- Artist:
- Jefferson Airplane
- See Also:
- Hot Tuna Balin, Marty Slick, Grace Spence, Alexander "Skip" Beach Boys (The) Jefferson Starship Kaukonen, Jorma Starship
- Description:
- Personnel includes: Grace Slick, Marty Balin, Paul Kantner.
Producers include: Matthew Katz, Tommy Oliver, Rick Jarrard, Al Schmitt, Jefferson Airplane.
Compilation producer: Paul Williams.
Includes liner notes by Ben Fong-Torres.
One of the oddest best-of albums in rock history, HITS documents, in chronological order, the evolution of Jefferson Airplane, a band that provided the soundtrack for a great deal of the `60s counterculture, into Starship, a band that provided the soundtrack for the Reagan-era Andrew McCarthy movie MANNEQUIN. Which is to say that despite the presence of ice-queen vocalist Grace Slick on just about every song here, there`s next to no stylistic connection between the Airplane`s acid/folk/rock agit-pop, Jefferson Starship`s slick, neo-Fleetwood Mac California-pop-lite, and Starship`s even slicker `80s new-wave ear candy. Of course, the fact that the same band (nominally) could be responsible for both "White Rabbit" and "We Built This City" is obviously a metaphor for something; whether it`s devolution or progress is a judgment call listeners will have to make for themselves.
- Track Listing:
- It`s No Secret
- Somebody to Love
- White Rabbit
- Embryonic Journey
- Plastic Fantastic Lover
- Comin` Back to Me
- Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil
- Greasy Heart
- Lather
- Crown of Creation
- Wooden Ships
- Volunteers
- Good Shepherd
- Have You Seen the Saucers
- Pretty as You Feel
- Third Week in the Chelsea
- Long John Silver
- Caroline
- Ride the Tiger
- Miracles
- With Your Love
- Count on Me
- Runaway
- Jane
- Find Your Way Back
- Stranger
- Be My Lady
- No Way Out
- Layin` It on the Line
- We Built This City
- Sara
- Tomorrow Doesn`t Matter Tonight
- Nothing`s Gonna Stop Us Now
- It`s Not Over (Til It`s Over)
- It`s Not Enough
Album Information
- Release Date:
- 09/29/1998
- Type:
- Performer
- Genre:
- Rock & Pop
- Subgenre:
- Psychedelic
- Label:
- RCA Records (USA)
- Catalog Number:
- 67705
- Original Release Year:
- 1998
- # of Discs:
- 2
- Studio/Live:
- Studio
- Mono/Stereo:
- Stereo
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