Its smirky title notwithstanding, The Worst of Jefferson Airplane provides a fine recap of the band's first six albums.
Released in 1970 shortly before Marty Balin's initial departure from the band, the album marked not only the end of the decade but, unwittingly, the end of the group's most stable phase in terms of membership.
The track selections are evenly divided among the first-generation albums; only the live Bless Its Pointed Little Head is represented by a single entry.
Pains were also taken to include songs featuring lead vocalists Balin, Grace Slick, Paul Kantner, and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen.
A few omissions are striking, most notably the chart single "Greasy Heart" and the signature Kantner track, "Wooden Ships." Nevertheless, the songs chosen for this album accurately summarize the distinct feel of each Jefferson Airplane album of the '60s, and thus the disc represents an ideal way to introduce oneself to the band's early, most psychedelic material.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It's No SecretMarty Balin | Jefferson Airplane | Play | 02:37 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Blues from an AirplaneMarty Balin, Skip Spence | Jefferson Airplane | Play | 02:12 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Somebody to LoveDarby Slick | Jefferson Airplane | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | TodayMarty Balin, Paul Kantner | Jefferson Airplane | Play | 03:17 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | White RabbitGrace Slick | Jefferson Airplane | Play | 02:30 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Embryonic JourneyJorma Kaukonen | Jefferson Airplane | Play | 01:54 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | MarthaPaul Kantner | Jefferson Airplane | Play | 03:29 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Crown of CreationPaul Kantner | Jefferson Airplane | Play | 02:54 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | ChushinguraSpencer Dryden | Jefferson Airplane | Play | 01:21 | 3 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | LatherGrace Slick | Jefferson Airplane | Play | 02:57 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Watch Her Ride | Jefferson Airplane | Play | 03:17 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Greasy Heart | Jefferson Airplane | Play | 03:44 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 13 | The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil | Jefferson Airplane | Play | 10:26 | 23 MB | 0 MB |
| 14 | We Can Be Together (Remastered) | Jefferson Airplane | Play | 05:47 | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| 15 | Good Shepherd (Remastered) | Jefferson Airplane | Play | 04:21 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 16 | Volunteers (Remastered) | Jefferson Airplane | Play | 02:03 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 17 | Plastic Fantastic Lover (Live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA - October 1968) | Jefferson Airplane | Play | 03:53 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 60 mins | 139 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marty Balin | Composer, Guitar, Vocals |
| 2 | Jack Casady | Bass |
| 3 | Spencer Dryden | Composer, Drums |
| 4 | Eddie Eddings | Vault Research |
| 5 | Mike Hartry | Digital Transfers |
| 6 | Jefferson Airplane | Primary Artist |
| 7 | Paul Kantner | Composer, Guitar, Vocals |
| 8 | Jorma Kaukonen | Composer, Guitar, Vocals |
| 9 | Alton Kelley | Cover Design |
| 10 | Dalita Keumurian | Project Manager |
| 11 | Bill Lacey | Audio Restoration |
| 12 | Darby Slick | Composer |
| 13 | Grace Slick | Composer, Keyboards, Vocals |
| 14 | Skip Spence | Composer |
| 15 | Jeff Tamarkin | Essay, Liner Notes |
| 16 | Traditional | Composer |
| 17 | Paul Williams | Reissue Coordination |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |