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After years of silence, Patti Smith returned to music with a series of concerts in late 1995. It had been years since she had performed live -- for most of the '80s and '90s, she concentrated on domestic life. Following the death of her husband, Fred "Sonic" Smith, in early 1995, Smith began playing music in public again and those concerts eventually led to the triumphant comeback Gone Again. Her husband wasn't the only loved one Smith lost between 1988's Dream of Life and 1996's Gone Again -- her brother and her close friend Robert Mapplethorpe both died. Appropriately, grief and loss hang over Gone Again, but the overall effect is not one of indulgent melancholy. Instead, it's a sober but strengthing listen -- this is healing optimistic music. Like most of Smith's best work, the songs on Gone Again aren't proper songs, they're song poems, with cascading music and dense, inspired lyrics. Smith sounds more mature than her earlier records -- there are only a handful of out-and-out rockers, and most of the album is subtle and folky -- which gives the album extra weight. Gone Again is more than a comeback, it's a revitalization -- Patti Smith simply hasn't sound so engaged and provocative since Easter.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Patti Smith, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - F. Smith, Composer, Lyricist - Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums - Lenny Kaye, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Producer - Tony Shanahan, Bass Guitar - Luis Resto, Keyboards - Oliver Ray, Electric Guitar - Eileen Ivers, Fiddle - Malcolm Burn, Engineer, Producer - Brian Sperber, Engineer - John Agnello, Mixing Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer
(P) 1996 Arista Records LLC
Patti Smith, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Lenny Kaye, Acoustic Guitar, Composer, Electric Guitar, Lyricist, Producer - Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums - Tony Shanahan, Bass Guitar - Luis Resto, Keyboards - TOM VERLAINE, Electric Guitar - John Cale, Organ - Jeff Buckley - Malcolm Burn, Engineer, Producer - Brian Sperber, Engineer - PAT MCCARTHY, Mixing Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer
(P) 1996 Arista Records LLC
Patti Smith, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums - Lenny Kaye, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Producer - Tony Shanahan, Bass Guitar - Luis Resto, Keyboards - Oliver Ray, Associated Performer - Malcolm Burn, Engineer, Producer - Brian Sperber, Engineer - John Agnello, Mixing Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer
(P)1996 Arista Records Inc.
Patti Smith, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Luis Resto, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist - Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums - Lenny Kaye, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Producer - Tony Shanahan, Bass Guitar - Jane Scarpantoni, Cello - Malcolm Burn, Engineer, Producer - Brian Sperber, Engineer - PAT MCCARTHY, Mixing Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer
(P)1996 Arista Records Inc.
Patti Smith, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - F. Smith, Composer, Lyricist - Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums - Lenny Kaye, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Producer - Tony Shanahan, Bass Guitar - Luis Resto, Keyboards - TOM VERLAINE, Electric Guitar - Sperbs, Guitar - Rick Kiernan, Associated Performer - Malcolm Burn, Engineer, Producer - Brian Sperber, Engineer - John Agnello, Mixing Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer
(P) 1996 Arista Records LLC
Patti Smith, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums - Lenny Kaye, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Producer - Tony Shanahan, Bass Guitar - Luis Resto, Keyboards - Oliver Ray, Whistles - Whit Smith, Guitar - Malcolm Burn, Dulcimer, Engineer, Guitar, Producer - Brian Sperber, Engineer - PAT MCCARTHY, Mixing Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer
(P)1996 Arista Records Inc.
Patti Smith, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums - Lenny Kaye, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Producer - Tony Shanahan, Bass Guitar - Luis Resto, Keyboards - TOM VERLAINE, Electric Guitar - Malcolm Burn, Engineer, Producer - Brian Sperber, Engineer - Roy Cicala, Mixing Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer
(P)1996 Arista Records Inc.
Patti Smith, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums - Lenny Kaye, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Producer - Tony Shanahan, Bass Guitar - Luis Resto, Keyboards - KIMBERLY SMITH, Mandolin - Malcolm Burn, Engineer, Producer - Brian Sperber, Engineer - PAT MCCARTHY, Mixing Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer
(P)1996 Arista Records Inc.
Patti Smith, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer - Bob Dylan, Composer, Lyricist - Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums - Lenny Kaye, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Producer - Tony Shanahan, Bass Guitar - Luis Resto, Keyboards - César Dìaz, Electric Guitar - Malcolm Burn, Engineer, Producer - Brian Sperber, Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - PAT MCCARTHY, Mixing Engineer
(P)1996 Arista Records Inc.
Patti Smith, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Oliver Ray, Acoustic Guitar, Composer, Lyricist - Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums - Lenny Kaye, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Producer - Tony Shanahan, Bass Guitar - Luis Resto, Keyboards - TOM VERLAINE, Guitar - Hearn Gadbois, Percussion - Jeff Buckley, Associated Performer - Malcolm Burn, Engineer, Producer - Brian Sperber, Engineer - PAT MCCARTHY, Mixing Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer
(P)1996 Arista Records Inc.
Patti Smith, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Acoustic Guitar, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums - Lenny Kaye, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Producer - Tony Shanahan, Bass Guitar - Luis Resto, Keyboards - Malcolm Burn, Engineer, Producer - Brian Sperber, Engineer - Roy Cicala, Mixing Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer
(P)1996 Arista Records Inc.
Album review
After years of silence, Patti Smith returned to music with a series of concerts in late 1995. It had been years since she had performed live -- for most of the '80s and '90s, she concentrated on domestic life. Following the death of her husband, Fred "Sonic" Smith, in early 1995, Smith began playing music in public again and those concerts eventually led to the triumphant comeback Gone Again. Her husband wasn't the only loved one Smith lost between 1988's Dream of Life and 1996's Gone Again -- her brother and her close friend Robert Mapplethorpe both died. Appropriately, grief and loss hang over Gone Again, but the overall effect is not one of indulgent melancholy. Instead, it's a sober but strengthing listen -- this is healing optimistic music. Like most of Smith's best work, the songs on Gone Again aren't proper songs, they're song poems, with cascading music and dense, inspired lyrics. Smith sounds more mature than her earlier records -- there are only a handful of out-and-out rockers, and most of the album is subtle and folky -- which gives the album extra weight. Gone Again is more than a comeback, it's a revitalization -- Patti Smith simply hasn't sound so engaged and provocative since Easter.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:52
- Main artists: Patti Smith
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Arista
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
(P) 1996 Arista Records LLC
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