Ride The Tiger/That's For Sure/Be Young You/Caroline/Devil's Den/Come To Life/All Fly Away/Hyperdrive
Dragon Fly was the debut album from Jefferson Starship. They differed from Jefferson Airplane in eschewing hippy-dippy idealism, focussing instead on delivering a more mainstream rock sound. (US:11)
“The hard-rocking Ride The Tiger kicks of proceedings nicely with some great guitar solos. The material bounds along in pretty much the same radio friendly vein without anything being particularly outstanding, apart from the excellent Caroline. Grace Slick’s voice is as powerful as always.”
“Jefferson Starship is born. The transition from psychedelic welterweight to arena rock monsters begins here. Dragon Fly is a transitional album, but there are a couple of stone killers here. Ride The Tiger is simply a beast and Hyperdrive is utterly amazing with Caroline just beautiful. All things considered Jefferson Starship couldn't have asked for a much better debut.”
“Although Grace Slick and Paul Kantner are here, musically this isn't quite the Jefferson Airplane of old. Certainly there are the same vocal harmonies, but for the most part, they just became a typical mid '70s rock band here. This album does have some standout material, but a lot of non-memorable stuff as well.”
“Jefferson Airplane evolves into Jefferson Starship in this album that, despite the name change, seems a natural progression of the Airplane's cosmic minded, hippie drenched music. Marty Balin returns to the band with the stunning and dramatic rock epic Caroline, a progressive ballad that soars like a released bird into flight. Paul Katner's All Fly Away, is a hallucinogenic dream of other worldly horizons. Grace Slick's Devil's Den is a clever jaunting word play with fiddle.”
“Jefferson Starship's Dragon Fly must have looked very promising for fans of the recently disbanded Jefferson Airplane. This has a great buoyancy of sound and clarity of vision and purpose not seen by this group since Volunteers. The singing and instrumentation have bite, vigour and elegance. This is no nostalgia-for-the-sixties band here. This is the work of a new band with a refined direction. With long-estranged vocalist Marty Balin back in the fold on one killer track, Caroline, this album was assured some commercial success and lots of news coverage. Individual cuts are amongst the finest by either the Airplane or Starship.”
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