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Easter [Original recording remastered]

Patti SmithAudio CD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)

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listen  3. Because The NightPatti Smith Group 3:24$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  4. Ghost DancePatti Smith Group 4:43$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  5. BabeloguePatti Smith Group 1:32$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  6. Rock N Roll NiggerPatti Smith Group 3:24$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  7. Privilege (Set Me Free)Patti Smith Group 3:32$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  8. We ThreePatti Smith Group 4:18$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen  9. 25th FloorPatti Smith Group 4:03$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen10. High On RebellionPatti Smith Group 2:36$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen11. EasterPatti Smith Group 6:02$0.99  Buy MP3 
listen12. GodspeedPatti Smith Group 6:24$0.99  Buy MP3 


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Patti Smith is considered a poet whose energy and vision found its voice in the most powerful medium of our culture, music. As one of the early pioneers of New York City’s dynamic punk scene, she has been creating her unique blend of poetic rock and roll for over 35 years. She was born in Chicago in 1946, the eldest of four siblings and was raised in South Jersey. From an early age, she ... Read more in Amazon's Patti Smith Store

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  • Audio CD (June 18, 1996)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Arista
  • ASIN: B000002VQP
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,361 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Patti Smith cowrote her first big hit, "Because the Night," with Bruce Springsteen, and that track was the force behind this album's ascent of the U.S. Top 40. Never fully departing from her punk-poetess roots, Easter was nonetheless produced by hit maker Jimmy Iovine, resulting in a more accessible overall sound than her earlier work. Her vocal gymnastics and dramatic rock & roll sensibilities threw sparks in every direction, with the vitriolic "Rock N Roll Nigger" and the anthemic "Till Victory" further paving the way for punks and women rockers everywhere. Churchly keyboards and huge drums drive Smith's quest for "a reason to live" on the religiously inquisitive "Privilege" and she's unabashedly sexy on the raunchy "25th Floor." A great work all around. --Lorry Fleming

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CD Re-Mastered Incl.Prev.Unrel.Bonus Tracks

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45 of 46 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Rock and Roll Masterpiece March 22, 2000
Format:Audio CD
In early 1978, when this album was released, I ran a small record shop in Lancaster, Pa. I had been intrigued by "HORSES" and even more intrigued by its successor "RADIO ETHIOPIA", which contained some of the most provocative rock to come from the early American punk scene. I was not ready for the power and the glory of "EASTER", however, and its scope and depth took me completely by surprise. I listened to nothing else (well, okay, except for "DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN")at the store and at home, sometimes sitting in front of the stereo in a trance, totally overwhelmed by this record. From the opening cut "Til Victory" to the closing prayer "Easter" (I don't have the remastered version...hence I don't recognize "Godspeed" as the true final track), this record is mezmerizing, mystifying, and completely in tune with what The Patti Smith Group was aiming for...a declaration of musical independence. Though the entire album is electrifying, there are a few cuts that are just plain incredible, including "25th Floor/High On Rebellion", "Privilege" (Set Me Free), and of course, the single "Because The Night" and the title track. Expertly produced by Jimmy Iovine, this album will take you back to a time when rock this unadulterated was being performed by a group of New York bands that shaped music for years to come..Talking Heads, Television, The New York Dolls, and of course, The Patti Smith Group, to name a few. Buy this, take it home, wait until late at night, and then go for the ride it takes you on...I guarantee it will leave you breathless. Needless to say, this is one of my favorite records of my lifetime, and it provided the soundtrack for the greatest years I've known, when I swaggered just as righteously as this band and this album. It filled a place in my rock and roll heart that, to this day, it still occupies just as wholly. This is serious and thought-provoking music that, for this listener, has transcended time and space. I loved it then and I love it more now...it is indeed a classic and belongs in every serious rock and roll record collection.
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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Cornerstone For Your Collection December 13, 2001
Format:Audio CD
Patti Smith isn't the kind of girl you'd want to bring to meet your church-going mother: she's outraged, angry, and profane, and meeting her music for the first time can have the impact of slamming into a brick wall. But if you listen closely you'll find she also has an artistic and intellectual depth that far outstrips virtually any other rock-and-roller working today.

EASTER, Patti Smith's most commercially successful album, may not be in quite the same league with HORSES but it is so close it hardly matters, and some may even prefer the tighter structure of EASTER over the more free-form HORSES. Either way, either album, Patti Smith [belts out] some serious rock-n-roll (...): her ability to channel a passionate ferocity into a raw, innovative, and uncompromising art is simply amazing.

