Surrealistic Pillow, Jefferson Airplane, 1967, :34
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
This is a big deal in the history of early psychedelic rock, but it's hit or miss to me. Grace Slick is a phenomenal vocal talent, but she's sort of hidden away here amongst the diluted Byrds aesthetic. "Comin' Back to Me" is five minutes of undiluted snooze. "Embryonic Journey" is some acoustic guitar strumming. “In the Morning” is six minutes of that slow, drawling, shuffling harmonica-based blues I am no fan of. Favorite tracks: "Somebody to Love," "White Rabbit." Favorite track they don’t play on the radio constantly: "She Has Funny Cars" for its drumming and male-female trade-off vocals.
