Editing Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (section)

=== Music and style ===

''Jefferson Airplane Takes Off'' is considered more firmly rooted in [[folk rock]] than the band's subsequent psychedelic releases. The album is dominated by lead singer [[Marty Balin]], who wrote or co-wrote the majority of the original material and sang most of the lead vocals. Music critic Jim DeRogatis described the record as being "dominated by Balin's simple folk ballads", complemented by Anderson's harmonies and the band's instrumental arrangements.

Although most of the album consists of love songs, music journalist Richie Unterberger noted that the lyrics were written from an unusually mature "young adult" perspective that was less immediately accessible to the typical teenage pop audience of the era. The band's cover of Chet Powers' "[[Let's Get Together]]" — later made famous by [[the Youngbloods]] — was seen as an early indicator of the communal idealism that would define the counterculture movement.

Anderson sings lead on the blues cover "Chauffeur Blues", her most prominent solo moment on the record. Lead guitarist [[Jorma Kaukonen]]'s blues influences, which would later define his post-Airplane project [[Hot Tuna]], are evident on several tracks.