Jefferson Airplane 
The best album credited to Jefferson Airplane is Surrealistic Pillow which is ranked number 291 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 5,576.
Jefferson Airplane is ranked number 245 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 8,068.
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- Papa John Creach
- Paul Kantner
- Marty Balin
- Alexander Spence
- Jorma Kaukonen
- Grace Slick
- See also:
- Paul Kantner & Grace Slick
- Jorma Kaukonen And Tom Constanten
- John Hurlbut / Jorma Kaukonen
- Jorma Kaukonen And Vital Parts
- Papa John Creach & Midnight Sun
- Papa John Creach & Zulu
- Quicksilver Messenger Service
- Moby Grape
- Jefferson Starship
- Hot Tuna
- Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship
- Starship
- Paul Kantner, Grace Slick & David Freiberg
- Grace Slick & The Great Society
- The Great Society
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Jefferson Airplane best albums
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| ! | 09/30/2025 23:58 |  hoyquarlow | 260 | 72/100 |
| ! | 08/11/2024 13:33 | pago82 | 1,405 | 67/100 |
| ! | 02/05/2024 11:37 | bonnequestion | 418 | 71/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 3% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 79.9/100, a mean average of 79.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.4/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 14.9.
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When they were good they were fantastic. When they were bad there was almost no bottom. Unfortunately, it seemed like they spent a lot of their time seeking out the bad. Still, they brought two of the nicest people into the industry in Jorma and Jack, and maybe the most interesting writer in Grace. They were a legitimately great band, just an ungodly erratic and unstable one. Where the dead belonged together, these guys belonged in different states and different decades most of the time. In Paul's case a different constellation altogether.
Brandon8 TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/27/2021 05:25 | #267800
One of the best bands of the late 60s does not get enough credit
The Airplane is the definitive psychedelic band of the late 60's. Probably the most integrally unified band of the time.
Grace Slick, IMHO, was the top female vocalist of the era, and one of the best all-time rocker chicks. Jack Cassady was an underrated, under-appreciated bassist. JA was and is, an iconic musical group.
One of those old hippie bands that my older siblings used to play (along with Crosby Stills and Nash, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, and the Rolling Stones).
DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/29/2015 19:49 | #138174
Psychedelic gods. Such a fantastic sound.
