| Gone Again | ||||
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| Studio album by Patti Smith | ||||
| Released | June 18, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | Electric Lady Studios | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 55:52 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Malcolm Burn, Lenny Kaye | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | link |
| Robert Christgau | [1] |
| NME | 13 Jul 96, p.46 |
| Rolling Stone | 27.6.96 |
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Gone Again is an album by Patti Smith, released June 18, 1996 on Arista Records. The production of the record was preceded by the deaths of many of Smith's close friends and peers, including her husband Fred "Sonic" Smith, her brother Todd, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Sohl and Kurt Cobain, with whom Smith had sympathized. In addition to this, Gone Again also features the last studio performance of Jeff Buckley released before his death less than a year later.
May 13, 1999 Rolling Stone magazine placed the album on its list of "The Essential Recordings of the '90s".[2]
Contents |
| # | Title | Songwriter | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Gone Again" | Fred "Sonic" Smith, Patti Smith | 3:16 |
| 2 | "Beneath the Southern Cross" | Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith | 4:35 |
| 3 | "About a Boy" | Patti Smith | 8:15 |
| 4 | "My Madrigal" | Luis Resto, Patti Smith | 5:09 |
| 5 | "Summer Cannibals" | Fred Smith, Patti Smith | 4:10 |
| 6 | "Dead to the World" | Patti Smith | 4:17 |
| 7 | "Wing" | Patti Smith | 4:53 |
| 8 | "Ravens" | Patti Smith | 3:56 |
| 9 | "Wicked Messenger" | Bob Dylan | 3:49 |
| 10 | "Fireflies" | Oliver Ray, Patti Smith | 9:33 |
| 11 | "Farewell Reel" | Patti Smith | 3:54 |
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| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austria | 21 |
| France | 46 |
| Netherlands | 51 |
| Norway | 33 |
| Sweden | 18 |
| Switzerland[3] | 29 |
| UK Albums Chart | 44 |
| U.S. Billboard 200[4] | 55 |
| Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| June 18, 1996 | Arista Records | CD | 18747 |
| 2007 | Sony BMG | CD | 37932 |
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