Wave (Remastered) Patti Smith

• 1 Frederick 03:03
• 2 Dancing Barefoot 04:16
• 3 So You Want to Be 04:20
• 4 Hymn 01:12
• 5 Revenge 05:05
• 6 Citizen Ship 05:12
• 7 Seven Ways Of Going 05:18
• 8 Broken Flag 04:56
• 9 Wave 04:41
• Total Runtime 38:03

Info for Wave (Remastered)

With the success of the hit 1978 album EASTER and its single, "Because the Night," most fans assumed that The Patti Smith Group would continue their successful streak for years to come. Before sessions began for the follow-up to EASTER, Patti Smith met ex-MC5 guitarist Fred 'Sonic' Smith--the pair quickly fell in love and eventually married. Soon after, Smith decided that she wanted to retire from the music biz altogether to start a family, but agreed to record one last album, 79's WAVE.

Produced by pop master Todd Rundgren, the album was more abstract than its predecessor, but another strong set of tunes were featured. The album-opening pop rocker, "Frederick," is a tribute to Patti's new love, while a pair of songs would receive greater exposure when covered by other bands--"Dancing Barefoot" (later performed by U2) and the bonus track "Fire of Unknown Origin" (covered by Blue Oyster Cult). Also featured was an uptempo rendition of The Byrd's "So You Want To Be (A Rock N' Roll Star)," "Citizen Ship," and the title track. Although Patti Smith would later come out of retirement, WAVE was the last album to include the complete, original Patti Smith Group.

"The Patti Smith Group's most conventional album, Wave was given a bright pop/rock sound by producer Todd Rundgren. It was the last album Smith made before marrying and retiring from record-making for nine years, and it can be heard as a farewell to the music business, from "Frederick," the love song to her husband-to-be, Fred "Sonic" Smith, that leads it off, to the version of "So You Want to Be (A Rock 'n' Roll Star)," among the most bitter accounts of fame on record. But Smith also achieves a sense of charm and sincerity on Wave that she hadn't even attempted on her earlier albums, even to the point of her imagined small-talk encounter with the late Pope John Paul I on the title track. Still, the overall mediocre quality of the material makes this the slightest of Smith's efforts." (William Ruhlmann, AMG)

Patti Smith, vocals
Ivan Kral, bass, guitar, cello on "Wave", keyboards
Richard Sohl, piano
Lenny Kaye, guitar, bass guitar on "Wave", vocals
Jay Dee Daugherty, drums
Additional musicians:
Andi Ostrowe, percussion, timpani on "Seven Ways of Going"
Todd Rundgren, bass on "Dancing Barefoot"

Produced and engineered by Todd Rundgrenin Bearsville, New York

Digitally remastered

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