Modern Times (Jefferson Starship album)

Modern Times

Studio album by Jefferson Starship

Released

April 2, 1981

Recorded

1980-1981 at the Record Plant, Los Angeles and Sausalito

Genre

Rock, AOR

Length

38:26

Jefferson Starship chronology

Freedom at Point Zero
(1979)

Modern Times
(1981)

Winds of Change
(1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Modern Times is a 1981 album by Jefferson Starship. Grace Slick appeared on this album after a three-year absence. She returned near the end of the recording sessions, providing background vocals on some tracks as well as lead vocals on the single "Stranger" as a duet with lead singer Mickey Thomas. Although not appearing in the band picture on the gatefold cover, she is listed on the back cover of the LP with the credit "Introducing Grace Slick" and her picture is on the lyric sleeve with the note "Grace Slick courtesy of Grace Slick." She joined the band officially for the 1981 tour. MTV debuted in 1981 and this was the first Jefferson Starship album to have promotional music videos. It was also the first album to feature a charting single on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, which had premiered earlier in the year. The single "Find Your Way Back" reached #3 on the Mainstream Rock chart.

The song "Stairway to Cleveland" was inspired by a harsh review that Rolling Stone had given the album Freedom at Point Zero,^[2] inspiring Paul to wrap lyrics around a phrase he had heard from Paul Warren: "Fuck you! We do what we want!"

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Find Your Way Back"	Craig Chaquico	Chaquico, Tom Borsdorf	4:15
2.	"Stranger"	Jeannette Sears	Pete Sears	4:44
3.	"Wild Eyes (Angel)"	Paul Kantner	Kantner	4:02
4.	"Save Your Love"	J. Sears	P. Sears	5:58

Side two
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Modern Times"	Kantner, Mickey Thomas	Kantner	2:36
2.	"Mary"	J. Sears, Chaquico	Chaquico	3:37
3.	"Free"	Thomas, Chaquico	Chaquico	4:34
4.	"Alien"	J. Sears	P. Sears	4:42
5.	"Stairway To Cleveland (We Do What We Want)"	Kantner, Paul Warren	Kantner	3:58

Personnel

Craig Chaquico – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, synthesizer on "Find Your Way Back", "Mary", and "Free", steel drums on "Mary"
Aynsley Dunbar – drums, percussion, marimba on "Mary", synthesizer on "Free"
David Freiberg – vocals, bass on "Find Your Way Back", piano on "Stranger", synthesizer on "Stranger" and "Modern Times", organ on "Wild Eyes"
Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar, Oberheim 8-voice synthesizer on "Stairway to Cleveland"
Pete Sears – bass on all tracks except "Find Your Way Back", piano on "Find Your Way Back", "Wild Eyes", "Save Your Love", and "Alien" synthesizer on "Stranger", "Save Your Love", and "Alien", Moog on "Alien"
Mickey Thomas – lead vocals
Grace Slick – duet with Mickey Thomas on "Stranger", vocals on "Wild Eyes", "Alien", "Save Your Love" and "Stairway to Cleveland"

Production

Ron Nevison – producer for Gadget Productions, Inc., engineer
Michael Clink – engineer
Mike Reese – mastering
Pat Ieraci (Maurice) – production coordinator
Bill Murphy / Rod Dyer, Inc. – album design, art direction
Ryoko Ishioka – cover concept
Monica Clemans – cover model and eyes
Leon LeCash – photography
Bill Thompson – manager
Recorded and mixed at The Record Plant, Los Angeles - Sausalito
Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood

Singles / Music Videos

"Find Your Way Back" (1981) #29 US
"Stranger" (1981) #48 US
"Save Your Love" (1981) #104 US (single only / no music video)
"Stairway to Cleveland" (1981) (promo single only)

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Tamarakin, Jeff (2003). Got a Revolution: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-671-03403-0.

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Studio albums

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Jefferson Starship	Blows Against the Empire (with Paul Kantner) Dragon Fly Red Octopus Spitfire Earth Freedom at Point Zero Modern Times Winds of Change Nuclear Furniture Windows of Heaven Jefferson's Tree of Liberty

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Live albums

Archival releases

Compilations

Singles

"Somebody to Love"
"White Rabbit"
"The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil"
"Volunteers"
"Wooden Ships"
"Mexico"
"Ride The Tiger"
"Miracles"
"Play On Love"
"With Your Love"
"Count On Me"
"Runaway"
"Light the Sky on Fire"
"Jane"
"Find Your Way Back"
"Stranger"
"Be My Lady"
"Winds of Change"
"No Way Out"
"Layin' It on the Line"
"We Built This City"
"Sara"
"Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight"
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
"It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)"
"It's Not Enough"
"Planes"
"Good Heart"
"Let Me Fly"
"It's Not the Same as Love"

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