather vitally joined the band, this represents one of the landmarks of the psychedelic rock era and 1967 as an epoch of musical time. White rabbit and Somebody to love were big Billboard hits and the idea that this band morphed into the purveyors of 'we built this city' and 'nothing's gonna stop us now' is quite remarkable. The rest of the album has quite a Mamas and Papas sound to it, surprisingly.

Mostly mediocre, but some highlights on it.

Beautiful late 60s sound, makes me feel very airy in a way, carefree and light. It’s giving woodstock 69 in the best way. Lots of hits, some of which i knew already like Somebody to Love obviously. My favorites from the album are: Somebody to Love, Today, 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds, Plastic Fantastic Lover, In The morning (love the western sound on this one a lot). Great album overall, gets better towards the end in my opinion, very accessible even for people who don’t listen to this genre usually like myself.

Good! Somewhat forgettable/mostly vibey. But I was working when I listened so can't say I was listening very hard

Well it's what I expect from a psych rock album.

Some good classics in here

Nice mix between softer and more psychedelic passages. The lead singer's voice is pushing the songs to become memorable.

some extremely classic songs on this, but a majority of the album is average at best… considering the quantity of great songs vs good/average, probably 3.5 rounded down

Embryonic Journey and Somebody to Love are the highlights for me on this one.

There were some songs that I already knew from this record, but I really enjoyed it, and I didn't expect to. This is a combo of everything cool from the 60s psychedelic stuff. Really fun album.

woooow those hairstyles are something else. I surprisingly really like the singers, they sound ahead of their time. I thought they'd be a country band, but I was pleasantly surprised that I was wrong. The instruments sound really good together, and that female singer pulls it all together. Also, classical instruments in the cover? HELL YEAH!! It's the kind of older music that still slaps, it's aged well. Their sound is unique,and I love that :) some of the slow songs get a little repetitive, but some of those songs are bangers.

Only familiar with the band from their hits, and I like the older ones much better than the 80s bastardization of Starship. This record has Somebody to Love and White Rabbit, both gems. Lots of it sounds silly schlocky to my ears in 2026.

Es como estar escuchando a los beatles americanos. No solamente hay similitudes en la música sino en la estética que se ve en la portada del álbum, y en sus looks. Sabemos perfectamente el impacto que generaron los beatles en la música para los años 60, así que no sorprende en absoluto. Somebody to Love es una canción que ya he escuchado, sin poder identificar muy bien por qué ni dónde (probablemente haya sido la influencia de mi papá). White Rabbit es el tema más escuchado, pero para mi es mejor Somebody to Love. Entiendo que esto puede pegar desde un lado más rock, y quizás el público espera eso de esta banda. Me sorprendieron mucho los vibratos. Es un álbum que cumple con la idea que deberían tener en la cabeza para esa época.

Whatever magic was happening in San Francisco at the time with this band didn’t exactly translate to record, but somewhere in the echo of an echo is a groundbreaking achievement and one of the key links in the transition from flower power folk to psychedelic rock.

Dreamy, but forgettable 3.4

This was better than most psychedelic pop

H Grace Slick κανει elevate καθε τραγούδι που είναι μεσα. Πέρα απο τα τραγούδια που ήξερα ήδη, μ'αρεσε το Comin' Back to Me, Embryonic Journey, In The Morning. Graces carries σε αυτό το album καθώς τα τραγούδια που είναι με αυτήν για vocalist ειναι τα καλύτερα. Θυμίζει αρκετά Beatles με τα πολλαπλά vocals. (3/5)

My rating 2.8

bim erstemal lose bini gar ned überzúgt gsi vode 70er-jahr-frisure-roll-models aber am gmüetliche sunntig namittag im park mit dene flügepeter im ohr pásslets ebe schono. meh wie en airbus 3-puntos chani aber ned geh. I am sorry löve

Highlights: White Rabbit, Embryonic Journey, 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds In a nutshell: "go ask Alice..." Was not expecting folk on this album but here we are. It's indeed an album, an artist, you would easily identify with the 60's. Good work, Jefferson Airplane. Overall: 5/10

Increíble la canción In the Morning🤎

interesting, i can get behind it 7.2/10

Fear and loathing

I'm coming into this one with a bias in favor, as "White Rabbit" has been my bulletproof karaoke track for years. That said, I'm finding the rest of the album to be hit-and-miss for me.

