Peace by Piece
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{{Infobox album
| name = Peace by Piece
| type = studio
| artist = Quicksilver Messenger Service
| cover = Peace by Piece.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1986
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Psychedelic rock, acid rock, pop, pop rock
| length =
| label = Capitol
| producer = Gary Duncan, Sammy Piazza, Bob Olhsson
| chronology = Quicksilver Messenger Service
| prev_title = Solid Silver
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}Peace by Piece is the ninth album by San Francisco psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service and the first to be released with guitarist Gary Duncan at the sole command. A later released CD-version includes two bonus tracks, entitled "Crazy Jesse" and "Electric Love".
Reception
Gary Duncan, guitarist for Quicksilver Messenger Service since the 1960s, formed a band in the mid-1980s that he variously called Quicksilver and Gary Duncan Quicksilver. Peace by Piece is its first release.
In his 1-star review for AllMusic.com, William Ruhlmann panned the effort, saying in part, "[This is] an album that has nothing to do with Quicksilver Messenger Service and isn't any good."{{cite web |last1=Ruhlmann |first1=William |title=Peace by Piece |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/peace-by-piece-mw0000883148 |website=AllMusic.com |access-date=September 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008222638/https://www.allmusic.com/album/peace-by-piece-mw0000883148 |archive-date=October 8, 2019 |language=English |quote=[This is] an album that has nothing to do with Quicksilver Messenger Service and isn't any good. |url-status=live}}
Track listing
- "Good Thang" – (Duncan, Piazza) 4:41
- "24 Hours Deja Vu" – (Duncan, Piazza) 4:31
- "Midnight Sun" – (Duncan, Piazza) 5:20
- "Swamp Girl" – (Michael Brown) 5:51
- "Wild in the City" – (Duncan, Piazza) 5:16
- "Pool Hall Chili" – (Duncan, Piazza) 4:27
- "Pistolero" – (Duncan, Piazza) 5:07
- "Peace by Piece" – (Duncan, Piazza) 9:54
Personnel
- Gary Duncan – guitar, vocals, synthesizer
- Sammy Piazza – drums, percussion
;Additional personnel
- W. Michael Lewis – piano, synthesizer
- Raul Rekow – percussion
- John Santos – percussion
- Jules Broussard – saxophones
- Martin Fierro – saxophone
- Steve Schuster – saxophone
- David Freiberg – vocals
- Kathi McDonald – vocals
- Linda Imperial – vocals
- Jo Baker – vocals
References
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