Horses

Pretty good. I reckon PJ Harvey is a fan!

Good album, would give it another listen. Found the music to be interesting

Really liked this, you can see why she's been so influential. Like a lot of these artists on 1001, the best stuff is the early stuff before they disappear up their own arses.

Patti Smith je legenda, također i ovaj album koji je u potpunosti producirao John Cale (The Velvet Underground). Dao bi 8,5-9/10.

The Punk Godmother, I got Gloria on a 12" with Hey Joe on the other side. She was electric then and when she teamed up with the Boss to write Because The Night...Wow. Horses is a great album and My Favourite track is her interpretation of Van Morrisons "Gloria: In Excelsis Deo" Rightly On the list

It’s nice to hear that most of the female and some of the male voices of the New Wave and post-punk movement took their vocal inflections from Patti Smith. Iconic.

Pattis is a cool artists who actually cares. She was quite influential on, many artists I really like such as PJ Harvey. The punk OGs like the Ramones were also influenced by her but it's not like this album and the Ramones had the same sound. Not even close. This is an excellent debut album.

Over the years the critics rarely mention Patty Smith without mentioning this album in the same sentence, and especially her version of Gloria. I think her combination of (pre) punk and rambling poetry is a great one-two punch. There are brilliant tracks but some are a bit over the top for me, Birdland, for examples. I think her song-writing improved over subsequent albums, but this is a great debut and a milestone in the development of punk rock. The Robert Mapplethorpe photo is classic.

This music has grit! I liked it.

What a vocal delivery! Such power and passion put into the words, with a unique blend of punk and improvisation. Felt like a concert throughout.

Teksten die soms buiten het ritme van de muziek vallen: speciaal, maar op een of andere manier past het wel

This opens like its from the 70s. Redondo Beach is a fun forward feeling song. Birdland is a strange song choice for the third spot, but if a spoken work poem is more your speed then its fine. It has fun dynamics at least. Break It Up is a cool ballad. I'm on the fence on if I want to hear this one again.

Already listened

It's a good album from one of the mistresses of psychedelic rock from the 70s. I respect her a lot.

She cool

Turns out I know this album less well than I thought; only a few songs are actually all that familiar. But definitely liking it a lot. Even the weird pseudo-reggae of Redondo Beach worked for me, somewhat unexpectedly (what was it about 80s new wave and strange reggae?!) Birdland a bit tedious, I guess. Free Money is great though. Break it Up too. And Horses is obviously amazing. Like Elegie too.

It finally arrived on the lineup: An album that I acknowledge as genuinely good, but personally disliked. There's no good reason for me to dislike it, and I know that--but stylistically it's very far off from what I enjoy. This doesn't diminish the quality of the vocals, the songwriting, the melody lines, or anything else about it. It doesn't change the fact that this album deserves to be here. A little extra shout-out to my fave track, Gloria: In Excelsis Deo (the first one). Five-star quality here, but I'm docking a star because I didn't personally enjoy it. I know that's unfair, but life is unfair and that's just how it goes sometimes.

Any review of "Horses" must cover at least the following: - Patti Smith invented punk, new-wave, and probably poetry as well. - "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine" is bigger than Jesus. - And it's even more impressive because she's a woman as well, you know. Much of the above is overstated, but still rings true in a sense... so I won't bore you all with it again here. But it must be said that listening to "Horses" as part of a series of 1001 albums to hear before dying, it stands out as a masterstroke. It was 1975! The 1970s had only just settled in, prog was about to die off, and Smith is here channelling the wild abandon of punk, the cool detachment of new wave, and sheer poetic beauty of the avant-garde. "Gloria" is the album in a nutshell, the track everyone should hear as a bare minimum. The solemnity of its piano intro (and yes, that opening line), the slow build of the guitars and the moment where the beat shifts from lilting swing to a sudden, propulsive straight rhythm. Eventually, after Smith yelps and howls her way through the verses, there's the catharsis of the chorus, a transformed beast from the Them's 60s hit. It's a perfect introduction to an icon of rock. It's true that there is some indulgence in the two nine-minute tracks ("Birdland" and "Land"), but it's played so damn well. The vocals are astonishing throughout both of these long pieces, moving from plaintive and held back ("it was as if someone had spread butter on the stars they started to slip") to a frothy-mouthed frenzy of machine gun rhymes. The band move perfectly to support her, even without relying on drums in the stunning "Birdland": they allow a listener to get completely lost in the momentum, and match Smith's intensity expertly. In between the three epics, the other songs worthy of praise are "Kimberley", where Smith displays a much needed softer, commercial leaning side, and the frenetic "Free Money", with a glorious snare breakdown and a slow build almost as electrifying as "Gloria". For an artist praised as looking ahead and signalling a hundred new movements at once, Smith is still lovingly indebted to rock which has come before. The closing "Elegie", for Jimi Hendrix (and lifting a couple of his lyrics) is Smith at her most sincere. Elsewhere, she takes delight in bastardising tradition, shaping pop standards to keep up with her restless vision and rapid vocalisation. "Gloria" and "Land of a Thousand Dances" are two such examples, and delivered with such originality that could only be admired. Most of this commentary is what any review could tell you. "Horses" is universally loved as an alternative album and will still be thought of as such 100 years from now. Objectively, it is of course a 10/10: but I'm going to have to dock slightly based on some personal preference. "Break It Up" is a collaboration with Smith's sometime partner and fellow CBGB's star Tom Verlaine- other than his signature guitar and an impassioned vocal performance in the chorus, it's fairly unremarkable and possesses the album's most mediocre hook. "Redondo Beach" is lightweight reggae coming in between the incredibly intense high watermarks of "Gloria" and "Birdland": as a result it almost feels too insubstantial, not enough substance. It also hasn't particularly aged well and is the most in-step with the 1970s of all the songs here. Even though "Land" is generally phenomenal and one of the most intense, vivid flights of fancy through abuse, penknives, wordplay, escape, dance and horses, it loses a point for its jam session which is the exact same chords, tempo and rhythm as "Gloria". As a bottom line, though, maybe I still haven't caught up yet. Giving "Horses" a 4 doesn't change my mind on its classic status, and it shouldn't change yours.

Top album, zon prachtige stem en zo tijdloos

Listened to quite a few times before. Great early proto punk album.

Great album

Powerful rock anthems!

Great singer of the '70s.

Even though this isn't an album I'd pop on any day of the week, I think the raw power on display is worthy of 4 stars. Also didn't realize how influential this album is in rock history.

My album notes didn't save from yesterday, but it's a 4

Goodness me that VOICE

Fiona Apple but faster. Some of the guitar work sounds like the Strokes.

