Horses

dear Patti, Jesus did die for your sins, and for everyone’s

This had a very "overstaying it's welcome" vibe. It wasnt terrible but I found myself starting to proverbially looking at my watch a lot.

Maybe I didn’t give it a fair enough shake, but I really just didn’t enjoy this album.

Patti Smith sounds like a drunk girl at a karaoke bar trying to sing Fleetwood Mac songs.

I’m sorry but I just don’t get what all the hype is about

Not interesting and way too pleased with itself

I have heard of Patti Smith before, but I only know one of her songs, which wasn't on here. I won't be listening to any of these songs again. Each song was too long, I could have saved 5 minutes if they were the correct length.

Didn’t like it at all

Interesting music for it's time I guess. Kinda reminiscent of the velvet underground. Doesn't do much to distinguish itself for me. Medium 2.

Patti Smith is another singer that I've heard of for years,.but never really listened to. She has an interesting voice but this album didn't really grab me. Redondo Beach had an interesting Blondie type reggae-ish vibe to it. The sound is pretty stripped down, but I think that's one of the reasons it didn't grab me.

Couldn't get into this. Can hear her influence on others, which was cool. But not really a great listen. 2/5

These songs were too long and boring for me.

I wanted to like this album much more than I actually did. Seemed to go on too long and wore out its welcome. 2.4

I did not like it

Good foundation for the great PJ Harvey, but not my bag. Not a fan of the voice

Começo do punk! Mas n gostei!

I appreciate and respect Patti Smith but this album does not appeal to me at all.

While not personally a fan of Patti Smiths vocals I can understand this albums place in history as a revered album. On paper this album should be right up my street but there just wasn't much, in my opinion, that grabbed my attention and held it for longer than a few seconds. Patti Smith is undeniably a great lyricist but sonically this album didn't really do it for me and overall felt like it dragged on a bit and teased you with a potential musical break but never really delivered sadly.

Not for me.

I had a hard time getting through it, but managed. I can sort of see how it might appeal to a certain group of people, but not enough to see how it would show up on a list of albums one must listen to before they die...

It's not really my thing, but I appreciate the musicality and historical importance of Horses. Having said that, it's really not my thing.

A bit boring

I have read that Patti Smith inspired many, but this one was a bit of a slog.

Not for me. It is too incohesive and too meandering regarding lyrics and music. No one star because of Gloria.

Just the female bob dylan? Music is alright but could not listen to the singing

Gear: Meze 109 PRO Album-Art: da habe ich mir doch glatt keck die Ärmel meines Business-Hemds hochgekrempelt - ich alter Rebell *tihi* Mix: klingt wie Caro-Kaffee bei der Oma Musik: pseudo-intellektuelle und -rebellische Lyrics mit uninspirierter Instrumentierung zünden so gar nicht bei mir Wertung: 🧷(🧷)/5

Patti Smith as a NYC icon is much more interesting than Patti Smith as a recording artist

The title song was the only decent song on the album. Rest of them were painful to listen to.

Definitely important, you can here the influences on rock music for the next 30 years. Amazing voice/emotion/power. A little too experimental for my taste. Glad she made it, I am unlikely to choose to listen to it.

I like Patti Smith’s voice, and the overall sound, but I don’t actually like a lot of the songs individually.

There are some points of the album when i wanted to stop listening. I know she get a lot of props for this album. Maybe at the time it was influential but…Not a fan.

Not for me.

Couldn't get into it.

Solid vocals but nothing that captured me too much. Album title track was probably my favorite.

Someone please get your friend off the karaoke mic. She's clearly wasted

Meh

Started great, grew bored, didn’t finish, saved nothing to favorites.

Maybe I wasn’t in the right mood, but I had a hard time getting into this

The instrumentals were okay, but Smith’s voice is just annoying to listen to. None of the songs really captivated me and she sounds whiny. DNF.

She's saying a lot of words. The production is sort of empty as well. Most of the songs blended together for me, nothing stood out that much except for the opening line which everybody quotes. Kinda disappointed by this one.

