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Columbia Records will release Twelve, the eagerly-anticipated
album of "cover" versions of classic popular
songs newly interpreted by the 2007 Rock & Roll Hall
of Fame inductee Patti Smith, on Tuesday, April 24.
Twelve is Patti Smith's first album of new studio recordings
since trampin', her Columbia Records debut, was released
in 2004, and is the artist's first-ever full-length collection
of songs originally created by other performers.
On Twelve, Patti Smith and her band -- Lenny Kaye (guitar),
Jay Dee Daugherty (drums) and Tony Shanahan (bass, keyboards)
-- work their magic on a surprising selection of classic
songs and overlooked treasures from the rock & roll
canon including "Pastime Paradise" by Stevie
Wonder, "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
by Tears for Fears and "Helpless" by Neil Young.
Also on Twelve, Smith and company interpret songs by Jimi
Hendrix, Bob Dylan, the Doors, Nirvana, Jefferson Airplane,
the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Allman Brothers,
and Paul Simon.
An assortment of guest artists appear with Patti on Twelve
including Italian cellist Giovanni Sollima; playwright
Sam Shepard (with whom Patti collaborated on "Cowboy
Mouth" in 1971) on banjo; early 60s Greenwich Village
folk artists John Cohen (banjo) and Peter Stampfel (fiddle);
Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist Flea; Television guitarist
Tom Verlaine; the Black Crowes' Rich Robinson on slide
guitar and dulcimer; hip-hop producer Luis Resto (Eminem)
on keyboards. Patti's son, Jackson, and daughter, Jesse,
are on-hand to contribute guitar and vocal respectively.
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1. Are You Experienced?
2. Everybody Wants To Rule The World
3. Helpless
4. Gimme Shelter
5. Within You Without You
6. White Rabbit
7. Changing Of The Guards
8. The Boy In The Bubble
9. Soul Kitchen
10. Smells Like Teen Spirit
11. Midnight Rider
12. Pastime Paradise
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Twelve the new disc from
Patti Smith is a CD of cover songs recorded by Smith and her
band. While the thought of yet another disc of cover songs
makes music fans want to groan, this disc has a surprisingly
refreshing feel. To quote Smith the disc "had a mind
of its' own.. and formed like an unanticipated inner narrative."
It is apparent that each of the songs on the disc hold special
meaning for Smith. She adds a new style and edge to these
songs while her flowing vocals lends a new life to many of
these classic songs. A few of the stand out tracks on this
disc are The Rolling Stones " Gimme Shelter" recorded
with Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the cover of Neil
Young's " Helpless" in which Smiths vocals are haunting
and bring new life into the lyrics. This disc is not just
your average run of the mill cover songs CD, Smith puts her
heart and soul into these recordings. This disc is meant to
be remembered.
-Kristyn |
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Patti Smith, whose seminal rock & roll
album, Horses, was released in 1975, was presented with
the prestigious insignia of Commander of the Order of the
Arts and Letters by French Cultural Minister Renaud Donnedieu
de Vabres at a ceremony in Paris on July 10, 2005. Cited
as an esteemed rock & roll poet laureate, Patti was
praised by the French Cultural Ministry as "one of
the most influential artists in women's rock 'n' roll."
The citation also noted Smith's deep appreciation of the
19th century French poet Arthur Rimbaud.
She was recently named one of the five inductees in the
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2007 along with
R.E.M., Van Halen, the Ronettes, and Grandmaster Flash and
the Furious Five. Patti Smith was officially inducted into
the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony at New
York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on March 12. "It's a great
honor to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,"
said Smith.
While her groundbreaking vision of "three chord rock
merged with the power of the word" has ensured her
place in rock & roll history, Patti Smith has, throughout
her career, developed a reputation as one of pop music's
foremost interpreters, visiting the songs of other musical
artists and transforming them through the lens of her own
understanding, appreciation and imagination. Beginning with
her first single, "Hey Joe," in 1974 and her extrapolations
of Van Morrison's "Gloria" and Chris Kenner's
"Land of 1,000 Dances" on her seminal Horses album
in 1975 through her live performances of songs ranging from
"You Light Up My Life" to "My Generation"
to her new album, Twelve, Patti Smith continues to reshape
popular music's classic source materials and make them her
own.
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Purchase the album on release day at select locations
and receive a ticket to a special gathering with Patti
at The Bowery Ballroom in New York City that night. These
intimate 30-minute "Bowery Sessions" include
acoustic performances, poetry readings and other special
surprises.
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