Horses - Patti Smith

Patti Smith - 'Horses' (222 words)
by violentviolet - written on 22/06/00, updated on 22/06/00 (Very useful, 274 readings)
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A quick PS - anyone who's listened to The Velvet Underground will be interested to know that John Cale produced this album - a fine recommendation if ever there was one. Also, Bono from U2 is a big P Patti Smith fan, claiming that 'Horses' is one of the records which had the greatest influence on him. To sum up, rock and roll filled with a passionate sincerity which the likes of the Stereotypicals and Travisty can only dream of equalling. ...

Gung Ho - Patti Smith

Gorgeous Gung Ho (1348 words)
by ickkate - written on 27/08/02, updated on 27/08/02 (Very useful, 82 readings)
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a comparison with any of her earlier work. Many people do view 'Gung Ho' as being an inferior album, but this is the one that got me hooked on P Patti Smith What makes listening to Patti so enjoyable is the combination of her amazingly distinctive voice and the poetic lyrics she writes. In all honesty, I have never heard a female artist who can sing quite like this. In fact, her voice has many of the qualities that tend to be associated with male vocalists who perform rock and roll, and tend to make them more popular within the genre. (If you think of the rock and roll performers who are truly memorable, I am sure that woman are going to be by far in the ...

Gung Ho - Patti Smith

Great concept, but not her best album (634 words)
by cswann - written on 20/06/02, updated on 20/06/02 (Very useful, 70 readings)
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Grant Smith, Patti’s father, taken in 1945, in uniform. It’s a fitting choice, given the theme of the album, and a brave choice – the album’s not an easy-to-recognise P Patti Smith album. When all’s said and done, though, it’s lack of commercial success can’t be put down to this, or any lack of marketing – it’s basically not as good as her other albums. It starts with “One voice”, a track a like, which sounds like the 10,000 Maniacs, musically (although the vocals are nothing like Natalie Marchant’s), with pleasant jangly guitars. This song, along with “Strange Messengers” has a feel ...