This bounces from great to unlistenable and back again.

Apparently Patti Smith is like Bob Dylan? More a poet than a singer? This was not my jam. I really really tried, but like Dylan, I just found this boring. Horses was ok. I get why that song has the most plays. Let's just say I wouldn't listen to it again.

I had high hopes for this after reading how many artists were inspired by this album. I get that it broke barriers and such but it's just not an enjoyable listen.

Wow! Super punk feel but I didn’t really enjoy it. Had the feel of listening to a live album with the looseness but wasn’t very fun to listen to. 2/5

I feel bad for not enjoying this, as Patti has been such a huge influence on much of the music I like. Her voice just really turns me off for some reason. She's clearly a good songwriter, and writes interesting lyrics, I just don't like her singing. Free Money was the first song on the album I found tolerable, and I almost turned it off before then.

An important part of the music scene.

Journey of struggle

Had really big expectations for this one, and was excited when it came up! But in the end it was a dissapointment 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲 Played the album 3 times, i was bored and nothing really had my attention besides the album starting with "jeasus died", the whole thing felt theatrical and forced. Listened to Legacy Edition that had some live recordings in the second half, and i liked those a lot better than the first half, lives had a raw emotional feeling that the rest of the album was lacking.

Nix!

I had some appreciation for how her poetry merged with the music but for the most part I couldn’t wait for this to end

This album was ok, just ok. It didn't feel very "punk rock" to me, maybe the genre has changed since the 70's.

Unfassbar, dass ich Nina Simone gerade 2 Sterne gegeben habe, damnit Das Album hier sind 2 Sterne, ziemlich langweilig und unaufregend

She’s very passionate but a lot of the songs just didn’t speak to me.

I wanted more from this.

Just noise. Not great, but I guess it wasn't horrible.

I like her voice and nothing else about this.

This was pretty gross, to be honest.

#37. There's really only one good Patti Smith song, and this isn't the album it's on. This one could almost get a 3- almost, but there's a few songs that are actively annoying. I don't really have even a little bit of desire to listen to this one again. 2/5: meh Song added to playlist: Redondo Beach I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link

I was relieved when it was over. There’s talent there but I just didn’t like her chosen singing style. She’s certainly got singing chops but most of the time, she chose a different style with terms I’m sure a trained vocalist would know but I couldn’t stand.

I went into this album hearing from my dad when I was younger that Patti Smith was big rock and roller. I was expecting more of the album to be like the first song or her cover of my generation (both of which are fantastic, before I even listened to this album Gloria and Redondo Beach were already in my saved songs). Instead, I found this album contained more poetry. The album starts off really well, but then reaches a lull with Birdland. The only other saving grace in my mind was Horses, which blended the poetry with a rock jam. I can get behind long winding poetic songs (I’m a big Dylan fan) but some songs on this album were very Avant-Garde. I get the artistic vision of this album and it’s merits but I’ll stick with the rocking Patti Smith over the poet for now. This album will definitely get another listen later on though for sure.

Meh

# 83 : Ok, not a bad album, one I can listen to but not real good either. Had nothing significant and nothing stood out. Wouldn't go back to it out of choice. Fav Song : Free Money Listened : 09/10/2023

Unexpectedly punk rock.

Alright. 2

Pretty forgettable. 2/5 Won't listen again

Not bad. Not as bad I mean, as some of the other albums so far

this is a thing.

Proto-punk meets counterculture sound. I liked “Gloria: In Exelcis Deo” more than the rest of the album I think, but there’s something to be said for a strong start. Unfortunately, I thought most of the rest of the album was dogwater and a great example of the fact that just because an album is underground and edgy doesn’t mean it’s Good.

