Patti Smith Group – Easter
(Arista Records 1978 SPART1043)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Booklet in Nr MINT condition
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Patricia Lee “Patti” Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and visual artist who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses.
Called the “punk poet laureate”, Smith fused rock and poetry in her work. Her most widely known song is “Because the Night”, which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen. It reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978. In 2005, Patti Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture, and in 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On November 17, 2010, she won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids. The book fulfilled a promise she had made to her former long-time roommate and partner, Robert Mapplethorpe. In Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 100 Greatest Artists published in December 2010, she was in 47th place. She is also a recipient of the 2011 Polar Music Prize.
Easter is an album by the Patti Smith Group, released in March 1978 on Arista Records. Produced by Jimmy Iovine, it is regarded as the group’s commercial breakthrough, owing to the success of the single, “Because the Night” (co-written by Bruce Springsteen and Smith), which reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 in the UK.
Track listing
Side one
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
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1. | “Till Victory” | Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye | 2:45 | |
2. | “Space Monkey” | Smith, Ivan Kral, Tom Verlaine | 4:04 | |
3. | “Because the Night” | Smith, Bruce Springsteen | 3:32 | |
4. | “Ghost Dance” | Smith, Kaye | 4:40 | |
5. | “Babelogue” | Smith | 1:25 | |
6. | “Rock N Roll Nigger“ | Smith, Kaye | 3:13 |
Side two
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
---|---|---|---|---|
7. | “Privilege (Set Me Free)” | Mel London, Mike Leander, Psalm 23 | 3:27 | |
8. | “We Three” | Smith | 4:19 | |
9. | “25th Floor” | Smith, Kral | 4:01 | |
10. | “High on Rebellion” | Smith | 2:37 | |
11. | “Easter” | Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty | 6:15 |
Personnel
- Patti Smith – vocals, guitar
- Lenny Kaye – guitar, bass guitar, vocals
- Jay Dee Daugherty – drums, percussion
- Ivan Kral – bass guitar, vocals, guitar
- Bruce Brody – keyboards, synthesizer
Additional personnel
- Richard Sohl – keyboards on “Space Monkey”
- Allen Lanier – keyboards on “Space Monkey”
- John Paul Fetta – bass on “Till Victory” & “Privilege”
- Andi Ostrowe – percussion on “Ghost Dance”
- Jim Maxwell – bagpipes on “Easter”
- Tom Verlaine – arrangement on “We Three”
- Todd Smith – head of crew
Technical personnel
- Jimmy Iovine – production, mixing
- Shelly Yakus – mixing
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Thom Panunzio – engineering
- Gray Russell – engineering
- Charlie Conrad – engineering
- Joe Intile – engineering
Design personnel
- Lynn Goldsmith – cover photography
- Robert Mapplethorpe – insert photography
- Cindy Black – insert photography
- John Roberts – insert photography
- Maude Gilman – insert design
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