Red Octopus
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| Studio album by Jefferson Starship | ||||
| Released | June 13, 1975 | |||
| Recorded | February, 1975 at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, CA | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 42:00 | |||
| Label | Grunt/RCA | |||
| Producer | Jefferson Starship / Larry Cox | |||
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Cover art of original LP release
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| Robert Christgau | B− |
Red Octopus is a 1975 album by Jefferson Starship. It was the best-selling album by any incarnation of Jefferson Airplane and its spin-off groups, and the single "Miracles" hit #3 on the Billboard chart, being the highest-charting single any permutation of the band (including Jefferson Airplane) had until that point. This album was mixed and released in both stereo and quadraphonic. The album itself reached #1 on the Billboard 200.
Marty Balin, the founder of Jefferson Airplane, returned as a fully integrated member and either wrote or co-wrote five of the ten tracks, including "Miracles". The album paved the music direction of the band for their next two albums. The group attempted to create a commercialized sound which was a total contrast to their past works.
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