Twelve (Patti Smith album)

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Twelve
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Studio album of cover songs by
ReleasedApril 17, 2007
Recorded2007
Studio Electric Lady Studios, New York City; Loho Studios, New York City; Effigy Studios, Ferndale, Michigan
Genre Rock
Length56:41
Label Columbia
Producer Patti Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty, Lenny Kaye, Tony Shanahan
Patti Smith chronology
Trampin'
(2004)
Twelve
(2007)
Banga
(2012)
Singles from Twelve
  1. "Gimme Shelter"
    Released: 2007
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 65/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Hot Press 6/10 [4]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME 7/10 [6]
No Ripcord9/10 [7]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork Media 2.7/10 [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Twelve is the tenth studio album by Patti Smith, released April 17, 2007 on Columbia Records. [12] The album contains twelve tracks, all of which are covers. It debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 60, with 11,000 copies sold in its first week. [13] A promotional EP entitled Two More was also released, featuring two covers that are not on the album: "Perfect Day" by Lou Reed and "Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect" by the Decemberists.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original artists (date)Length
1."Are You Experienced?" Jimi Hendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)4:46
2."Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes Tears for Fears (1985)4:07
3."Helpless" Neil Young Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1970)4:02
4."Gimme Shelter" Mick Jagger, Keith Richards The Rolling Stones (1969)5:00
5."Within You Without You" George Harrison The Beatles (1967)4:51
6."White Rabbit" Grace Slick Jefferson Airplane (1967)3:54
7."Changing of the Guards" Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (1978)5:47
8."The Boy in the Bubble" Paul Simon, Forere Motloheloa Paul Simon (1986)4:30
9."Soul Kitchen" Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger The Doors (1967)3:45
10."Smells Like Teen Spirit" Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic Nirvana (1991)6:31
11."Midnight Rider" Gregg Allman, Robert Payne The Allman Brothers Band (1970)4:02
12."Pastime Paradise" Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder (1976)5:26
13."Everybody Hurts" (Bonus track) Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe R.E.M. (1992)6:17

Personnel

Band

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [14] 107
Austria [15] 32
Belgium 28
Denmark 19
France 12
Germany 17
Ireland 74
Italy 6
Netherlands 41
New Zealand 30
Norway 35
Sweden 26
Switzerland [16] 23
UK Albums Chart [17] 63
U.S. Billboard 200 [18] 60
Billboard European Top 100 Albums [19] 12

Sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States11,000 [13]

Release history

DateLabelFormatCatalog
April 17, 2007 Columbia Records CD 87251

References

  1. "Critics Reviews for Twelve". Metacritic . Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  2. Jurek, Thom. "Patti Smith Twelve". AllMusic . Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  3. "Patti Smith Twelve". Blender . May 2007. p. 105.
  4. Murphy, Peter (April 30, 2007). "Twelve Music Review". Hot Press . Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  5. "Patti Smith Twelve". Mojo . May 2007. p. 118.
  6. McNamee, Paul (April 18, 2007). "Patti Smith Twelve". NME . Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  7. Shulman, Alan (May 9, 2007). "Patti Smith: Twelve – Music Review". No Ripcord . Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  8. Spencer, Neil (March 19, 2007). "Patti Smith, Twelve". The Observer /theguardian.com . Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  9. Klein, Joshua (April 20, 2007). "Patti Smith Twelve". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  10. Christgau, Robert (April 17, 2007). "Patti Smith Twelve Album Review". Rolling Stone . Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  11. "Patti Smith Twelve Review". Spin . May 2007. p. 90.
  12. "Press release". February 6, 2007. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
  13. 1 2 Hasty, Katie (May 2, 2007). "Lavigne Remains No. 1 As Joe Debuts High". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
  14. "Patti Smith ARIA Chart history (albums) (1988 to 2024)". ARIA. Retrieved July 28, 2024 via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  15. "World charts". αCharts. Retrieved March 24, 2008.
  16. "European charts". Archived from the original on April 16, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
  17. "UK chart". Official Charts . Retrieved March 1, 2008.
  18. "Billboard 200". Allmusic. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
  19. "European Top 100 Albums". Billboard. September 5, 2007. Retrieved March 1, 2008.[ dead link ]