Happy Trails
by Quicksilver Messenger Service
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Happy Trails track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 3 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 15,211 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/13/2026 09:08 |  doombringer | 2,311 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/11/2025 20:34 | AledJames | 1,628 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2025 15:35 | cicadelic | 13,424 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2025 09:51 | Invader666 | 2,622 | 65/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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Pas un chef d'œuvre du psychédélique mais tout de même un bon voir très bon album.
Mona est le sommet du disque pour moi.
Graeme2 02/09/2024 15:01 | #301869
Probably one of the most overrated albums ever. Have this on vinyl somehow, not much longer.
One of the finest psychedelic rock recordings of the San Francisco '60s scene.
Wonderful guitar playing. As others have said, It does loose it’s way a little at times but I can forgive that as the overall feel is fantastic. Quality album
Has not stood up particularly well to my ears, rarely listen to it except with guests from back then...
One of the best albums of '69. John Cipollina is on great form, ably supported by Gary Duncan, but the album doesn't really fire on all cylinders throughout to be considered a masterpiece.
pretty great. improvised jazzy bluesy guitar and classic rock and roll
VictorVale 12/05/2020 14:33 | #262046
Momentos de puro brilho, mas não mto regular.
seb7 11/30/2020 00:30 | #261660
I love quicksilver, and this is a great album.
Great psychedelic almost instrumental album. Parts of the music on side two could fit a cowboy movie, given the drama created between the guitar and rhythm section. Perhaps this was intended looking at the rear off the sleeve artwork and text. It offers something different to a lot of the psychedelia around at the time. I like it and don't find it boring as some do.
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