Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane

Initially Jefferson s Airplane album Surrealistic Pillow sounds very traditional 60s sounding, in particular with a hint of merseybeat. The big hit is undoubtedly "Somebody to Love" featuring powerful yet enjoyable female vocals. It is in fact the warbling vocals of piano player Grace Slick which I find to be the most awesome thing about this album, deep yet very feminine sounding at the same time giving the band a distinct "hippy with conviction" sound. Unfortunately Grace isn t the regular singer and neither male vocalists quite get up to her level, although both of them have an approachable Paul McCartney like voice which perhaps makes the band ...