SURREALISTIC PILLOW

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE were a big part of the summer of love in San Fransisco in 1967. With their two monster hits,"Somebody To Love" and "White Rabbit" this record became part of the culture of free love and drugs. Certainly the message for this generation was "Feed your head" as the song "White Rabbit" advised.

I was a little surprised at the aggressive garage-rock sounding guitars on the opener "She Has Funny Cars" and "3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds".

"Today" is a fragile beauty. "D.C.B.A.-25" has dual vocals and almost sounds like THE BYRDS. Some nice flute melodies on "Comin' Back To Te" and "How Do You Feel". "Embryonic Journey" is a psychedelic, guitar driven instrumental. I like it ! "Plastic Fantastic Lover" is kind of cool. I like the way he sings the title of the song.

As influencial as this was I think people who didn't grow up on this music would find it a little dated and hard to enjoy, except for the two hits of course. Good but not essential to prog lovers. 3.5 stars.