The Essential Jefferson Airplane

The Essential Jefferson Airplane is a compilation of music from San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane spanning its entire career, excluding the brief reunion in 1989.

It follows their development from their beginnings in folk-rock through psychedelia to conventional rock genres.

Disc one

 * 1) "Blues from an Airplane" – 2:12 from Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
 * 2) "It's No Secret" – 2:39 from Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
 * 3) "Come Up the Years" – 2:32 from Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
 * 4) "She Has Funny Cars" – 3:09 from Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
 * 5) "Somebody to Love" – 2:56 from Surrealistic Pillow
 * 6) "Comin' Back to Me" – 5:15 from Surrealistic Pillow
 * 7) "Embryonic Journey" – 1:54 from Surrealistic Pillow
 * 8) "White Rabbit" – 2:32 from Surrealistic Pillow
 * 9) "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil" – 4:32 from After Bathing at Baxter's (1967)
 * 10) "Martha" (mono single version) – 3:27 from After Bathing at Baxter's
 * 11) "The Last Wall of the Castle" – 2:42 from After Bathing at Baxter's
 * 12) "Watch Her Ride" – 3:17 from After Bathing at Baxter's
 * 13) "Lather" – 2:57 from Crown of Creation (1968)
 * 14) "Crown of Creation" – 2:54 from Crown of Creation
 * 15) "Greasy Heart" – 3:27 from Crown of Creation
 * 16) "Share a Little Joke" (mono single version) – 3:06 from Crown of Creation

Disc two

 * 1) "3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds" (live) – 4:46 from Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969)
 * 2) "Plastic Fantastic Lover" (live) – 3:51 from Bless Its Pointed Little Head
 * 3) "We Can Be Together" – 5:47 from Volunteers (1969)
 * 4) "Good Shepherd" – 4:21 from Volunteers
 * 5) "Wooden Ships" – 6:25 from Volunteers
 * 6) "Eskimo Blue Day" – 6:33 from Volunteers
 * 7) "Volunteers" – 2:04 from Volunteers
 * 8) "Have You Seen the Saucers?" – 3:36 b-side to "Mexico" (1970)
 * 9) "Mexico" (single version) – 2:09 non-album single
 * 10) "When the Earth Moves Again" – 3:56 from Bark (1971)
 * 11) "Pretty as You Feel" – 4:30 from Bark
 * 12) "Third Week in the Chelsea" – 4:36 from Bark
 * 13) "Long John Silver" – 4:26 from Long John Silver (1972)
 * 14) "Twilight Double Leader" – 4:44 from Long John Silver
 * 15) "Feel So Good" (live) – 11:23 from Thirty Seconds Over Winterland (1973)
 * 16) "Milk Train" (live) – 3:28 from Thirty Seconds Over Winterland