Earth (Jefferson Starship album)

Earth
Studio album by Jefferson Starship
Released February 6, 1978
Recorded July - October, 1977 at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
Genre Rock, AOR
Length 41:27
Label Grunt/RCA
Producer Larry Cox / Jefferson Starship
Jefferson Starship chronology
Flight Log (1977) Earth
(1978)
Gold
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[1]
Robert ChristgauC[2]

Earth is a 1978 album by Jefferson Starship. The album was recorded in 1977, with the same band lineup as the previous album, Spitfire. The band had not toured in 1977, partly due to Marty Balin's reluctance to commit fully to the band. The song "Count on Me" became a Top-10 single, peaking at #8. The album itself hit #5 on the Billboard charts. A US and European tour followed which resulted in an audience riot in Germany after the band decided not to play without Grace Slick who was ill. They lost all their guitars and equipment during the riot and played one more tense show on German TV in Hamburg after which Grace left the band for one album. Marty Balin fronted the band for one more show at a Genesis concert at the Knebworth Festival in England using rented equipment. When they returned to the USA drummer John Barbata left the band after a serious car accident. This would be the end of the 1970s line-up and several new members joined the band, as well as a new record producer. Success of this album led to Jefferson Starship being contracted to provide a song for the Star Wars Holiday Special.

Track listing

Side A
No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Love Too Good"  Gabriel RoblesCraig Chaquico 6:03
2. "Count on Me"  Jesse BarishBarish 3:14
3. "Take Your Time"  Grace SlickPete Sears 4:08
4. "Crazy Feelin'"  BarishBarish 3:38
5. "Skateboard"  Slick, ChaquicoChaquico 3:18
Side B
No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Fire"  Marty Balin, Trish RobbinsDavid Freiberg, Sears 4:44
2. "Show Yourself"  SlickSlick 4:36
3. "Runaway"  N. Q. DeweyDewey 5:18
4. "All Nite Long"  Paul Kantner, Balin, Barish, SlickKantner, John Barbata, Sears, Chaquico, Freiberg 6:28

Personnel

Additional Personnel

Production

Singles

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2011). "Earth - Jefferson Starship | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  2. Christgau, Robert (2011). "Robert Christgau: CG: Jefferson Starship". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

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