Playlist:The Very Best of Jefferson Starship (Eco-Friendly Packaging)

Jefferson Starship | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony Legacy
• ASIN: B001G7ID9Q
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,540 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #79 in Music > Classic Rock > Arena Rock

Track Listings

1. Ride The Tiger

2. Caroline

3. Miracles

4. Play On Love

5. With Your Love

6. Love Too Good

7. Count On Me

8. Runaway

9. Jane

10. Find Your Way Back

11. Stranger

12. Winds Of Change

13. Be My Lady

14. No Way Out

15. Layin' It On The Line

Editorial Reviews

Welcome to the Playlist series. Painstakingly compiled by the artists and the music nuts at Legacy Recordings, these collections truly represent an artists' complete body of work. We've fished through hundreds-thousands-of tracks to cherry pick the perfect playlists. Not just the hits (anyone can find those). The life changing cuts. The out-of-print tracks. The fan favorites everyone loves. The songs that make the artist who they are.

You’ll no doubt enjoy the sound of the beautifully remastered songs on this CD (as opposed to MP3's that contain less information, which translate into compromised sound). But we think the thing you'll appreciate most about this Playlist is that even though you didn't make it, you might wish you did.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Full Length Versions!, August 14, 2009

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Craig A. Buxton (Midlothian, Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Playlist:The Very Best of Jefferson Starship (Eco-Friendly Packaging) (Audio CD)

Most compilations, particularly the "budget-friendly" ones, provide edited songs for radio play (at one time called "singles"). I was pleased to note the full-length album versions of "Miracles," "Caroline," "Ride the Tiger," and "Runaway." Also nice to see "Winds of Change" from the underrated album of the same name.
You'd still need another disc to represent Jefferson Airplane, and while this one does not feature Starship recordings, that's not necessarily a bad thing.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Softer, Smoother Incarnation, October 14, 2010

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Gary F. Taylor "GFT" (Biloxi, MS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Playlist:The Very Best of Jefferson Starship (Eco-Friendly Packaging) (Audio CD)

Formed in 1965 San Francisco, Jefferson Airplane was an incredibly influential proponet of psychedelia, but the drugs, sex, and rock and roll lifestyle took a toll over the years. In the early 1970s Marty Balin left the band, Grace Slick survived a nasty car crash, and by 1972 everyone concerned thought they were pretty much over it, and Jefferson Airplane dispanded. But in 1974 the band reformed as Jefferson Starship, and over the next ten years released six more albums, with the 1975 RED OCTOPUS charting at number one.

BLOWS AGAINST THE EMPIRE is sometimes described as a Jefferson Starship recording, but it isn't among the "accepted" releases, and THE VERY BEST OF JEFFERSON STARSHIP offers nothing from it. The recordings here are from DRAGON FLY (1974) with "Ride the Tiger" and "Caroline;" RED OCTOPUS (1975) with "Miracles" and "Play on Love;" SPITFIRE (1976) with "With Your Love;" EARTH (1978) with "Love Too Good," "Count On Me," and "Runaway;" FREEDOM AT POINT ZERO (1979) with "Jane;" MODERN TIMES (1981) with "Find Your Way Back" and "Stranger;" WINDS OF CHANGE (1982) with "Winds of Change" and "Be My Lady;" and NUCLEAR FURNITURE (1984), with "No Way Out" and "Laying It On The Line." Tremendous in-fighting had always been a hallmark of Jefferson Airplane and this remained true of Jefferson Starship: the band's line-up changed from recording to recording, with both Marty Balin and Grace Slick leaving the band at various points and Mickey Thomas coming in as male vocalist in 1979.

Most "Best Of" collections seem calculated to inspire arguments among fans, who seldom agree on what should and shouldn't be included. Hardcore fans may indeed bicker, but this collection does seem to gather the essential cuts from each recording--and unlike many "Best Of" releases (the David Bowie is particularly notorious) it doesn't edit the selections to their radio-play length: this really is the full length "Caroline," clocking in at seven minutes and thirty-one seconds. Favorites will vary tremendously from fan to fan, but if I had to select my own they would be the elegant "Miracles," which offers a surprisingly smooth sound; "Count On Me," which is in much the same liquid tone; and "Winds of Change," which offers Grace Slick at her most cut-throat. Some of the tracks could use a remaster, but on the whole the quality is quite good.

Hardcore fans of Jefferson Airplane tend to dismiss Jefferson Starship (and fans of both dismiss Starship, the band's third and final incarnation), and it is true that the band veers increasingly toward glossy pop with the passage of time. Even so, there's no arguing with the musicianship involved. Recommended.

GFT, Amazon Reviewer
With Thanks to Michael Wilk, whose gift this CD was!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Tracks, February 10, 2010

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This review is from: Playlist:The Very Best of Jefferson Starship (Eco-Friendly Packaging) (Audio CD)

These are oldies that bring back some great memories. This album is lacking some of their other great songs and should be called part 1. Who knows why they did not make it a 2 CD set. It just makes me want to go out and buy the rest of their best hits. Jamming and talented band for sure.