Surrealistic Pillow
by Jefferson Airplane
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Surrealistic Pillow is ranked as the best album by Jefferson Airplane.
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Surrealistic Pillow track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Surrealistic Pillow rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 32 Music Albums of 1967 | 30/32 | 0 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 60 Music Albums of 1967 | 24/60 | 3 |
| 2026 | Pavloss | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1960s | 50/50 | 0 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 38 Music Albums of 1967 | 14/38 | 3 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 40/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 35 Music Albums of the 1960s | 9/35 | 15 |
| 2026 | Fritz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 42/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 31 Music Albums of 1967 | 12/31 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 50 Music Albums of 1967 | 47/50 | 0 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 41/100 | 58 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 847 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 5,559 | |||
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Surrealistic Pillow ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/07/2026 02:50 | OldWiseOne1969 | 160 | 82/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2026 15:18 | Mafedere | 844 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/29/2026 10:19 | Siromynian | 1,786 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.9/100, a mean average of 80.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.
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Surrealistic Pillow forum mentions
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Classic Californian rock. Surrealistic pillow, is a superb record. Released at the time when the psychedelic scene was in full swing, this album isn't quite as out there as their next record would be, in fact, surrealistic pillow, is just a damn good rock'n'roll record. Somebody to love, today, and, plastic fantastic lover, are all quality cuts but the real clincher is, white rabbit. Along with Procul Harum's, whiter shade of pale, white rabbit, is one of the greatest songs/singles to be released during the flower power era. A great song from a great album. (Edited)
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/02/2010 19:55 | #13950 | TOP COMMENT
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This came out in the "summer of love" 1967, along with "Sgt. Pepper", "the Doors", and "Are you experienced"...I think that the feeling of that summer can be best understood by the first line of "Somebody to love"..."When the truth is found, to beeeeeeee liiiiiiieeeeeeeesssssssss" and then the two percussive organ chords put a period on that sentence....perfect summation of the counterculture movement... I was too young to be a participant in that movement and I was more of a spectator, but I remember my reaction to the first line of that song.. (Edited)
Amazing album. Deserves top 100 much more than Bon Iver or Weezer.
skullcandy159 08/21/2012 00:10 | #48931 | TOP COMMENT
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From the first listen there was just something about this album that just clicked. To this day it's one of my favorites
Favorite Track--White Rabbit (Edited)
One of those increasingly rare albums where every song could be a hit single. A classic album that deserves to have a similar reputation to albums such as Sgt Pepper & Pet Sounds.
Key tracks: She Has Funny Cars, Somebody to love, Today, 3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds, White Rabbit (Edited)
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