I really tried with this one. I gave it two-and-a-half listened, but if it weren't for "Somebody to Love" and "Come Back Baby", I'd be rating this album 1 or 2 stars. The 60s style, psychedelic, "we're high, so let's drift and expand our minds" vibe is just not my thing. The songs on this album that lean more towards rock and blues are the ones I really enjoyed. When I think of Jefferson Airplane, they are the songs I think of, not the airy, whispy, stare-at-the-ceiling, songs. I've always thought Grace Slick had an interesting voice and it sounds great on the album, but I think this is just a matter of not loving the genre.

A few hits and lots of filler. I enjoy the vibe of the album, unfortunately by the end it is just a lot of the same old sound.

Grace Slick has such an awesome unique voice. It makes the hits, hits. The rest is so boring and plain. It's a shame they hadnt let her lead more.

7/5+ actually is good

You would be sorely tempted to listen to any of Grace Slick's solo albums, but, while she is the greatest contributor here, in every aspect, this strange configuration of piece is absolutely her best moment. The others should consider themselves very lucky to be anywhere near her. 2.5 I love Grace Slick’s voice. It is frustrating that she only takes the lead on two songs on this album. The rest isn’t bad by any means, although there is nothing else with the same edge as those two. Today and Coming’ Back to Me are lovely but feel like a different band. I don’t know how well this holds together as an album - My Best Friend is certainly on the wrong side of the record. Swap that hippy fluff around with Embryonic Journey and White Rabbit on side B and you have something that at least looks like an attempt at an album as two distinct halves. As it is - Surrealistic Pillow is a pile of nice songs, a stupid title, and a rotten cover. 2.5/5

A classic album from the Summer of Love, with a bunch of familiar tunes, that inevitably sounds of its time, from a band that formed six decades ago.

7/10

Meh--the big songs are good but not my jam

A mix of classics and standard late 60s rock songs. The band really comes alive when Grace Slick sings, otherwise it is not very memorable.

full of classics in 33 minutes, but some of the tracks managed to drag on.

I'll round up for Somebody to Love but overall this was Yet Another Proggy Album from the Makers of the 1001 Album List and I'm getting SO tired of them.

Fun, timeless, of its time

me gustó un poco, no lo escuché completo en realidad, pero suena a banda genérica de los 60s

me gustó. algo distinto. Aires a los beatles

Contains three of the greatest songs of the psychedelic era (“Somebody to Love”, “Today”, and “White Rabbit”) and eight more that are merely okay. Works better as a symbol of The Sixties than as a coherent statement. Best track: “Somebody to Love”

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Groovy

Bon album. Somebody to love est la chanson connue de l'album. 3/5 !

Couple of bangers but it got old in between tbh

This wasn’t the brand of flower child hippy music I was raised on, and it turns out not to be my favorite. There’s nothing particularly offensive or bad about the music and it has moments of enjoyment. But I just don’t connect to the energy or message of the songs and the “psychedelic” elements are sorta laughable, “Surrealistic Pillow”?! “Embryonic Journey”?!

Better than I was expecting. Has its moments (Somebody to Love, White Rabbit), and probably a good album for 1967.

White Rabbit, Embyronic Journey, and Somebody to Love are obviously classics. Especially White Rabbit - what a gripping track. But outside of those, the album falls kind of flat for me. Wish we had more of the eeriness that White Rabbit brought, and more of the folk guitar texture of embryonic Journey.

This album is a mix of psychedelic and folk rock. Vocals are fine (sometimes bad). I preferred the singing in the first half. Instrumentals are good and even great at times. My favorite track was "Today". I really liked the instrumentals on "Plastic Fantastic Lover", but the vocals are bad on that track.