Horses by Patti Smith (1975) Pope Francis invited Patti Smith to sing at the Vatican’s 2014 Christmas concert, where she performed a soulfully convincing rendition of “O Holy Night”. That might seem improbable for an artist who began her career by delivering the first line of the first track of her first album with the words “Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine”. However, hang in there. It gets good. Smith’s debut album “Horses” is in the genre of punk rock, but somehow I feel that punk is simply the ungilded cage from which the canary sang. Any other cage would have sufficed. She certainly doesn’t sound like what punk became. It may be that ‘punk’ is simply a term used for recorded music by artists who are determined to dispense with conventional notions of ordered beauty—adopting a minimalist, bratty, antiestablishment mindset. I don’t know. But to understand and appreciate Patti Smith (and especially this particular album), it is better to be familiar with Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Eliot, Dylan, Baraka, and Burroughs than to be conversant with Stooges, Ramones, Sex Pistols, and Clash. This is because “Horses” is not, primarily, music. It is poetry. One could appreciate the art here even if it were presented as simply the spoken word (although sometimes the word spoken has something to say about the mid 70s ‘wrong turn’ of rock ‘n roll). Take this quatrain and tell me if I’ve gotten off at the wrong stop: “It was as if someone had spread butter On all the fine points of the stars 'Cause when he looked up They started to slip.” Patti Smith as a poet presents feelings with vividness and authenticity, revealing an excellent mastery of metaphor, and cool command of word choice, cadence, and color. And in each of the nine compositions on this record she is in control of the movement from verse to verse, satisfying the hearer’s need for development, suspense, insight, and closure. Plus, of course, it doesn’t hurt for the poet/performer to have a good ear for euphony. Musically, most of these tracks begin with a compositional head fake toward jazz, then quickly settle in to decently performed rock strains (progressive, avant-garde), as the listener eagerly follows wherever Smith is leading. And despite the apparent (I would argue, ironic) blasphemy of the first line, there is vicarious atonement throughout. Somebody suffers for someone. It seems she is capable of a theological head fake as well. I could play this album all day. And think about it till next Tuesday. 4/5

4.0 + A spirited performance that flows loosely, guided along by Patti Smith's poetic musings.

I had a friend who love this album. As in, it changed her life. So at the time, I listened to it expecting to have a spiritual awakening but... it was just a decent rock album. It took me a while to get over the disappointment, but now, yeah, it's a really good rock album. It's thrilling when Patti goes off in the longer poetic parts, music that could have only come out of NY-effing-C. And of course, in the midst of it all are some decent hooks. An iconic classic.

She’s a badass. Pretty alt but she’s got power

Well hot dang that was fun. The answer to the question: What if Jim Morrison was a woman?

cool sound. 1975, reminds me a bit of a female jagger. Gloria is cool, Rock sound, Land: horses, etc great long song.

A classic sounding album even though it is commonly labeled as punk. Gloria is a fantastic cover.

I think my favorite so far

Familiar with album. Love Redondo Beach and a few other tracks. Overall very good.

Patti Smith is crazy, but engaging. I hear a lot of her influence in Alanis Morissette.

Nice, strange singing style

Generally pretty good, I liked it more than I expected. Would've liked it more if it wasn't for the slow, spoken parts. Not really sure how to rate this. It would be a high 3 or low 4, but I think I'm gonna be generous and give it a 4.

Quite goood

I was nervous going in, but this is a very good album

A fine album with one great song and some other very good songs. Patti's poetry is evident throughout; raw, poignant, provocative. And it Rawks. 4 🌟

Can totally see why this is a classic. Feel a need a few more listens to truly appreciate it, but I’ve a feeling it will really grow on me.

Horses

I can see why she’s a legend

This album is rare. I like very much to listen to these pre-punk albums. Patti Smith is one of my favourites. Great album

Really good album, kept me engaged all the way

With the exception of 'Gloria: In Excelsis Deo', each song felt (to me anyhow) like it was recorded right on the edge of creation and destruction. The underlying music ebbed and flowed with a casual fludity, while the lyrics and vocalizations alternated between settled and urgent. It felt intimate and meaningful and I'm left with a sense of loss for not having had the opportunity to appreciate the album it in it's context, in it's time.

Awesome sound, great covers and live versions

I love her voice, lyrics and tracks. Slam dunks. No comment. (7/10) Favourite Tracks: Gloria: In Excelsis Deo, Free Money

En ocasions, sobretot a les extenses 'Birdland' i 'Land', està més a prop de la poesia recitada que de la cançó, però la banda que l'acompanya, la seva actitud i compromís amb el que diu, i cançons pròpiament dites com 'Break It Up', 'Free Money' o la versió de 'Gloria' fan del disc un d'aquelles obres magnes que apareixen molt de tant en tant. 4,5

she doesnt really sing about horses that much or my little pony :(((

What a record.

Amazing!

I know why all my favorite punk singers sound like they do now. Patti Smith is yelping, yelling, and sometimes just speaking all over this record. It felt like listening to a beat poet with a backing band that knew three chords and four notes for leads. So raw and unpredictable, I was just taken by her style. I think I would've hated this record if she just sang it straight. Super cool, big no fucks given energy. Wasn't huge on when she switched up with the reggae Redongo Beach or jazzy, weird Birdland. Standout songs were Gloria, Free Money, and Land. 8/10 but I could easily see this becoming 9/10 if I kept listening to it

Such raw emotion. I love her

A very fun bit of art punk. Definitely a lot of power and passion behind the lyrics, and the band rips through like a tornado. Great if you like poetry and hard rock mixed, not as much if that’s not your thing.

Fantastic album. Flowing and unique.

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Gloria, Free money, Horses

not my style

Really enjoyed listening to this on a sunny day! Defo worth the hype :)

Very strong energy in this album; almost like a female Tom Petty vocal tone. Experimental areas, sounds like a PJ Harvey influence. Storytelling has some interesting wordplay as well. Free Money is a wonderful song 😍 A lot of energy switching throughout this album, but regardless; some really intoxicating rock tunes amongst the selection here. Definitely would listen to Free Money more.

Didn't know Patti Smith until today, not bad at all !

Put off by "punk" links in many write-ups, but in fact far closer to Jim Morrison and the Doors. Not something I'd listen to frequently, but enjoyable all the same. Very accomplished debut.

Enjoyed Kimberly and Break it Up

Not the best music to concentrate to, but I enjoyed it. It has a special sort of intensity all its own. Reminded me a lot of Stevie Nicks and some of the wilder Fleetwood Mac songs. The My Generation live cover at the end was really shitty though.

It's definitely not my new favorite album but there are definitely some interesting things in it. I really what this sounded like to people in 1975 -- I suspect elements of it have become more common since then so it may have really stood out at the time.

