Horses
Studio album by Patti Smith
Released	November 1975
Recorded	1975, Electric Lady Studios, New York
Genre	Rock
Length	43:10
Label	Arista Records
Producer(s)	John Cale
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link The Guardian 4 Nov 2005 Pitchfork (9.4/10.0) 1 Dec 2005 PopMatters 5 Aug 2003 Robert Christgau (A) link Rolling Stone 21 Jan 1997
Patti Smith chronology
	Horses (1975)	Radio Ethiopia (1976)

Horses is the debut album by Patti Smith released in November 1975, produced by John Cale. The innovative track, "Land", is a radical reworking of Chris Kenner's "Land of a Thousand Dances". "Gloria" is a similar reinterpretation of the old Van Morrison classic. "Birdland" is based upon "A Book of Dreams" (1973), a memoir of Wilhelm Reich by his son Peter. Cover of the Patti Smith album Horses This is an album cover. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... Patricia Lee (Patti) Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American musician, singer, and poet. ... Electric Lady Studios, at 52 West 8th Street, in New York Citys Greenwich Village, is a recording studio originally built by the legendary Jimi Hendrix and designed by John Storyk in 1970. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Rock and roll. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Arista Records is an American record label that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony BMG, and operates under the RCA Records Group // After being fired from CBS Records, Columbia Pictures hired Clive Davis to be a consultant for the company’s record and music operations. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... John Davies Cale (born March 9, 1942) is a Welsh musician, songwriter and record producer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... A typical example of Pitchforks main page, as of 12-12-06 Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork and occasionally shortened to P4K or pfork,[1] is a United States-based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. ... PopMatters is an international magazine of cultural criticism. ... Image File history File links Stars10100. ... Robert Christgau (2006) Robert Christgau (sometimes abbreviated in print to Xgau), born April 18, 1942, is an American essayist, music journalist, and the self-declared Dean of American Rock Critics[1] His first reviews were published by Esquire in 1967. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... Patricia Lee (Patti) Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American musician, singer, and poet. ... Radio Ethiopia is a 1976 album by The Patti Smith Group. ... Patricia Lee (Patti) Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American musician, singer, and poet. ... John Davies Cale (born March 9, 1942) is a Welsh musician, songwriter and record producer. ... Chris Kenner (December 25, 1929 _ January 25, 1976) was a New Orleans R&B singer and songwriter best known for two classic hits of the early 1960s that became staples in the repertoires of many other artists. ... Land of A Thousand Dances is a song by Wilson Pickett. ... Gloria is a rock song written by Van Morrison and originally recorded by Morrisons band Them in 1964 as the B-side of Baby Please Dont Go, which reached #10 on the UK charts. ... who this nigga ... Dr. Wilhelm Reich Wilhelm Reich (March 24, 1897–November 3, 1957) was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and a member of Sigmund Freuds inner circle. ...

Legacy and influence

While Horses's commercial success was modest – it peaked at #47 on the U.S. Pop Albums chart – its impact has been far greater. The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ...

Smith has been called an early pioneer of punk rock, such as by allmusic's William Ruhlman, who said that it "isn't hard to make the case for Patti Smith as a punk rock progenitor based on Horses" [1], while PopMatters' David Antrobus chose it as his favorite album and considered it a life-changing classic [2]. Michael Stipe bought the album as a high school student and says it "tore my limbs off and put them back on in a whole different order." [3] Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a large, comprehensive and high quality metadata database about music. ... PopMatters is an international magazine of cultural criticism. ... John Michael Stipe (born January 4, 1960 in Decatur, Georgia) is the lead singer of the American rock band R.E.M. Stipe has become well-known (and occasionally parodied) for the mumbling style of his early career and for his complex, surreal lyrics, as well as his social and...

Horses frequently appears on lists compiling the greatest rock albums. Mojo Magazine named the album the tenth greatest of all time in 1995. In 2001, VH1 named Horses the 28th greatest album of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 44 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division... This article is about the magazine. ... Promotional Book Cover The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003. ...

An episode of Millennium, "The Time Is Now", would later use the song "Land" in a bizarre "music video" sequence depicting a character's descent into madness. Millennium is a grim, suspenseful American television series, produced by Chris Carter (creator of The X-Files), and set during the years leading up to the dawn of the new millennium. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ...

Track listing

1. "Gloria" (Patti Smith, Van Morrison) – 5:56
   • "In Excelsis Deo" (Smith)
   • "Gloria" (Morrison)
2. "Redondo Beach" (Smith, Richard Sohl, Lenny Kaye) – 3:26
3. "Birdland" (Smith, Sohl, Kaye, Ivan Kral) – 9:15
4. "Free Money" (Smith, Kaye) – 3:51
5. "Kimberly" (Smith, Allen Lanier, Kral) – 4:26
6. "Break It Up" (Smith, Tom Verlaine) – 4:04
7. "Land" (Smith, Chris Kenner) – 9:25
   • "Horses" (Smith)
   • "Land of a Thousand Dances" (Kenner)
   • "La Mer(de)" (Smith)
8. "Elegie" (Smith, Lanier) – 2:56

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Bonus track (1996 reissue)

1. "My Generation" (Live) (Pete Townshend) – 3:17 at The Agora, Cleveland, January 26, 1976

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Samples

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Personnel

• Patti Smith – guitar, vocals
• Richard Sohl – piano
• Lenny Kaye – lead guitar
• Ivan Kral – guitar, bass, vocals on 8
• Jay Dee Daugherty – drums, musical consultant

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Additional personnel

• John Cale – bass on 8 & on 1996 reissue bonus track
• Tom Verlaine – guitar on 6
• Allen Lanier – guitar on 7
• Robert Mapplethorpe – photography (cover)
• Richard Aaron – photography
• Frank d'Augusta – assistant engineer
• Danny Fields – photography
• Bernie Kirsh – mastering Engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Bob Irwin – mastering
• Vic Anesini – mastering
• Bob Heimall – design
• Edie Baskin – photography
• Sherri Whitmarsh – design
• Bob Gruen – photography
• Chuck Krall – photography

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Charts

Album

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Miscellanea

• Scottish musician K.T. Tunstall has said that her song Suddenly I See was inspired by the cover of this album. [4]