Trippy vibes.

A couple of standout tracks in Somebody to Love and White Rabbit, and She Has Funny Cars was a solid opener. I just wasn't that impressed by the rest. Should have let Grace Slick sing lead on most of this. What a voice. 3 Stars.

Somebody to Love is an absolute all-time banger, and is the only reason I feel somewhat favourably to this record. The rest is unfortunately pretty mediocre boomercore with only the odd moments of hilarity (Comin' Back to Me) to break up some long periods of tedium. Disappointing, but far from the worst example of this kind of music.

It’s kind of amazing that some members of this band are responsible for “We Built This City.”

3.5

3/14 Never listened to Jefferson Airplane before but didnt realize the song "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" was from them.

somebody to love ❗️❗️❗️ today and comin back to me are such sweet songs. i love them solid album tbh i haven't heard something like this in a while

Lovely stuff.

The ‘2 songs’ are brilliant and the rest does not quite reach those heights but pleasant enough. Those songs drag the rating up though….

Breezy enough for a sunny spring morning

Great album, love “My Best Friend” particularly - on the “Didn’t Make The Long List of My All Time Favourite Albums of All Time” list, so a solid three stars.

Great classic rock.

The kind of album I expect from this book. Not spent much time listening to Jefferson Airplane before, but know some of the hits. Steady mid ground for me. Nice to hear. 3 Number tracks Fave track Others 12/03/26

There's a couple of really great songs on here, but also a lot of filler. 3.0/5.0: Good

First album: 3 stars. All songs were good; this may be a genre that I should listen to more. All songs are going in the playlist.

6/10 better than the other rock ones so far!

This album might be the closest I'll ever get to experiencing the Summer of Love. I dig the sound. But it's the singles that really blow me away. Most of that comes from the powerful vocals from Grace Slick. The other vocals on the album feel diluted in comparison. Somebody To Love White Rabbit

It’s ok - the two big songs over-shadow everything else, but it’s not bad. I doubt I’ll listen to anything over than those two again, though.

Ugh fine I guess

I don't think this would have stood out much for me except Grace Slick's vocals. White Rabbit is amazing. The rest of the album feels hit or miss.

Folk rockish? Not my usual flow but not the worst either. I liked today and Somebody to love.

I liked this, actually I thought that I'd like it more than I did. Somebody to Love was by far my favorite song on the album. Comin' Back to Me and Go To Her were other ones that I liked, but the rest of the album was just fine. I didn't hate any of them, I just didn't really love any of them either.

Two stand out hits, the rest all sounds a bit samey and dated.

If not for the strength of Somebody to Love and White Rabbit, this would have been a 2. Not a fan. But Somebody is such a solid song in my ears.

*Spooky at times, but great late 60s record

Jorma can really play. Some timeless classics on here and a lot of dated stuff that can stay unplayed.

Ironically, this album is far from surrealistic. It's about exactly how you would expect a 1960s Rock band to sound like. A generic album that has the words "love", and "baby" over, and over. Favorite Track: "Somebody To Love".

Very nice. Some absolutely incredible tracks and some mediocre ones.

It’s the dawn of psychedelic rock, sure, and Grace’s entry to the band makes for a couple of classics, but as an album it has its holes

didn’t realize how many songs i knew on this album. looks like it’ll be a bad listen, but it wasn’t so bad. will i listen again? not necessarily. some songs are just tired

Perfect beach background music, great hits on the album too.

Mixed bag. Couple of proper bangers though.

Good memories of a sunny afternoon close to Cambridge.

Never listened to these guys before; I don't know why I always assumed that they were more 70's southern classic rock. Pretty solid listen; I dug how varied it was. Also I never knew that these guys were responsible for 'Somebody to Love' and 'White Rabbit'.

If this was all Grace Slick, it would be a nailed-on five star album. She's a fantastic singer. Unfortunately, a lot of this record is bog-standard hippie shit. Still...White Rabbit! What a song! 😍

Odd vocals Started off weak, got better

interesting...

