Earth (Jefferson Starship album)

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Earth is a 1978 album by Jefferson Starship. The album was recorded in 1977, with the same band lineup as the previous album, Spitfire. The band had not toured in 1977, partly due to Marty Balin's reluctance to commit fully to the band. The song "Count on Me" became a Top-10 single, peaking at #8. The album itself hit #5 on the Billboard charts. A US and European tour followed which resulted in an audience riot in Germany after the band decided not to play without Grace Slick who was ill. They lost all their guitars and equipment during the riot and played one more tense show on German TV in Hamburg after which Grace left the band for one album. Marty Balin fronted the band for one more show at a Genesis concert at the Knebworth Festival in England using rented equipment. When they returned to the USA drummer John Barbata left the band after a serious car accident. This would be the end of the 1970s line-up and several new members joined the band, as well as a new record producer. Success of this album led to Jefferson Starship being contracted to provide a song for the Star Wars Holiday Special.

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Love Too Good"	Gabriel Robles	Craig Chaquico	6:03
2.	"Count on Me"	Jesse Barish	Barish	3:14
3.	"Take Your Time"	Grace Slick	Pete Sears	4:08
4.	"Crazy Feelin'"	Barish	Barish	3:38
5.	"Skateboard"	Slick, Chaquico	Chaquico	3:18

Side B

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Fire"	Marty Balin, Trish Robbins	David Freiberg, Sears	4:44
2.	"Show Yourself"	Slick	Slick	4:36
3.	"Runaway"	N. Q. Dewey	Dewey	5:18
4.	"All Nite Long"	Paul Kantner, Balin, Barish, Slick	Kantner, John Barbata, Sears, Chaquico, Freiberg	6:28

Personnel

• Grace Slick – vocals, piano on "Show Yourself"
• Paul Kantner – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Marty Balin – vocals
• Pete Sears – bass on "Skateboard", "Runaway", and "All Nite Long", electric piano on "Love Too Good", organ on "Love Too Good", "Count on Me", "Take Your Time", "Crazy Feelin", "Fire", and "Show Yourself", Moog on "Love Too Good", "Skateboard", and "All Nite Long", synthesizer on "Love Too Good", piano on "Count on Me", "Take Your Time", "Crazy Feelin'", "Fire", and "Show Yourself", celeste on "Count on Me", clavinet on "Crazy Feelin'" and "Fire"
• Craig Chaquico – lead guitar, rhythm guitar on "Love Too Good", "Crazy Feelin'", "Skateboard", and "Show Yourself", vocals
• John Barbata – electric drums, drums, congas, percussion, vocals
• David Freiberg – vocals, bass on all tracks except "Skateboard", "Runaway" and "All Nite Long", organ on "Skateboard", "Runaway", and "All Nite Long"

Additional Personnel

• Gene Page – strings, horns
• Jesse Barish – background vocals

Production

• Jefferson Starship – producer, arrangements, art direction
• Larry Cox – producer, engineer
• David Frazer – assistant engineer
• Steve Hall – recordist
• Pat Ieraci (Maurice) – production coordinator, art coordination
• Nat Quick – illustration
• Bill Thompson – manager
• Paul Dowell – amp consultant
• Cynthia Bowman – art coordination
• Bill Laudner – art assistant
• Gribbitt (Tim Bryant) – art director
• Don Davis – Earth dust sleeve illustration, Earth label illustration
• Roger Rossmeyer – photography
• Recorded and Mixed at Wally Heiders, San Francisco
• Strings and Horns arranged by Gene Page, Whitney Recording Studio, Glendale
• Mastered by John Golden at Kendun Recorders, Burbank

Singles

• "Count on Me" (3/11/78) #8 US
• "Runaway" (5/27/78) #12 US
• "Crazy Feelin'" (9/9/78) #54 US

External links

• Fong-Torres, Ben (May 18, 1978). "Jefferson Starship: Strange Times at the Launching Pad". Rolling Stone. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)