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Patti Smith, godmother of US punk, political activist, poet and freedom fighter, was the first artist of the New York CBGB scene to get a major label deal (even before The Ramones). Smith's debut album invokes the spirit of her 1960s influences (Velvet Underground, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix etc), updating them with a typically cool twist of NY art-rock. Produced by the Velvet's John Cale and featuring a powerful sleeve photograph by Robert Mapplethorpe, this inspiring 1975 set includes the classic gender-bending cover version of Van Morrison's "Gloria" and seven other self-composed tracks. In 2003 Horses ranked in the Top 50 of Rolling Stone magazines' "500 most influential albums".

STAFF COMMENTS

Mine says: To be honest with you, I hardly know anything else in Patti Smith's back catalogue (and when she plays 'Because the Night' live I make a run to the ladies) but I have once been told that I don't really need to know anything else she released and maybe that's true. If a record deserves to be called a classic it's this one.

TRACK LISTING

1. Horses
2. Land Of A Thousand Dances
3. La Mer (de)
4. Gloria
5. Redondo Beach
6. Birdland
7. Free Money
8. Kimberly
9. Break It Up
10. Land
        Horses
        Land Of A Thousand Dances
        La Mer (de)
11. Elegie
12. My Generation ( CD Only Bonus Track)