Easter (Patti Smith Group album)
Occupation
- Patti Smith: Vocals, Guitar
- Lenny Kaye: vocals, guitar, bass
- Jay Dee Daugherty: Drums
- Ivan Kral: bass, guitar, vocals
- Bruce Brody: keyboards, synthesizers
- Richard Sohl: keyboards on "Space Monkey"
- Allen Lanier: keyboards on "Space Monkey"
- John Paul Fetta: bass on " Till Victory" & " Privilege"
- Andi Ostrowe: percussion on "Ghost Dance"
- Jim Maxwell: bagpipes on " Easter "
Easter (Ger. Ostern ) is an album by the Patti Smith Group, which was released in March 1978 on Arista Records. Produced by Jimmy Iovine album is considered to be the commercial breakthrough of the group. The single from the album Because the Night, which was written by Smith and Bruce Springsteen, reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
Background
Unlike his two previous albums, the album contained a variety of musical styles, such as classic rock and roll, folk and pop music. In addition to the regular cast of the group played on different pieces of guest musicians such as Allen Lanier, the keyboardist for Blue Öyster Cult, with. The cover photograph is by Lynn Goldsmith and the recordings of the liner notes submitted by Cindy Black and Robert Mapplethorpe.
In addition to the religious title, the album in many places on a biblical or Christian imagery. Privilege ( Set Me Free) is an allusion to the British film Privilege; the text is applied to the Psalm 23. The last sentence of the liner notes is a quotation from the second epistle to Timothy 4:7 - I have fought the good fight, finished the race ...
Reception
The album received mostly positive reviews. Dave Marsh called it transcendent in Rolling Stone magazine and met. Nick Tosches describes it as an album of Christian obsessions, especially the death and resurrection and called it Smith's best work.
William Ruhlmann awarded at Allmusic four and a half out of five stars and wrote about the album:
" Easter ... what Smith's most commercial- sounding effort yet and, due to the inclusion of Springsteen 's Because the Night ... a top ten hit, it Became her biggest seller ... Certainly, a song did proclaimed, Love is an angel disguised as loss / Here in our bed until the morning comes, what pushing the limits of pop radio ... So, Easter turned out to be the best compromise Smith Achieved in between her artistic and commercial aspirations. "
" Easter ... Smith was previously kommerziellst sounding performance, especially by the inclusion of Springsteen Because the Night ... a Top Ten hit, her biggest commercial success was ... Sure, a song that proclaimed Love is a disguised as lust angel / Here in our bed until the morning comes, shifted the boundaries of Popradios ... So Easter became the best compromise that Smith could reach between her artistic and commercial claims. "
Title list
Page one
Page Two
Bonus Tracks (CD Edition)