Cool album

I'm really conflicted here because everyone needs to hear White Rabbit and Somebody to Love. Those are the only tracks I knew before listening to this just now. I was really surprised to hear so many tracks that don't feature Grace Slick at all. I don't know enough about the history to know why but what a fumble because her vocals sound huge on here. All of the other tracks don't hold up to that level at all and are almost just another band's sound entirely. So to "must hear before you die" tracks and then a bunch of flower-child shovelware.

It's groovy. Can vibe with it. Hasn't been my genre in a while but very nice.

Surrealistic Pillow is an alright album overall, the songs are good but a little bit repetitive, not really my style of music overall but still fairly enjoyable. 3/5.

I hadn’t heard of Jefferson Airplane before this suggestion. The album was okay. There wasn’t anything mesmerizing or remarkable.

I was ready to pan this one after being pretty unimpressed by other psychedelic rock albums on this list but it actually grew on me as it went on. I thought the bluesier songs were pretty good and the woman singer was pretty compelling. I’d heard “white rabbits” exclusively through movies and tv shows but it was actually an interesting song all on its own.

Disco muito bom, diferente do que costumo ouvir, ainda assim me prendeu e irei ouvir outras vezes.

kinda an overrated album imo. i liked a some of the folky songs but it felt all over the place genre-wise and lacks cohesion.

She Has Funny Cars - 3/5 Somebody to Love - 4.5/5 My Best Friend - 2.5/5 Today - 3/5 Comin' Back to Me - 3/5 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds - 3.5/5 D.C.B.A.-25 - 3/5 How Do You Feel - 3/5 Embryonic Journey - 3.5/5 White Rabbit - 4.5/5 Plastic Fantastic Lover - 3/5 It's a fairly middling album where the highs were way high above the rest. I understand its placement in the list as one of landmark psychedelic rock albums but it's just kind of meh to me outside of Somebody to Love and White Rabbit. Overall: 3/5 Favorites: Somebody to Love, White Rabbit

Decent

Good album but personally not my cup of tea should’ve a 4 but I’m giving it a 3

This was interesting. Somebody to love and white rabbit are the standout songs here. They sound so different from the rest of the album. I’m pretty disappointed in it because I thought there would be more of that sound.

Maybe if I hadn’t listened to so much bad psychedelic music already by doing this project then this would have been okay but I have hippies-on-acid-being-lame PTSD and consequently cannot give this a fair shake. However, credit where credits due, these songs are surprisingly short, which was a definite improvement over most of the other psychedelic music I’ve suffered through to-date.

One thing that stands out to me is that Grace Slick was very underutilized by Jefferson Airplane. Both tracks where she is lead vocal are outstanding and something special - the remainder of the album does really stand out to me. Also, the recording/mixing on the album made a lot of the brighter details a bit too harsh on the ears.

No doubt this is great, but the two best songs (you all know which ones are they), are just too good compared with the album average.

Think Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are the highlights or maybe it’s just that they were more familiar. Familiarity not breeding contempt here. A few others were decent enough eg DCBA - 25 with its jangly guitars. Interesting album with different influences throughout but ultimately not that compelling. Wavered around giving a 4 but went 3 again.

Folksy rocky psychedelic in parts, never rising above a 3 for me. A solid 3, but left me a bit underwhelmed

this was fun! I liked!

Not great listening conditions. Would revisit, but doesnt resonate on first listen

As much as I enjoy psych rock and proto-prog, this is some boring psych rock.

My wife and I saw Starship open for Heart and it’s hard to believe that the same band who gave the world Somebody To Love would later be responsible for We Built This City. Regardless of where they have ended up, there is no denying the influence of songs like the aforementioned Grace Slick led track along with White Rabbit in ushering in the jangle and psychedelic folk blues that would be the soundtrack for the counter culture of the late 60s. These two tracks stand out while the rest of the record is fine. I admittedly found most of this to be rather forgettable and sonically homogenous without Slick’s leading vocals.

