''Dream of Life'' is the fifth studio album by
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer. Her 1975 debut album '' Horses'' made her an influential member of the New York City-based punk rock movement. Smith has fu ...
, released in June 1988 on
Arista Records
Arista Records ( ) is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was previously a division of Bertelsmann Music G ...
.
Recording and release
''Dream of Life'' was her first album after the dissolution of The Patti Smith Group, and the only album that she made with her husband
Fred "Sonic" Smith
Frederick Dewey Smith (September 14, 1948 – November 4, 1994), known professionally as Fred "Sonic" Smith, was an American guitarist and member of the rock band MC5. He married and raised two children with poet and fellow rock musician Patti S ...
. Lead single "People Have the Power" received some album-oriented rock airplay at the time, and later was revived by Michael Stipe as a theme song for the 2004 Vote for Change concerts. "People Have the Power" was performed live for the first time by Patti and Fred Smith at the
Arista Records
Arista Records ( ) is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was previously a division of Bertelsmann Music G ...
15th Anniversary Gala at Radio City Music Hall on March 17, 1990. "Paths That Cross" is dedicated to the memory of Sam Wagstaff, Samuel J. Wagstaff. The cover photograph is by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Reception
''Dream of Life'' received generally favorable reviews from critics, who ranked the album number 31 in ''The Village Voice''s 1988 Pazz & Jop critics' poll. It was also ranked number 49 on ''Sounds (magazine), Sounds'' magazine's list of the best albums of the year.
Track listing
All songs were written by
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer. Her 1975 debut album '' Horses'' made her an influential member of the New York City-based punk rock movement. Smith has fu ...
and
Fred "Sonic" Smith
Frederick Dewey Smith (September 14, 1948 – November 4, 1994), known professionally as Fred "Sonic" Smith, was an American guitarist and member of the rock band MC5. He married and raised two children with poet and fellow rock musician Patti S ...
.
CD reissue
Personnel
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Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer. Her 1975 debut album '' Horses'' made her an influential member of the New York City-based punk rock movement. Smith has fu ...
– singing, vocals
*
Fred "Sonic" Smith
Frederick Dewey Smith (September 14, 1948 – November 4, 1994), known professionally as Fred "Sonic" Smith, was an American guitarist and member of the rock band MC5. He married and raised two children with poet and fellow rock musician Patti S ...
– guitar, Record producer, production
* Jay Dee Daugherty – Drum kit, drums, keyboards, consultant
* Richard Sohl – Keyboard instrument, keyboards
Additional personnel
* Andi Ostrowe – Backing vocalist, backing vocals
* Bob Glaub – Bass guitar, bass on "Going Under"
* Errol "Crusher" Bennett – Percussion instrument, percussion on "Looking for You (I Was)"
* Gary Rasmussen – bass
* Hearn Gadbois – percussion
* Jesse Levy – cello on "The Jackson Song"
* Kasim Sulton – bass
* Malcolm West – bass on "The Jackson Song"
* Margaret Ross – harp on "The Jackson Song"
* Robin Nash – backing vocals on "Going Under"
* Sammy Figueroa – percussion
;Technical
* Scott Litt – Record producer, associate producer, Audio mixing (recorded music), mixing, assistant producer
* Thom Panunzio, Kevin Killen, Jay Healy, Jim Michewicz, Brian Sperber – engineer
* Robert De La Garza, Roger Talkov, Rob Jacobs, Rich Travali, Marc DeSisto, Dave McNair, Bill Dooley – assistant engineer
* Shelly Yakus – mixing
* Bob Ludwig, Vic Anesini – mastering
* Maude Gilman – design
* Robert Mapplethorpe – photography
Charts
References
External links
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1988 albums
Albums produced by Fred "Sonic" Smith
Albums produced by Jimmy Iovine
Arista Records albums
Patti Smith albums