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Horses is the debut album by American musician Patti Smith
Patti Smith

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an United States singer-songwriter, poet and artist who was a highly influential component of the punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses ....
, released in 1975 on Arista Records
Arista Records

Arista Records is an United States record label. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operates under the RCA Records....
. The record was a key factor and major influence on the New York punk rock
Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock....
 scene.

A member of the Mercer Arts Center crowd and a friend of Richard Hell
Richard Hell

Richard Hell is an United States singer, songwriter, bass guitarist, and writer.Hell is probably best known as frontman for the early punk rock band Richard Hell & The Voidoids....
, Patti Smith came to CBGB
CBGB

CBGB was a music club at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. Founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973, it was originally intended to feature its namesake musical styles, but became a forum for American punk rock and punk-influenced bands like Ramones, Misfits , Television , the Patti Smith, Willy Deville, The...
 for the first time to see the Voidoids
The Voidoids

The Voidoids, also known as Richard Hell and The Voidoids, were an American rock music rock band from the first wave of punk rock, fronted by Richard Hell, a former member of the Neon Boys, Television and the Heartbreakers....
 perform. A veteran of independent theater and performance poetry, Smith was developing an intellectual, feminist take on rock 'n' roll when she released Horses.

he time she recorded Horses, Patti Smith and her band were favorites in the New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 club scene along with Blondie
Blondie (band)

Blondie is an United States rock music band that first gained fame in the late 1970s and has so far sold over 30 million albums. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave music and punk rock scenes....
 and The Ramones.






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Horses is the debut album by American musician Patti Smith
Patti Smith

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an United States singer-songwriter, poet and artist who was a highly influential component of the punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses ....
, released in 1975 on Arista Records
Arista Records

Arista Records is an United States record label. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operates under the RCA Records....
. The record was a key factor and major influence on the New York punk rock
Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock....
 scene.

A member of the Mercer Arts Center crowd and a friend of Richard Hell
Richard Hell

Richard Hell is an United States singer, songwriter, bass guitarist, and writer.Hell is probably best known as frontman for the early punk rock band Richard Hell & The Voidoids....
, Patti Smith came to CBGB
CBGB

CBGB was a music club at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. Founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973, it was originally intended to feature its namesake musical styles, but became a forum for American punk rock and punk-influenced bands like Ramones, Misfits , Television , the Patti Smith, Willy Deville, The...
 for the first time to see the Voidoids
The Voidoids

The Voidoids, also known as Richard Hell and The Voidoids, were an American rock music rock band from the first wave of punk rock, fronted by Richard Hell, a former member of the Neon Boys, Television and the Heartbreakers....
 perform. A veteran of independent theater and performance poetry, Smith was developing an intellectual, feminist take on rock 'n' roll when she released Horses.

Inspiration

At the time she recorded Horses, Patti Smith and her band were favorites in the New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 club scene along with Blondie
Blondie (band)

Blondie is an United States rock music band that first gained fame in the late 1970s and has so far sold over 30 million albums. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave music and punk rock scenes....
 and The Ramones. Smith was a rabid fan of many 60's rock musicians such as Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing continues to be a considerable influence on rock music....
, Little Richard
Little Richard

Rev. Richard Wayne Penniman , better known by the stage name Little Richard, is anAmerican singer, songwriter and pianist. He is considered a key figure in the transition from Rhythm and blues to Rock and roll in the 1950s....
, Brian Jones
Brian Jones

Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones was an England guitarist and founding member of the England rock group The Rolling Stones. Jones was known for his use of multiple instruments, fashionable Mod image, Recreational drug use excesses and his 27 Club....
 of The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock music band formed in 1962 in London when multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones and pianist Ian Stewart were joined by vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards....
 and Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison

James Douglas Morrison was an United States singer, songwriter, poet, writer and film maker. He is best known as the lead singer and lyricist of The Doors and is widely considered to be one of the most charismatic Lead singers in rock music history....
 as well as favorites of Motown and jazz such as Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson

William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an USA R&B and soul music singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is noted for being one of the primary figures associated with Motown Records, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy....
 and John Coltrane
John Coltrane

John William Coltrane was an United States jazz saxophonist and composer.Starting in bebop and hard bop, Coltrane later pioneered free jazz. He influenced generations of other musicians, and remains one of the most significant tenor saxophonists in jazz history....
. The former's influence can be best heard in the track "Gloria", a radical retake on the Them
Them (band)