Beautiful.

Good album! I can really see why this is considered a groundbreaking album. I hear nirvana, sublime, the eagles and more in these songs. Favorite was “Free Money”, and only song I really didn’t like was “Birdland” sounded a bit like Courtney Barnett, and that’s a bad thing. Wanted to eat this a 3.75, so that means a 4!

Noice

(Classic rock / Art rock) Great album with elements of punk rock & poetry and a unique vocal delivery. Birdland is a stand-out track, featuring distorted guitar that borders on noise rock. 8/10

I haven't really connected with Patti Smith, I think mostly because I don't know a lot of her story - I know that and her poetry have been a big thing for others [cough cough, Emily]. That said, I see why this is an album you need to listen to! I especially liked 'Free Money'. I couldn't take the time I wanted to more deeply focus on lyrics so I have to recognize that. But on a top level they felt powerful and I really got a kick out of the music - which felt of its era, yet transcending it. You also have to recognize the influence she had on musicians of her time and generations of punks afterwards deserves some serious respect. Adding this to a rotation so I can keep listening and thinking!

good stuff, nice short listen and the extra tracks on that "deluxe version" are not bad either

Solid

GLORIA! Reminds me of high-energy French pop, kinda sick

Better than I thought

Would’ve been 5 but it made me wet my pants

elegie top song liked the vocals, but the instrumentals were clashing and very of the time

I enjoyed this album her voice would sometimes sound strange to me but i like the instruments

Seems very ahead of its time (75!) and can hear later artists this album must have influenced

3.6

Great rock and roll. Great vocals. Great energy. A solid album with some odd little talks

4,5

actually good

8.4/10

Epic.

niceeeeeeeeee!!

Genuinely interesting listen — has real style and character, feels like a different kind of country genre music than usual, almost a new take on the genre. Not gonna lie though, that heavy vocal pitch-warping isn't my thing, even if it's clearly part of the album's whole identity. Wouldn't put it on by choice, but if it's playing and setting a ~70s or ~80s kind of mood, I'm not reaching for the skip button.

It's a good live album, and I like Van Morrison well enough. If I really liked him, this would be great, but it's longer than I need it to be.

Arguably more influential than enjoyable. It doesn’t mean it isn’t good or didn’t have an artistic impact. But you can also argue that those who were influenced by it may have done it better.

De fato lendário pelo contexto histórico e sonoridade mais “rebelde”, antecede até mesmo elementos sonoros do que veio a surgir o punk rock. Bem banaca

Boomers will tell you they like punk rock then play this album for you. Kinda reminds me of Jim Morrison if he was a woman.

Kocham cię Patti, kocham wszystko co robisz, co piszesz, co śpiewasz i sobą reprezentujesz. Buzi w czółko. 😘

Nothing I like except the cover

Lady Paul Newman punk rock-lite. Interesting (if nothing else) lyrics and talented backing band made this a fun listen, but couldn't help but feel that the whole thing is overrated.

Thoughts before listening: This album makes all the lists and is considered one of the great punk records, but I don't believe I have ever listened to it. My impression of Patti Smith is that she's as much a poet as she is a musician. Review: 8 songs in 43 minutes is not your typical punk rock album. This definitely feels like its legacy is built more on Patti Smith the person and lyricist than the music, which sounds like a female fronted attempt at Lou Reed/VU style talk singing over rudimentary proto-punk...which makes sense with John Cale as the producer. My favorite song on here is "Free Money" which starts as a piano ballad and builds to one of the more traditional pop-rock sounding songs on the album. In general I wish there was more of that on here. The opening song "Gloria" is a classic for sure, but for me personally, the (in)famous line at the beginning about Jesus dying for other's sins just doesn't resonate, despite 50 years of music journalists telling me how brave it is. I can get behind the "Land" suite which is a long, multi-part Jim Morrison-esque epic of spoken word poetry that builds to a shout as the rambling music peaks and then settles back to a whisper. Its effective and is going on my playlist. Overall, I get this album's importance even if it's not really connecting with me. 3-stars

While Patti Smith was at the birth of Punk Rock (married to Fred "Sonic" Smith), her music is generally too slow and earnest for me. This is not bad.

She's telling some sort of story here, but a big amount of it is flying over my head. I'd not be shocked if the problem was that I'm too sober to understand it. I won't say that I didn't enjoy this album, but it doesn't fit me very well. It's too out there for me. The album started out really strongly, with Gloria, but then went down a weird path. Conflicting themes, confusing lyrics, unclear mumbly vocals. And poetry. It was certainly not bad by any means, just very strange.

I wanted to like this more than I did, but it was another album where I kept fluctuating between enjoyment and annoyance.

This album is extremely ahead of its time. For coming out in 1975 (amongst disco ,prog rock, and hard rock) this may stands alone. To my ears, this sounds like post-punk before PUNK even happened. There is a hint of The Ramones in there, and of course the 60s Velvet Underground (the album is produced by John Cale). Mainly I hear bits of Joy Division, Public Image Ltd., and The Fall, and even a slew of others That being said this album comes off very arty And maybe a little out of my wheelhouse. I can hear where bands like Arcade Fire and Sonic Youth took from this album. Those aspects aren’t my favourite. Though this album culturally is 100% a 5/5 on a personal level It’s about a 3. Feel bad ranking low but it might be a 4 later but I’m pretty indifferent despite all it accomplished for the future of Music As stated Could be a 4 in future ,but right now it’s neither love nor hate. Leans more to the Love but by a smidge

Better punk than the apocalypse dudes

This album doesn't sound at all like the Patti Smith we know from “Because The Night.” Instead, “Horses” is wild and impetuous in every respect: in the old singer-songwriter tradition, song structures and meter serve only as a rough guide and are constantly broken up. The same goes for melodies - if you want to call them that. If you didn’t know from other sources that Patti Smith is a talented singer, you wouldn’t automatically come to that conclusion from this recording. Nevertheless, it’s a testament to a) the singer-songwriter scene of the 1970s, as well as b) the raw punk attitude that you wouldn’t detect in her better-known songs. Interesting!

This sounds like a mash up of Jim Morrison & Bob Dylan. The spoken word parts are hit & miss but when she's on, its interesting & hit provocative lyrics. I liked the strange mash up covers that she has arranged. 3

Mid

Not great, just not a big fan of her music

Ok I understand why this is on the essential list. Wasn’t enjoying but then Birdland enchanted me. Man the Velvet Underground influence is huge on the production especially Kimberly and the guitars on Horses. Hated the second track. See now that Nick Cave has ripped off this vibe big time. Haha. Beautiful lyricism, hear some Fiona Apple influence too. The skilled instrumentation is pulling a lot of weight here, and the spoken word becomes grandiose at times.

