Surrealistic Pillow
by Jefferson Airplane

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane
Year: 1967
Release date: 1967-02-01
Overall rank: 291st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 901 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1967 (12th)
Award Top 50 albums of of the 1960s (44th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (291st)

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Surrealistic Pillow is ranked as the best album by Jefferson Airplane.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 291st | 1960s rank: 44th | 1967 rank: 12th  Overall chart history
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81/100 (from 901 votes)
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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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From BestEverAlbums 4 days ago in Album of the day (#7425): Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane
Today's album of the day Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane ( | ) Year: 1967. Country: Jefferson Airplane discography rank: 1 (out of 25 listed on BEA) 1967 rank: 12 1960s rank: 44 Overall rank: 291 Average rating: 81/100 (from 900 votes). Tracks: 1. She Has Funny Cars 2. Somebody To Love 3.…
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From BestEverAlbums 09/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5423): By serpico
Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by serpico () 1. (1966) 2. by (1967) 3. by (1967) 4. by (1975) 5. by (1977) 7. by (1985) 8. by (1986) 9. (1990) 10. by by (1965) 12. by (1967) 13. by (1969) 14. by (1969) 15. (1970) 16. by (1970) 17. by (1971) 18. by (1971) 19. by (1972) 20. by…
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From BestEverAlbums 07/06/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5365): By amirmishali
Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by by (1985) 3. by (1969) 4. by (1970) 5. by (1975) 6. by (1972) 7. (1972) 8. by (1967) 9. by (1970) 10. by (1966) 11. by (1968) 12. by (1970) 13. by (1969) 14. by (1974) 15. by (1966) 16. by (1975) 17. by (1971) 18. by (1970) 19. by…
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From 4 days ago | #315992
Not sure why this isn't rated. I listened to it a while ago and loved it. Great psych rock album.
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From 06/09/2026 21:43 | #314855
Un gran disco que combina folk, blues y psicodelia, tiene dos temas conocidísimos como Somebody To Love y White Rabbit, pero también otras joyas como Today o Coming Back To Me, en resumen, una joya poco valorada de los 60's. (Edited)
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From 10/14/2025 20:24 | #311355
An eerie feel to this album with some nice poppy tunes scattered around too. White Rabbit and Somebody to Love are the obvious highlights, but I also like Today and Coming Back To Me. (Edited)
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75/100
From 06/26/2025 01:10 | #309712
I got this based on 'Somebody to Love' & 'White Rabbit' which were the only 2 songs I knew, but are such fantastic tracks and are 2 of the greater tracks to emerge from the late 60's. Hence I was hoping to find some deep cut gems but alas, I came away slightly disappointed. Good, but I was hoping for better. (Edited)
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75/100
There are some exceptional moments on here that outshine most of the other tracks on the record as the rest feel more like filler. This leads to an inconsistent listen for me as there is quite a bit of music that isn't extremely captivating or engaging. When the music is good it is fantastic however, with She Has Funny Cars, Somebody To Love, Today and White Rabbit being prime examples of this. Overall, this is an up and down release that leads to a pretty good album on the whole. (Edited)
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