WHEN THE TRUTH IS
FOUND
TO BE LIES
AND ALL THE JOY
WITHIN YOU DIES...
Surrealistic Pillow
is the second
studio album
by the
American
Rock band
released on
February 1, 1967,
by RCA Victor.
It is the first album
by the band
with vocalist
and
drummer
Spencer Dryden.
The album peaked
at number three
on the
Billboard 200
and has been
certified platinum
by the
Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA).
It is considered to be
one of the most
influential and
quintessential works
of the early
Psychedelic
Rock Era
and 1960s
counterculture.
"My Best Friend"
was released as
the first single
in December 1966
but only reached
No. 103
on the
Billboard Bubbling
Under chart.
Two more singles
were released
in the spring of 1967:
"Somebody to Love"
and
"White Rabbit"
peaked respectively
at number five
and number eight
on the
Billboard Hot
100 chart
and are the
band's only
Top 40 hits
on that chart.
"Today"
was not released
as a single
but was played
often on
college radio
and
rock stations
and remains one
of their most
popular songs.
In 2024,
the album was
added to the
National Recording
Registry by the
Library of Congress
for being
“culturally,
historically,
or aesthetically
significant”
to American
recorded music.
Background
Early drummer
Alexander "Skip" Spence
left the band
in mid-1966.
He was
soon replaced
by
Spencer Dryden,
an experienced
Los Angeles
jazz drummer
and the
half-nephew of
Charlie Chaplin.
New female
vocalist
formerly with another
San Francisco
rock band
The Great Society,
joined the Airplane
in October 1966.
Slick,
Dryden,
male lead
vocalist-guitarist-songwriter
and founder
of band
Marty Balin,
guitarist-vocalist-songwriter
Paul Kantner,
lead guitarist
(and occasional vocalist)
Jorma Kaukonen,
and bassist
Jack Casady
formed the core
of the best-known
line-up of the group,
which remained
stable until
Dryden's departure
in early 1970.
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