Freedom at Point Zero

Freedom at Point Zero is the fifth album by Jefferson Starship and was released in 1979. It was the first album for new lead singer Mickey Thomas, and the first after both Marty Balin and Grace Slick left the previous 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).

Freedom at Point Zero
Studio album by
Jefferson Starship
ReleasedNovember 1, 1979
Recorded1979 at the Record Plant, Los Angeles and Sausalito
GenreRock, hard rock, arena rock, AOR
Length42:27
LabelGrunt
ProducerRon Nevison
Jefferson Starship chronology
Gold
(1979)		 Freedom at Point Zero
(1979)		 Modern Times
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC–[2]

The single "Jane" peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 14 and spent three weeks at No. 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. It is 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
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Jane"David Freiberg, Jim McPhersonFreiberg, McPherson, Paul Kantner, Craig Chaquico4:07
2."Lightning Rose (Carry the Fire)"KantnerKantner4:36
3."Things to Come"Kantner, China Wing KantnerP. Kantner4:49
4."Awakening"Jeannette SearsPete Sears7:59
5."Girl with the Hungry Eyes"KantnerKantner3:28
6."Just the Same"Chaquico, J. SearsChaquico, Eric Van Soest5:17
7."Rock Music"Chaquico, J. SearsChaquico3:35
8."Fading Lady Light"J. SearsP. Sears, Mark Unobsky3:39
9."Freedom at Point Zero (Climbing Tiger Mountain through the Sky)"KantnerKantner4:25

Charts
Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)75[4]

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

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

References
  1. William Ruhlmann. "Freedom at Point Zero". Allmusic. Archived from the original on February 26, 2020. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 27, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. "Top 100 1980-01-12". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 154. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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