Label: RCA / Legacy Records (US), 82276 71223 2
Style: Soft Rock
Country: San Francisco, California, U.S.
Time: 62:34
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 394 Mb
Charts: US #1, AUS #69, CAN #13, NZ #15. US: 2x Platinum.
Technically
speaking, Red Octopus was the first album credited to Jefferson
Starship, though practically the same lineup made Dragon Fly, credited
to Grace Slick/Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship. The difference, however,
was crucial: Marty Balin was once again a fully integrated bandmember,
writing or co-writing five of the ten tracks. And there can be little
doubt that it was Balin's irresistible ballad "Miracles," the biggest
hit single in the Jefferson Whatever catalog, that propelled Red Octopus
to the top of the charts, the only Jefferson album to chart that high
and the best-selling album in their collective lives. This must have
been sweet vindication for Balin, who founded Jefferson Airplane but
then drifted away from the group as it veered away from his musical
vision. Now, the collective was incorporating his taste without quite
integrating it -- "Miracles," with its strings and sax solo by nonband
member Irv Cox, was hardly a characteristic Airplane/Starship track. But
then, neither exactly was Papa John Creach's showcase, "Git Fiddler,"
or bassist Pete Sears' instrumental "Sandalphon," which sounded like
something from an early Procol Harum album. Slick has three strong
songs, among them the second single "Play on Love." Like Dragon Fly, Red
Octopus reflected a multiplicity of musical tastes; there were ten
credited songwriters, seven of whom were in the band. If there is any
consistency in this material, it is in subject matter (love songs). The
album is more ballad-heavy and melodic than the Airplane albums, which
made it more accessible to the broader audience it reached, though
"Sweeter Than Honey" is as tough a rocker as the band ever played.
(allmusic.com/album/red-octopus-mw0000194323)
01. Fast Buck Freddie (03:30)
02. Miracles (06:53)
03. Git Fiddler (03:11)
04. Ai Garimasu (There Is Love) (04:17)
05. Sweeter Than Honey (03:23)
06. Play On Love (03:46)
07. Tumblin' (03:29)
08. I Want To See Another World (04:36)
09. Sandalphon (04:11)
10. There Will Be Love (05:08)
11. Miracles (Single Version) (03:30)
12. Band Introduction (Live at Winterland, November 7, 1975) (01:15)
13. Fast Buck Freddie (Live at Winterland, November 7, 1975) (03:35)
14. There Will Be Love (Live at Winterland, November 7, 1975) (04:58)
15. You're Driving Me Crazy (Live at Winterland, November 7, 1975) (06:45)
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