Original
 Vinyl Record Album 
LP


PATTI SMITH 
HORSES

Arista Records
AB4066
1975


Play Graded
Records: Near Mint

Sleeve: Excellent
(please see photos)


Shipping: $3.99 (always happy to combine with similar items)



Online information:

"Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and poet 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 and number five in the U.K. In 2005, Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."



Horses is the debut studio album by American musician Patti Smith, released on November 10, 1975, on Arista Records. Smith, a fixture of the then-burgeoning New York punk rock music scene, began recording Horses with her band in 1975 after being signed to Arista Records, with John Cale being enlisted to produce the album. With its fusion of simplistic rock and roll structures and Smith's freeform, Beat poetry-infused lyrics, Horses was met with widespread critical acclaim upon its initial release. Horses has since been viewed by critics as one of the greatest and most influential albums not only in the history of the American punk rock movement, but also in the history of all rock and roll. Horses has also been cited as a key influence on a number of succeeding post-punk, and alternative rock acts, including Siouxsie and the Banshees, R.E.M., the Smiths, PJ Harvey and Hole.

Track listing

Side one
1."Gloria" (Part I: "In Excelsis Deo"; Part II: "Gloria (Version)") Patti Smith (Part I)Van Morrison (Part II) 5:57 2."Redondo Beach" SmithLenny KayeRichard Sohl  3."Birdland" SmithKayeSohlIvan Kral 9:15 4."Free Money"SmithKaye 3:52
Side two
1."Kimberly" SmithKralAllen Lanier  4:27 2."Break It Up"SmithTom Verlaine  4:04 3."Land" (Part I: "Horses"; Part II: "Land of a Thousand Dances"; Part III: "La Mer(de)")Smith (Parts I and III)Chris Kenner (Part II)Fats Domino (Part II) 9:25 4."Elegie" SmithLanier  2:57


Great addition to any collection -
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