Wave

by Patti Smith Group, Patti Smith

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	08/11/2017
Label:	Arista / Legacy
UPC:	0889854384913
Rank:	67134

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Frederick
2. Dancing Barefoot
3. So You Want to Be
4. Hymn
5. Revenge

Disc 2

6. Citizen Ship
7. Seven Ways of Going
8. Broken Flag
9. Wave

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Patti Smith Group   Primary Artist
Patti Smith   Primary Artist
Todd Rundgren   Guest Artist,Bass
Ivan Kral   Cello,Guitar,Keyboards,Bass
Lenny Kaye   Bass,Guitar,Vocals
Jay Dee Daugherty   Drums
Richard Sohl   Piano
Andi Ostrowe   Timpani,Percussion

Technical Credits

Ivan Kral   Composer
Greg Ginn   Composer
Lenny Kaye   Composer
Jay Dee Daugherty   Composer,Musical Consultant
Loudon Wainwright III   Composer
Richard Sohl   Composer
Thom Panunzio   Producer
Tom Edmonds   Assistant Engineer
Patti Smith   Composer,Performer
Vic Anesini   Mastering
Roger McGuinn   Composer
Todd Rundgren   Engineer,Producer
Chris Hillman   Composer
Robert Mapplethorpe   Art Direction,Photography
Patti Smith Group   Performer
George Carnell   Assistant Engineer
Maude Gilman   Design
Sherri Whitmarsh   Reissue Design