⭐⭐⭐+ Grym inledning med Gloria. För mig pendlar albummet mellan att vara riktigt bra och coolt till att jag har lite svårt för de delar som mest känns som spoken word. Som helhet tycker jag att albumet är bra och kan tänka mig att lyssna på det igen, det blir en stark 3a. Bäst är Gloria, Redondo beach, Free money, Kimberley, Land:Horses/Land of thousand dances/La mer

I enjoy listening to Patti, I didn’t get it for a while, but I do now🙏🏼

I didn’t know she sang that Gloria song? That was the only one I recognized at least. Decent.

3.25 - This isn't what I expected Patti Smith to sound like. I enjoyed it and might listen more.

Okay album, some sing-talking on it, which I dislike. Overall decent 3/5

I wish I liked this more than I did but it leaves me yawning. I know it’s important. But I enjoyed her book, Just Kids, way more than her music.

3.5

Pre punk,

Sara 2,5 Marko 3,5

Very arty farty beat poet at times, but some pretty great rockin tunes on here

Some good songs on here, but I kinda feel like a lot of them are ruined by trying to be a bit too arty… I definitely enjoyed this more than when I listened to it for the AM top 100 albums It takes a lot to deserve a 10 minute song and I don’t think this meets the criteria, let alone for 2 of them… 2.5

Patti Smith on tuttu ainoastaan nimenä, mutta hänen tuotantoaan ei ole aiemmin lukuunottamatta muutamia biisejä tullut kuunneltua. Biiseistä jäi ainoastaan Van Morrisonin Gloria mieleen, kun sitä on muiden esittäminä kuunneltua.

Not really my cup of tea tbh

Great vocals and guitar work, but she really went down that m hole and just kept going for 20 minutes on each song

I didn't love this, I didn't hate it either. I get that Patti Smith was groundbreaking in the punk scene but her music didn't connect with me for whatever reason. I can't imagine coming back to this album...we'll see I guess

Not my favourite genre of music, still the lyricism of Patti is strikingly beautiful.

It's fine. Some good songs on here but never really been a fan of Patti Smith's vocal style.

Faut le digérer

Some notes made during listen: "I take their money but I don't feel bad" - based Would be nice if I could make out a single word she was saying A glass of tea???? Surprising amount of body horror in this album Very punk cover of My Generation Overall good, like the instrumentation and how it's used and I can only assume the lyrics are very deep and meaningful. Should maybe listen again on LSD. However, not particularly the kind of music that excites me. 3/5 Also: No MF DOOM in the entire list of ~1000 albums?? Three whole beastie boys albums but not fucking Madvillainy??? Wtf

Classy poetic sweep

I tried this a couple of times wanting to really like it, but is never really got me there. Good effort though

Culturally significant. Sonically not something I can get into.

mooie muziek maar de wijze van zang vind ik erg onaangenaam

Muy especial pero me prefiero cosas con más melodia

I kind of get it and understand how this is considered an important album but I didn't especially enjoy it though there were some enjoyable moments. 2.5/5

Not bad.

Gloria Birdland Free Money Land Skip tracks Redondo Beach Break it up

As a teenager, there were a few albums I bought purely on reputation (pre-internet, no way to preview them, just relying on writers I trusted). Actually there were plenty of albums I bought like that; working on my perfect record collection right from the start. Occasionally, I would spot an album at a great price, an album I knew was going to join my collection at some point and I would discover I wasn’t ready for it. I’m impressed with my younger self because, despite my shocking lack of disposable income, I never once considered selling Bitches Brew, or Trout Mask, or Freak Out or any of the others I struggled with at a tender age. I trusted that one day I would be ready, and oh boy was I right. The outcome is some really great original vinyl albums in my collection that to find now would cost a fortune. ‘Horses’ is perhaps definitively the opposite of this. I was aware for decades before owning it that it was going to be part of my collection. Everything about it, its place in musical history, its style, its influence, the artistry, the NYC coolness, and so on, made it a shoo-in. Years and years went by without my ever finding the copy that I could afford. So by chance, the years when my musical tastes hadn’t developed enough to appreciate ‘Horses’ had passed before I found my perfect copy at a price I was happy to pay. I’ve had it for about 10 years now, and I’m not too keen on it. I’m definitely ready for it. There is still a lot about it that makes it an appropriate album to be part of my collection and everything about it as a piece of art still appeals to me. It’s just that I don’t much enjoy listening to it. I very much enjoy Smith’s writing and her energy, but I don’t click with her vocal style and I’m equally not significantly impressed with the band. I can’t think of many other acts for whom my desire to enjoy them differs so dramatically from the reality. I will keep trying because, in another proof positive of its pedigree as worthy piece of art, every listen does seem to present me with a different listening experience. It’s may yet become a favourite.

Now this is a solid rock album. It has a variety of different rock styles i.e. hard rock, softer ballads, as well as incorporating her own music, covers i.e. My Generation, and spins of classics i.e. Gloria. I'm not sure if it's accurate, but I can see a few inspirations from later punk and grunge groups taking from her. Overall, I could listen to the album in full again, but I would have to REALLY want to hear it. Album Rank: 7.0 Favorite Song: Gloria

Pretty good. Enjoyed the punk

Was alright. Free Money was maybe my fave. Generous 3.

3.5

Experimental

Low 3, was not my favorite. Everything felt long.

An enjoyable album, maybe not the most gripping but she's good at what she does.

Brilliant album, “Redondo Beach” is one of my all time favourite songs of all time. Tom.

Decent record, couple of really good songs but nothing really grabbed me.

What a difficult set of songs. Musically I had no problem jumping on board between the piano and rock guitar, its very good. Vocally is where I got hung up, I'm not super particular on very in depth and clever lyrics, and definitely not poetry. That wouldn't be an issue on it own but she is specifically not trying to let the lyrics blend into the song in a traditional sense on a lot of songs. She wants you to confront them head on when she rattles off stories or metaphors in her high nasal delivery and that creates a struggle for my attention away from the music. When it works well I feel like she occupies a similar space to Stevie Nicks and everything comes together really well. When it doesn't i sit with my brow furrowed trying to keep an open mind. The songs were the worst on the first listen so I imagine they will age better on more and more listens but for sure a difficult album.

i may have listened to “Gloria” before and probably had no idea this version was by Patti Smith??? (how lame of me) i don’t have much to say about the album besides it being pretty decent

favs: redondo beach birdland kimberly gloria: in excelsis deo (live) redondo beach (live) birdland (live) free money (live) break it up (live) elegie (live) rating 2.5/5

This album is kind of a mixed bag for me. I like her best when she is making something new out of something old, like her takes on “Gloria” and “Land of 1000 Dances”. The shorter originals, like “Redondo Beach”, “Free Money” and “Break It Up” are also not bad. However, when she channels her inner beat poet chanteuse, like on “Birdland” and vast parts of the “Land” medley, she loses me.

no me termina de enganchar la pati pero reconozco que el album esta muy bien 7/10

It was fine. Didn't love it, didn't hate it. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.

