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"Glitter In Their Eyes" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
Patti Smith was working through grief when she returned from her eight-year recording hiatus to cut GONE AGAIN (1996) and PEACE & NOISE (1997). She was dealing with the deaths of a number of close friends and family members--including husband Fred "Sonic" Smith--within a short time. Having achieved a degree of musical catharsis, Smith teamed with Pixies/Catherine Wheel producer Gil Norton for 2000's sonically gorgeous GUNG HO.
Smith reaches beyond her punk roots, incorporating pennywhistle and mandolin into her folk-flavored song about Custer's wife ("Libbie's Song"). Longtime band member Lenny Kaye includes Middle Eastern-sounding nuances in his co-written tale of Salome ("Lo and Beholden"). Among the more stirring numbers are "Strange Messengers," written from the chilling viewpoint of a slavery victim, and "Glitter in Their Eyes," a chirpy, new wave-y anthem decrying today's rampant materialism. GUNG HO's 10-minute-plus title track/centerpiece lauds North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh, portraying him as a patriot in love with our Constitution. "Gung Ho" will no doubt rankle a few Vietnam vets. A revitalized and inspired Smith avoids the trap of dry, didactic historical regurgitation, serving up another reminder of why she is rightly considered a downtown doyenne.
Recorded at Sear Sound, New York, New York.
Personnel: Patti Smith (vocals, acoustic guitar); Lenny Kaye, Oliver Ray (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Jackson Smith , Tom Verlaine (electric guitar); Skaila Kanga (harp); Kimberly Smith (mandolin); Rebecca Weiner (violin); Grant Hart (piano, Farfisa); Tony Shanahan (keyboards); Jay Dee Daugherty (drums); Wade Raley, Michael Stipe (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Danton Supple; Gil Norton.
Recording information: Sear Sound, New York, NY.
Photographers: Steven Sebring; Patti Smith.
Personnel: Patti Smith (vocals, acoustic guitar); Lenny Kaye, Oliver Ray (acoustic & electric guitars); Jackson Smith, Tom Verlaine (guitar); Kimberly Smith (mandolin); Rebecca Weiner (violin); Skaila Kanga (harp); Ben E. Franklin (penny whistle); Grant Hart (piano, Farfisa organ); Tony Shanahan (keyboards, bass); Jay Dee Daugherty (drums); Michael Stipe, Wade Raley (background vocals).
Rolling Stone (1/4/01, p.116) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000".
Rolling Stone (3/30/00, p.62) - 4.5 stars out of 5 - "...Smith is simply inspired....she's back to life, taking on the whole world. She belts manifestoes, plunges headlong into love, offers benedictions and hurls herself into history and myth....all done with a revitalized band..."
Entertainment Weekly (12/29/00, p.138) - Ranked #5 in EW's Top 10 Albums of 2000.
Entertainment Weekly (3/31/00, pp.67-8) - "...a collection of hypnotic, human rock & roll that extols such seemingly antiquated virtues as moral fiber, history, and love as spirituality..." - Rating: A
Magnet (6-7/00, p.91) - "...Contains all the hallmarks that make the Patti Smith Group formidable flag-bearers....GUNG HO is pure PSG....heir to the group's initial '79 swan song WAVE..."
The Wire (4/00, p.52) - "...The trademark Smith sound...has always been thrilling and it's no less here....[Her] strong point has always been her delivery...and it's easy to be seduced by her voice alone....unfailingly demonstrates that you're in the presence of something extraordinary..."
CMJ (3/20/00, p.3) - "...Smith rocks with a conviction as powerful as anything since her '88 comeback album, DREAM OF LIFE....the tracks gather strength from unity and rememberance..."
Mojo (Publisher) (5/00, p.105) - "...Once Patti hits her stride that yearning, passionate vibrato and lyric flashbacks...suggest there's life in the original Righteous Babe yet."
NME (Magazine) (3/18/00, p.34) - 6 out of 10 - "...[She] fixes her wild eyes on more overtly political themes....there's music here that's full of the febrile commitment and unashamed passion that marked her as a valid icon in 1975..."
Patti Smith - Gung Ho Songs
| 1 | One Voice | 4:08 | $0.99 | |
| 2 | Lo and Beholden | 4:45 | $0.99 | |
| 3 | Boy Cried Wolf | 4:54 | $0.99 | |
| 4 | Persuasion | 4:38 | $0.99 | |
| 5 | Gone Pie | 4:06 | $0.99 | |
| 6 | China Bird | 4:08 | $0.99 | |
| 7 | Glitter In Their Eyes | 3:00 | $0.99 | |
| 8 | Strange Messengers | 8:06 | $0.99 | |
| 9 | Grateful | 4:34 | $0.99 | |
| 10 | Upright Come | 3:00 | $0.99 | |
| 11 | New Party | 4:33 | $0.69 | |
| 12 | Libbie's Song | 3:28 | $0.99 | |
| 13 | Gung Ho | 11:45 | $0.99 | |
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