Just For Love
by Quicksilver Messenger Service

Just For Love by Quicksilver Messenger Service
Year: 1970
Overall rank: 37,415th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 20 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (365th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (3,820th)
Award Best albums of all time (37,415th)

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Quicksilver Messenger Service bestography

Just For Love is ranked 6th best out of 17 albums by Quicksilver Messenger Service on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Quicksilver Messenger Service is Happy Trails which is ranked number 2960 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 520.

Quicksilver Messenger Service album bestography « Higher ranked (30,151st)
Anthology
This album (37,415th)
Just For Love
Lower ranked (37,415th) »
Just For Love

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Just For Love rankings summary
Overall rank: 37,415th | 1970s rank: 3,820th | 1970 rank: 365th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 20 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.6.


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90/100
From 03/07/2022 06:21 | #282424
Love this album. This is my image of this band; and "Cobra"-- the distinctive sound of Cippolina with his banjo picks...
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75/100
From 04/04/2021 23:13 | #268213
This has the hit track "Fresh Air", which is the standout song on the album. Might have helped to have it on the A-side to set the tone. Not their strongest release, but an interesting sonic experience nonetheless!
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From 12/08/2020 23:36 | #262314
Despite what many others would think, i think this album is insane. Great vocals, melodies, playing and Quicksilver’s signature production all shine through on this album
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60/100
From 04/06/2014 00:10 | #108629
This album is a significant departure from QMS' more jam-oriented early work (on account of founder Dino Valenti returning to the band following his stint in prison). Valenti's vocals are pretty effective, provided you can tolerate his hippy histrionics. The trouble is that the backing band isn't all that animated here - the more introspective numbers, like both iterations of the title track and 'Gone Again,' work alright, but 'Cobra', 'The Hat' and 'Freeway Flyer' lag somewhat. 'Fresh Air' is QMS' highest charting hit, and it's amusing enough.
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