From the very first track of her debut album, Patti Smith wants us to know she’s not fucking around. She turns a classic song on its head and makes it her own, and while it’s hard to listen to at points, it’s not exactly easy to listen to the Doors’ remake of “Gloria” either. She continues to leave a trail of wreckage in her wake with the uncomfortably long “Birdland,” and by the time she gets to “My Generation,” you’d think Roger Daltrey was an obedient schoolboy and not one of England’s biggest rockstars. There are hints of relaxation throughout the album, like the reggae of “Redondo Beach” and the Dire Straits-esque guitar of “Free Money,” but Smith isn’t going for Monet on a calm spring day. She’s going for Picasso on Adderall, and she nails it. All that being said, and as much as I appreciate her thought-provoking lyrics and the fact that each line is as unexpected as the one before it, I just don’t like the music itself, and there’s no getting around that. At least that saves the album from getting one star.

Favourite songs: Gloria: In Excelsis Deo, Free Money Least favourite songs: Birdland, Land: Horses/Land of a Thousand Dances/La Mer(de) 2/5

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Very unique and pleasant voice but the album was a one and done for me.

Good first track, the rest is entirely forgettable.

Not quite sure what I think of this. There are moments when it's really good, but long periods where it isn't. The intro to Redondo Beach sounds like a reggae version of the intro to Common People, which amused me... Gloria the clear standout track, rest of the album just not as good. 2/5.

Not a big PS fan, I want to like it tho

Really didn't vibe with the vocal style. I'm sure this was groundbreaking when it came out, but a lot of the ideas here feel a little cliche now. I might like the album a bit more if knew the lyrics well, but I don't see myself returning to this any time soon.

na

I’m hopeful for today’s album. Patti Smith is an icon of 80’s pop rock. Who doesn’t love Because The Night? Nobody, that’s who. Aside from that, I’m not actually sure that I’ve heard much else by her. Indeed, no track titles on today’s album ring any bells for me. Let’s explore some more into her music and see what we find! Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Gloria, Kimberly How odd that the tracks that stand out for me here are both names of people. These were the catchier tracks here, but unfortunately I don’t have much else positive to say. There was a lot of messy noisiness throughout. Birdland was a prime example of this and was frankly difficult to listen to, being basically spoken word with messy music in the background. I was hopeful for this, but it frankly just wasn’t very good. I expect this will be one of those albums that are loved by many, and I just didn’t click with it like others did.

Cat: I wanted to like this. I did not. Her voice is super cool but also so annoying I couldn’t keep going. AJ: saw her open for Neil Young and her energy was insane. She’s a poet. But she definitely isn’t something you just pop on. Because the Night is great, but it ain’t on here. I’d love to sit and talk to her. But a lot of her stuff ain’t really for me.

Did not connect with this album. Lots of wailing and I'm not sure what type of music this was. Like a folksy pop punk? Wasn't a huge fan.

didn't really connect with this all that much. I like the guitar work and production though. best tracks: gloria, free money, break it up

bad

2/5 Best: Gloria Worst: Elegie

Sorry Patti Smith fans. She has a habit of doing this thing at the end of a line that I just can't get past. I don't know how to describe it. It's the she constantly ends in this falling, wilting tone. Once I noticed it, it was just always present and ruined what may have otherwise been decent music. Surely somebody out there knows what I'm talking about.

Even though it was made before 1989 (Mike) I still don't like it.

Birdland was so so bad. Like really bad.

Didnt connect with me.

No, I never got Patti Smith. I just don’t like her tone, the content just seems like a rambling stream of consciousness. Not for me thanks. 🍣

i never liked horses, but patti smith fucking rocks and i would happily go back in a time machine and marry her

Even weirder than expected. Not a fun listen but interesting none the less.

This annoyed me. I don't know why. Her voice? Urgh.

Not for me. Don't enjoy vocals that sound really distant and weak, a recording technique or the mic tech of the times?

I feel like I would have enjoyed this more if it wasn't set to music. I like the punk aesthetic and the poetic quality of the vocals, but the repetitive backing band was tedious.

I didn't expect the rawness and almost punk nature this had, but it was appreciated. However, I just didn't really vibe with this at all. Really didn't care for the two longer spoken word numbers and found them really to be long stories with the background music kinda forgettable. I did like some of the other tracks like Kimberly somewhat.

I couldn't get into it. But might have been sick.

