Patti Smith: Horses/Horses Live ...and More

DESIRE IS HUNGER,

IS THE FIRE I BREATHE

LOVE IS A BANQUET

ON WHICH WE FEED

 Horses

 is the

 debut

 studio album

 by 

American musician

 Patti Smith

released on

 November 10, 1975 

by Arista Records. 

Smith, 

supported by her 

regular 

backing band, 

recorded the album

 at

 Electric Lady Studios

 in September 1975, 

choosing former

 Velvet Underground

 member 

John Cale 

as the 

album's producer.

The music on 

Horses 

was informed by

 the

 minimalist aesthetic

 of the 

Punk rock genre,

 then in its 

formative years. 

Smith and her band 

composed the 

album's songs 

using simple

 chord progressions, 

while also breaking 

from punk tradition

 in their propensity

 for improvisation

 and embrace 

of ideas from 

avant-garde 

and other

 musical styles. 

With 

Horses, 

Smith drew upon

her backgrounds 

in rock music 

and poetry, 

aiming to create an

 album combining 

both forms. 

Her lyrics 

were alternately rooted

 in her own 

personal experiences, 

particularly with

 her family, 

and in more 

fantastical imagery. 

Horses 

was additionally inspired 

by Smith's 

reflections on the

 previous era

 of rock music 

with two of its songs

 being adapted in

 part from 1960s

 rock standards, 

and others containing 

lyrical allusions 

and tributes to

 past rock performers 

and her hopes 

for the music's future.

At the time of its release, 

Horses 

experienced 

modest 

commercial success 

and reached the

 top 50

 of the 

Billboard 200

 album chart, 

while being 

widely acclaimed 

by music critics. 

Recognized as a 

seminal recording

 in the history 

of punk

 and later 

rock movements, 

Horses 

has appeared in

 numerous lists

 of the greatest

 albums of all time. 

In 2009, 

it was selected by

 the Library of Congress

 for preservation

 into the 

National 

Recording Registry 

as a

 "culturally, 

historically, 

or aesthetically

 significant" work.

TRACK LIST

Gloria 

(Part one: "In Excelsis Deo" / part two: Gloria (Version)

Redondo Beach

Birdland

Free Money

Kimberly

Break It Up

Land

 (Part I: Horses / Part II: "Land of a Thousand Dances / Part III: La Mer(de)

Elegie

My Generation

 (Live at the Agora, Cleveland, Ohio, 01/26/76)

BONUS TRACKS

Gimme Shelter [*]

Rock N' Roll Nigger [*]

Because The Night [*]

Midnight Rider [*]

White Rabbit [*]

Dead City [*]

Are You Experienced [*]

Soul Kitchen [*]

BONUS DISC

HORSES LIVE

Gloria

Redondo Beach

Birdland

Free Money

Kimberly

Break It Up

Land: 

Horses + Land Of A Thousand Dances + La Mer (De)

Elegie

My Generation

Horses + Hey Joe

 (Old Grey Whistle Test) (1976) [*]

Because The Night 

(Old Grey Whistle Test) (1978) [*]

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