Freedom at Point Zero

Freedom at Point Zero
Studio album by Jefferson Starship
Released	November 1, 1979
Recorded	1979 at the Record Plant, Los Angeles and Sausalito
Genre	Rock
Length	42:27
Label	Grunt/RCA
Producer	Ron Nevison
Jefferson Starship chronology
Gold (1979) Freedom at Point Zero (1979) Modern Times (1981)

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Robert Christgau	C−

Freedom at Point Zero is a 1979 album by Jefferson Starship. It was the first album for new lead singer Mickey Thomas. The single "Jane" peaked on the charts at #14.

Aynsley Dunbar plays drums on this album; he had left Journey the previous year.

The song "Lightning Rose" predicts the concept of their Nuclear Furniture album, and in fact its character Lightning Rose would return on Nuclear Furniture as the key character in that album's concept.

"Jane" was featured in the 2009 video game Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, as well as the opening music to the film Wet Hot American Summer.

The album cover for Freedom at Point Zero was shot on location in the San Francisco Bay on board the USCGC Midgett (WHEC-726).

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Jane"	David Freiberg, Jim McPherson	Freiberg, McPherson, Paul Kantner, Craig Chaquico	4:07
2.	"Lightning Rose (Carry the Fire)"	Kantner	Kantner	4:36
3.	"Things to Come"	Kantner, China Wing Kantner	P. Kantner	4:49
4.	"Awakening"	Jeannette Sears	Pete Sears	7:59

Side two
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Girl with the Hungry Eyes"	Kantner	Kantner	3:28
2.	"Just the Same"	Chaquico, J. Sears	Chaquico, Eric Van Soest	5:17
3.	"Rock Music"	Chaquico, J. Sears	Chaquico	3:35
4.	"Fading Lady Light"	J. Sears	P. Sears, Mark Unobsky	3:39
5.	"Freedom at Point Zero (Climbing Tiger Mountain through the Sky)"	Kantner	Kantner	4:25

Personnel

• Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards on "Things to Come"
• Pete Sears – bass on "Things to Come", "Awakening", "Girl with the Hungry Eyes", "Rock Music", and "Freedom at Point Zero", keyboards on "Jane", "Lightning Rose", "Awakening", and "Just the Same", organ on "Fading Lady Light", electric rhythm guitar on "Fading Lady Light", vocals
• David Freiberg – vocals, bass on "Jane", "Lightning Rose", "Awakening", "Just the Same", and "Fading Lady Light", keyboards on "Things to Come", "Girl with the Hungry Eyes", "Rock Music", and "Freedom at Point Zero"
• Mickey Thomas – vocals
• Aynsley Dunbar – drums, percussion
• Craig Chaquico – lead guitar, rhythm guitar

Additional Personnel

• Steven Schuster – horns
• Tower of Power – horns on "Jane"

Production

• Ron Nevison – producer for Gadget Productions, Inc., engineer
• Michael Clink – engineer
• Mike Reese – mastering
• Pat Ieraci (Maurice) – production coordinator
• Paul Dowell – amp consultant
• Ria Lewerke-Shapiro – art direction, design
• Gary Regester – photography
• Tyrone Q. Thompson – star scout
• Bill Thompson – manager
• Recorded and mixed at The Record Plant, Los Angeles - Sausalito
• Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood

Singles

• "Jane" (1979) #14 US
• "Rock Music" (1979)
• "Girl With The Hungry Eyes" (1980) #55 US