Peace and Noise

Peace and Noise
Studio album by Patti Smith
Released September 30, 1997 (1997-09-30)
Recorded IIwII Studio, Weehawken
Genre Rock
Length 52:29
Label Arista
Producer Patti Smith
Patti Smith chronology
Gone Again
(1996)
Peace
and Noise

(1997)
Gung Ho
(2000)
Singles from Peace and Noise
  1. "1959"
    Released: 1997
Vinyl cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
NME7/10[5]
Pitchfork Media3.5/10[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Spin7/10[9]
USA Today[10]

Peace and Noise is an album by Patti Smith, released September 30, 1997 on Arista Records. Uncut magazine ranked the album 21st best of the year.[11] Song "1959" was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1998.[12]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Waiting Underground"  Patti Smith, Oliver Ray5:20
2."Whirl Away"  Smith, Lenny Kaye, Ray5:01
3."1959"  Smith, Tony Shanahan3:58
4."Spell"  Allen Ginsberg, Ray3:17
5."Don't Say Nothing"  Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty5:52
6."Dead City"  Smith, Ray4:15
7."Blue Poles"  Smith, Ray5:19
8."Death Singing"  Smith3:44
9."Memento Mori"  Smith, Kaye, Ray, Daugherty, Shanahan10:34
10."Last Call"  Smith, Ray5:09

Personnel

Band

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Sweden[13] 47
UK Albums Chart 169
U.S. Billboard 200[14] 152

Release history

Date Label Format Catalog
September 30, 1997 Arista Records CD 18986
2007 Sony BMG CD 37933

Notes

  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. Gardner, Elysa (September 27, 1997). "Smith Offers a Moving, Emotional 'Peace'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  5. Empire, Kitty (September 27, 1997). "Patti Smith – Peace and Noise". NME. Archived from the original on October 16, 2000. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  6. Kbendtsen, Rachel. "Patti Smith: Peace and Noise". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on November 2, 2005. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  7. Fricke, David (October 6, 1997). "Peace and Noise". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  8. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 751–52. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
  9. Powers, Ann (December 1997). "Patti Smith: Peace and Noise". Spin. 13 (9): 156–58. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  10. Gundersen, Edna (October 7, 1997). "Smith's emotional 'Noise'; classic Chesnutt". USA Today. Retrieved October 31, 2016. (subscription required (help)).
  11. "End of Year Lists". Acclaimed Music. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
  12. "Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female". Retrieved 2008-02-29.
  13. "Swedish chart". Retrieved 2008-02-29.
  14. "Billboard chart". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
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