Surrealistic Pillow
"Surrealistic Pillow" is a great work of art. The Jefferson Airplane was one of
those many San Francisco groups that emerged during the era of the Summer of
Love during the late 1960's. The album contained two Top 10 hits, "Somebody To
Love" reaching #5, and "White Rabbit" reaching #8 on the Billboard Hot Singles
chart. The album reached #3 on the Billboard Albums chart. Jerry Garcia from
another San Francisco band, the Greatful Dead once said during the making of the
album, "This is surrealistic as a pillow". Although he was never present during
Jefferson Airplane's recording sessions, that was how the album got its title.
Grace Slick, Marty Balin and Paul Kantner share vocals on various different
songs on the album. Once you hear the tracks it has a great sound that will take
you to the times of the West Coast sounds of that era, regardless if you were
around those times or not. Other tracks like "She Has Funny Cars", and "Today"
are well worth listening to. "Surrealistic Pillow" captures the psychedelic era
of 1967 and still sounding great today.
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