One of the All-Time 100 Greatest Albums - Time Magazine
#44 on the list of the '500 Greatest Albums of All time' - Rolling Stone
Before recording the poetic proto-punk 1975 classic Horses, Patti Smith and her band honed the tunes in a triumphant run of shows at New York's iconic venue, CBGB. In the studio, producer John Cale then helped the band to further refine the songs in a process that brilliantly showcases their anarchic spirit and primitive beauty. Smith's background as a rock critic and poet is equally in evidence here as heard on the re-imaginings of such warhorses as "Gloria" and "Land of 1000 Dances," where she boldly adds her own provocative and unflinching lyrics to great effect. Horses' influence on the burgeoning punk-rock movement is undeniable and it remains a pillar of the genre as well as one of the finest debuts of all-time! |
TRACKS
Side one 1. "Gloria: In Excelsis Deo / Gloria (version)" (Patti Smith, Van Morrison) – 5:57
2. "Redondo Beach" (Smith, Richard Sohl, Lenny Kaye) – 3:26
3. "Birdland" (Smith, Sohl, Kaye, Ivan Kral) – 9:15
4. "Free Money" (Smith, Kaye) – 3:52 Side two 1. "Kimberly" (Smith, Allen Lanier, Kral) – 4:27
2. "Break It Up" (Smith, Tom Verlaine) – 4:04
3. "Land: Horses / Land of a Thousand Dances / La Mer (De)" (Smith, Chris Kenner) – 9:25
4. "Elegie" (Smith, Lanier) – 2:57 |