The Coral Sea (album)

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Album
The Coral Sea
The Coral Sea cover
Live album by Patti Smith and Kevin Shields
Released July 11, 2008 (2008-07-11)
Recorded Queen Elizabeth Hall
June 22, 2005 (CD1)
September 12, 2006 (CD2)
Genre Spoken word
Label PASK
Producer Patti Smith, Kevin Shields
Professional reviews
Patti Smith live albums chronology
Horses/Horses
(2005)		 The Coral Sea
(2008)
This article is about the album by Patti Smith and Kevin Shields. For the poem by Smith, see The Coral Sea (book).

The Coral Sea is a live recording of two performances by Patti Smith and Kevin Shields from 2005 and 2006 respectively.[1] The set consists of Smith's homage to the photographer, her friend and former lover Robert Mapplethorpe, and consists of the text of her epic 1996 poem of the same title. Shields accompanies in an improvisational manner on guitar.

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[edit] History

The performances were recorded on June 22, 2005 and September 12, 2006 (with a third, unreleased performance the previous night) at Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's South Bank. In terms of music the two performances are stylistic different, but the words remain the same. The poem tells the story of M (Mapplethorpe) on a final voyage to see the stars of the Southern Cross before he dies.

[edit] Track listing

Main article: The Coral Sea (book)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Release history

Date Label Format Catalog
July 11, 2008 PASK Double CD 001

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Phillips, Amy (2008-04-24). Patti Smith and Kevin Shields' Coral Sea Coming to CD. News. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.

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Patti Smith
Studio albums
Horses (1975) · Radio Ethiopia (1976) · Easter (1978) · Wave (1979) · Dream of Life (1988) · Gone Again (1996) · Peace and Noise (1997) · Gung Ho (2000) · Trampin' (2004) · Twelve (2007)
Other albums
Hey Joe / Radio Ethiopia (1977) · Set Free (1978) · The Patti Smith Masters (1996) · Land (2002) · Horses/Horses (2005) · iTunes Originals (2008) · The Coral Sea (2008)
Singles
"Hey Joe" (1974) · "Gloria" (1976) · "Pissing in a River" (1976) · "Pumping (My Heart)" (1976) · "Ask the Angels" (1977) · "Because the Night" (1978) · "Privilege (Set Me Free)" (1978) · "Frederick" (1979) · "Dancing Barefoot" (1979) · "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (1979) · "People Have the Power" (1988) · "Looking for You (I Was)" (1988) · "Up There Down There" (1988) · "Summer Cannibals" (1996) · "E-Bow the Letter" (1996) · "1959" (1997) · "Glitter in Their Eyes" (2000) · "Jubilee" (2004) · "Gimme Shelter" (2007)
Books
Seventh Heaven (1972) · Witt (1973) · Babel (1978) · Woolgathering (1992) · Early Work (1994) · The Coral Sea (1996) · Patti Smith Complete (1998) · Strange Messenger (2003) · Auguries of Innocence (2005)
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