Outside Society

Outside Society
Greatest hits album by Patti Smith
Released	August 23, 2011
Recorded	1975–2007
Genre	Rock
Length	79:35
Label	Legacy Recordings
Patti Smith chronology
The Coral Sea (2008) Outside Society (2011) Banga (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Outside Society is a compilation album released by American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist Patti Smith. Outside Society is the first single-disc collection of her work and spans her entire career. ^[2] The songs are in chronological order and the booklet contains comments by Smith on her work.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gloria"	Van Morrison, Patti Smith	5:52
2.	"Free Money"	Smith, Lenny Kaye	3:50
3.	"Ain't It Strange"	Smith, Ivan Kral	6:35
4.	"Pissing in a River"	Smith, Kral	4:50
5.	"Because the Night"	Smith, Bruce Springsteen	3:22
6.	"Rock n Roll Nigger"	Kaye, Smith	4:42
7.	"Dancing Barefoot"	Kral, Smith	4:16
8.	"Frederick"	Smith	3:02
9.	"So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star"	Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman	4:18
10.	"People Have the Power"	Smith, Fred "Sonic" Smith	5:06
11.	"Up There Down There"	Smith, Smith	4:48
12.	"Beneath the Southern Cross"	Kaye, Smith	4:34
13.	"Summer Cannibals"	Smith, Smith	4:09
14.	"1959"	Smith, Tony Shanahan	3:58
15.	"Glitter in Their Eyes"	Smith, Oliver Ray	3:03
16.	"Lo and Beholden"	Smith, Kaye	4:19
17.	"Smells Like Teen Spirit [ broken anchor ]"	Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic	5:49
18.	"Trampin'"	Traditional	2:52
Total length:			79:35

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
French Albums Chart [3]	58
Swedish Albums Chart [4]	2
US Billboard Tastemakers [5]	10

References

1. Jurek, Thom. Outside Society at AllMusic
2. "Outside Society: Looking Back 1975–2007". All Music Guide . Retrieved June 5, 2012.
3. "PATTI SMITH – OUTSIDE SOCIETY (ALBUM)". lescharts.com. Hung Medien.
4. "PATTI SMITH – OUTSIDE SOCIETY (ALBUM)". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien.
5. "Billboard Tastemakers". billboard.com. Prometheus Global Media.