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Patti Smith

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All Time

of 150,006

89
Decades
- 1960s
  
  of 431
  
  0
- 1970s
  
  of 328
  
  105
- 1980s
  
  of 1,418
  
  716
- 1990s
  
  of 7,254
  
  2,367
- 2000s
  
  of 10,561
  
  1,996
Genres
- Alternative Rock
  
  of 5,292
  
  608
- Classic Rock
  
  of 841
  
  341
- Miscellaneous
  
  of 2,544
  
  310
- Pop
  
  of 13,662
  
  1,574
- Rock
  
  of 8,167
  
  975

CAREER SPAN:

Decade

Album Score

# Albums

1960s

0.0000

1970s

2.9169

1980s

1.7505

1990s

2.1901

2000s

1.7550

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.

Overall Band Score: Patti Smith is ranked overall as 3.2634 out of 4 stars

3.2634

Patti Smith Album Rankings

Patti Smith scores a combined 3.6721 out of 4 stars for Horses

Horses (3.6721)

"Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine. ...more

8.00

to

26.01

from (14) sources

Patti Smith scores a combined 3.1271 out of 4 stars for Gone Again

Gone Again (3.1271)

During one of many evenings spent absorbing Patti Smith's quietly intense new album, GONE AGAIN (Arista), my brother-in-law called and asked what I was listening to. ...more

3.98

to

11.98

from (5) sources

Patti Smith scores a combined 2.8521 out of 4 stars for Trampin'

Trampin' (2.8521)

In a way, Trampin' is to this decade what Horses was to the '70s: a repudiation of its time, and the promise of a way forward ...more

5.99

to

13.98

from (5) sources

Patti Smith scores a combined 2.8152 out of 4 stars for Easter

Easter (2.8152)

Track listing: 1) Till Victory; 2) Space Monkey ; 3) Because The Night; 4) Ghost Dance ; 5) Babelogue/Rock'n'Roll Nigger ; 6) Privilege (Set Me Free); 7) We Three; 8) 25th Floor/High On Rebellion; 9) ...more

8.00

to

11.06

from (5) sources

Patti Smith scores a combined 2.6835 out of 4 stars for Gung Ho

Gung Ho (2.6835)

A collection of hypnotic, human rock & roll that extols such seemingly antiquated virtues as moral fiber, history, and love as spirituality. ...more

2.00

to

11.98

from (4) sources

Patti Smith scores a combined 2.6682 out of 4 stars for Radio Ethiopia

Radio Ethiopia (2.6682)

Track listing: 1) Ask The Angels ; 2) Ain't It Strange; 3) Poppies ; 4) Pissing In A River; 5) Pumping (My Heart) ; 6) Distant Fingers; 7) Radio Ethiopia. Mmm... ...more

7.98

to

11.06

from (5) sources

Patti Smith scores a combined 2.6247 out of 4 stars for Peace and Noise

Peace and Noise (2.6247)

This album – like "gone Again," Patti Smith's 1996 memorial to her dear departed – is alive with ghosts: the patient spirits bearing silent witness in "Waiting Underground"; the young soldie ...more

3.99

to

11.98

from (5) sources

Patti Smith scores a combined 2.5620 out of 4 stars for Wave

Wave (2.5620)

Track listing: 1) Frederick; 2) Dancing Barefoot ; 3) So You Want To Be (A Rock'n'Roll Star); 4) Hymn; 5) Revenge ; 6) Citizen Ship; 7) Seven Ways Of Going; 8) Broken Flag; 9) Wave . ...more

8.05

to

11.98

from (5) sources

Patti Smith scores a combined 2.5187 out of 4 stars for Dream of Life

Dream of Life (2.5187)

For all its surface fury, punk rock has always had a surprising metaphysical aspect. ...more

7.97

to

11.98

from (4) sources

Patti Smith scores a combined 2.4000 out of 4 stars for Twelve

Twelve (2.4000)

A bluesy, psychedelic witches' brew that feels like one long, complex incantation to keep us safe, to make us see there is indeed some kinda way out of here. ...more

6.76

to

16.59

from (5) sources

Patti Smith scores a combined 0.9515 out of 4 stars for Land

Land (0.9515)

This two-record set distills Patti Smith's rock & roll life into seventeen classic tracks, fourteen studio and live rarities and two basic truths: There is no revolution without toil, and no euphoria ...more