Crown of Creation

Crown of Creation was released in September 1968, 10 months after After Bathing at Baxter's, and is the fourth studio album by the San Francisco psychedelic rock band, Jefferson Airplane. The band continues its development of psychedelic music which begun with their previous work, After Bathing at Baxter's. The group had also been dabbling in electric rock with some references to science fiction intertwined in their messages. Musically, The Airplane expressed views regarding hippie ethos, left-wing politics, and anti-war messages. For those reasons, they did not have a commercialized sound, and the singles the band released were not big hits. It would prove to be the pinnacle of The Airplane's psychedelic experimentation, for their next studio album, Volunteers, explored more into country rock and hard rock.