on 2009-06-03 don1969 Said:

I pulled this little beauty out yesterday and was blown away like it was 1967. The Airplane produced a masterpiece with Surrealistic Pillow the songs, performance and production are stellar the vibe is killer. The remaster sounds really good and you get six bonus tracks as well (four wonderful strays and two mono single versions ), but to the tracks our opener She Has Funny Cars a rolling drum groove with great sounding reverb heavy guitars and Balin / Slick vocals soaring away , into Somebody To Love one of the the big hits on this album written by Darby Slick , Grace's brother a true 60's classic with totally freak out guitar solo by the great Jorma Kaukonen . The next group is a ballad laden line up, My Best Friend, Today (featuring Jerry Garcia's beautiful guitar work) and Come Back To Me all breathtaking beautiful songs, with a laid back trippy vibe.

3/5 of a Mile brings it back, or takes it up, a true garage rocker that some the youths could take notice , again the Rick Jarrard production does it for me "pure garage ", the Airplane takes off with White Rabbit, Plastic Fantastic Lover to close , all this with Marty Balin and Grace Slick singing, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Paul Kantner and original drummer Spencer Dryden laying down the sound.

If you like stuff like Brian Jonestown Massacre or even Brit Psychedelic stuff like Glasvegas (YIKES!!), just get this, it is a real defining masterpiece of 60's rock and a quintessential Jefferson Airplane album. Music to alter your consciousness.
Rating: 10/10