Volunteers
by Jefferson Airplane
Listen & Collect
Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.
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 290 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,623.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Listen to Volunteers on YouTube
Volunteers track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Volunteers rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 4 hours ago).
Hayden
imacgill
dihansse
Tamthebam
sssvnnn
O.T.
Norman Bates
RockyRaccoon
Patman360Volunteers collection
Showing latest 20 members who have this album in their collection | Show all 128 members
Volunteers ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 235 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/06/2026 17:37 | Jakor | 5,437 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2026 21:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,335 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/02/2026 09:53 | Olli | 7,733 | 62/100 |
| ! | 01/10/2026 21:13 | Pluto11 | 12,260 | 72/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2025 22:44 | machiaj | 805 | 71/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
Volunteers favourites
Showing latest 20 members who have added this album as a favourite | Show all 29 members
Volunteers comments
Showing latest 10 comments | Show all 13 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First |
Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
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.
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..."
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.
VictorVale 06/10/2021 22:08 | #270528
Clássico um pouco esquecido!
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.
Might be JA's best album. Maybe tied with Pillow but this sounds better and the band ability is at its peak.
Hey Frederick is the highlight IMO but all tracks are pretty good.
8/10
RoundTheBend 02/26/2016 01:51 | #160739
Volunteers and Sheppard are worth listening to, but the rest I'd be ok if I didn't hear it again. Not bad, just not good.
swhaze 12/29/2014 15:35 | #130358
"Volunteers" is the last 60's album The Jefferson Airplane recorded and what a classic it is. Merging folk and psychedelic sounds.
Favourite album from them with great psychedelic-country sounds and fantastic atmosphere of nature and freedom.
NickVolos 10/02/2013 08:23 | #87430 | TOP COMMENT
Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Best Airplane album, in my opinion, epitomizes the group's compositional maturity and playing ability. A "No Frills" political statement with some explicit lyrical references to top that: "Up against the wall (motherfucker)".
Your feedback for Volunteers
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.
