Platinum & Gold Collection

by Starship

Overview

There have been two American Starship compilations prior to BMG Heritage's 2004 Platinum & Gold Collection -- 1991's Ten Years and Change, which also covered some Jefferson Starship recordings, and the 1993 budget release Best of Starship, which didn't have their biggest hit, "We Built This City." So, there was a good reason to release this Platinum & Gold Collection, since there hadn't been a good collection to focus on Starship-only recordings, and this fits the bill quite nicely, since it contains all of their hits outside their final charting single, "Good Heart," which scraped the bottom of the charts in 1991. In other words, it has everything that anyone could want -- namely, the big three singles of "We Built This City," "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now," and "Sara," plus lesser-known (but still relatively popular) hits like "It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)" and "Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight." While this music has dated over the years -- few artists capture the sound of synthesized, anthemic late-'80s mainstream rock better than Starship -- anybody looking for the group's hits, either as a nostalgia trip or as a dutiful fan of Jefferson Airplane, should turn here. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	07/13/2004
Label:	Bmg Heritage / Rca
UPC:	0828766112320
Rank:	16298

Tracks

1. We Built This City
2. It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)
3. Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
4. Sara
5. Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight
6. Set the Night to Music
7. Before I Go
8. Beat Patrol
9. I Didn't Mean to Stay All Night
10. Wild Again
11. Love Rusts
12. It's Not Enough

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Starship   Primary Artist
Donnie Baldwin   Drums
Craig Chaquico   Guitar
Mickey Thomas   Vocals
Grace Slick   Vocals
Paul Kantner   Guitar

Technical Credits

Jeremy Smith   Audio Production,Producer
Peter Wolf   Audio Production,Arranger,Composer,Producer
Bernie Taupin   Composer
Mike Shipley   Producer
Diane Warren   Composer
Tommy Funderburk   Composer
Starship   Producer
Keith Olsen   Producer
John Bettis   Composer
Dennis Lambert   Composer,Executive Producer
Michael Clark   Composer
Albert Hammond   Composer
Ina Wolf   Composer
David Roberts   Composer
Phil Gladston   Producer
Steven Cristol   Composer
Robert Randall   Composer
Mathieu Bitton   Design,Art Direction
Jeremy Holiday   Liner Notes,Compilation Producer
Gretchen Brennison   Compilation Producer
Larry Klein   Producer
John Van Tongeren   Composer
Robert John "Mutt" Lange   Composer
Johnny Warman   Composer
Robbie Nevil   Composer
Martin Page   Composer
Narada Michael Walden   Arranger,Producer
Phil Galdston   Composer
Bill Bottrell   Remixing
Ken Sharp   Liner Notes