| Gung Ho | ||||
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| Released | March 21, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | Sear Sound, New York City | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 64:31 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Gil Norton | |||
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Gung Ho is the eighth studio album by Patti Smith, released March 21, 2000 on Arista Records.
Gung Ho was released on March 21, 2000, by Arista Records. The title refers to a Chinese phrase meaning "work together" adopted by the US Marines during World War II as a morale-building slogan. It is the first Patti Smith album to not include her on the cover (it shows, instead, a picture of her father, Grant Smith).
The song "New Party" was used as the official song for the 2000 Ralph Nader's presidential campaign.
Smith wrote the song "Grateful" in tribute to Jerry Garcia on August 9, 1995, the day of his death. [1]
As of February 2004, Gung Ho had sold 49,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen Soundscan. [2]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 73/100 [3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A [5] |
| The Guardian | [6] |
| Los Angeles Times | [7] |
| Mojo | [8] |
| NME | 6/10 [9] |
| Pitchfork | 4.6/10 [10] |
| Rolling Stone |  [11] |
| Spin | 4/10 [12] |
| USA Today | [13] |
Gung Ho was included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000". [14]
The song "Glitter in Their Eyes" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 2001. [15]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "One Voice" | Patti Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty | 4:46 |
| 2. | "Lo and Beholden" | Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith | 4:45 |
| 3. | "Boy Cried Wolf" | Patti Smith | 4:54 |
| 4. | "Persuasion" | Patti Smith, Fred "Sonic" Smith | 4:36 |
| 5. | "Gone Pie" | Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan | 4:06 |
| 6. | "China Bird" | Oliver Ray, Patti Smith | 4:08 |
| 7. | "Glitter in Their Eyes" | Ray, Patti Smith | 3:00 |
| 8. | "Strange Messengers" | Kaye, Patti Smith | 8:06 |
| 9. | "Grateful" | Patti Smith | 4:34 |
| 10. | "Upright Come" | Ray, Patti Smith | 3:00 |
| 11. | "New Party" | Patti Smith, Shanahan | 4:33 |
| 12. | "Libbie's Song" | Patti Smith | 3:28 |
| 13. | "Gung Ho" | Daugherty, Kaye, Ray, Patti Smith, Shanahan | 11:45 |
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Additional personnel
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Switzerland [16] | 94 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 [17] | 178 |
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