I want to like Smith more than I do. I just find little to enjoy here - the words are smart but maybe too smart- a case of overthinking at times. And same goes for the music. It’s done well, but perhaps too well to get across any real passion. It doesn’t move me. I guess all the elements are there but they just don’t stick, for me. I find it interesting that this gets mixed into the punk soup of the time - to me this is more about the old rock order of groups like The Doors, given a 70s update. I prefer this to The Doors, but it feels like a step - rather than a Great Leap - forward.

I know I should adore this album. Everyone else seems to. But I find it a little meh. I get the raw energy, but the songs sound half-finished to me. It's not exactly a party floor filler, either. Sorry.

She seems to do a lot vocally without much skill - in way that might appeal to some people but not to me. Super influential and ahead of her time though.

HEYYY! I used to have this album! It's been ages since I've listened to it. My favorite was Rock n roll Nigger, but of course that is no available on Spotify, found it on YouTube though. Listening to that first. I could have sworn it was on Horses but I guess it was on Easter. I guess my first time hearing her was from the NBK soundtrack! Pure gold that one!

"Gloria" y "Free money" me han gustado, pero lo mismo no era el día porque me he aburrido bastante. Lo siento pero van a ser 2 estrellas aunque lo volveré a escuchar.

I appreciate the direction and novelty of the album, but I found it a bit grating at times.

I get why it’s influential but it just does not grab me.

I've always liked Patti Smith as a person, author and activist...but her music has never hooked me.

Progressive, great drum production, too avant garde for me.

really not my style, and i didn't really like it

Meh

Not for me.

Gave me flash backs to Kate Bush but it at least had a couple of songs that were listenable

I hope Patti Smith is in a better place mentally now. This album was a whirlwind.

It is a punk rock. It is not that good. I found it annoying. The Gloria cover was bad. I never really got into it.

Don't really get it

Not a real fan of this. But it’s miles better than that George Michael’s album that was on here the other day.

Not bad, would have to see if Patti came before allanis morisette because that’s all I heard in this

left me somewhat cold

Muutama ihan ok mutta monen kappaleen pilasi improvisoidulta kuulloatanut laulu. Birdman erityisesti rasittava

It's clear Smith can write and play interesting guitar parts, but that means little if she can't get her vocals out of the way. I'm all for experimental singer-songwriter approaches to liven things up a bit, but the tricks, gimmicks, and downright annoying vocal mannerisms across this thing just kept me from getting into the flow of the album.

There's some songs that are good and more punk-ish like Free Money but then there are those that are extremely barebones and a chore to listen to. I could've died without listening to this album

This one didn’t do much for me.

Favoritas: -Free money -Break It Up

Siento que en partes muy gritado y con poca producción, no me pareció nada del otro mundo

Much respect. Just not my thing almost 50 years later.

Didn't mind it the first time but then listen the next day with Patty and I did not enjoy it nearly as much. Little too much talk singing. Definitely a bit experimental. A few of the songs were okay.

Didn't recognize her name, but did recognize the top track! (Gloria). Next track was unremarkable and I had to skip Birdland after 3min. Talking is not singing. So much talk singing. Not really enjoying the rest of this album.

Vill gilla detta. Vissa låtar låter bra men överlag inte bra tyvärrrrrrr

Screechy. Overrated.

Ne razumem, kaj je tu tako dobrega. Mogoče je preprosto prezahtevna glasba za moj povprečen okus.

I can see some talent here. I bet some of her other albums are amazing. This one... not so much.

She has a great voice, just found her lyricism and general song creation peculiar.

Fell asleep to it. That doesn't say a lot, or maybe it does. I don't know, she was embracing that punk energy, but didn't feel like she had the chops to back it up. Maybe it was just me being tired, but it didn't hold my interest at all. Next.

Expected to love this and I didn’t

Started well but overall nah

I'm sure I've tried to listen to Horses from Patti Smith before, because others have cited this as an influential album. I don't enjoy listening to Smith sing. I might like "Kimberly". It reminded me a little of the Talking Heads, but as if Gordon Gano sang about half of the lyrics. "Horses" was flirting with being "okay" too. I'm not mad that I listened to the album, but I don't want to do it again.

eh. maybe im not in a good mood today?

