The Essential Jefferson Airplane

The Essential Jefferson Airplane is a compilation of music from San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane spanning its entire career, excluding the brief reunion in 1989.

The Essential Jefferson Airplane
Greatest hits album by Jefferson Airplane
Released	April 26, 2005
Recorded	1965 – 1972
Genre	Rock
Length	2:06:06
Label	RCA Legacy
Jefferson Airplane chronology
Cleared for Take Off (2003) The Essential Jefferson Airplane (2005) At Golden Gate Park (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The Music Box	[3]

It follows their development from their beginnings in folk-rock through psychedelia to conventional rock genres.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Blues from an Airplane" – 2:12 from Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
2. "It's No Secret" – 2:39 from Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
3. "Come Up the Years" – 2:32 from Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
4. "She Has Funny Cars" – 3:09 from Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
5. "Somebody to Love" – 2:56 from Surrealistic Pillow
6. "Comin' Back to Me" – 5:15 from Surrealistic Pillow
7. "Embryonic Journey" – 1:54 from Surrealistic Pillow
8. "White Rabbit" – 2:32 from Surrealistic Pillow
9. "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil" – 4:32 from After Bathing at Baxter's (1967)
10. "Martha" (mono single version) – 3:27 from After Bathing at Baxter's
11. "The Last Wall of the Castle" – 2:42 from After Bathing at Baxter's
12. "Watch Her Ride" – 3:17 from After Bathing at Baxter's
13. "Lather" – 2:57 from Crown of Creation (1968)
14. "Crown of Creation" – 2:54 from Crown of Creation
15. "Greasy Heart" – 3:27 from Crown of Creation
16. "Share a Little Joke" (mono single version) – 3:06 from Crown of Creation

Disc two

1. "3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds" (live) – 4:46 from Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969)
2. "Plastic Fantastic Lover" (live) – 3:51 from Bless Its Pointed Little Head
3. "We Can Be Together" – 5:47 from Volunteers (1969)
4. "Good Shepherd" – 4:21 from Volunteers
5. "Wooden Ships" – 6:25 from Volunteers
6. "Eskimo Blue Day" – 6:33 from Volunteers
7. "Volunteers" – 2:04 from Volunteers
8. "Have You Seen the Saucers?" – 3:36 b-side to "Mexico" (1970)
9. "Mexico" (single version) – 2:09 non-album single
10. "When the Earth Moves Again" – 3:56 from Bark (1971)
11. "Pretty as You Feel" – 4:30 from Bark
12. "Third Week in the Chelsea" – 4:36 from Bark
13. "Long John Silver" – 4:26 from Long John Silver (1972)
14. "Twilight Double Leader" – 4:44 from Long John Silver
15. "Feel So Good" (live) – 11:23 from Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973)
16. "Milk Train" (live) – 3:28 from Thirty Seconds Over Winterland

References

1. Monger, James Christopher. The Essential Jefferson Airplane at AllMusic
2. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
3. Metzger, John (June 2005). "Jefferson Airplane The Essential Jefferson Airplane". The Music Box. Retrieved 27 January 2019.