Happy Trails (live album) by Quicksilver Messenger Service

Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service
(Live album)
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 2,846th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 168 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (67th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (258th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,846th)
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QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE HAPPY TRAILS LP - Original 1969
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Quicksilver Messenger Service - HAPPY TRAILS- 33 lp vinyl record album
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 168 votes)
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04/07/2025 20:58 Fabien67  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 39377/100

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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 75.4/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.

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80/100
From 04/07/2025 20:59
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.
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50/100
From 02/09/2024 15:01
Probably one of the most overrated albums ever. Have this on vinyl somehow, not much longer.
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From 04/27/2023 16:50
One of the finest psychedelic rock recordings of the San Francisco '60s scene.
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90/100
From 08/24/2022 13:25
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
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55/100
From 03/07/2022 05:56
Has not stood up particularly well to my ears, rarely listen to it except with guests from back then...
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80/100
From 01/24/2022 18:41
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.
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75/100
From 03/18/2021 15:42
pretty great. improvised jazzy bluesy guitar and classic rock and roll
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75/100
From 12/05/2020 14:33
Momentos de puro brilho, mas não mto regular.
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85/100
From 11/30/2020 00:30
I love quicksilver, and this is a great album.
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75/100
From 09/13/2020 18:55
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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