I did not find this that enjoyable to listen to. The songs did not really seem or sound a lot like music to me.

67/100: Not a huge fan of this album. It didn't sound all that unique, and definitely won't stick out in my memory. Honestly, I can't even recall any songs that stuck out in my mind. Overall, incredibly forgetful, so much so I think I've already forgotten it. I certainly will not revisit in the future as I likely won't think of this album ever again.

ok. Cannot see what is so amazing about this ...

Who doesn't love a song where they spell out the lyrics for you? R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Didn't care too much for the carribeanesque Redondo Beach. A little bit too far out there for me.

Ok. I really wanted to like this album because it's so influential. But I just don't do well with meandering lyrics and song structures. It makes sense that she toured with Dylan a lot as they both have very poetic styles. I do like her voice, so maybe I'll try a few other albums to see if they have more structure.

Nervig.

I hear Gwen Stefani meets Lou Reed.

Punk

Really boring. Bizzare songs with bizarre lyrics that last forever and feel like they're about nothing. Would be a 1.5 if I could give it that.

It was wack

Apparently very good punk rock? I don’t hear it

I can see the influence, and love the crooning. Not so crazy on the poetry.

The album is interesting but doesn’t really hold you or make you really pay attention. Nothing inherently memorable.

bit too spoken word-y for my taste

not my kind of thing

This was interesting. Not exactly my cup of tea, but also not that far out there for me. I think this is a good album. But other moments had me thinking "I'd be happy to never hear this again". Maybe another listen would do it more justice. But I also wasn't compelled enough to consider another listen for the future.

Couldnt do it. Her voice killed it for me.

Just didn't interest me.

活力のある女性シンガーという印象。時代の最先端だったんだろうな、と思う。またゆっくり聴いてみたい。

I can see why this sounded fresh at the time, so I'll give it an extra star for that. But this album was a nothing-burger-with-cheese.

Not a fan of Patti Smith

the instrumentals are nice

Huge overrated and not nearly as powerful, poetic, passionate as it desperately wants to be. It works in moments, but not in any sustained way and it just sounds raw and exhibitionistic and overly emoted now. Who cares enough about "Gloria" to search for the irony or the deconstruction? Same as the imagistic dream of "Horses" morphing into "Land of a Thousand Dances." Its reputation seems vastly overblown all these years on.

Meh, didn't do anything for me.

Wasn't all that interested in, whiney voice.

I normally like unique voices but I just can't get into Patti Smith. My third time listening to this album and it still just feels like loud wailing and wavering from a voice that isn't super great to begin with. I get that a lot of people really love her, but it isn't for me unfortunately.

Not really a fan. I liked a couple of songs though.

Niet slecht

Largely forgettable.

Good album, just not for me

Ei ihan mun tyyliä, vaikka hieno artisti onkin.

I want to like this more but just felt it to be alright and nothing more. 5/10

Not my kind of music.

2/5 something was off

Fuck "Birdland". So long and aggressively annoying. The rest of the album was a mixed bag. Definitely one that's more important than it is enjoyable.

Nothing really stood out about this. Other than it seemed like a lot of angst. Felt it got a bit too much by the end. Just a lot of unpleasant moaning

Meh, there were a few times where I thought things were getting better and then it just went back to feeling like spoken-word poetry.

So she seems to go out of her way to make her voice as unpleasant as possible. I don't know why one would do that when your art form involves people listening to your voice. 'Free Money' was the only song that was kind of okay, though I didn't listen well to it since I was working. But it's what bumped this to a 2.

probably good but not for me

Alright, not sure I was a fan of her voice but some good rocking songs.

Some good punky elements at times, but it was both a bit scattered and kind of safe.

