After Bathing at Baxter's
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| Studio album by Jefferson Airplane | ||||
| Released | November 27, 1967 | |||
| Recorded | June–October, 1967 at RCA, Hollywood | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock | |||
| Length |
43:38 (original) 67:53 (2003 reissue) |
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| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | Al Schmitt | |||
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| Singles from After Bathing at Baxter's | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    |
| Rolling Stone | positive |
After Bathing at Baxter's, the third album by the San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane, was released in 1967 as RCA Victor LSO-1511 (stereo) & LOP-1511 (mono). The cover art is by artist Ron Cobb.
Due to the lack of a breakout hit, the experimental album was significantly less successful than its predecessor from a commercial standpoint, only peaking at #17 on the Billboard album chart and failing to attain a RIAA certification. Paul Kantner's composition "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil" was released as a single in August 1967, with him as lead singer and Grace Slick and Marty Balin harmonizing, and reached #42 on the Billboard charts. The band's singles never again crossed the halfway mark in the Hot 100.
John Hartford referenced the cover art from "After Bathing at Baxter's" as the inspiration for his song "Steam Powered Aereo Plane" from his album Aereo-Plain.
According to Jeff Tamarkin's history of the Airplane, "baxter" was the band's code for "LSD" aka "acid", and the title as a whole translates as "After Tripping On Acid".
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