Volunteers
by Jefferson Airplane

Album
Volunteers by Jefferson Airplane
Year: 1969
Release date: 1969-11-12
Overall rank: 2,031st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 237 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (52nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (191st)
Award Best albums of all time (2,031st)

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Jefferson Airplane bestography

Volunteers is ranked 3rd best out of 25 albums by Jefferson Airplane on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Jefferson Airplane is Surrealistic Pillow which is ranked number 291 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,575.

Jefferson Airplane album bestography « Higher ranked (2,000th)
After Bathing At Baxter's This album (2,031st)
Volunteers Lower ranked (3,696th) »
Crown Of Creation

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Overall rank: 2,031st | 1960s rank: 191st | 1969 rank: 52nd  Overall chart history
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78/100 (from 237 votes)
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From RockyRaccoon 09/05/2026 18:53 in From the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota: Rocky's Log
“This is Jefferson Airplane at their most politically charged, confrontational, and unapologetically countercultural, and it also ended up being the last Jefferson Airplane album with the band’s classic lineup, as following this, Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen formed Hot Tuna while Paul Kanter and…”
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From neilgee 08/30/2026 15:55 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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From BestEverAlbums 08/04/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5394): By O.T.
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1975) 2. by (1959) 3. by (1970) 4. by (1975) 5. by (1969) 6. (1976) 7. (1969) 8. by (1968) 9. by (1976) 10. by (1967) 11. by (1975) 12. by (1969) 13. by (1972) 14. by (1968) 15. by by (1964) 17. by (1972) 18. (1982) 19. by (1975)…”
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From 01/14/2024 09:21 | #301161
Excellent psychedelic album. Can almost smell the incense and other concoctions on the air. Recording quality not the best but that kind of adds to the experience. Tough call between this and Crown of Creation. (Edited)
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From 03/03/2022 23:48 | #282218
An indelible part of the spring and summer of 1970, yet I can't quite call it a favorite- this most unstable of all the great bands was cracking up, and the fissures are everywhere. Still, "Good Shepherd," "Eskimo Blue Day," "Wooden Ships..."
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From 09/05/2021 15:39 | #273339 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Amazing album. The Airplane's best. A brilliant social/political commentary and easily their most consistent set of songs. Classic. Should get much more attention than it does. (Edited)
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From 06/10/2021 22:08 | #270528
Clássico um pouco esquecido!
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From 02/03/2021 04:59 | #265646
It's not their most compelling release, but it has its moments. I preferred side 2, which really captures a mood that 1969 must have invoked on the Airplane, fittingly concluding with a signature-sounding title track "Volunteers".

But, overall, probably a record that same-era collectors could pass on in favour of Jefferson Airplane's earlier albums.
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