Solid Silver Explained

Solid Silver
Type:	studio
Artist:	Quicksilver Messenger Service
Cover:	Quicksilver Messenger Service - Solid Silver.jpg
Released:	November 1975
Recorded:	June 30 – August 29, 1975
Studio:	CBS (San Francisco)
Genre:	Psychedelic rock, acid rock
Length:	38:16
Label:	Capitol
Producer:	John Palladino
Chronology:	Quicksilver Messenger Service
Prev Title:	Comin' Thru
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	Peace by Piece
Next Year:	1986

Solid Silver is the eighth album by American psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service and their mid-1970s comeback album, reuniting the band's entire core lineup.

Though the album charted slightly higher than their previous two releases, briefly denting the Top 100 on the Billboard 200, this would be the last Quicksilver album until Gary Duncan resurrected the Quicksilver name in 1986 with the album Peace by Piece and again in the 1990s with several albums.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Gypsy Lights" (Gary Duncan) – 3:40
2. "Heebie Jeebies" (John Cipollina) – 4:15
3. "Cowboy on the Run" (Dino Valenti) – 3:13
4. "I Heard You Singing" (David Freiberg, Robert Hunter) – 3:48
5. "Worryin' Shoes" (Valenti) – 3:25

Side two

1. "The Letter" (Valenti) – 4:06
2. "They Don't Know" (Duncan) – 3:54
3. "Flames" (Cipollina, Valenti) – 4:20
4. "Witches' Moon" (Valenti) – 2:59
5. "Bittersweet Love" (Valenti, Duncan) - 4:23

Personnel

• Gary Duncan – electric and pedal steel guitars, vocals
• John Cipollina - electric and Hawaiian steel guitars, vocals
• Dino Valenti – guitar, vocals
• David Freiberg – bass, vocals
• Greg Elmore – drums

Additional personnel

• Nicky Hopkins – piano
• Pete Sears – piano
• Michael Lewis – piano, organ, ARP synthesizer
• Skip Olson – bass
• Mario Cipollina – bass
• Kathi McDonald – vocals

Charts

Album

Billboard (United States)