What About Me (Quicksilver Messenger Service album)

What About Me
Studio album by Quicksilver Messenger Service
Released December 1970
Recorded May – June 1970
Genre Psychedelic rock, acid rock
Length 45:09
Label Capitol
Producer John Palladino
Quicksilver Messenger Service chronology
Just for Love
(1970)		 What About Me
(1970)		 Quicksilver
(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.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

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..."[1]

Track listing

  1. "What About Me" (Jesse Oris Farrow) – 6:43
  2. "Local Color" (John Cipollina) – 3:00
  3. "Baby Baby" (Farrow) – 4:44
  4. "Won't Kill Me" (David Freiberg) – 2:32
  5. "Long Haired Lady" (Farrow) – 5:55
  6. "Subway" (Gary Duncan-Farrow) – 4:29
  7. "Spindrifter" (Nicky Hopkins) – 4:38
  8. "Good Old Rock and Roll" (Farrow) – 2:30
  9. "All in My Mind" (Duncan-Farrow) – 3:48
  10. "Call on Me" (Farrow) – 7:36

Personnel

Additional musicians

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1971 Billboard Pop Albums 26

References

  1. ^ a b Planer, Lindsay. "What About Me > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r47420. Retrieved August 29, 2011. 
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