Actually thjs album is absolutely fantastic. For me it's 3.5/5, but overall it's at least 4.5. "Today" is extremely beautiful and important song. "Somebody to love" - absolute hit for centuries. "Embryonic journey" has unbelievable instrumental. "White rabbit" - nice story about Alice in Wonderland and LSD. I think this is true hippy era album

Hmmm svårt. Tror det landar på en stark trea! 60-talet är fan en bra period för musik alltså.

4:a om bruden hade sjungit allt

I didn’t know anything besides the 2 very famous songs here, which I’ve always liked, particularly White Rabbit which is a classic. The rest of the album was decent, perhaps more folky than I expected but the bluesy In the Morning caught my ear out of those that were new to me.

Jefferson Airplane is the "Ship of Thesius" of bands. They went through two different name changes, had a completely different sound, and replaced all of their members by the end. Hard to believe this is technically the same that does "We built this city on rock and roll." Decent album, but the light acoustic numbers were not the wake up call I needed this morning. Also, I think with "White Rabbit" & "Somebody to Love"from this album, and "Seven Nation Army" from the White Stripes album, we should have our bases covered for songs used in movie trailers.

This album is pretty good. I think I grew out of this psychedelic phase in music. There is aspects of it that I enjoy. I like the weird. But I think it’s a pretty limiting genre. I’m very aware that this is a pretty hot take but whatchya gon’ doooo?

Like it 3/5

Surrealistic pillow was a pretty good album. I already had heard the most popular songs, White Rabbit & Somebody to Love. The rest of album was fine, In the Morning was an unexpected bluesy surprise!

I was interested to find out that the 2 main singles from this album were written by and brought to the band from the lead singer when she joined as they are by the best songs on the album, with the rest having a more folky vibe.

Honestly kind of boring with the exception of somebody to love and white rabbit

I liked white rabbit… yea that’s it.

I listened to this a lot as a teenager. Grace Slick has an amazing voice and White Rabbit and Someone to Love are all time favourites. The rest I can leave to be honest.

Not my usual jive but I can appreciate it for what it is

Got some gems.

A fun listen though not much that really stood out

First listen

Surprisingly better than I was expecting. Bit on the long side, could have done with cutting out a few tracks

JA relies on a nice back-and-forth between the two vocalists and an otherwise unoffensive sound. Today is the only song I save off this album, but it's a fine chill album otherwise. 3/5

I just found this album to be fine. There are better ones within the genre, but nothing that was offensive either.

Jefferson Airplane were a middling West Coast folk band until they were joined by Grace Slick in 1967 and two weeks later went into the studio to record this album. There are some filler tracks on here (although pleasant enough in a folky/bluesy style), but the twin hits of Need Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are much stronger, and captured the harder, psychedelic side of the summer of love. Apparently their producer tried to stop smoking marijuana in the studio so they fired him (and found some even stronger stuff). Here’s a fun game - you can create your own band and album by combining a US president and mode of aerial transport, with your favourite art movement and something from your bedroom. Mine is Monroe Glider with Post-Impressionist Duvet! Wonderland-tastic!

Slighty too slow for the first chunk of the album, 3/5 Mile just saved it for me. Tik Tok song in the wild

Pretty cool

This album is a great example of why Im doing this project. I’ve never listened to JA beyond radio hits, I’ve never once thought to do so. The album isn’t really to my personal taste but there’s a lot of solid and varied music on here. Glad I got to listen to it. The end.

not really my taste but there are some songs i enjoyed such as She has Funny Cars and Somebody to Love

Deux hits, le reste sympa mais pas mémorable

Oh cool, it's the band that became the band that became the band that technically wasn't the band and was hated by the band that became the other bands and banned from being called the band. I didn't mind this, it was alright... A few of the songs were great, "Somebody to Love" in particular. As a whole I was a bit underwhelmed. For all the hate it gets, I'd rather listen to "We Built This City" than this... You know what? I'm going to do that. *MARCONI PLAYS THE MUMBA, LISTEN TO THE RADIO...*

Que aburrido.

