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."
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
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