Them was a Northern Ireland group formed in Belfast in April 1964 in music, most prominently known for the garage rock standard "Gloria " and launching singer Van Morrison's musical career....
 garage rock classic. "Birdland"'s music, in particular, owed more to the jazz music Smith's mother enjoyed than to the influence of punk. When recording this song, which was improvised by the band in Electric Lady Studios
Electric Lady Studios

Electric Lady Studios, at 52 West 8th Street, in New York City's Greenwich Village, is a recording studio originally built by Jimi Hendrix and designed by John Storyk in 1970....
, Smith has said she imagined the spirit of Hendrix watching her. The lyrics of "Birdland" are based upon "A Book of Dreams" (1973), a memoir of Wilhelm Reich
Wilhelm Reich

Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian-American Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis.Reich was a respected analyst for much of his life, focusing on character structure, rather than on individual Neurosis symptoms....
 by his son Peter. Several of the album's songs ("Redondo Beach
Redondo Beach (song)

"Redondo Beach" is a Rock music song written by Patti Smith, Richard Sohl and Lenny Kaye, and first released on Patti Smith 1975 album Horses ....
", "Free Money
Free Money (song)

"Free Money" is a Rock music song written by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye, and first released on Smith's 1975 album Horses . In 1977 Sammy Hagar covered the song on his Sammy Hagar ....
", "Kimberly") were inspired by moments with members of Smith's family, while others ("Break It Up", "Elegie") were written about her idols. "Land" was already a live favorite and featured the first verse of Chris Kenner
Chris Kenner

Chris Kenner was a New Orleans R&B singer and songwriter best known for two classic hits of the early 1960s that became staples in the repertoires of many other artists....
's "Land of a Thousand Dances
Land of a Thousand Dances

"Land of 1000 Dances" is a song written and first recorded by Chris Kenner in 1962. Famous for its "na na na na na" hook, which was added by Cannibal & the Headhunters in 1965, the song's best-known version was Wilson Pickett 1966 recording on The Exciting Wilson Pickett, which became his third Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs #1 and his biggest eve...
 and contains a tribute to her long time idol Arthur Rimbaud
Arthur Rimbaud

Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud was a French people poet, born in Charleville-M?zi?res. As part of the decadent movement, his influence on modern literature, music and art has been enduring and pervasive....
." Guest musicians included Tom Verlaine
Tom Verlaine

Tom Verlaine is a singer, songwriter and guitarist, best-known as the frontman for the New York rock music band Television ....
 of Television
Television (band)

Television, formed in New York City in 1973, is an United States rock music band. Although Television never had more than a cult audience in their American homeland, they achieved significant commercial success in Europe and today are widely regarded as one of the key founders of punk rock....
 and Allen Lanier
Allen Lanier

Allen Lanier is a member of Blue ?yster Cult. Lanier plays keyboards and rhythm guitar. He currently resides in Manhattan.Lanier wrote several songs for Blue ?yster Cult albums, including "True Confessions", "Tenderloin", "Searchin' for Celine", "In Thee", and "Lonely Teardrops"....
 of Blue Φyster Cult
Blue Φyster Cult

Blue ?yster Cult is an American rock music band formed in New York in 1967 and still active in 2009. The group is especially well known for songs including " The Reaper", "Godzilla", and "Burnin' for You"....
.

Influence

In 2003, the album was ranked number 44 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
 magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003.Related news articles:* The list was based on the votes of 273 rock musicians, critics and industry figures, each of whom submitted a weighted list of 50 albums....
. NME
NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, which first appeared in the 14 November 1952 edition....
 named the album number 1 in its list "20 Near-as-Damn-It Perfect Initial Efforts". According to a list released by Time magazine
Time (magazine)

Time is a weekly United States newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. A European edition is published from London....
 in 2006, Horses is one of the All-Time 100 Greatest Albums
All-Time 100 Greatest Albums

The All-TIME 100 Greatest Albums was a list published by Time magazine in 2006 of the Western World's "greatest and most influential records ever." It was picked by TIME critics Josh Tyrangiel and Alan Light....
. Smith has been called an early pioneer of punk rock
Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock....
. Allmusics William Ruhlman said that it "isn't hard to make the case for Patti Smith as a punk rock progenitor based on Horses" while David Antrobus from PopMatters
PopMatters

PopMatters is an international webzine of cultural criticism. Its scope is broadly cast on all things pop culture. PopMatters publishes reviews, interviews, and detailed essays on most cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, comics, sports, theater, visual arts, travel, and the Internet...
chose Horses as his favorite album and considered it a life-changing classic. Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe

