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The Patti Smith Group's most conventional album, Wave was given a bright pop/rock sound by producer Todd Rundgren. It was the last album Smith made before marrying and retiring from record-making for nine years, and it can be heard as a farewell to the music business, from "Frederick," the love song to her husband-to-be, Fred "Sonic" Smith, that leads it off, to the version of "So You Want to Be (A Rock 'n' Roll Star)," among the most bitter accounts of fame on record. But Smith also achieves a sense of charm and sincerity on Wave that she hadn't even attempted on her earlier albums, even to the point of her imagined small-talk encounter with the late Pope John Paul I on the title track. Still, the overall mediocre quality of the material makes this the slightest of Smith's efforts.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Patti Smith Group, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny Kaye, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Dee Daugherty, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Sohl, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Rundgren, Producer, Engineer - PATTI SMITH, Composer, Lyricist, AssociatedPerformer - Ivan Kral, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1979 Arista Records LLC
Patti Smith Group, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny Kaye, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Dee Daugherty, AssociatedPerformer - Král, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Sohl, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Rundgren, Producer, Engineer, Bass Guitar - Carl Smith, Composer, Lyricist - PATTI SMITH, Composer, Lyricist, AssociatedPerformer - Ivan Kral, Composer, Lyricist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1979 Arista Records LLC
Patti Smith Group, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - McGuinn, Composer, Lyricist - Lenny Kaye, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Dee Daugherty, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Sohl, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Rundgren, Producer, Engineer - Carl Smith, Composer, Lyricist - PATTI SMITH, AssociatedPerformer - Ivan Kral, AssociatedPerformer - Hillmann, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1979 Arista Records LLC
Patti Smith Group, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny Kaye, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Dee Daugherty, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Sohl, AssociatedPerformer - Kaye, Composer, Lyricist - Todd Rundgren, Producer, Engineer - Carl Smith, Composer, Lyricist - PATTI SMITH, AssociatedPerformer - Ivan Kral, AssociatedPerformer
(P)1979, 1996 Arista Records LLC
Patti Smith Group, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny Kaye, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Dee Daugherty, AssociatedPerformer - Král, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Sohl, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Rundgren, Producer, Engineer - Carl Smith, Composer, Lyricist - PATTI SMITH, AssociatedPerformer - Ivan Kral, AssociatedPerformer
(P)1979, 1996 Arista Records LLC
Patti Smith Group, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny Kaye, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Dee Daugherty, AssociatedPerformer - Král, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Sohl, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Rundgren, Producer, Engineer - Carl Smith, Composer, Lyricist - PATTI SMITH, AssociatedPerformer - Ivan Kral, AssociatedPerformer
(P)1979, 1996 Arista Records LLC
Patti Smith Group, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny Kaye, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Dee Daugherty, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Sohl, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Rundgren, Producer, Engineer - PATTI SMITH, AssociatedPerformer - Ivan Kral, AssociatedPerformer - PSG, Composer, Lyricist - Andi Ostrowe, Timpani
(P)1979, 1996 Arista Records LLC
Patti Smith Group, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny Kaye, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Dee Daugherty, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Sohl, AssociatedPerformer - Kaye, Composer, Lyricist - Todd Rundgren, Producer, Engineer - Carl Smith, Composer, Lyricist - PATTI SMITH, AssociatedPerformer - Ivan Kral, AssociatedPerformer
(P)1979, 1996 Arista Records LLC
Patti Smith Group, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Lenny Kaye, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Dee Daugherty, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Sohl, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny, Bass Guitar - Todd Rundgren, Producer, Engineer - Ivan, Cello - Carl Smith, Composer, Lyricist - PATTI SMITH, AssociatedPerformer - Ivan Kral, AssociatedPerformer - R.E.F.M., Piano - Dnv, AssociatedPerformer
(P)1979, 1996 Arista Records LLC
Album review
The Patti Smith Group's most conventional album, Wave was given a bright pop/rock sound by producer Todd Rundgren. It was the last album Smith made before marrying and retiring from record-making for nine years, and it can be heard as a farewell to the music business, from "Frederick," the love song to her husband-to-be, Fred "Sonic" Smith, that leads it off, to the version of "So You Want to Be (A Rock 'n' Roll Star)," among the most bitter accounts of fame on record. But Smith also achieves a sense of charm and sincerity on Wave that she hadn't even attempted on her earlier albums, even to the point of her imagined small-talk encounter with the late Pope John Paul I on the title track. Still, the overall mediocre quality of the material makes this the slightest of Smith's efforts.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:14
- Main artists: Patti Smith Group
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Arista - Legacy
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
(P) 1996 Arista Records LLC
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