What About Me[1] | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Quicksilver Messenger Service |
Cover: | Quicksilver_Messenger_Service-What_about_me.jpg |
Released: | December 1970 |
Recorded: | May – June 1970 |
Genre: | Psychedelic rock, acid rock |
Length: | 45:09 |
Label: | Capitol |
Producer: | John Palladino |
Chronology: | Quicksilver Messenger Service |
Prev Title: | Just for Love |
Prev Year: | 1970 |
Next Title: | Quicksilver |
Next Year: | 1971 |
What About Me is the fifth album by American psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service. Released in December 1970 and recorded partly at the same sessions that produced Just for Love, the album is the last to feature pianist Nicky Hopkins and the last pre-reunion effort to feature founding members David Freiberg and John Cipollina. Several tracks, including "Baby Baby", "Subway" and "Long Haired Lady" had been played regularly at shows through 1970, previewing the album.
The album became the band's fourth and final to hit the top 30 on Billboard, as the group remained popular thanks to the minor hit "Fresh Air" from the previous album. The title track "What About Me" was also released as a single, charting at #100.
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Lindsay Planer wrote of the album "Musically, there is little to delineate the fifth long-player from Quicksilver Messenger Service, What About Me, from their previous effort, Just for Love. Not surprisingly, material for both was initiated during a prolific two-month retreat..."
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