Track Listing
1. She Has Funny Cars
2. Somebody to Love
3. My Best Friend
4. Today
5. Comin' Back to Me
6. 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds
7. D.C.B.A.-25
8. How Do You Feel
9. Embryonic Journey
10. White Rabbit
11. Plastic Fantastic Lover
12. She Has Funny Cars
13. Somebody to Love
14. My Best Friend
15. Today
16. Comin' Back to Me
17. 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds
18. D.C.B.A.-25
19. How Do You Feel
20. Embryonic Journey
21. White Rabbit
22. Plastic Fantastic Lover
| Details | | Producer: | Rick Jarrard | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mixed | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Jefferson Airplane: Marty Balin, Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen (vocals, guitar); Grace Slick (vocals, piano, organ, recorder); Jack Cassady (guitar, bass); Spencer Dryden (percussion).
Recorded at RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World, Hollywood, California.
This newly remastered 2003 deluxe edition contains bonus tracks.
Jefferson Airplane: Grace Slick (vocals, recorder, piano, organ); Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Balin (vocals, guitar); Jack Casady (guitar, bass); Spencer Dryden (percussion).
Recorded at RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World, Hollywood, California.
Originally released on RCA Victor (3766). Includes liner notes by Jeff Tamarkin and Bill Thompson.
This 2001 reissue of SURREALISTIC PILLOW contains the stereo version followed by the original mono mix.
From the opening, hard-edged chords of "She Has Funny Cars," it's apparent that SURREALISTIC PILLOW, Jefferson Airplane's sophomore effort, is a far more spiky beast than the band's debut. It became not only San Francisco's soundtrack to the Summer Of Love, but all of America's. It spawned two Top Ten classics ("Somebody To Love" and "White Rabbit") and established the Airplane as one of the main pop voices of the cultural revolution.
Some of the newfound dynamism can be attributed to personnel changes. Singer-keyboardist Grace Slick, who joined the Airplane following a stint in the mildly successful Great Society, had a unique artistic gleam her predecessor, Signe Anderson, never possessed--both of the aforementioned hits were songs she'd written for her former band. And new drummer Spencer Dryden could make the music shake with heretofore-unheard polyrhythms, or walk a straight line with militaristic precision. SURREALISTIC PILLOW's other strengths lay in the band's boldly diverse sound. Effortlessly gliding from twisted Motown (the electrified "3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds"), to Dylanesque rock (Balin's "Plastic Fantastic Lover") to an acoustic, psychedelic bluegrass instrumental (Kaukonen's "Embryonic Journey"), the Airplane proved themselves able to at once interpret the cultural tide and make it radio-friendly.
Editorial Reviews
Ranked # 39 in Rolling Stone's Women in Rock: The 50 Essential Albums - ...A hard-hitting - yet tuneful - call to arms...
Rolling Stone (10/31/2002)
Included in Q's Best Psychedelic Albums of All Time.
Q (08/01/1999)
4 stars out of 5 - ...Their music stands among the psychedelic era's most powerful and enduring...
Q (12/01/2003)
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