The music is fun and energetic and maybe catchy but pattis voice sucks ass. Also in a somewhat bad mood when I listened to this

I respect what she was doing at the time but not my vibe

Eh 2/5

Meh

It was alright but I had a hard time paying attention. One recognized song

I tried to like this album. I listened to it three times. Every time I felt like there were places where it felt like the song was going to get good and hook me, but it never did. I waited half a day for a third listen thinking maybe it was my mood or what I was doing in the day or something and expecting that I might hear it with new ears… but alas. This just didn’t work for me.

Who from our generation doesn't remember the building power of "Gloria". Raw and fun. That said, the rest of the album did not age well. Good; not great. She was great live. Saw my freshman year. Was in a line-up with Grateful Dead and some no-name down at UMass.

What?

Meh

Her sound is ahead of her time. Very original and a good deal of cool songs and sounds.

109. Horses - Patti Smith 18 track. Nope. Not for me at all. Really didn't enjoy this. 2/5

Yeah that’s really not for me… just don’t get that!

Nope. I had to fast forward through Birdland because it was so bad.

Nothing to add, just didn't feel the music.

Just noisy

Mjaah lidt ligeglad

Jeg mener, at hun har lavet bedre

Minimalistisk punk rock, 70’er, ikke så tiltalende

Meh.

I understand the importance of this album to the future of punk but it really does nothing for me

Cool, aber hat mir jetzt nicht richtig gefehlt…

I know that this is regarding as a classic, and I've now listened to the album 3 times in my life. I just can't get past the way she sings, throwing noise at a note but just not QUITE getting there. Sorry Patti, but my ears are just not compatible with your music, though I do like your band:-)

2/5 - Nope.

I like the instrumental and production, but I fuckin hate her rocker-stoner chick voice; it sounds like she's doing a characature and I can't take it seriously

Not my favorite style of music, personally a pass

Patti never was my thing

Musicalmente es buen disco, pero la voz de Patti (y cómo canta) lo arruina para mí

Not my style but did appreciate poetic mix in the songs. It had its moments

Weint zu viel, wird nach dem 3. Lied nervig

Ziemlich anstrengend aber nicht auf die interessante Art und Weise

Honestly, I think this is over-rated. I get why it was ground-breaking at the time but for me it’s style over substance.

There were a couple decent ones on there but I don't really see what's so special

Lyrically this was a wild ride - definitely a bigger fan of her later work.

Liked it in patches but not really my cup of tea-can appreciate it musically etc but was samey in parts. Favourite song-Free Money

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Vermoeiend plaatje. Wordt vast beter als je ‘m vaker luistert, maar daar heb ik geen zin in...

Iets te arty-farty voor mijn doen.

Ruim, com uma ou outra musica ok

Ite

Zaczynam podejrzewac, ze polowa albumikow na tej liscie to punki badz post punki, tak jest wlasnie w tym wypadku, tym razem prosto z hameryki w wykonaniu dosc zenskim, choc okladka daje jasno do zrozumienia, ze spiewane bedzie przez tomboja, ktory wyje na garazowa modle, gitarka prowadzaca rowniez jest w tym stylu utrzymana, nie slychac ze jest to album ktorego producentem byl Cale z undergroundowych velvetow, trak otwierajacy i zamykajacy to autorskie aranzacje znanych kawalkow gloria i my generation, o ile ten pierwszy ma na siebie ciekawy pomysl, to trak zamykajacy jest z nagrania live i niezbyt wyrozniajacy sie na tle innych coverow tego kawalka, reszta autorskich trakow to czesto recytacja poetyczna bardziej niz spiewy, ciekawa sprawa, ze spotifajowa wersja zawiera takze live wersje tego albumiku, ktory w moim odczuciu brzmi o wiele lepiej niz studyjna wersja, czuc tam energie i ducha punkerskiego, vynylowi tego brakuje, na plejke leci gloria in excelsis deo

I didn't like the way she sang. Other parts were fine, but if I want an album to be over well before it is, it can be a high two at best.

Really not feeling this one…. Something about it just didn’t draw me in and it did not really care for any part of it

Her voice sounds like someone doing a poor parody of a good singer.

Another album I just couldn't get into. Some interesting instrumentals at times, but Patti Smith's vocals are just not to my taste.

