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The Worst of Jefferson Airplane
The Worst of Jefferson Airplane
Greatest hits album by Jefferson Airplane
Released	November 1970
Genre	Rock
Length	46:11; 52:54 (2006 bonus tracks)
Label	RCA Victor
Compiler	Jefferson Airplane, Bill Thompson, Pat Ieraci
Jefferson Airplane chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+^[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[5]

The Worst of Jefferson Airplane is the first compilation album from the rock band Jefferson Airplane, released in November 1970 as RCA Victor LSP-4459.^[1] The "Worst" in the title is ironic, as the album features all of Jefferson Airplane's hit singles up to that point. It peaked at #12 on the Billboard 200 in 1971^[6] and has since gone platinum.^[7]

Content

In 1970, the band underwent a period of inactivity because of internal personnel conflict and pursuit of individual projects. Drummer Spencer Dryden was ousted from the group, Marty Balin found his commitment to the band he had started becoming tenuous, Grace Slick was pregnant with her daughter for a good part of the year, Paul Kantner released his solo album Blows Against the Empire, and Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady busied themselves with their side project, Hot Tuna. With no group project in sight, RCA Records assembled this album centered upon the group's hit singles, with input from the band. "The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil", "Crown of Creation", and "Volunteers" all made the lower reaches of the Billboard Hot 100. "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" were the band's only Top 40 hits, reaching #5 and #8 respectively. To ensure a full picture of the group's musical interests, and possibly to ensure solidarity in the publishing income, the band included instrumentals by Dryden and Kaukonen, a country blues/gospel cover arranged by Kaukonen, and Balin's straightforward ballad "Today". This would be the final album featuring what is considered the "classic" line-up of the band, after Slick and Dryden joined, and before Balin and Dryden left.

Original LP copies of the album featured Victor "scroll" record labels from the late 1920s. The paper inner sleeve was a reproduction of a 1918 vintage Victor record sleeve. The interior of the gatefold cover featured a large color reproduction of the painting "His Master's Voice", the famous RCA Victor trademark. Later reissues of the LP were housed in a regular, non-gatefold cover and did not include the reproduction of the painting nor the 1918 inner sleeve, but the record still bore the vintage Victor labels.

Reissues

On July 29, 1997, RCA reissued a remastered version of Worst on compact disc. On June 6, 2006, RCA reissued the album again, this time with two bonus tracks which had both been released as singles, "Watch Her Ride" and "Greasy Heart".

Track listing

The tracks for side one and side two listed here are those of the original LP. The cassette version features the same songs, but arranged in a different order.

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"It's No Secret"	Marty Balin	Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)	2:37
2.	"Blues from an Airplane"	Balin, Skip Spence	Jefferson Airplane Takes Off	2:10
3.	"Somebody to Love"	Darby Slick	Surrealistic Pillow (1967)	2:54
4.	"Today"	Balin, Paul Kantner	Surrealistic Pillow	2:57
5.	"White Rabbit"	Grace Slick	Surrealistic Pillow	2:27
6.	"Embryonic Journey"	Jorma Kaukonen	Surrealistic Pillow	1:51
7.	"Martha"	Kantner	After Bathing at Baxter's (1967)	3:21
8.	"The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil"	Kantner	After Bathing at Baxter's	4:30

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"Crown of Creation"	Kantner	Crown of Creation (1968)	2:53
2.	"Chushingura"	Spencer Dryden	Crown of Creation	1:17
3.	"Lather"	G. Slick	Crown of Creation	2:55
4.	"Plastic Fantastic Lover" (live 1968)	Balin	Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969)	3:39
5.	"Good Shepherd"	traditional, arranged by Kaukonen	Volunteers (1969)	4:22
6.	"We Can Be Together"	Kantner	Volunteers	5:50
7.	"Volunteers"	Balin, Kantner	Volunteers	2:03

2006 CD bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
9.	"Watch Her Ride"	Kantner	After Bathing at Baxter's	3:16
10.	"Greasy Heart"	G. Slick	Crown of Creation	3:27

Note: CD bonus tracks were inserted after Side one in the track list, with Side two renumbering to tracks 11-17.

Personnel

Jefferson Airplane

Marty Balin – vocals, rhythm guitar
Grace Slick – vocals, piano, organ, recorder on all tracks except "It's No Secret" and "Blues from an Airplane"
Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar
Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, vocals
Jack Casady – bass
Spencer Dryden – drums, percussion on all tracks except "It's No Secret" and "Blues from an Airplane"
Signe Anderson – vocals on "It's No Secret" and "Blues from an Airplane"
Skip Spence – drums on "It's No Secret" and "Blues from an Airplane"

Additional personnel

Gary Blackman – nose solo on "Lather"
Gene Twombly – sound effects on "Lather"
Nicky Hopkins – piano on "We Can Be Together" and "Volunteers"

Production and recording details

Jefferson Airplane Takes Off released September 1966, recorded on 3-tracks
Surrealistic Pillow released February 1967, recorded on 4-tracks
After Bathing at Baxters released November 1967, recorded on 8-tracks
Crown of Creation released September 1968, recorded on 8-tracks
Bless Its Pointed Little Head released February 1969, recorded live on 8-tracks
Volunteers released November 1969, recorded on 16-tracks
Alton Kelley, Wes Wilson – album design
Jefferson Airplane, Bill Thompson, Maurice – album compilation

Charts

Chart (1970–1971)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[8]	28
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[9]	11
US Billboard 200^[10]	12

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[11]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ ^a ^b Ashley Brown, ed. (1990). "Airplanes and Starships". The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated History of Popular Music. Vol. 8 (Reference ed.). Marshall Cavendish. pp. 909–913. ISBN 1-85435-023-4.
^ The Worst of Jefferson Airplane sleeve notes
^ Joseph McCombs. "The Worst of Jefferson Airplane > Overview". Allmusic Guide. Archived from the original on June 28, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Archived from the original on May 25, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
^ "Jefferson Airplane > Billboard Albums" at AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
^ "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database". RIAA. Archived from the original on 2016-01-03. Retrieved 2017-09-16. (Type "Jefferson Airplane" under Artist.)
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 154. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 3736". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "Jefferson Airplane Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "American album certifications – Jefferson Airplane – The Worst of the Jefferson Airplane". Recording Industry Association of America.

[popular-1] Ashley Brown, ed. (1990). "Airplanes and Starships". The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated History of Popular Music. Vol. 8 (Reference ed.). Marshall Cavendish. pp. 909–913. ISBN 1-85435-023-4.

[2] The Worst of Jefferson Airplane sleeve notes

[AM1-3] Joseph McCombs. "The Worst of Jefferson Airplane > Overview". Allmusic Guide. Archived from the original on June 28, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2010.

[4] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Archived from the original on May 25, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[5] Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[6] "Jefferson Airplane > Billboard Albums" at AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2011.

[7] "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database". RIAA. Archived from the original on 2016-01-03. Retrieved 2017-09-16. (Type "Jefferson Airplane" under Artist.)

[aus-8] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 154. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[group=-9] "Top RPM Albums: Issue 3736". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

[ac_Billboard200_Jefferson_Airplane-10] "Jefferson Airplane Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

[United_StatesJefferson_AirplaneThe_Worst_of_the_Jefferson_AirplanealbumCertRef-11] "American album certifications – Jefferson Airplane – The Worst of the Jefferson Airplane". Recording Industry Association of America.

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The Worst of Jefferson Airplane

Content

Reissues

Track listing

Personnel

Jefferson Airplane

Additional personnel

Production and recording details

Charts

Certifications

References

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