How do I do this without feeling disrespectful? Listen, I know Patti is a pivotal figure in punk rock history, but I just don't really get this album. I guess 1975 was still kinda photo-punk and maybe we just collectively decided that this wasn't exactly the right direction? Maybe she goes on to make a bunch of more punk punk? All I can say is that I listened through this one at least twice and just couldn't get excited for it. On the music alone, I'm a soft 3 stars. Considering her influence and perceived importance, I'm like a soft 3.5 stars.

What an excellent cover of G.L.O.R.I.A. "Land" is a solid second fave track on the album. And Elegie is so moody.

Not horrible but not something I’m super into

I like horses.

That's a cool cover. You can hear some Lou Reed here.

ikke helt min greie

I have been meaning to listen to this album since I listened to her memoirs a few months ago. Such an interesting album like nothing I've ever heard. Patti Smith is very cool.

Patti Smith’s Horses was fine, but it never hit me the way its reputation suggests it should. I get why people love it, and I’ve got nothing bad to say about it. But I don’t have much praise for it either. It just kind of exists in that middle ground for me. So while everyone else is gushing over it, I’m over here in the corner refreshing the page, waiting for the next album so I can move on.

Not really that punk, but I quite like bits of this. Gloria is a cracker, the rest tends to drag on a bit. I’ll probably go back to give it another listen at some stage, but not that highly rated for me right now.

Not my style, but not bad music.

- I liked this, but I wish I could understand the lyrics better because what I could understand was cool. Her vocal affectations make it a little hard to hear what she's saying. And, they make her sound like someone else, but I can't really place who - sometimes Debbie Harry, but I keep thinking that's not who I'm trying to think of. Maybe a mix of Debbie Harry and Television? - I think I liked the energy and confidence of this more than the actual music, which didn't really leave much of an impression even though it had that Velvet Underground feel to it. - I'd say a 3.5 - I definitely liked this more than a lot of other 3s that I gave, at least.

terrible voz y la usa bien de protagonista, buen disco un poco corto y con temas muy largos. 2 se destacan nomas.

It really grew on me

This was kind of disappointing? Not that it was bad, just felt like it had gotten overhyped for what I felt about it, it was fine. Maybe a little too spoken word poetry-esque for my taste? "Gloria: In Excelsis Deo" and "Free Money" were the standouts for me

Didn’t hate it. Probably won’t come back to it.

I'm not crazy on her singing nor her spoken word style, but I think she used it very well on Kimberly. I enjoyed Land a lot, too.

A good album, but I don't love it. It was largely quite standard 70s rock with some more ambitious or punkish moments but I don't really see why it's considered a punk album Others have said it, this does feel like one you're supposed to like but it didn't do much for me Some occasional annoying vocal moments like when she sounds like the seagulls in Finding Nemo on the first track and that weird drawling thing on Birdland Highlights: Track 9, Kimberly

It took me a few attempts to make it through. It was fine, but I didn't like it at all.

I don't think I get this one the way that other people do, it's cool at least, it rocks, no issue but can't really join in on the cult following that it seems to have, its energy is pretty fun though its actual sound isn't particularly captivating

I know I listened to this album, but I can’t remember a whole heck of a lot about it. I remember it being an interesting blend of punk and folk, but I’d definitely use “interesting” to describe this album over any other adjective. For better and for worse.

Hit and miss. Some of the tracks are decent, and I’m kind of into the arty feel of them. Others though are completely underwhelming and kind of boring. Bits of this come across as pretentious and I’m not into that. It’s interesting hearing the influence across this though, both before and after. There’s a very Velvet Underground feel to many tracks, and it’s easy to see the influence on later bands like Sonic Youth. 2.5 rounded up.

This was a great find. I was unfamiliar with Patti Smith, and to find this album was a treat. There's an obvious Bob Dylan influence, but what I hear most is a more angry Jim Morrison. Hearing the proto punk sound come through was great.

I didn't enjoy this. That said, I surmise value here because it's progressive-protopunk with a woman at the helm. Points for long-form compositions as acoustic poetry, with a unique edge. I'll go 3 since I've been such a cranky old man lately.

hm

Not sure what I just heard! Kind of a wild ride.

paar bangers, ook wel paar vervelende nummers.

Eh, not really great.

Pas une si grande fzn

Bem mais ou menos

Don't mind it but it doesn't blow me away. It is a nice enough listen, and i do like her voice a lot it's very unique

Excited to finally take some time off to listen to Ms. Smith. This is pretty much as I expected - pretty freaking good, but not too interesting, so at least 3 strong stars for sure, 3.5 on RYM. But honestly this could be 4 as well. P.S. After a couple of revisits definitely one to REVISIT.

Raw, rough and distinguished. So many elements of style on this record, for something that's labeled as a Punk record. This is one I know I'm going to need to listen to again to fully grasp and appreciate it. The songwriting and musicianship is soft and easy most times, but the lyrics are gritty and unorthodox through and through. Off first listen, I like this one.

An album that I appreciate more than I actually enjoy. It isn't that it's bad, there's just nothing on here that compels me to regularly listen to it.

No matter how many times I listen to this album, I still feel like it needs another chance. Just seems to be not my thing. That said, Free Money seems to still out for me. Rating: 5/10 Favorite Song: Free Money

Fine

She is hit and miss for me. This wasn’t my fav album.

Has some great songs, but at some points its a bit too much of person talking over some postrock music(?). I do love some of the songs and think I'll appriciate it more with more relistens and reading into the lyrics. 1. Gloria: In Excelsis Deo 2. Kimberly 3. Free Money

Too folky for my taste. I like the tone of her voice though. Not too much to say about this

proto-punk, bacán dentro de todo. nunca había escuchado a patti smith, definitivamente un sonido muy interesante. su voz resalta muchísimo, super avant garde a su tiempo. lo podría llamar pretencioso pero siento que sería una palabra muy dura, es ambicioso. Land es muy interesante de escuchar.

so much emotion. it holds up.

At times annoying, i feel like other albums of hers are probably better.

I don't really like Patti Smith. This album is good, has some powerful songs on there but she doesn't raise any emotion for me. It's fine.

🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑, though may well have been a 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑 if I was in a worse mood So I only knew of Patti Smith, as it turns out, from a song title I will not be writing out here, but luckily I had forgotten long enough to leave my impression of Horses untarnished. One thing with Punk that seems to hold true even as far back as this proto-punk is that it can sound a little flat without a lot of drive and a properly monotone yell, and at its worst, I think Horses is that. Not at its worst, interestingly, are the nine-minute, fervent, spoken-word that I suspect have incited many an eye roll since the seventies. I, to my own surprise, kind of dug them—they're the kind of thing I think I was socialized to dislike but have really come around to now that I've fully embraced my own pretentiousness. The first and last songs are the only ones I can see myself coming back to frequently, but that's more than I was expecting from this album—really fun and exciting. This Patti Smith gal is really something, hope she doesn't have any controversial takes on race in her future! 1: Bad | 2: Okay, No Desire to Revisit | 3: Good, Conditionally (OR Inconsistent Mix of Qualities) | 4: Great (OR Technically amazing but missing the sauce emotionally) | 5: Amazing

It's fine, abrasive

Not completely my cup of tea, but the artistry here is really phenomenal. Patti Smith definitely deserves her iconic status.

I’d not heard this album before, something I should’ve listened to by now, as I’m totally aware of Patti, I’ve read a couple of her books…..this album very good in places, and yep, I enjoyed its force, and toughness

Interesting, country kinda sound

I don't own this album. I've never put it on myself, or played it in a jukebox. But, I don't mind when it comes on somewhere. When it's not on, I don't think about it.

Best Song: Free Money. I really like the segment around 1:30 where she starts singing over the drum roll that crescendos behind her. Worst Song: Redondo Beach. The surf rock / beach energy didn't seem to fit the vibe of the rest of the album. Overall: There is a raw creative energy that runs through this album. Everything feels thoughtful and purposeful. I respect the vision that the artist had in making it. It isn't common to have this quality of vocals, vocal artistry, and arrangement. That said, I sometimes wished there was less of a "rock" focus, and that she had instead staying in a quieter, more melancholy sound.

Interesting

Gotta love Patti Smith

A weird hodgepodge of Velvet Underground and other influences, 'Horses' has a challenging sound that warrants re-listens. Some of these songs are sprawling soundscapes and the album is diverse. Top tracks: "Birdland," "Gloria," "Break It Up"

It's always hard for me to get behind the spoken word aspect of albums like this, but otherwise, I enjoyed the music. The instrumentals were interesting (definitely see the Velvet Underground influence there), I didn't mind Smith's voice, and the lyrics were dynamic and ahead of their time. I see the influence it had on future artists, but I probably wouldn't give it another listen myself.

Ella es poesía

I kind of liked it. Definitely had some interesting lyrics.

3.5/5

"Gloria" is the only one here I particularly care for, I think it does a really good job of building up tension. The rest is sort of like, we're told that she's a punk predecessor, but she's not really punk in form, and the original spirit of punk was kinda anti-intellectual so that's not her either, so I'm not really sure where she comes in? "Redondo Beach" sounds like worse Blondie, the rest is in the vein of "Gloria" but doesn't grab me all that much.

Didn’t love this as much as I wanted to :( Patti is obviously SO influential but the album itself…idk. Gloria is a RIPPER of an opening track and Elegie is perfect but the stuff in the middle just felt kind of muddled to me

Really cool album that's a combination of punk and more classical solo rock. It's another case where this seems like a really important album and I get why it's here I just didn't like it as much as I expected to.

Low 3 stars. I really don’t like how whiny the vocals are at times, especially because at other points Patti Smith chooses to actually sing and it’s beautiful. I think what saves this album from being a 2 star for me are the instrumentals. There are some really beautiful and cool songs on here if you don’t pay attention to the vocals. I will say, I get the appeal and how this was seen as groundbreaking for the punk scene, due to how bold it is. Patti Smith is very poetic, but I just cannot deal with her whining and cadence. Makes it boring and hard to listen to, but can respect the history.

Album 174. Horses (https://open.spotify.com/album/0OeuSeP8wp8n8OuTqYb61C?si=rqGx21dmTIqt95UL38TJmg) — Patti Smith (1975) Okak, a week or two ago I added almost every Patti Smith's album to future listening (except this haha). That's her debut album, cool. Next couple days I'm finally gonna listen to all her albums. Basically, I already listened today Easter (https://open.spotify.com/album/1p6cWoueuunhpgy6131zAd?si=Da9GNi1oTfOD50EFPrHRlg) album too, it was great, I've loved Because the Night from that album for a long time. Well, back to Horses. I don't know how to describe this..minimalistic (a little bit) punk rock, but it's so raw that it becomes hard to listen sometimes. But poetry, poetry of Patti Smith is great. And the album has so much energy and passion. She has a very specific voice and I like it. 3/5 Liked: — Gloria: In Excelsis Deo — Free Money

There's something primal about this. It's the sound of a troubled woman excise her most personal demons in public. It's raw, sometimes almost uncomfortable, but also beautiful

This was more an exercise in poetry rather than music for me, but it’s hard to draw a line between poetry and music anyway. I like when people do weird things with their voices. But I’d say some songs were drawn out, but I think that makes sense if you view them as poetry rather than “songs”. Maybe, I will like it better if I listen again. 3/5 - 4/5

This album is a classic aparently but I never hear anyone talk abouth it. Lets see then. Well thats one hell of a voice. I dont think im a fan. She defitively listened to a lot of velvet underground. I hate this band. I dont like punk to begin with. I tried with this one but.. No... Not for me/5

A good listen

Kinda bluesy start then rips right into rock. And what’s that now?! Ode to Van Morrison?! This one song has convinced me that I definitely need to investigate further.

Partially known. Solid album.

5/10

Respected more than liked how melodramatic her vocals get (despite the great minimalist cover). Kimberly’s the best

Really like the first song. I don’t really like the almost her raw “talking” singing voice.

I really liked this album. Reminded me of Fiona Apple 7/10 but if i listen to it intently in a dark room, could be a 9 or even 10 Saved a Song? ----- ✅ Saved Album? ------ ✅ Will Listen Again? --- ✅

pop-rock, ya la primera se caga en el cristianismo, en general bastante alegres y movidas, se deja escuchar aunque tampoco mucho, 3/5

Didn't love or hate

Will need a second listen at some point! Loved all the nice piano intros and had some great lyrics but maybe just not my thing. Faves were Kimberly, break it up and elegie

3/5; fine album.

Was a beautiful mess!

Rock, 1975 -> 3

"Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine." A strong opening declaration!

