The Essential Jefferson Airplane

The Essential Jefferson Airplane
Greatest hits album by
Jefferson Airplane
ReleasedApril 26, 2005
Recorded1965 – 1972
GenreRock
Length2:06:06
Label
Jefferson Airplane chronology
Cleared for Take Off
(2003) 		The Essential Jefferson Airplane
(2005) 		At Golden Gate Park
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Music Box[3]

The Essential Jefferson Airplane is a compilation of music from San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane spanning its entire career, excluding the brief reunion in 1989.

It follows their development from their beginnings in folk-rock through psychedelia to conventional rock genres.

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Blues from an Airplane" – 2:12 from Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
  2. "It's No Secret" – 2:39 from Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
  3. "Come Up the Years" – 2:32 from Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
  4. "She Has Funny Cars" – 3:09 from Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
  5. "Somebody to Love" – 2:56 from Surrealistic Pillow
  6. "Comin' Back to Me" – 5:15 from Surrealistic Pillow
  7. "Embryonic Journey" – 1:54 from Surrealistic Pillow
  8. "White Rabbit" – 2:32 from Surrealistic Pillow
  9. "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil" – 4:32 from After Bathing at Baxter's (1967)
  10. "Martha" (mono single version) – 3:27 from After Bathing at Baxter's
  11. "The Last Wall of the Castle" – 2:42 from After Bathing at Baxter's
  12. "Watch Her Ride" – 3:17 from After Bathing at Baxter's
  13. "Lather" – 2:57 from Crown of Creation (1968)
  14. "Crown of Creation" – 2:54 from Crown of Creation
  15. "Greasy Heart" – 3:27 from Crown of Creation
  16. "Share a Little Joke" (mono single version) – 3:06 from Crown of Creation

Disc two

  1. "3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds" (live) – 4:46 from Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969)
  2. "Plastic Fantastic Lover" (live) – 3:51 from Bless Its Pointed Little Head
  3. "We Can Be Together" – 5:47 from Volunteers (1969)
  4. "Good Shepherd" – 4:21 from Volunteers
  5. "Wooden Ships" – 6:25 from Volunteers
  6. "Eskimo Blue Day" – 6:33 from Volunteers
  7. "Volunteers" – 2:04 from Volunteers
  8. "Have You Seen the Saucers?" – 3:36 b-side to "Mexico" (1970)
  9. "Mexico" (single version) – 2:09 non-album single
  10. "When the Earth Moves Again" – 3:56 from Bark (1971)
  11. "Pretty as You Feel" – 4:30 from Bark
  12. "Third Week in the Chelsea" – 4:36 from Bark
  13. "Long John Silver" – 4:26 from Long John Silver (1972)
  14. "Twilight Double Leader" – 4:44 from Long John Silver
  15. "Feel So Good" (live) – 11:23 from Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973)
  16. "Milk Train" (live) – 3:28 from Thirty Seconds Over Winterland

References

  1. ^ Monger, James Christopher. The Essential Jefferson Airplane at AllMusic
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. ^ Metzger, John (June 2005). "Jefferson Airplane The Essential Jefferson Airplane". The Music Box. Retrieved 27 January 2019.


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