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PATTI SMITH - Twelve
| Los Angeles Times | | PATTI SMITH has done memorable covers since the beginning of her long career — "Land of 1,000 Dances," "Gloria" — but this is her first collection entirely comprising other people's songs. In addition to indulging herself with some old favorites, the celebrated punk matriarch has something to tell us about what these songs mean in this modern world of war, strife, lies and struggle....full text |
| | LA Daily News | | The always formidable Smith chews her way through rock classics from Hendrix ("Are You Experienced?") to Neil Young ("Helpless") to Nirvana ("Smells Like Teen Spirit"), imbuing each with her own interpretation. Smith's voice is still the biggest weapon in the arsenal, and she well knows how to make the most of it. The Stones' "Gimme Shelter" is a standout, all fury and dread. In stores Tuesday....full text |
| | RollingStone | | Three decades after Smith made the transition from poet to rock & roller, we still don't think of her as a singer, exactly -- more a reciter who can carry a tune, kind of. So a covers album showcasing her interpretive gifts is a questionable vehicle. And like most such albums -- there are dozens by now -- it's somewhat hit-or-miss. But when Smith hits, it isn't just a bull's-eye -- the arrow splits the apple and then brings down the bad guy hiding behind the tree. It takes a poet to extract the lyricism of Jimi Hendrix's "Are You Experienced?" from its guitaristics and an avant-gardist to validate a middlebrow tour de force like Paul Simon's "The Boy in the Bubble....full text |
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