Quicksilver Messenger Service
by Quicksilver Messenger Service
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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 2984 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 516.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Quicksilver Messenger Service track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Quicksilver Messenger Service rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  O.T. | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 54/100 | 47 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 31 Music Albums of 1968 | 13/31 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 91 Music Albums of 1968 | 42/91 | 3 |
| 2026 | O.T. | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 17/100 | 17 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 20 Music Albums of 1968 | 12/20 | 2 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 66 Music Albums of 1968 | 35/66 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 85 Music Albums of 1968 | 13/85 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 81 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 309 | |||
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Quicksilver Messenger Service ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/09/2026 01:57 | Proto | 4,340 | 33/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2026 12:37 | cicadelic | 14,139 | 73/100 |
| ! | 05/13/2026 08:06 |  doombringer | 2,371 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 72.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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Quicksilver Messenger Service forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/04/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5394): By O.T.
Repo 07/31/2026 19:27 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Quicksilver Messenger Service comments
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O.T. 05/18/2012 19:11 | #42653 | TOP COMMENT
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Delightful, faultless beauty (ok, apart from Gary Duncan missing the high note in The Fool) but maybe the most elegant album in Rock history. San Francisco truely must have been a very beautiful place to be.
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.
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?
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.
mdbaxter TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/16/2021 17:58 | #277581 | TOP COMMENT
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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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