Description: Performer Notes: The 1997 reissue of FREEDOM AT POINT ZERO was digitally remastered from a first-generation master tape and includes new liner notes which feature interviews with Paul Kantner.Jefferson Starship: Mickey Thomas (vocals); Paul Kantner (vocals, guitar); David Freiberg, Pete Sears (vocals, keyboards, bass); Craig Chaquico (guitar); Aynsley Dunbar (drums).Includes liner notes by David Cohen.All tracks have been digitally remastered.Personnel: David Freiberg (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Paul Kantner (vocals, guitar); Pete Sears (vocals, keyboards); Mickey Thomas (vocals); Craig Chaquico (guitar); Steven Schuster (saxophone, horns); Tower of Power (horns); Aynsley Dunbar (drums).Liner Note Author: David Cohen.Recording information: 06/19/1979-07/09/1979.Photographer: Gary Regester.Freedom at Point Zero is not a great Jefferson Starship album; the wonder is that it is as good as it is. Since the band's previous album, the Top Ten, million-selling Earth, the group had lost its two lead singers, Grace Slick and Marty Balin, and they had been replaced by Mickey Thomas. "Jane," released as a single in advance of the album, displayed the result: even before Thomas' soaring tenor entered, it sounded like Foreigner. But it also made the Top 20, which helped the album into the Top Ten and to a gold record award. Reluctant leader Paul Kantner came back to the fore, and, at least on the energetic "Girl with the Hungry Eyes" (a chart single), that was a good thing, though the more typically discursive, rhythmically static songs like "Lightning Rose" and "Things to Come" (on which Thomas, through the magic of overdubbing, replaced Slick and Balin) slowed things down. Other songwriting contributors such as bassist Pete Sears and guitarist Craig Chaquico brought in generic arena rock bombast like "Awakening" and "Rock Music," making this a typically uneven effort. Although Freedom at Point Zero demonstrated that the group could soldier on, the band without its quirky individualists was ultimately too generic, which made Slick's return on the next album welcome. ~ William Ruhlmann Producer: Ron Nevison Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo Country: USA Studio/Live: Studio Release Date: 20 May, 2011 Label: RCA Records Label Dimensions: 14 x 0.6 x 14 centimeters (0.03 kg)
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EAN: 0078636687728
UPC: 0078636687728
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Language: Eng
Producer: Ron Nevison
Release Year: 1997
Format: CD
Genre: Rock
Artist: Jefferson Starship
Record Label: RCA
Release Title: Freedom at Point Zero