The PicturesĬover and back cover photo by Hiro. Produced by Al Schmitt engineered by Rich Scmitt featuring Maurice at the 8-track. Marty Balin (vocals, rhythm guitar), Jack Casady (Yggdrasil bass), Spencer Dryden (drums, steel balls, vocals, piano – organ), Paul Kantner (rhythm guitar, vocals), Jorma Kaukonen (lead guitar, vocals, electric chicken), Grace Slick (vocals, piano – organ) with Gary Blackman (nose solo), Charles Cockey (guitar, vocal), David Crosby (guitar), Tim Davis (congas), Bill Goodwin (talking drums), Gene Twombly (sound effects), Dan Woody (bongoes). The House At Pooneil Corners (Paul Kantner/Marty Balin) (5:46)ĭ4. Ice Cream Phoenix (Jorma Kaukonen/Charles Cockey) (2:59)ī5. Crown of Creation (Paul Kantner) (2:52)ī3. If You Feel (Gary Blackman/Marty Balin) (3:30)ī2. Share A Little Joke (Marty Balin) (3:04)ī1. In Time (Paul Kantner/Marty Balin) (4:07)Ī5. Read more Jefferson Airplane reviews Original LP VersionĪ2. All of the original Airplane albums are great rides, but Crown of Creation may be the least bumpy, which has more to do with the band working from a map than a dampening of their daredevil spirit. It’s all neatly contained by those two bizarre bookends, “Lather” and “The House At Pooneil Corners,” even as it threatens to burst at the seams from rebellion and science fiction. Crown of Creation strikes the perfect balance between superlative playing (Jack Casady, Spencer Dryden and Jorma continue to be the music’s diving force), big ideas, advanced production and psychedelic experimentation. Maybe the word I’m looking for is balance. The tracks that make the cut, like “If You Feel,” are there because they deserve to be there. You won’t find any arid stretches of experimental acid trips (Spencer Dryden’s “Chushingura” exorcises those demons in just over a minute) or unnecessary ego feeding. Jorma Kaukonen kicks in two surprisingly succinct psych-rockers, “Star Track” and “Ice Cream Phoenix.”Īlthough this doesn’t appear to have been the case, Crown of Creation sounds like a double album of material distilled down to its most essential moments. Cowriting two tracks with Paul Kantner, the pair strike upon the quintessential Airplane sound, from the trippy “In Time” to the explosive “The House At Pooneil Corners.” Grace Slick breathes life into legend one moment (“Triad”) and cuts down the counterculture scene the next (“Greasy Heart”). Marty Balin, for example, is no longer the out-of-place balladeer. They still continue to bring their individual ideas to the studio, but the arrangements display a groupthink that was noticeably absent on the sprawling Baxters.
Listening to this album, you get the sense that the band had grown up or grown closer. The band reined in the experiments of Baxters and wrote what might be their strongest collection of songs for Crown of Creation. Picking a favorite Airplane ride is probably fool’s work they all take you to different places, and it depends on the mood you’re in. Kronomyth 4.0: My crown is called content. Издание содержит 2 буклет с дополнительной информацией на английском языке Диски упакованы в Jewel Case и вложены в картонную коробку Содержание CD1: Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow 1 She Hаьшпаas Funny Cars 2 Somebody To Love 3 My Best Friend 4 Today 5 Comin' Back To Me 6 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds 7 DCBA - 25 8 How Do You Feel 9 Embryonic Journey 10 White Rabbit 11 Plastic Fantastic Lover 12 In The Morning (Bonusблбчб Track) 13 JPP McStep B Blues (Bonus Track) 14 Go To Her (Bonus Track) 15 Come Back Baby (Bonus Track) 16 Somebody To Love (Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 17 White Rabbit (Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) CD2: Jefferson Airplane Crown Of Creation 1 Lather 2 In Time 3 Triad 4 Star Track 5 Share A Little Joke 6 Chushingura 7 If You Feel 8 Crown Of Creation 9 Ice Cream Phoenix 10 Greasy Heart 11 The House Aбсгльt Pooneil Corners 12 Ribump Ba Bap Dum Dum (Bonus Track) 13 Would You Like A Snack (Bonus Track) 14 Share A Little Joke (Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 15 The Saga Of Sydney Spacepig (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track) Исполнитель "Jefferson Airplane".Time flies on this standout collection of songs from these redoubtable flyers of psychedelic space and time.
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