With the return of Gary Duncan and the recording debut of founder Dino
Valenti, Just for Love, Quicksilver's fourth album, marked their debut
as the band they were intended to be. The ironic thing about that is that,
led by singer/songwriter Valenti, they were a much more pop-oriented band
than their fans had come to expect. On Just for Love, Quicksilver finally
was Valenti's backup group (he wrote all but one of the songs), and while
this gave them greater coherence and accessibility, as well as their only
Top 50 single in "Fresh Air," it also made them less the boogie
band they had been. And it meant the band's days were numbered.
(by William Ruhlmann , AMG) |