Peace and Noise

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Peace and Noise
Studio album by Patti Smith
Released	September 30, 1997 (1997-9-30)
Studio	IIwII (Weehawken)
Genre	Art punk
Length	52:29
Label	Arista
Producer	Patti Smith
Patti Smith chronology
Gone Again (1996) Peace and Noise (160) Gung Ho (2000)
Singles from Peace and Noise
"1959" Released: 1997

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Waiting Underground"	Patti Smith, Oliver Ray	5:20
2.	"Whirl Away"	Smith, Lenny Kaye, Ray	5:01
3.	"1959"	Smith, Tony Shanahan	3:58
4.	"Spell"	Allen Ginsberg, Ray	3:17
5.	"Don't Say Nothing"	Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty	5:52
6.	"Dead City"	Smith, Ray	4:15
7.	"Blue Poles"	Smith, Ray	5:19
8.	"Death Singing"	Smith	3:44
9.	"Memento Mori"	Smith, Kaye, Ray, Daugherty, Shanahan	10:34
10.	"Last Call"	Smith, Ray	5:09

Personnel

Band

• Patti Smith – vocals; clarinet on "Spell"
• Lenny Kaye – electric and acoustic guitars; bass on "Waiting Underground", pedal steel guitar on "Blue Poles"
• Oliver Ray – electric and acoustic guitars, photography; national duolian on "Last Call"
• Tony Shanahan – bass; piano on "Waiting Underground", drums on "Last Call"
• Jay Dee Daugherty – drums; organ on "Don't Say Nothing", harmonica on "Blue Poles", bass on "Last Call"

Additional personnel

• Mark Burdett – art direction
• Michael Stipe – backing vocals on "Last Call" ^[13]
• Roy Cicala – engineering, mixing

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Sweden [14]	47
UK Albums Chart	169
U.S. Billboard 200 [15]	152

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Peace and Noise – Patti Smith". AllMusic . Retrieved October 31, 2016.
2. Kot, Greg (October 17, 1997). "Patti Smith: Peace and Noise (Arista)". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved October 31, 2016.
3. Sinclair, Tom (October 3, 1997). "Peace and Noise". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved October 31, 2016.
4. Sullivan, Caroline (October 3, 1997). "Patti Smith: Peace and Noise (Arista)". The Guardian .
5. Gardner, Elysa (September 27, 1997). "Smith Offers a Moving, Emotional 'Peace'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 31, 2016.
6. Empire, Kitty (September 27, 1997). "Patti Smith – Peace and Noise". NME . Archived from the original on October 16, 2000. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
7. Kbendtsen, Rachel. "Patti Smith: Peace and Noise". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on November 2, 2005. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
8. Fricke, David (October 6, 1997). "Peace and Noise". Rolling Stone . Retrieved October 31, 2016.
9. Powers, Ann (December 1997). "Patti Smith: Peace and Noise". Spin . Vol. 13, no. 9. pp. 156–58. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
10. Gundersen, Edna (October 7, 1997). "Patti Smith, Peace and Noise" . USA Today . Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
11. "The 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice . February 24, 1998. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
12. "Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female" . Retrieved 2008-02-29.
13. https://www.discogs.com/master/123111-Patti-Smith-Peace-And-Noise/image/SW1hZ2U6MTMzNDU2NjM=?srsltid=AfmBOorT4v_xa5fBsNR3QqGKrULFDSZ96NYc2vPR4T2AdID8jJZNLD8j
14. "Swedish chart" . Retrieved 2008-02-29.
15. "Billboard chart". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-02-29.

External links

• Peace and Noise at AllMusic
• Peace and Noise at Sony BMG
• Smith, Patti (1997-10-17). "A conversation with singer Patti Smith". Charlie Rose (Interview: Video). New York: WNET. Archived from the original on January 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-12.