Every track on EASTER explodes with Smith's unique creativity, but some jump out a bit more than others. The first three songs of the collection--Til Victory, Space Monkey, and Because The Night--mix some serious guitar, driving beats, and disconcerting vocals to tremendous effect, and 25th Floor/High on Rebellion is Patti Smith at her hard-rocking poetic best, spinning passionately voiced recitals against an increasingly dissonant musical background. If you're new to Patti Smith's music, EASTER is probably the best introduction; if you're already a fan, EASTER should be cornerstone of your collection.

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42 of 49 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars An album to discover and rediscover April 14, 2002
By Lauren
Format:Audio CD
Many years after her seminal late-seventies work, Patti Smith's debut, Horses, gets the lion's share of the accolades within her body of work. I'll probably get a lot of disagreement and maybe even a flame or two from that disc's staunch supporters, but in my opinion Easter is the pinnacle of her recording career. Horses is probably the more groundbreaking work, but to these ears it's a difficult listen and probably more trendy than it is good. Though given a more mainstream production, Easter is not one iota less tough or uncompromising.

Easter is stylistically a late-seventies hard rock album, but still it's all Patti, complete with her poetry and earthy sensuality. Her poetry is more mature sounding: There's only one ill-advised, childish diatribe here on "25th Floor", and the song appropriately enough soars so high you don't mind. Her vocals are less hysterical and more focused than ever before or since. She sings like a woman utterly possessed, and it's this element that gives Easter its power.

The Patti Smith Group shifts effortlessly from thundering anthems ("Till Victory", "Privilege") to stately ballads ("Easter") to quirky art-rock ("Space Monkey"). Patti's definitive reading of Bruce Springsteen's "Because the Night" -- which cuts both Natalie Merchant's soulless version and surprisingly the author's more gritty rendition -- is here too. Happily, it is neither the best thing about Easter, its weakest link, nor its centerpiece as it simply fits comfortably within the CD's mosaic.

Granted, if you value hipness and influence more than I do, this may impress you less than Horses or even Radio Ethiopia. However if you enjoy female rockers in the vein of Chrissie Hynde, Debbie Harry, or Karen O -- or you just love moody hard rock -- buy this. You're in for a real experience.

And surely goodness and mercy shall follow you all the days of your life and you shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever...god damn.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Godmother of punk!
Great album! I used to have this one on vinyl from the 70's and just got around to getting the mp3. Awesome music!!
Published 29 days ago by Richard Kennedy
5.0 out of 5 stars Rocks out...
Just like I already knew it would before I even bought it. Patti Smith with her usual fierce energy, great song writing and powerful performance. Read more
Published 6 months ago by M. Baker
5.0 out of 5 stars Patti Smith
Patti Smith=amazing - need I say more? So, I need a minimum of 20 words. Powerful and evocative are two other words I can think of with this singer/song-writer.
Published 16 months ago by F. Chen
5.0 out of 5 stars A Patti Smith Masterpiece
The Patti Smith Group / Easter: Every track of this album is stunning. This one gets the blood moving and the mind working and the memories shuffling. Read more
Published 16 months ago by J. Bynum
5.0 out of 5 stars Hymnal, to rock opera. Effective poetry, accomplished rock album
This is a review of the 20 bit, 1996 issue cd, with the bonus track. Looking at my notes, it looks like scoring this album was as difficult as scoring The Beach Boys "Pet sounds". Read more
Published on March 9, 2011 by dfle3
4.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Patti Smith Album
I really dig this album. Patti explores some Biblical themes here and there, or to put it in another way, she explores the language and the atmosphere of the sacred writing,... Read more
Published on December 15, 2010 by General Breadbasket
5.0 out of 5 stars Patti Smith-Easter
Patti Smith's music is timeless. She's a rebel...a poet...a singer...and an inspiration. The Easter CD is a spiritual, rock and roll journey for all generations that was... Read more
Published on December 5, 2010 by Charlene
4.0 out of 5 stars A decadent concept album par excellence
Following on from the commercial failure of the masterful Jack Douglas-produced Radio Ethiopia, Patti Smith suffered a fall in 1977 and was forced to recuperate before continuing... Read more
Published on March 15, 2010 by mianfei
4.0 out of 5 stars moments of spectacular songwriting
Update September 19, 2011

Alright, perhaps Easter is better than I originally thought. A closer inspection reveals that making comparisons to Horses is probably... Read more
Published on August 19, 2009 by B. E Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars 100% unique.
love this cd. one of the most truly unique and individual performers ever. love her voice and style. this cd is a good introduction to her range.
Published on October 27, 2007 by c.
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