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After the success of Horses, Patti Smith had something to prove to reviewers and to the industry, and Radio Ethiopia aimed at both. Producer Jack Douglas gave "the Patti Smith Group," as it was now billed, a hard rock sound, notably on the side-opening "Ask the Angels" and "Pumping (My Heart)," songs that seemed aimed at album-oriented rock radio. But the title track was a ten-minute guitar extravaganza that pushed the group's deliberate primitivism closer to amateurish thrashing. Elsewhere, Smith repeated the reggae excursions and vocal overlaying that had paced Horses on "Ain't It Strange" and "Poppies," but these efforts were less effective than they had been the first time around, perhaps because they were less inspired, perhaps because they were more familiar. A schizophrenic album in which the many elements that had worked so well together on Horses now seemed jarringly incompatible, with Radio Ethiopia Smith and her band encountered the same development problem the punks would -- as they learned their craft and competence set in, they lost some of the unself-consciousness that had made their music so appealing.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Patti Smith Group, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny Kaye, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocal - Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums, Percussion - Král, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Sohl, Keyboards, Synthesizer - George Marino, Mastering Engineer - Jack Douglas, Producer - Jay Messina, Engineer - Brian Sperber, Engineer - Carl Smith, Composer, Lyricist - PATTI SMITH, Electric Guitar, Vocal - Ivan Kral, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar - Vic Anesini,, Mastering Engineer
(P)1976, 1996 Arista Records LLC
Patti Smith Group, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny Kaye, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocal - Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums, Percussion - Král, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Sohl, Keyboards, Synthesizer - George Marino, Mastering Engineer - Jack Douglas, Producer - Jay Messina, Engineer - Brian Sperber, Engineer - Carl Smith, Composer, Lyricist - PATTI SMITH, Electric Guitar, Vocal - Ivan Kral, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar - Vic Anesini,, Mastering Engineer
(P) 1976 Arista Records LLC
Patti Smith Group, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny Kaye, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocal - Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums, Percussion - Richard Sohl, Keyboards, Synthesizer - Sohl, Composer, Lyricist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer - Jack Douglas, Producer - Jay Messina, Engineer - Brian Sperber, Engineer - Carl Smith, Composer, Lyricist - PATTI SMITH, Electric Guitar, Vocal - Ivan Kral, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar - Vic Anesini,, Mastering Engineer
(P)1976, 1996 Arista Records LLC
Patti Smith Group, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny Kaye, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocal - Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums, Percussion - Král, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Sohl, Keyboards, Synthesizer - George Marino, Mastering Engineer - Jack Douglas, Producer - Jay Messina, Engineer - Brian Sperber, Engineer - Carl Smith, Composer, Lyricist - PATTI SMITH, Electric Guitar, Vocal - Ivan Kral, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar - Vic Anesini,, Mastering Engineer
(P) 1976 Arista Records LLC
Patti Smith Group, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny Kaye, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocal - Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums, Percussion - Král, Composer, Lyricist - Richard Sohl, Keyboards, Synthesizer - George Marino, Mastering Engineer - Jack Douglas, Producer - Jay Messina, Engineer - Brian Sperber, Engineer - Carl Smith, Composer, Lyricist - PATTI SMITH, Electric Guitar, Vocal - Ivan Kral, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar - Daugherty, Composer, Lyricist - Vic Anesini,, Mastering Engineer
(P)1976, 1996 Arista Records LLC
Patti Smith Group, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny Kaye, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocal - Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums, Percussion - Richard Sohl, Keyboards, Synthesizer - Lanier, Composer, Lyricist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer - Jack Douglas, Producer - Jay Messina, Engineer - Brian Sperber, Engineer - Carl Smith, Composer, Lyricist - PATTI SMITH, Electric Guitar, Vocal - Ivan Kral, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar - Vic Anesini,, Mastering Engineer
(P)1976, 1996 Arista Records LLC
Patti Smith Group, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny Kaye, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocal - Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums, Percussion - Richard Sohl, Keyboards, Synthesizer - Kaye, Composer, Lyricist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer - Jack Douglas, Producer - Jay Messina, Engineer - Brian Sperber, Engineer - Carl Smith, Composer, Lyricist - PATTI SMITH, Electric Guitar, Vocal - Ivan Kral, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar - Vic Anesini,, Mastering Engineer
(P)1976, 1996 Arista Records LLC
Patti Smith Group, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny Kaye, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocal - Jay Dee Daugherty, Drums, Percussion - Richard Sohl, Keyboards, Synthesizer - Sohl, Composer, Lyricist - Kaye, Composer, Lyricist - George Marino, Mastering Engineer - Jack Douglas, Producer - Jay Messina, Engineer - Brian Sperber, Engineer - Carl Smith, Composer, Lyricist - PATTI SMITH, Electric Guitar, Vocal - Ivan Kral, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar - Vic Anesini,, Mastering Engineer
(P)1976, 1996 Arista Records LLC
Album review
After the success of Horses, Patti Smith had something to prove to reviewers and to the industry, and Radio Ethiopia aimed at both. Producer Jack Douglas gave "the Patti Smith Group," as it was now billed, a hard rock sound, notably on the side-opening "Ask the Angels" and "Pumping (My Heart)," songs that seemed aimed at album-oriented rock radio. But the title track was a ten-minute guitar extravaganza that pushed the group's deliberate primitivism closer to amateurish thrashing. Elsewhere, Smith repeated the reggae excursions and vocal overlaying that had paced Horses on "Ain't It Strange" and "Poppies," but these efforts were less effective than they had been the first time around, perhaps because they were less inspired, perhaps because they were more familiar. A schizophrenic album in which the many elements that had worked so well together on Horses now seemed jarringly incompatible, with Radio Ethiopia Smith and her band encountered the same development problem the punks would -- as they learned their craft and competence set in, they lost some of the unself-consciousness that had made their music so appealing.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:17
- Main artists: Patti Smith Group
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Arista - Legacy
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
(P) 1996 Arista Records LLC
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