I'm obsessed with Patti Smith's voice and more surprised I'd never heard of her before (I'm rather uncultured) but wow! A catchy song to open an album with but for some songs I found them unnecessarily long and repetitive, making them somewhat boring to listen to (but I enjoyed birdland! a bit bizarre to me but nonetheless entertaining) Favourite song on this album is probably free money for the catchy instrumental and I quite liked the vocals, but Horses was a very good listen) Overall, some songs were a bit long and boring and the stories told by her lyrics were intriguing and bizarre, but i was fun and the instrumentals were very enjoyable as well as the controlled and gradual start to each song and later the explosive and chaotic ending.

Fine! Interesting to see this labeled as punk.

Nuevamente, esta pagina cumple su propósito y me da descubrimientos que de otra manera no hubiera encontrado. Debió ser divertido grabar este álbum, se siente como una adolescente jugando en su cuarto, pero si llegué a aburrirme después de un rato aunque es disfrutable. terrible canción la 7

Me gustó, no sé si es un album que escucharía habitualmente, pero me relajó bastante.

I had never heard that before, I quite enjoyed it.

I get sick of her delivery every once in a while but the compositions she puts together on this album are really rocking. I'll have to give this one another listen someday.

ein horse

First song was fun, but it was downhill from there. I heard a live performance by her the other day and listened to her address the crowd. I lost a lot respect for her at that moment, which has affected my view of her music. She’s definitely not punk.

The influence this album had on punk is evident and I do like how she blended other styles of music to make this album. Smith is also clearly a brilliant lyricist with a poem-like quality to her lyrics but I think this just isn't my kind of music. Nothing wrong with it, it's a good album but not something I would add to my regular rotation although Free Money definitely is a highlight. This is an album I can see my opinion changing on after subsequent listening.

Bien sin fliparme

7/10 Buen álbum, no tiene ninguna canción que sea una locura pero todas cumplen, mantiene un buen nivel, tranquilo y relajado para pasar el rato sin prestar mucha atención. Uno de los temas me hace acordar al final se "Escuela de Rock".

really well crafted, just not my exact cup of tea

pretty good. not quite my stuff

Shades of things to come - I hear elements of Patti Smith's voice in Debbie Harry, Sharon Van Etten, Kate Bush, all sorts of other fantastic musicians. Ultimately I didn't think the album itself was particularly memorable, but I could see it growing on me given enough time.

I hear in this a lot of artists I like more - Poe, PJ Harvey, Siouxsie, Tori, so on - but it is, unfortunately, Poetry. Music gets worse the closer it gets to Poetry. I'm glad I gave it another listen because I do like it more than I did on my initial attempt but a track like Birdland makes me want to give it the two I originally planned

Well written and performed, but not necessarily the most interesting

Great poetic punk rock.

Aight

My rating 2.6. Critics tell you this album needs to be respected. I respectfully disagree.

This had been on my long list for awhile. Really solid album. She's got a great voice and a poetry to her lyrics. Definitely worth a listen.

This one was hit or miss for me. Some of it was pretty good, but a lot of it was boring or unimpressive. I was expecting a bit more punk rock attitude from what I'd heard about Smith's influence and her place in the movement. Instead, it was a lot more artsy and poetic, with a couple ballad-like compositions in the mix. After this listen, I feel like maybe her music had more impact live than could be captured on a recording. I wouldn't say this was bad, but it didn't really do a lot for me. I'll put it on the borderline of OK and good. Overall: 2.75/5

Decent listen.

Raspy female rock vocals match 70s rock vibe. I never love the lingering discordant guitar solos but this felt “cool”.

Hatte am anfang echt Potenzial, aber leider hat es mich nicht ganz abgeholt. An Stellen war der heulerisches Gesang echt zu viel (anfang von Birdland z.b) 3/5

has its moments

Patti Smith and Bjork are 2 sides of the same coin

Ça me tentais pas vraiment d’écouter ce style là mais j’imagine que ça devait être cool d’entendre ça à l’époque

So this is the album with Redondo Beach!! Great + very creative musically. Loved something in every song. 4.5 stars cos the 0.5 needed a teney bit more dopamine scratching

I am slightly aware of Patti Smith, and I have 2 songs liked by her - with 1 song from this album ("Redondo Beach"). I can't remember why or when I first heard that song but I do like that. So, I'm very interested to dive deeper into this album. After 3 listens I ended up liking "Gloria", "Free Money", and "Elegie" - in addition to "Redondo Beach". The long spoken word parts of several of these songs remind me of the Jim Morrison/Doors "American Prayer" album - and not in a good way. Just didn't like most of that. Apparently this is supposed to be so ground breaking and innovative and influential. That might be, but it's not a perfect album by any stretch. It's just ok to my ears - having liked only half the songs. Liked songs on Spotify: 4/8 Rating: 3/5

It had glimmers of promise but too much talking over itself for me

Some interesting moments and ideas. The attitude is a very enjoyable fuck you… but also, no great songs.

Meh. Not for me. I’m not the audience.

I am going to be honest here, I had never listened to a Patti Smith album but I had read Just Kids, and that gave me the worat of impressions on her, how do people praise her??? . Ok, so I listened to the album and it is ...meh. The instrumental is good but her voice and interpretation does not help. Her fixation on death on the lyrics and her clear references on Rimbaud also make me feel like I am in a funky Portry reading. It is not bad, but it's not as great as they market her. Also, she is not punkthis is pop rock, she used so many good people on her band that it is hard to credit just on her her achievement (also she just got famous becsuse she tagged along with the famous guests in Chelsea Hotel). The song is OK, but I still think she is a horrible person. 3/5

It's definitely interesting. Far more interesting than her later work in my opinion. Not something I'll be following up on, but it really has 1975 New York vibes.

I can see why this album Is on this list, unlike many others in this 1001. However it’s not for me.

Not really my type.

