''Better Generation'' is

Marty Balin Martyn Jerel Buchwald (January 30, 1942 – September 27, 2018), known as Marty Balin (), was an American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship. Early life Balin was born Martyn Je ...

's 1991 album and his first solo album since 1983. The album was produced shortly after

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's reunion album and tour, without any other members of Jefferson Airplane involved. Balin's wife, Karen Deal, co-wrote a song on the album, and played keyboards on most tracks.

Track listing

#"Better Generation" ( George M. Green, Rick Giles) – 5:33 #"Skydiver" (

, Karen Deal) – 7:14 #"Mercy of the Moon" ( Al Staehely) – 6:20 #"Green Light" (Gene Heart, David Evan) – 4:31 #"Let It Live" (Balin) – 3:27 #"Wish I Were" (Balin) – 1:40 #"Don't Change on Me" (

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, Jimmy Holiday) – 3:26 #"Let's Go" (Balin) – 4:11 #"See the Light" ( Jesse Barish) – 4:06 #" It's No Secret" (Balin) – 2:30 #"Even Though" ( Billy Crain) – 4:24 #"Always Tomorrow" (Kerry Kearney) – 4:11 #"Treadin' Water" ( Gary Harrison, Karen Staley, Kent Robbins) – 5:20 #"Lady Now" (Kearney) – 3:46 #"

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" (Balin,

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) – 3:18 #"Summer of Love" (Balin) – 4:19

Personnel

– vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion *

Karen Deal Karen Deal (October 6, 1953 – November 19, 2010) was a musician from Tampa, Florida and a member of bands such as Johnny Charrow Review as the keyboard player. She was also a member of a local psychedelic rock band called The Mod Squad. She was ...

– keyboards, keyboard bass, backing vocals * Kerry Kearney – electric lead guitars, 6-string and 12-string acoustic guitars,

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, bass guitar, backing vocals * Ed Michaels – drums Personnel on "Mercy of the Moon" * Marty Balin – vocals * John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano * Phil Naish – synthesizers * Richard Bennett – electric guitar * Biff Watson – gut-string guitar *

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–

mandola The mandola (US and Canada) or tenor mandola (Ireland and UK) is a fretted, stringed musical instrument. It is to the mandolin what the viola is to the violin: the four double courses of strings tuned in fifths to the same pitches as the viola ...

* Sonny Garrish –

pedal steel guitar The pedal steel guitar is a console steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings, enabling more varied and complex music to be played than with other steel guitar designs. Like all steel guitars, it can play ...

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– bass * Harry Stinson – drums * Terry McMillan –

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica incl ...

References

{{Authority control 1991 albums Marty Balin albums Albums produced by Marty Balin