John Michael Stipe is an United States singer who is the lead vocalist for the alternative rock band R.E.M. Stipe has become well-known for the "mumbling" style of his early career and for his complex, surrealism lyrics, as well as his social and political activism....
 bought the album as a high school student and says it "tore my limbs off and put them back on in a whole different order." Morrissey
Morrissey

Steven Patrick Morrissey , known primarily as Morrissey, is a British singer-songwriter. After a short stint in the punk rock band The Nosebleeds in the late 1970s, he rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths....
 and Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr

Johnny Marr is an England guitarist, keyboardist, harmonica player, and singer. Marr rose to fame in the 1980s as the guitarist in The Smiths, where he formed a prolific songwriting partnership with Morrissey....
 shared an appreciation for the record, and one of their early compositions for The Smiths
The Smiths

The Smiths were an English Rock music band formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the songwriting partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce ....
, "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle", is a reworking of "Kimberly". The Libertines
The Libertines

The Libertines were an English rock music band. Formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Bar?t and Pete Doherty , the band also included John Hassall and Gary Powell for most of its recording career....
' song "The Boy Looked at Johnny" is named after the line in the title track of the album. In 1977, Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar

Samuel Roy "Sammy" Hagar , known as "The Red Rocker", is an United States rock music guitarist, singer, composer and solo artist. Hagar was one of the three singers for Van Halen, as well as of the early 1970s rock band Montrose ....
 released a cover of "Free Money
Free Money (song)

"Free Money" is a Rock music song written by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye, and first released on Smith's 1975 album Horses . In 1977 Sammy Hagar covered the song on his Sammy Hagar ....
" on his self-titled second album
Sammy Hagar (album)

Sammy Hagar is Sammy Hagar's second solo album, released in 1977. It is also often referred to as The Red Album, as it features Sammy's first anthem, "Red", which is also the basis for his nickname "The Red Rocker"....
. An episode of
Millennium
Millennium (TV series)

Millennium is an United States thriller and crime drama television program produced by Chris Carter , set during the years leading up to the year 2000....
, "The Time Is Now", would later use the song "Land" in a bizarre "music video" sequence depicting a character's descent into madness. In the Toy Machine Skateboards video "Good and Evil
Good and Evil (skateboarding video)

Good and Evil is Toy Machine Skateboards's fifth skateboarding video since its inception in 1993. It premiered October 22 2004 at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, California....
", Johnny Layton used the song "Free Money" in his part.

Artwork

The cover
Album cover

An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially-released audio recording product, or album. The term can refer to either the printed cardboard covers typically used to package sets of 10" and 12" 78 rpm records, single and sets of 12" LP records, sets of 45 rpm records , or the front-facing panel of a compact disc Optical disc...
 photo was taken by Robert Mapplethorpe
Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe was an United States photographer, known for his large-scale, highly stylized black and white portraits, photos of flowers and naked men....
 using natural light in a penthouse in Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village , often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the lower west side of southern Manhattan in New York City....
. The triangle of light on the wall was the product of the afternoon sun. The record company wanted to make various changes to the photo including airbrushing out Patti Smith's moustache but Smith overruled such attempts.

Track listing


Side one

  1. "Gloria: In Excelsis Deo / Gloria (version)" (Patti Smith
    Patti Smith

    Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an United States singer-songwriter, poet and artist who was a highly influential component of the punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses ....
    , Van Morrison
    Van Morrison

    George Ivan Morrison Order of the British Empire is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s....
    ) – 5:57
  2. "Redondo Beach
    Redondo Beach (song)

    "Redondo Beach" is a Rock music song written by Patti Smith, Richard Sohl and Lenny Kaye, and first released on Patti Smith 1975 album Horses ....
    " (Smith, Richard Sohl
    Richard Sohl

    Richard Sohl was an United States piano, best known for his work with the Patti Smith. He also played live with Iggy Pop and Elliott Murphy. He died on June 5, 1990 of a heart attack....
    , Lenny Kaye
    Lenny Kaye

    Lenny Kaye is an United States guitarist, composer and writer who is best known as a member of the Patti Smith....
    ) – 3:26
  3. "Birdland" (Smith, Sohl, Kaye, Ivan Kral
    Ivan Kral

    Ivan Kral is a Czechoslovakian musician who is best known as a member of the Patti Smith. He was co-director of the 1976 punk rock documentary The Blank Generation, and has been nominated for Czech Lion award for Best Music in the 2001 film Cabriolet....
    ) – 9:15
  4. "Free Money
    Free Money (song)

    "Free Money" is a Rock music song written by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye, and first released on Smith's 1975 album Horses . In 1977 Sammy Hagar covered the song on his Sammy Hagar ....
    " (Smith, Kaye) – 3:52


