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Friday, October 17, 2008

PATTI SMITH GROUP


PATTI SMITH GROUP
WAVE (1979)
320 KBPS

I've listened to this thoroughly and it is one of my favorite Patti Smith recordings. Other than the title song, which is primarily talk, the rest are fine, accessible, numbers. You can find "Frederick" and "Dancing Barefoot" on Smith's "Land" compilation but then you'd miss out on many other great tunes.
She and her band have a way of creating a different sound and mood for each song so it never gets tiring. And they construct these sounds well. There are lots of tasty guitar riffs here. Overall, this album strikes me as similar to "Gung Ho"--not as great but fine nevertheless--even if they are 20+ years apart. So if you like one you may like the other. Patti Smith's music ages well.
Some of my favorites (besides "Frederick" and "Barefoot") include "So you Want to be a Rock n Roll Star"--which tops the original by eight miles at least. "Revenge" has a lick like Lennon's "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" but with a darker theme and with a bite. "Broken Flag" is an inspiring, march-like tune. "5432/Wave" (nothing like "Wave")is a fun, energetic ending, as if it were the band's last song before intermission. Unfortunately, it is the last song here but then one can always return to all her other records...

1. Frederick
2. Dancing Barefoot
3. So You Want to Be (A Rock 'N' Roll Star)
4. Hymn
5. Revenge
6. Citizen Ship
7. Seven Ways of Going
8. Broken Flag
9. Wave
Bonus Tracks on Remaster
10. Fire Of Unknown Origin
11. 54321/Wave


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