STANDOUTS: Gloria, Free Money, Land I don't have much to say about this, but it is a very lesbian album, so here's the transcript for Billy On The Street - Lesbian Lightning Round. "Okay guys now it's time for a special lightning round today I'm running around New York with a pack of wild lesbians. They're going to chase after people with me and help them answer questions. Let's go let's go lesbians Let's go. Sir, sir for a dollar who's sexier, Britney Spears or Kesha? Kesha. Kesha. What do you think lesbian? Kesha. What do you think? Kesha. Yes, here you go here you go correct let's go lesbians let's go. Sir, sir, sir for a dollar, sir for a dollar who's sexier, Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera? Britney Spears. What do you think lesbian? Britney Spears. What do you think? Christina. Oh, oh, what do you think? Christina. What do you think? Britney. Britney the answer is Britney yes here's your dollar yes let's go lesbians let's go here we go lesbians here we go lesbians come on. Miss, Miss for a dollar who's sexier Meryl Streep or Britney Spears? Britney Spears. What do you think lesbians? Britney Spears. What do you think? Uh, Meryl Streep. What do you think? Give me Streep. What? Give me Streep. Streep. What do you think? Streep. The answer is Meryl Streep let's go let's go lesbians. Oh my God lesbians, lesbians move out of my way. Oh miss, miss for a dollar who's sexier Adam Scott or Ronald Reagan? Ronald Reagan what do you think lesbian? Uh, Ronald Reagan. What do you think? Ronald Reagan. Adam Scott or Ronald Reagan? Scott. What do you think? Reagan. The answer is Adam Scott, you're wrong let's go let's go here we go rounding the corner with a bunch of lesbians here we are Manhattan can you handle it? Oh sir, sir for a dollar who's a better host Steve Harvey or Terry Gross? Harvey. What do you think lesbians? Steve Harvey. What do you think? Steve Harvey. What do you think? Steve Harvey. What do you think? Terry Gross. The answer is Steve Harvey here's a dollar let's go lesbians let's go let's go lesbians excuse me lesbians coming through watch out. Miss, Miss for a dollar who's better Emma Stone or Taylor Swift? Taylor Swift. What do you think lesbians. Taylor Swift. What do you think? Taylor Swift. What do you think? Oh the- the answer is Emma Stone let's go she's wrong these two Lesbos always wrong lesbians we're going to circle the corner lesbians move out of here I got lesbians coming through. Sir for a dollar who do you prefer Emma Stone or Taylor Swift or Anne Hathaway? Who is it? Anne Hathaway. What do you think lesbian? Anne Hathaway. What do you think lesbian? Emma Stone. Oh here comes slow lesbian look who just got here what do you think? Emma Stone. The answer is Anne Hathaway, yes you Inn take it take it let's go lesbians let's go oh lesbians Jews lesbians, lesbians Jews, careful lesbians and Jew lesbians and Jews hi Jews we're lesbians let's go. 7.5/10

I guess I can say I've heard of Patti Smith, but I am honestly not sure if I've ever listened to a single track of hers. That being said, her association with the CBGB-era was enough to pique my curiosity. It's a unique sound and not bad, but why all the praise for being a punk rock pioneer? It's not very punk, even compared to other stuff that was coming out at the time. I didn't love it, didn't hate it, but have no desire to ever return to it.

226/1089 i think this album was given to me at the wrong time. For some reason i just wasn’t really receptive to it/in the mood when i think it would otherwise be right up my street. There were parts that almost hooked me and i can appreciate it but I’ll have to revisit 65/100

Odd one. Not my vibe, but I respect what I feel like is true intent and passion.

I’m probably more into the idea of Patti Smith than I am into her music in real life. The lyrics are interesting, and the music isn’t bad, but it doesn’t really appeal to my musical sensibilities. 6.5/10

Very good singing voice but I thought the music was mostly quite meandering and dull

You can see why it influenced so many people. I still don't like her voice.

Je veux aimer Patti Smith, je comprends que c'est un personnage mythique, et dont l'influence me touche directement à quelques connexions près... J'embarque pas.. Je vais me réessayer à écouter cet album (grand album semble-t-il) quand je serai plus disposée à l'entendre

It was ok, but not sure i’d listen to again

Large animals that typically live on a farm, and can be used for sports, and transportation.

The live version is much better IMO. Not the biggest fan of her vocal style but I get why people are and what it meant at that point in history. Cool shit

Fijn album, mooie stem. Zou ik zeker nog eens luisteren

7/10

Couple of nice songs. Kind of interesting album, but not anything crazy

After 50 years, this album still holds up.

Hard to ignore Velvet Underground influence and despite its importance to the '70s NY scene, was a good 1 time listen to appreciate music history, but too much of the same.

"Jesus died for somebodies sins, but not mine" - what an opening line! Started off strong, her mumbling in Birdland was not for me Favs: Gloria, Redondo Beach, Kimberly

i didn't think it was anything special

Põnev ja kuidagi palju iseloomu näitav plaat. Siin ühtegi sellist bänger hitti pole, aga pika kuulamise peale ei tüdinenud sellest stiilist. Minu jaoks just täitsa piisavalt kiiksu, aga mitte midagi erilist. 3.4/5

Bob Dylan if he was a scene kid who discovered garage rock. After a 2nd and 3rd run through, I’m starting to get it more. The lyrics are deep, it’s raw as fuck and the vocals are jarring at times, but that’s the point. It gives me similar vibes to Dylan. Many people including myself are quick to write someone off because they don’t sound like you’d expect or want, but I think I see it now. So much influence. Free Money gives me 90’s alt vibes. Redondo Beat gives me Police and Cars Vibes. Favs: Free Money, Redondo Beat

I bet this absolutely raged at CBGBs back in the day.

Muy legendarion será, pero no es para mí.

Fine. Lyrics were kinda weird and all over the place. Thought she sounded vaguely like Bjork in parts.

Lots to enjoy, Kate Bush meets Leonard Cohen. But maybe a little clinical at times?

Enjoyed it but probably won't go back to it.

A few more listens and this could be a 4 star!

Loved the vibes and lyricism but found the instrumentals quite bland. Gloria was the easy highlight

Timelessly hot album cover? Check. Fascinating autobiography? Check! Excellent start to an album? Are my sins my own? Check! Have I spent probably 20 years trying to *like* this album? CHECK! CHECK! maybe someday.

I'll give her the round up, but truly, this was a 2.5. Birdland got very...spirited and I probably spoiled myself a little by reading about the album before listening because it's described so much as this like proto punk sorta poetry thing and I found it to be meandering and squonky?

An album that I’m SUPPOSE to love, but I don't. I appreciate Patti Smith and her lyrics and voice and that she was groundbreaking in the punk scene, so I feel like I must give it a 3, but all I really want to hear from her is Because the Night and Dancing Barefoot.

Hmmmm. I dunno. Certainly didn’t hate it. But it felt a little too pretentious for me. Like I’ve said with a lot of other punk adjacent stuff, I’m sure this would’ve done a lot more for me back in the 70s, but I did like some of the songwriting and I think smith has a very fun voice. But some of this kinda felt like slam poetry over rock riffs. All around meh?

I'm a big fan of a lot of the songs on this album and Patti Smith - however I can't say that I had listened to the whole album as a whole before and it did become a little much for me, I prefer the songs in little doses rather than a whole hour of it. I wanted to switch gears to something different a couple of times.

Good? I guess? Fine?

Very imaginative, upfront punk vibe, I can feel how it would inspire generations to come. I'd need a few more listens to really set in.

Liked the energy in this one.

Enjoyed some songs. Standout songs: Gloria:In Excelsis Deo Free Money Land: Horses/Land of a thousand dances/la mer(de)

Epic artist. Loved this album.