CROWN OF CREATION

The music style is American west coast rock with psychadelic leanings. Based on blues and folk music yet evolved into something a bit different. Highlights include opening track "Lather", the David Crosby penned "Triad" (the menage a trois lyrics must have been considered offensive by many in those days, and the song was originally rejected by Crosby´s band The Byrds), "Greasy Heart" and "The House At Pooneil Corners". The latter is the most adventurous song on the album. The first three mentioned are all Grace Slick led tracks. She sounds so confident and passionate on this album and there´s just something magical about the way she sings. Marty Balin´s vocals aren´t as prominent as they used to be which is a bit of a shame, as he has a distinct sounding vocal style and a strong voice.

Later reissues of "Crown of Creation" features quite a few bonus tracks. Some of which are rather experimental/avant garde styled, which is not something we´re used to hear from the band. "Would You Like a Snack?" is for example a collaboration with Frank Zappa and if you´re familiar with his avant garde rock style from those days (with Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention) that´s very obvious.

The musicianship is excellent. A tight playing rhythm section, great male and female lead vocals and harmonies and both beautiful acoustic guitar work and more hard rocking distorted guitar parts. There´s a nice aggressive edge to the way Jorma Kaukonen plays his riffs and guitar solos, which is a great counterpart to the tranquill acoustic folk oriented moments on the album.

The sound production is of a good quality and it was definitely the best sounding production the band had had up until then. Warm, organic, and pleasant yet edgy when it needs to be. It´s a very suiting production for the material featured on the album. Upon conclusion "Crown of Creation" is a hig quality release through and through. It´s a bit more well structured and not quite as experimental in nature compared to "After Bathing at Baxter's (1967)", but it doesn´t work any less well. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.

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