Patti Smith - Horses

On her 1975 debut, Smith was full of piss and vinegar, seriously interested in bringing together high art and low three-chord rock & roll. As a result, her free-form poetry meshes with covers of "Gloria" and "Land of a Thousand Dances," and the album centers on two long, highfalutin' pieces, including the three-part suite (warning! warning! art!) "Land." (The CD version appends a messy live take on The Who's "My Generation.") Led by Richard Sohl's piano, the arrangements don't exactly rock, and some of Smith's songwriting gets buried in its stylistic affectations (there's a great song under "Redondo Beach"'s fake reggae). But the point of Horses was Smith's persona of volume, cunning and exile, and it comes through distinctly. --Douglas Wolk

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Tracks

  • )   Gloria:
  • A1.1)   In Excelsis Deo
  • A1.2)   Gloria (Version)
  • )   -
  • A2)   Redondo Beach
  • A3)   Birdland
  • A4)   Free Money
  • B1)   Kimberly
  • B2)   Break It Up
  • )   Land:
  • B3.1)   Horses
  • B3.2)   Land, Of A Thousand Dances
  • B3.3)   La Mer (De)
  • )   -
  • B4)   Elegie

Track listing above is from Arista - AL 4066 (US) LP

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