Solid Silver

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title: "Solid Silver" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["quicksilver-messenger-service-albums", "1975-albums", "capitol-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_Silver" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	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
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| name = Solid Silver | type = studio | artist = Quicksilver Messenger Service | cover = Quicksilver Messenger Service - Solid Silver.jpg | alt = | released = November 1975 | recorded = June 30 – August 29, 1975 | venue = | 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.

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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
6. "The Letter" (Valenti) – 4:06
7. "They Don't Know" (Duncan) – 3:54
8. "Flames" (Cipollina, Valenti) – 4:20
9. "Witches' Moon" (Valenti) – 2:59
10. "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) ::data[format=table]

Year	Chart	Position
1975	Pop Albums	89
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References

References

1. Eder, Bruce. "''Solid Silver'' > Review". [[Allmusic]].

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