Jefferson Airplane - Bark

Title: Bark Artist: Jefferson Airplane Release Date: 9/1971 Re-Released On: 7/20/2005 Label: RCA Records, Gruntland Duration: 44:17 Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPCs: 078636657424, 4988017633533 Genre: Rock Styles: Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Psychedelic, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Acid Rock, Arena Rock Moods: Autumnal, Dramatic, Provocative, Trippy, Cathartic, Dreamy, Eerie, Fiery, Hypnotic, Rousing, Ambitious, Calm/Peaceful, Cynical/Sarcastic, Literate, Manic, Passionate, Plaintive, Searching, Yearning, Aggressive, Earnest, Freewheeling, Gentle, Intense, Ironic, Reflective, Stylish, Wistful, Druggy, Raucous, Restrained Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. When the Earth Moves Again
2. Feel So Good
3. Crazy Miranda
4. Pretty as You Feel
5. Wild Turkey
6. Lawman
7. Rock & Roll Island
8. Third Week in the Chelsea
9. Never Argue With a German if You're Tired of European Song
10. Thunk
11. War Movie

Year Type Label Catalog # 2005 CD Gruntland 37630 1996 CD RCA Records 66574

No other editions were found for this album.

Bark, Jefferson Airplane's seventh album, was an album of firsts: it was the first Airplane album in almost two years; the first made after the arrival of violinist Papa John Creach and the departure of band founder Marty Balin; the first to be released on the group's own Grunt Records label. It was also the first Airplane album made after the onset of that familiar rock group disease, solo career-itis. Rhythm guitarist Paul Kantner had released his Blows Against the Empire, and Hot Tuna, the band formed by lead guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady, had released two albums since the last Airplane group release, Volunteers. Bark, perhaps as a result, was not so much a group record as a bunch of songs made by alternating solo artists with backup by the other group members. (Did someone say, "White Album"?) Kantner's tunes were science-fiction epics reminiscent of Blows; Kaukonen's "Feel So Good" and the instrumental "Wild Turkey" were indistinguishable from Hot Tuna music, while his lilting ballad "Third Week in the Chelsea" was nothing less than his resignation from the band, rendered in song; and Grace Slick's two contributions were characteristically idiosyncratic. The album's surprise was "Pretty as You Feel," a chart single that emerged out of a jam between new drummer Joey Covington, Casady, and Kaukonen. All of which is to say that there were some excellent songs on Bark (as well as some mediocre ones), even if the whole added up to less than the sum of the parts. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bill Lacey Audio Restoration Bill Lander Vocals Eddie Eddings Research Grace Slick Keyboards, Vocals Jack Casady Bass Jeff Tamarkin Liner Notes Jefferson Airplane Producer, Arranger, Audio Production Joey Covington Drums Jorma Kaukonen Guitar, Vocals Mike Hartry ?, Digital Transfers Papa John Creach Vocals, Violin Paul Kantner Guitar, Vocals Paul Williams Research, Reissue Supervisor