Surrealistic Pillow
1967 studio album by Jefferson Airplane / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Surrealistic Pillow is the second studio album by the American rock band Jefferson Airplane, released by RCA Victor on February 1, 1967. It is the first album by the band with vocalist Grace Slick and drummer Spencer Dryden. The album peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[9] It is considered to be one of the most influential and quintessential works of the early psychedelic rock era and the 1960s counterculture.[10][11][12][13]
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| Released | February 1, 1967 (1967-02-01)[1] | |||
| Recorded | October 31 – November 22, 1966 | |||
| Studio | RCA Victor, Hollywood | |||
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| Length | 33:40 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | Rick Jarrard[7] | |||
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"My Best Friend" was released as the first single in December 1966 but only reached No. 103 on the Billboard Bubbling Under chart. Two more singles were released in the spring of 1967: "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" peaked respectively at number five and number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and are the band's only Top 40 hits on that chart. "Today" was not released as a single but was played often on college radio and rock stations and remains one of their most popular songs. It was also recorded by jazz saxophonist Tom Scott for his 1967 album The Honeysuckle Breeze; this version was sampled in the song "They Reminisce Over You" by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth.
In 2024, the album was added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” to American recorded music.[14]