Gone Again

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Gone Again
Gone Again - Patti Smith.jpg
Studio album by
Patti Smith
ReleasedJune 18, 1996 (1996-06-18)
Studio Electric Lady
Genre
Length55:47
Label Arista
Producer Malcolm Burn, Lenny Kaye
Patti Smith chronology
Dream of Life
(1988)		Gone Again
(1996)		 Peace and Noise
(1997)
Singles from Gone Again
  1. "Summer Cannibals"
    Released: June 1, 1996
  2. "Gone Again"
    Released: 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly A− [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME 6/10 [6]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Spin 7/10 [9]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [10]

Gone Again is the sixth studio album by Patti Smith, released June 18, 1996, on Arista Records. The production of the record was preceded by the deaths of many of Smith's close friends and peers, including her husband Fred "Sonic" Smith, her brother Todd, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Sohl and Kurt Cobain, with whom Smith had sympathized. In addition to this, Gone Again also features the last studio performance of Jeff Buckley, released before his death less than a year later.

Contents

In May 1999 Rolling Stone magazine placed the album on its list of "The Essential Recordings of the '90s".[ citation needed ]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Patti Smith, unless otherwise noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gone Again"Patti Smith, Fred "Sonic" Smith 3:16
2."Beneath the Southern Cross"Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye 4:35
3."About a Boy" 8:15
4."My Madrigal"Patti Smith, Luis Resto 5:09
5."Summer Cannibals"Patti Smith, Fred Smith4:10
6."Dead to the World" 4:17
7."Wing" 4:53
8."Ravens" 3:56
9."Wicked Messenger" Bob Dylan 3:49
10."Fireflies"Patti Smith, Oliver Ray9:33
11."Farewell Reel" 3:54
Total length:55:47

Samples

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Personnel

Band

With

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Gone Again
Chart (1996)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [11] 81
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [12] 21
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [13] 29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [14] 45
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [15] 51
French Albums (SNEP) [16] 46
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [17] 28
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [18] 33
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [19] 18
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [20] 29
UK Albums (OCC) [21] 44
US Billboard 200 [22] 55

Release history

DateLabelFormatCatalog
June 18, 1996 Arista Records CD, Cassette18747
2007 Sony BMG CD37932

Notes

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Gone Again – Patti Smith". AllMusic . Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  2. ↑ Kot, Greg (June 17, 1996). "Back For More". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  3. ↑ Sinclair, Tom (June 21, 1996). "Gone Again". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  4. ↑ Sullivan, Caroline (July 5, 1996). "Patti Smith: Gone Again (Arista)". The Guardian .
  5. ↑ Hochman, Steve (June 12, 1996). "Patti Smith 'Gone Again' (Arista)". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Patti Smith: Gone Again". NME . June 13, 1996. p. 46.
  7. ↑ "Patti Smith: Gone Again". Q . No. 119. August 1996. p. 120.
  8. ↑ Fricke, David (June 27, 1996). "Patti Smith: Gone Again". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on September 18, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  9. ↑ Michel, Sia (August 1996). "Patti Smith: Gone Again". Spin . Vol. 12, no. 5. p. 95. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  10. ↑ Gundersen, Edna (June 18, 1996). "Smith's earnest 'Gone Again'". USA Today . Archived from the original on February 25, 1999. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  11. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 257.
  12. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Patti Smith – Gone Again" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Patti Smith – Gone Again" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Patti Smith – Gone Again" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Patti Smith – Gone Again" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Patti Smith – Gone Again". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Patti Smith – Gone Again" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Patti Smith – Gone Again". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Patti Smith – Gone Again". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Patti Smith – Gone Again". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  21. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  22. ↑ "Billboard chart". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-02-29.

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