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| | Horses | | | Music Artist : | | Patti Smith | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Arista | | Release Date : | | 1996-06-18 | | Store Price : | | $7.99 | | Artistopia's Price: $7.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Gloria: In Excelsis Deo/Gloria [Van Morrison Version]
2. Redondo Beach
3. Birdland
4. Free Money
5. Kimberly
6. Break It Up
7. Land: Horses/Land of a Thousand Dances/La Mer (De)
8. Elegie
9. My Generation [Live][*]
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 i got to see her at the cellar door in georgetown washington dc
Submitted on: 2009-11-06 |
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| when i was a young pup in the military. she was so high at one point someone in the audience had to give her a chair from the audience to sit in. never the less it remained one of the most powerful concerts i had ever seen.man she was great and i still think about that concert all these years later. by the way horses prompted me to go see her. she was truly new and breathtaking .what a wonderful time................. |
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This should be part of anyone's top 100
Submitted on: 2009-10-21 |
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I saw Patti Smith a couple times at the old Capitol Theatre in Passaic and, to loosely quote John Lennon, it was like being a Roman in Rome during Roman times. I know how lucky I was. There are a few people whose work I love as much as hers... but not many. These are great albums, and her music still sounds great and largely undated. That breathless stretch of Land in Horses is one of my favorite moments in all of rock n' roll. Really, why aren't we hearing more of this stuff now?? They play everything else!
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awesome is the key word here
Submitted on: 2009-08-16 |
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Patti Smith is certainly a unique singer.
Her emotional vocal range, her raw influential punk-rock energy, and her songwriting talent. Completely unlike any other musician at the time.
The amazing thing about a song like "Birdland" is how it's COMPLETELY annoying and terrible the first time you hear it, and on the second listen your opinion changes *drastically* as you adjust to Patti's vocal range. At first it just sounds like a musician showing off her vocal range by singing nonstop for several minutes, then you begin to realize -perhaps as the lyrics start making sense or maybe another reason entirely- that Patti Smith had something good going back in the mid 70's. Something no other female musician at the time could attempt.
She completely revamps "Gloria" for instance, a song I honestly don't like by every other musician who's attempted it. THIS is how you do a cover song- make it completely different from the original, and yet me tell ya- this version *completely* smears Van Morrison or the Doors live version. Patti Smith really changes the song by giving the vocals a more punk-rock energy that was sorely needed in all the other versions.
The 9-minute "Land" melody is amazing too- it sounds like old fashioned rock and roll turned into something magical and special thanks to Patti's vocals once again. In other words, Patti Smith manages to turn old style rock and roll into something you want to pay attention to instead of dancing to it. Incredible.
Sometimes on Horses her vocal range soars so high and she sings so passionately that her voice almost turns Asian a little bit along with a noticeably hoarse change in vocal style. This is when she REALLY lets loose, like in "Birdland" near the 6 minute mark.
Overall, a great album you should probably pick up.
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 Grossly overrated
Submitted on: 2009-08-12 |
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| This release preens personality over songwriting content, making it sound more feminist victory than triumphant recording, with pretentious ramblings over slightly edgy songwriting simplicities creating the embraced illusion of something far less authentically gritty than posited. |
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Rock Poetess
Submitted on: 2009-07-17 |
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Patti Smith is the only rock star I can think of that has serious credentials as a published poet, and it comes through in her music. When it comes to cadences, dramatic imagery, and overall delivery - it's clear we're dealing with a veteran of many public poetry readings.
There was a buzz about her in New York art circles even in the late 60's. She made some interesting early acquaintances. Possibly the most important (in terms of her own eventual career direction) was her long relationship with Blue Oyster Cult keyboardist Allen Lanier. Patti co-wrote a handful of songs for the popular band over the years, starting on their second album "Tyranny And Mutation" (1973). Paid the rent! Another was Sam Shepard, with whom she co-authored the play "Cowboy Mouth". Dylan went to one of her first poetry/rock band performances, and it's said to have inspired him to record "Desire" and put together his Rolling Thunder Revue.
Patti became steeped in all things rock 'n' roll. She briefly wrote abstract, impressionistic record reviews for various music publications - in which she extolled the virtues of personal favorites like David Bowie and Todd Rundgren. Given all this, it's not surprising that it took until '75 for "Horses" to come to fruition. It was worth the wait.
Of her first 4 albums, "Horses" is in many ways the best. I love hearing piano in a rock context, and this is the only one of the four that prominently displays Richard Sohl's elegant piano playing. The mash-ups of her own poetry combined with "Gloria" and "Land Of A Thousand Dances" are breathtakingly original and powerful. The double-tracked spoken word bits interwoven with her singing parts is a highly effective mood-conjurer. The fact that she attempts reggae-lite (on "Redondo Beach") and an extended dirge ("Birdland") further distinguishes this record from subsequent releases, which would be in a more straight forward rock vein. Featuring spot-on production by John Cale of the Velvet Underground - who was definitely the right man for the job.
After her fourth album, Smith took a long hiatus to concentrate on raising her children. Admirably, she emerged a different person. Later recordings are generally not as confrontational, and exhibit greater kindness and understanding. That's what being a mom will do to you! As much as I enjoy them, my preference is still the original four - especially "Horses" and "Easter" (though "Radio Ethiopia" and "Wave" both have a lot going for them, too).
In 1975 the New York singer/songwriter Elliott Murphy wrote a song about Patti on his third album "Night Lights", titled "Lady Stilletto". It contains these lines: "Her T-shirt's ripped with a passion/ Her mind's been raped by Rolling Stones/ She keeps her weight down by fasting/ On Jim Morrison's bones/ And when she's good she's a rock dream witch/ With Macbeth on lead guitar/ Just a ballad of a thin girl/ I really think she's gonna go far".
And so she did. |
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