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.
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
  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
  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
  10. "Martha" – 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
  14. "Crown of Creation" – 2:54 from Crown of Creation
  15. "Greasy Heart" – 3:27 from Crown of Creation
  16. "Share a Little Joke" – 3:06 from ''Crown of Creation''

Disc two

  1. "3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds" – 4:46 from Bless Its Pointed Little Head
  2. "Plastic Fantastic Lover" – 3:51 from Bless Its Pointed Little Head
  3. "We Can Be Together" – 5:47 from Volunteers
  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"
  9. "Mexico" – 2:09 non-album single
  10. "When the Earth Moves Again" – 3:56 from Bark
  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
  14. "Twilight Double Leader" – 4:44 from Long John Silver
  15. "Feel So Good" – 11:23 from Thirty Seconds Over Winterland
  16. "Milk Train" – 3:28 from ''Thirty Seconds Over Winterland''