Freedom at Point Zero

Studio album by Jefferson Starship

Released

November 1, 1979

Recorded

1979 at the Record Plant, Los Angeles and Sausalito

Genre

Rock, hard rock, AOR

Length

42:27

Jefferson Starship chronology

Gold
(1979)

Freedom at Point Zero
(1979)

Modern Times
(1981)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	C−^[2]

Freedom at Point Zero is a 1979 album by Jefferson Starship. It was the first album for new lead singer Mickey Thomas, and the first after both Marty Balin and Grace Slick left the prior year (Slick rejoined the band for their next album Modern Times in 1981). Aynsley Dunbar plays drums on this album; he had left Journey the previous year. The album cover was shot on location in the San Francisco Bay on board the USCGC Midgett (WHEC-726).

The single "Jane" peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at #14 and spent three weeks at #6 on the Cash Box Top 100.^[3] "Jane" was featured in the 2009 video game Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, as well as the opening music to the film Wet Hot American Summer and its prequel series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp. In October 2015, "Jane" gained notoriety within the video game industry after several DLC packs for Rock Band 4 downloaded as the song causing several versions of the song being available when they shouldn't in a rare glitch. It is also notable for being one of the few songs that was performed live by both the Paul Kantner-led Jefferson Starship TNG and the Mickey Thomas-led Starship. The song "Lightning Rose" predicts the concept of the Nuclear Furniture album, and in fact its character Lightning Rose would return on Nuclear Furniture as the key character in that album's concept.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Jane"	David Freiberg, Jim McPherson	Freiberg, McPherson, Paul Kantner, Craig Chaquico	4:07
2.	"Lightning Rose (Carry the Fire)"	Kantner	Kantner	4:36
3.	"Things to Come"	Kantner, China Wing Kantner	P. Kantner	4:49
4.	"Awakening"	Jeannette Sears	Pete Sears	7:59

Side two
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Girl with the Hungry Eyes"	Kantner	Kantner	3:28
2.	"Just the Same"	Chaquico, J. Sears	Chaquico, Eric Van Soest	5:17
3.	"Rock Music"	Chaquico, J. Sears	Chaquico	3:35
4.	"Fading Lady Light"	J. Sears	P. Sears, Mark Unobsky	3:39
5.	"Freedom at Point Zero (Climbing Tiger Mountain through the Sky)"	Kantner	Kantner	4:25

Personnel

Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards on "Things to Come"
Pete Sears – bass on "Things to Come", "Awakening", "Girl with the Hungry Eyes", "Rock Music", and "Freedom at Point Zero", keyboards on "Jane", "Lightning Rose", "Awakening", and "Just the Same", organ on "Fading Lady Light", electric rhythm guitar on "Fading Lady Light", vocals
David Freiberg – vocals, bass on "Jane", "Lightning Rose", "Awakening", "Just the Same", and "Fading Lady Light", keyboards on "Things to Come", "Girl with the Hungry Eyes", "Rock Music", and "Freedom at Point Zero"
Mickey Thomas – vocals
Aynsley Dunbar – drums, percussion
Craig Chaquico – lead guitar, rhythm guitar

Additional Personnel

Steven Schuster – horns
Tower of Power – horns on "Jane"

Production

Ron Nevison – producer for Gadget Productions, Inc., engineer
Michael Clink – engineer
Mike Reese – mastering
Pat Ieraci (Maurice) – production coordinator
Paul Dowell – amp consultant
Ria Lewerke-Shapiro – art direction, design
Gary Regester – photography
Tyrone Q. Thompson – star scout
Bill Thompson – manager
Recorded and mixed at The Record Plant, Los Angeles - Sausalito
Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood

Singles

Year	Song	US Billboard Hot 100	US Cash Box Top 100	Canadian RPM	UK
1979	"Jane"	14	6	13	21
1979	"Rock Music"		29	--	--
1980	"Girl With The Hungry Eyes"	55	70

References

↑ "Freedom at Point Zero". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
↑ "CG: Jefferson Starship". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/80s_files/19800112.html

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Archival releases

Compilations

Singles

"Somebody to Love"
"White Rabbit"
"The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil"
"Volunteers"
"Wooden Ships"
"Mexico"
"Ride The Tiger"
"Miracles"
"Play On Love"
"With Your Love"
"Count On Me"
"Runaway"
"Light the Sky on Fire"
"Jane"
"Find Your Way Back"
"Stranger"
"Be My Lady"
"Winds of Change"
"No Way Out"
"Layin' It on the Line"
"We Built This City"
"Sara"
"Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight"
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
"It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)"
"It's Not Enough"
"Planes"
"Good Heart"
"Let Me Fly"
"It's Not the Same as Love"

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