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The pysche sound of their earlier works was already less present in "Volunteers" their last and very good studio effort. This one confirms the tendancy.

The opening number has a bit of country flavour which is not really what I would have expected from the Airplane. Let's hope it is the only one of that vein. With "Feel So Good", the traditional JA fan knows that the band is on track again : a good old pyschedelic number with loads of guitar work. My beloved Grace (yes I know, I am biased) is absolutely superb in "Crazy Miranda". A very good song with strong background piano. Airplane at its best. Same flavour again with "Pretty As You Feel".

"Wild Turkey" is a hard-bluesy number. Some violin during this all-intrumental number. Not really on par with the last three numbers to be honest. " Rock And Roll Island" as the name indicates is a strong rock song. Great tempo and strong vocals by Kaukonen backed up by Slick. Very good I must say.

"Third Week In The Chelsea" is a folkish, acoustic number. Some country mood as well. Not my cup of tea and far from what JA traditional repertoire. One of the weakest track on this album. Then comes "Never Argue With A German If You're Tired" is the weakest. Why the hell did the Airplane need to produce this song with German lyrics ? This track is rather chaotic and rather decadent. Gives an impression of the pre-war Berlin and its cabaret night-life. A bit of "Götterdämmerung" impression. The worst number on this album (and probably the worst of the whole JA repertoire so far) is definitely "Thunk". Really a stupid number that should have been remained unrealeased. The closing number "War Movie" is a good one hopefully although that vocals are poorly produced in the first half. It is a more traditional Airplane song, with Slick on the backing as she is often used to. To get the full splendour of her voice, one will need to wait for her solo album "Manhole" (but the inspiration is of course totally different). I am not so enthusiast about this release. Too few great numbers to make it memorable I'm afraid. A serious slide down in comparison with "Volunteers". Two stars.

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