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Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation Audio CD

A fair review of the Jefferson Airplane "Crown of Creation" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Jefferson Airplane reviews here, or go back to the Jefferson Airplane tabs.

Jefferson Airplane Band: Jefferson Airplane
Title: Crown of Creation
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Release Date: 2003-08-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 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: House at Pooneil Corners 12: Ribump Ba Bap Dum Dum [*] 13: Would You Like a Snack? [*] 14: Share a Little Joke [Mono Version][*][Version] 15: Saga of Sydney Spacepig [#][*]

Focusing on Spencer
I have always liked his tomtom work (I'm a drummer). I can't add anything to all the excellent comments about this extraordinary LP/CD, so I'll comment on Spencer Dryden's drumming. They seemed to have the same acrylic sound as Iron Butterfly's Ron Bushy. He has no problems with time [signature] changes. I was first impressed with his drumming on "Rejoyce"; then his intro solo on Bless Its Pointed Little Head's "It's No Secret. " He's excellent on "The House at Pooneil Corner" (from this LP/CD), the way he plays through the 7/4 middle of that song. Then he plays very tastefully on "Triad" with his ride cymbal (if you can't hear it, or never listened to it closely, turn up the high end). Simply gorgeous. I think, after listening to Dryden, his trademark sound is on the tomtoms, but it's nice to hear him break out when playing live. Great album: Crown of Creation.


JA's BEST WORK
This is one of the very finest examples of psychedelia as a musical genre ever. To my taste this is the most polished and peak piece of ja's work: the composition, production and musicianship are all dead on. It will hold it's own place in the history of American music. You didn't have to be there to get this one. .


what a creation
Don't get me wrong, it's Jefferson Airplane, and it was made during the height of their classic period, and the creative juices were flowing just as bizarrely as they ever were. Hmmm, well, I fail to see why Crown of Creation might be considered a classic album. . . but among some fantastic songs there's some noticeable laziness, or maybe it's not laziness and it's something else. Maybe I just don't get it. Hey, I'll admit that.

Still, I like most of the songs anyway, and even though a few of the songs have lazy-sounding verse melodies, such as the ones on "In Time" and "Ice Cream Phoenix" the album also contains some FANTASTIC songs, such as the title song. What a GREAT driving verse melody that song has. I love it. Or maybe that's the chorus? Well whatever it is, trust me, it's classic stuff. You'll love it. "Lather" has some spectacularly strange vocals from Grace Slick. I love her as a singer, and what she does here is just perfect.

"If You Feel" has REALLY awesome guitar playing over what seems like one looping memorable verse melody after another. I don't mean to say the melody actually loops- just that it's such a good song, it KEEPS being good for its entire length, and it builds slowly into something bigger, if that makes sense, mainly because of the guitar playing. I've never heard a guitar carry a verse melody quite like this before. It's really hard to explain.

And FINALLY "The House at Pooh Corner" is the CRAZIEST SONG I HAVE EVER HEARD. Okay, maybe I won't go *that* far, but if you're not completely shocked and amazed at THIS. . . well, don't bother with this band then.

Overall, no classic, but very good anyway. .


Crown of Creation
. I enjoy listening to this cd by Jefferson Airplane, Grace Slick never sounded so good.


Stuck in the past
In the early 70's, fresh out of the U. I'll admit, my taste in music tends toward fond memories. S. Navy Seabees and facing life in the real world, music was very important to me, and the Jefferson Airplane were high on my list. I hadn't heard Woman with a Greasy Heart in a long time, and I like it now as much as I did then.


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