After Bathing at Baxter's
After Bathing at Baxter's is the third studio album by the San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane, was released in 1967 as RCA Victor LSO-1511 and LOP-1511. 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, peaking at number 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 number 42 on the Billboard charts. The band's singles never again crossed the halfway mark in the Hot 100. It was voted number 595 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums 3rd Edition .
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.
Title
According to Jeff Tamarkin's history of the Airplane, "baxter" was the band's code for the psychedelic drug LSD or "acid", and the title as a whole translates to "After Tripping On Acid".Track listing
Side oneSide two
Personnel
- Grace Slick – piano, organ, recorder, vocals, lead vocals on "rejoyce", and "Two Heads"
- Paul Kantner – rhythm guitar, vocals, lead vocals on "The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil", "Martha", "Wild Tyme", "Watch Her Ride", and Won't You Try / Saturday Afternoon"
- Jorma Kaukonen – lead guitar, sitar, vocals, lead vocals on "The Last Wall of the Castle"
- Jack Casady – bass
- Spencer Dryden – drums, percussion, horn arrangement
- Marty Balin – rhythm guitar, vocals, lead vocals on "Young Girl Sunday Blues"
- Gary Blackman – vocals
- Bill Thompson – vocals
- Jefferson Airplane – design, notes, song arrangement
- Al Schmitt – producer
- Richie Schmitt – engineer
- Ron Cobb – album cover
- The Walking Owls – album title
- Alan Pappe – photography
- Recorded at RCA, Hollywood
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
| 1967 | Billboard Pop Albums | 17 |
Single
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
| 1967 | "The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil" | Cash Box Top 100 | 24 |
| 1967 | "Watch Her Ride" | Cash Box Top 100 | 37 |
| 1967 | "The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil" | Billboard Pop Singles | 42 |
| 1967 | "Two Heads" | Billboard Pop Singles | 124 |
| 1967 | "Watch Her Ride" | Billboard Pop Singles | 61 |