Album of the day (#5528): Horses by Patti Smith

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Horses by Patti Smith (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1975.
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Discography rank: 1 (out of 13 albums on BEA)
Year rank: 7
Decade rank: 47
Overall rank: 195
Average rating: 81/100 (from 1209 votes).

Tracks:
1. Gloria

2. Redondo Beach
3. Birdland
4. Free Money

5. Kimberly
6. Break It Up
7. Land

8. Elegie

indicates a top-rated track.

Top voted comments:

"Patti Smith has never been given her due recognition for being the first female rock and roller to lead a band and have complete creative control over her music. Before Patti, a rock band would have a "chick" singer but the boyz in the band were the primary players of the music. Smith became an icon to subsequent generations of female rockers. She never relied on sex appeal for her success — she was unabashedly intellectual and creatively uncompromising, and her appearance was usually lean, hard, and androgynous. "Horses" is a benchmark because Patti was the first of a plethora of CBGBs bands to get signed; she beat the Voidoids, Television, Blondie, the Talking Heads and even the Ramones to the recording studio and in doing so she became the godmother of American punk."
- GavinB (Rating: 95/100)
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"why the debate--it's a classic in every sense of the word--ground breaking at the time and still sounds fresh every time I hear it. Powerful and sweet--musical and poetic--great guitars and vocals. A+ song writing."
- chavesbeste (Rating: 100/100)
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Track picks
1. Gloria
4. Free Money
5. Kimberly
7. Land
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