Horses (album)

Horses is the debut album by Patti Smith released in November of 1975 (see 1975 in music). The most innovative track is "Land", a radical reworking of Cannibal & the Headhunters' "Land of a Thousand Dances". "Gloria" is a similar reinterpretation of the old Van Morrison classic. Smith has been called an early pioneer of punk rock, such as by allmusic's William Ruhlman, who said that it "isn't hard to make the case for Patti Smith as a punk rock progenitor based on Horses" [1], while PopMatters' David Antrobus chose it as his favorite album and considered it a life-changing classic [1].

Horses peaked at #47 on Billboard Music Charts' Pop Albums chart.

Track List

"Gloria"
"Redondo Beach"
"Birdland"
"Free Money"
"Kimberly"
"Break It Up"
"Land"
"Elegie"

Personnel

John Cale - Bass, Producer
Tom Verlaine - Guitar
Richard Aaron - Photography
Frank d'Augusta - Assistant Engineer
Jay Dee Daugherty - Drums, Musical Consultant
Danny Fields - Photography
Lenny Kaye - Bass, Guitar, Vocals
Bernie Kirsh - Engineer, Mastering
Ivan Kral - Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Allen Lanier - Guitar, Keyboards, Producer
Bob Ludwig - Mastering
Patti Smith - Guitar, Vocals
Richard Sohl - Piano
Bob Irwin - Mastering
Vic Anesini - Mastering
Bob Heimall - Design
Edie Baskin - Photography
Sherri Whitmarsh - Design
Robert Mapplethorpe - Photography
Bob Gruen - Photography
Chuck Krall - Photography

Horses (album)

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