I only knew two of the songs, Somebody To Love and White Rabbit yet the album sounds really familiar maybe because it has entered the psyche as music of that era.

Det her kunne jeg ret godt li'. Er lidt ubeslutsom i forhold til stor 3'er eller lille 4'er, så det bliver den gennemsnitlige, som jeg hele tiden lander på alligevel.

This thing sounds great. A fair bit of variety

Some bright spots. I would give it 3. Stars if I could.

Well crafted psychedelia with a couple of very memorable tracks.

Apart from Somebody To Love, this is a bit too old for me to enjoy

dad-ish songs. not really my type

Kan ikke si jeg hørte veldig aktivt på. Men virker helt ok, kanskje jeg sjekker ut igjen, men mest sannsynlig ikke.

Ganske nice, noen bangers og gode vibes. 3/5

Nokre bangers her. Har aldri tenkt over kven som stod bak dei før no.

i liked this oneeee

Eh.... 2 good songs and a bunch of stuff that's a bit too hippy for me

The song titles were incredibly unique. I’m not too upset with the genre. Very impressed with the songs that included bluesy elements.

If you told me this was a compilation or best of, I’d have believed you. Felt like 3 seperate albums inter woven, yet not an exactly cohesive.

Never heard of this band but I love the aesthetic. Im about to listen to the album while sleeping and again in the morning. It is decent I like it not my favorite but still pretty good I love the beat and instrumentals. ”White rabbit” & “somebody to love” vocals and just the song over all is one do my favorites from the album I really like this album and will listen to it again 💿

favorite - J.P.P. Mc Step B. Blues 6/10

White Rabbit is an all time great. I think this YouTube comment sums up this album well: "The problem with artist these days is very few are willing to take the heroic amounts of LSD to make a classic such as this.."

Honestly, this didn’t vibe with me at all, although a couple songs were good, mainly the singles. There’s nothing wrong with the music, and I guess I never felt like it dragged on I just didn’t subjectively enjoy it.

I like the genre. and a couple of songs. Overall. Not my favorites.

Completely fine

I enjoyed this

Saved - Today

Outside of the hits it's pretty bland, Plastic Fantastic Lover is strange and clashes thematically.

Favorite track: She Has Funny Cars

El disco que todos conocen de este grupo

Decent

I wasn’t totally in the mood for it, but some great classic tunes (white rabbit in particular), enjoyed the vocal harmonies and sound

- os Beatles com uma garota, mto cunt - beatles + mamas and the papas - grandes expectativas she has funny cars ☆☆☆☆: gostoo somebody to love ☆☆☆☆☆: um hit eh um hit my best friend ☆☆☆: show today & coming back to me ☆☆☆: dar uma outra chance dps talvez 3/4 of a mile in 10 seconds ☆☆☆☆: toop do balaco baco d.c.b.a.-25 ☆☆☆: ok how do you feel ☆☆☆: ^ embryonic journey ☆☆☆: solo de banjinho gosto white rabbit ☆☆☆: alice no país das maravilhas mentioned!! plastic fantastic lover ☆☆☆ in the morning ☆☆☆☆: letss goo j.p.p. mc step b. blues ☆☆☆☆: gostosa de ouvir go to her ☆☆☆: uma proposta diferente das outras faixas come back baby ☆☆☆

Apparently, this is considered one of the more essential records of the psychedelic era. Musically, it's solid, with good guitar playing and an excellent female vocalist(the male one is alright, but doesn't hold a candle to the lady). However, the drums leave a bit to be desired. Lyrically, some tracks try for profundity and succeed somewhat, though others are more cookie-cutter. The songs are short and try for hookiness somewhat, with mixed results. Overall, I'm mostly indifferent towards this. It has some good tracks and some mediocre ones, but it lacks any truly great tracks.

Have heard clips from “somebody to love” on tiktok and it was fun to listen to the whole song! Good instruments. The female singer is so good! Don’t think I will listen again but still a good listen.