Quicksilver Messenger Service (studio album)
by Quicksilver Messenger Service

Quicksilver Messenger Service by Quicksilver Messenger Service
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 4,739th   
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 79 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (67th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (386th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,739th)

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Quicksilver Messenger Service bestography

Quicksilver Messenger Service is ranked 2nd 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 2859 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 535.

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Quicksilver Messenger Service track list

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Quicksilver Messenger Service rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,739th | 1960s rank: 386th | 1968 rank: 67th

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Quicksilver Messenger Service ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 79 votes)
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12/21/2023 17:24 Johnnyo   9,52977/100

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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.

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25/100
From 09/21/2022 16:40 | #289849
The one to start with is their best, "Just For Love." "Shady Grove" has its merits too.

I simply don't hear what the people praising this one hear. The Airplane, the Dead, Fairport, any number of truly great bands stunk their first time in a studio, and this was no different.
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70/100
From 09/19/2022 17:33 | #289802
QMS , prettyish kind of wild music,
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From 03/07/2022 06:02 | #282422
Pretty awful; first trip to the studio stuff. "Pride Of Man" was an important song to a lot of people, but even it was a rather poor take. I hung on to this for far too long, but eventually the batteries run flat on your 60's nostalgia, ya know?
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70/100
From 12/16/2021 17:58 | #277581
Really good psychedelic rock. Very much in line with the rest of the scene at the time. Not as original as some others but technically sound. They're at their best on the extended jams where they can delve into some uniqueness I think.
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Rating:  
95/100
From 12/28/2020 03:13 | #263331
ummmmm UMMMMM this album is just amazing. The best quicksilver album
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From 11/30/2020 00:32 | #261661
A great album with no faults as far as I can tell.
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From 08/01/2019 03:16 | #240619
Their best!
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85/100
From 01/16/2019 15:47 | #229776
Definitely Quicksilver's best. It epitomizes the San Francisco sound of the 67-68 era, along with JA's Surrealistic Pillow. Very little to not like with this album.
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75/100
From 11/15/2018 05:37 | #224955
Mejor de lo que esperaba, me agrada la vibra de finales de los sesenta que posee, así como la experimentación y psicodelia que caracterizaba a los Estados Unidos durante esa época.
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70/100
From 05/26/2018 07:45 | #215619
An album which epitomises the sound of 60's psychedelia in San Fransico. 'Light Your Windows' is a personal favourite along with the instrumental 'Gold and Silver', the latter of which makes the album for me. San Fransico in the 60's must have been an amazing experience.
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