Ça cri un peu trop.

big Theater Kid vibes. i don't like this kind of stuff.

Meh, weak

Too pop-ish for me

Meh. Assez discordant.

dated, a snapshot of a time I suppose. But no fun for the ears, and not in a good way. hey, it's art, whatev

Almost fell asleep

Really wanted to like this but I'm on a more melodic wave right now

first song is kinda cool but overall far too artsy for me, i bet gen x loves it. nick cave type bullshit just with female singing. 2/5

Never again.

Do I like music? I'm starting to wonder, because so much on this generator is not at all what I enjoy listening to. Maybe I don't like music and what I do like is a fluke. What makes me like something vs not like something? I am starting to struggle to identify that. Maybe it is magic. There is something here that I think I could like but the problem is I don't. I'd never listen to any of these songs again by choice, but there is certainly a lot of emotion conveyed here. I dunno. I have a headache after this. Land:Horses/Land of a Thousand Dances/Le Mer(de), despite being over 9 minutes long, was the best on the album. Is it three songs in one? Why is the title like that? I am questioning my sanity at this point.

Woah. Is this what all her stuff is like? Hated it. Like, unbearable. I thought she was really highly regarded? What the fuck?

raro, no me gustó

have heard of this one, but still outside my radar lots of wailing in this one easy to get the sense that this was massively influential bit of a vibe tho 💥gloria in excelsis deo 💥free money 💥land horses / land of a thousand dances / la mer(de)

Meh.

Ass

I tried. I really tried. This was just not the voice I needed in my head right now.

Awful voice. Gave up.

Not my thing, singing didn’t do it for me, and it just sounds somewhat generic, like just some 70’s shit Yk

I don't get the hype.....

Just over 80 albums in and this is the second worst album so far (Bonnie Prince Billy being #1). Her vocals are as grating as Johnny Lydon to me. I made it through it but barely

mmm i didnt really like her kinda country

A 40 minute explosion of doom and gloom. Before I go to sleep, I must remind myself not to listen to any of her music ever again. Life's too short.

meczy

Now don't get me wrong, I love a 9-minute song. But when it's paired with the most unbearable singing it makes it a bit hard to enjoy

Nope not my kinda music at all😭

Kind of a weird one. Though it was country at first, but turned into a folksy spoken word thing almost. Not my jam.

Not my type

What the hell. This was turbo ass. Music is alright, her voice is horrible. 1/10

moanin

Did not like this. It made me think of the sister in “Friends and Neighbors”

Not for me

Do not like patti smith, awful songs, boring.

Ok

Nope, not a fan.

Never a fan of the NYC art rock scene but I figure I listen to this anew and I tried to get through it long ago and could not. Still can't.

05/31 Boring

Horrible. Reminds me of Kate Bush. Dissonant and talk/yell singing, weird poetry-like readings, hated most of it. A few songs were survivable. She even managed to butcher covers like My Generation - so bad.

couldn't make it past song 3. had to turn it off.

I don't understand how anyone can listen to her and enjoy that awful sound coming out of her mouth. Unlistenable.

Każda piosenka ma dobre i słabe momenty, ale jakoś te słabe za bardzo wpływają na to, że raczej nie przesłuchałabym tego kolejny raz. Nie jest to złe, nie moje klimaty. Najlepsza piosenka z tego albumu to free money, Kimberly chyba. No średni

An album I would replace this one with: PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (2004) 4/5

"Gloria: In Excelsis Duo" is an attempt at punk. "Redondo Beach" is minimalist blues (if that's even possible). "Birdland" is a 6-year old kid trying to explain their day to their parents. "Free Money" is a hybrid between Lynard Skynard's "Free Bird" guitar solo and Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" if a cover band somehow butchered both of them. "Kimberly" is slam poetry about a woman. "Break it up" is about having sex. "Land: Horses / Land of a Thousand Dances / La Mer(de)" is incoherent ramblings of a lunatic to the same drums, guitar, piano, and bass for almost 10 minutes. "Elgie" is depression and mental instability in song form. You can DEFINITELY hear the Velvet Underground inspiration in this one. God it sucks. I hated the Velvet Underground album and now I have something as bad if not worse thrown in my face. It's a 0/10. I have to give it a star, but it doesn't deserve it. This shit sucks ass.

leider nicht meins. 1.4 sterne

1/5

not my thing 1/5

A chier

Wow

No me gusto y no me engancho

I tried to give this a 2. Nothing worked here.

