"Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine." Patti Smith's debut - from that devastating opening line forward - is a unique rock & roll document; its ambitious musical primitivism, anybody-can-do-it-attitude and casual androgyny laid down ...more
The Daily Vault Album Reviews
Calling Patti Smith's 1975 debut a 'punk' album is a stretch. After all, it was about two years before the punk explosion of 1977 established the Bible of punk ethics. So, it's fortunate that Smith releasedHorsesin 1975, because ...more
Entertainment Weekly
First Disc of Patti Smith's Horses/Horses : The anarchy-in-the-U.S. 1975 debut that announced the arrival of both Smith and the budding American punk scene. Bonus Disc: A new, in-concert reprise of the album taped this summer. A risky ...more
All Music Guide
It isn't hard to make the case for Patti Smith as a punk rock progenitor based on her debut album, which anticipated the new wave by a year or so: the simple, crudely played rock & roll, featuringLenny Kaye's rudimentary guitar work, the ...more
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