Blows Against the Empire

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All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann
Paul Kantner's debut solo album actually was credited to "Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship," the first use of the "Starship" billing, predating the formation of the group with that name by four years. Kantner used it, extrapolating on the name of his current band, Jefferson Airplane, to refer to Blows's science fiction concept: A bunch of left-wing hippies closely resembling his San Francisco Bay Area compatriots hijack a government-built starship and head off to re-start the human race on another planet. Kantner had presaged this post-apocalyptic colonization idea on "Wooden Ships" on the last Airplane album, Volunteers, and here he expanded it out to album length with...
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All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann
Paul Kantner's debut solo album actually was credited to "Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship," the first use of the "Starship" billing, predating the formation of the group with that name by four years. Kantner used it, extrapolating on the name of his current band, Jefferson Airplane, to refer to Blows's science fiction concept: A bunch of left-wing hippies closely resembling his San Francisco Bay Area compatriots hijack a government-built starship and head off to re-start the human race on another planet. Kantner had presaged this post-apocalyptic colonization idea on "Wooden Ships" on the last Airplane album, Volunteers, and here he expanded it out to album length with the help of members of The Airplane, the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Crosby, Stills and Nash, plus assorted others, a shifting supergroup informally known as PERRO, The Planet Earth Rock And Roll Orchestra. Kantner later would borrow that name for a subsequent solo album. Blows actually was a little loose as concept albums go, seeming as concerned with the arrival of Kantner and Grace Slick's baby as with the departure of the starship. Kantner employed often dense instrumentation and complex arrangements, but there were enough hooks and harmonies to keep things interesting. Blows eventually went gold, and it was even nominated for a science fiction award usually reserved for novels.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 10/28/2008
  • Label: Sony Legacy
  • UPC: 886973356715
  • Catalog Number: 733567
  • Sales rank: 148,806

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Mau Mau (Amerikon) (6:35)
  2. 2 The Baby Tree (1:43)
  3. 3 Let's Go Together (4:21)
  4. 4 A Child Is Coming (6:19)
  5. 5 Sunrise (1:53)
  6. 6 Hijack (8:16)
  7. 7 Home (0:36)
  8. 8 Have You Seen the Stars Tonite (3:41)
  9. 9 XM (1:24)
  10. 10 Starship (7:04)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Paul Kantner Primary Artist, Indexed Contributor, Guitar, Vocals
Mickey Hart Drums
Jerry Garcia Banjo, Guitar
Jefferson Airplane Track Performer
Jorma Kaukonen Guitar
Graham Nash Percussion, Vocals, Background Vocals
Grace Slick Keyboards, Vocals
Joey Covington Percussion, Drums
Peter Kaukonen Guitar
Harvey Brooks Bass
Jack Casady Bass
David Crosby Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocals
David Freiberg Vocals, Background Vocals
Bill Kreutzmann Drums
Jefferson Starship Track Performer
Technical Credits
Paul Kantner Producer, Audio Production
Ron Dudley Contributor
Phil Sawyer Contributor
Bill Thompson Contributor
Pat Ieraci Engineer
Allen Zentz Engineer
Joe Lopes Engineer
Jeff Tamarkin Liner Notes
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Blows Against The Empire - Yesterday and Today?

    As fresh and invigorating today as it was when first released. The tunes still merit rave reviews. Taken together, the musicians, music and Grace Slick’s vocals to boot…What could be better

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