Raw proto-punk and poetic rock built on loose guitars, minimal piano, steady rhythms, and intense, spoken-sung vocals unfolds with restless, confrontational energy. Listening feels like standing in a dim loft where words spill out in long, unfiltered bursts over a band that shifts beneath them. The result is powerful and distinctive and at the same time its free-form approach feels uneven.

I hadn't heard of Patti Smith before this album popped up (Rather, I hadn't connected her name with what I had heard of hers), and didn't have a good idea of what I was getting into just from the album name and cover alone. Looking through reviews, I found a lot of people calling her "Female Bob Dylan" which does reign true. I also found many people who gave this album 5 stars saying that it's her lyrics that inspired them to give this album such a high rating. Perhaps I'd say similar if I understood anything that she was saying. While I do appreciate clever and poetic lyrics in the music I listen to, I am far more drawn to the musicality of an album. This album is not for people like me. I can respect what Patti Smith was for the punk rock scene, but this album did not capture my attention at any point.

nope. The first song, there was a part i liked, when they were singing "gloria" but then i realized, i only liked it because it sounds like the song "victoria" by the kinks, written 6 years prior. song 2 i liked the instrumental. song 3, i liked it until she started singing..

Not for me. 1/5

Patti seems extremely cool however album is not my favourite however it was a good way to stay awake on the plane and did enjoy elegie at the end

Patti Smith's vocal presence is grating (reminds of school bullies). The album is emotionally taxing — specific imagery (boy hitting locker) is disturbing rather than artistic. Revolutionary for 1975, maybe, but unpleasant to listen to. Needed upbeat music to recover from the mood it created.

I had to actively fight the urge to cover my ears, even with earbuds in...why must Yoko Ono's reincarnation make me suffer on this dull Monday?

Not really my kind of thing

an unpopular opinion but i never liked her

Average listen Very unmusical

Pues la recordaba como más... más... algo!

1.4/5 I'm not the biggest fan of her voice and it was a pretty bland album. I know she's a big artist but this album didn't really do anything for me.

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Just because someone is an incredible poet and a great mind, does not always mean they should make music..

I saw Patti Smith open for the Indigo Girls at Red Rocks years ago and it was hands down the worst live performance I've ever seen. I wasn't too familiar with her music so I've always wondered if she just had on off night. While that may have been the case, this album suggests she didn't have much to work with anyway.

Feels like poetry being recited to a beat in some cases. The lyrics are pretty progressive and counter cultural. Overall, not super engaging but I can see the appeal for others

not my cup of tea

This one's just not for me, which is unfortunate because she looks so cool on the album cover. I listened to it a while back, and I'm still just not understanding it.

Nope, not for me!

To moany-squeaky. This is probably what goofy’s wife (RIP) sounded like while getting it on.

Strange songs & strange intonation.

Didn't like a single song

I feel like I would've liked it better if I liked her voice but I just can't get into it

wasn’t feeling this yst, got through one track before quitin on it. this one might be on me folks

I read about how Patti Smith was sort of the Godmother of punk. I would not doubt that is true, but I was delighted when this album was over.

Smith was one of handful of New York musicians trying to create a new form of rock and roll in the early 70s but when the resulting aesthetic consists of hypertheatrical poetry readings over cruddy garage rock backing, it's pretty much dead on arrival.

🥇redondo beach 🥈kimberly

Didn’t understand the hype around this one. Sounded like nonsense and noise

she has better songs

not for me

1. gloria - 0 2. beach - 1 3. bird - 0 4. money -0 5. kimberly - 6. break - 0 7. land -1 8. elegie - 1

Gibt mir nichts