Side two

  1. "Kimberly" (Smith, Allen Lanier
    Allen Lanier

    Allen Lanier is a member of Blue ?yster Cult. Lanier plays keyboards and rhythm guitar. He currently resides in Manhattan.Lanier wrote several songs for Blue ?yster Cult albums, including "True Confessions", "Tenderloin", "Searchin' for Celine", "In Thee", and "Lonely Teardrops"....
    , Kral) – 4:27
  2. "Break It Up" (Smith, Tom Verlaine
    Tom Verlaine

    Tom Verlaine is a singer, songwriter and guitarist, best-known as the frontman for the New York rock music band Television ....
    ) – 4:04
  3. "Land: Horses / Land of a Thousand Dances / La Mer (De)
    Land of a Thousand Dances

    "Land of 1000 Dances" is a song written and first recorded by Chris Kenner in 1962. Famous for its "na na na na na" hook, which was added by Cannibal & the Headhunters in 1965, the song's best-known version was Wilson Pickett 1966 recording on The Exciting Wilson Pickett, which became his third Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs #1 and his biggest eve...
    " (Smith, Chris Kenner
    Chris Kenner

    Chris Kenner was a New Orleans R&B singer and songwriter best known for two classic hits of the early 1960s that became staples in the repertoires of many other artists....
    ) – 9:25
  4. "Elegie" (Smith, Lanier) – 2:57


Bonus track (CD reissue)

  • "My Generation" (Live) (Pete Townshend
    Pete Townshend

    Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend , is an English rock and roll guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer, and writer, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for The Who, as well as for his own solo career....
    ) – 3:16

Legacy edition

The live album was recorded as part of the "30th Anniversary" on June 25, 2005 in Royal Festival Hall
Royal Festival Hall

The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,900 seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge....
 at the Meltdown festival
Meltdown (festival)

Meltdown is an annual, England festival, held in London, featuring a mix of music, art, performance and film. Meltdown is held over nine days in an area covering including the Southbank Centre, the Royal Festival Hall and the Queen Elizabeth Hall....
, which Smith curated. It follows the same running order as the original release of
Horses, and features Tom Verlaine
Tom Verlaine

Tom Verlaine is a singer, songwriter and guitarist, best-known as the frontman for the New York rock music band Television ....
 on guitar and Flea
Flea (musician)

Michael Peter Balzary , more commonly known by the stage name Flea, is an Australian-born American bassist, trumpet player, and occasional actor....
 on bass. Released November 8, 2005 under the title
Horses/Horses this is a double CD
Compact Disc

A Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store Data , originally developed for storing digital audio. The CD, available on the market since October 1982, remains the standard physical medium for sale of commercial Sound recording and reproduction to the present day....
, with the digitally remastered
Remaster

Remaster is a word marketed mostly in the digital audio age, although the remastering process has existed since recording began. The measure of its success depends on: 1....
 version of the original 1975
1975 in music

Events*January 2 - New York City U.S. District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former The Beatles John Lennon and his lawyers can have access to Department of Immigration files pertaining to his deportation case....
 album (with the bonus track "My Generation") on the first disc, and a live recording
Live album

A live album – commonly contrasted with a studio album – is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances. Live albums may be recorded at a single concert, or combine recordings made at multiple concerts....
 of the entire album on the second disc:

  1. "Gloria: In Excelsis Deo/Gloria (version)" – 7:01
  2. "Redondo Beach" – 4:29
  3. "Birdland" – 9:52
  4. "Free Money" – 5:29
  5. "Kimberly" – 5:28
  6. "Break It Up" – 5:24
  7. "Land: Horses/Land of a Thousand Dances/La Mer (De)" – 17:35
  8. "Elegie" – 5:08
  9. "My Generation
    My Generation

    My Generation is the debut album by the England Rock music band The Who, released in the UK in December 1965. It was released in the US in April 1966 as The Who Sings My Generation with a different cover and a slightly different track listing....
    " - 6:59 [bonus track]


Personnel


Original release

Band
  • Patti Smith
    Patti Smith

    Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an United States singer-songwriter, poet and artist who was a highly influential component of the punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses ....
     – vocals, guitar
  • Lenny Kaye
    Lenny Kaye

    Lenny Kaye is an United States guitarist, composer and writer who is best known as a member of the Patti Smith....
     – guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
    , bass, vocals
  • Jay Dee Daugherty
    Jay Dee Daugherty

    Jay Dee Daugherty is an United States drummer and songwriter most well known for his work with Patti Smith, appearing on all her solo albums. As a member of the Patti Smith Group, he has been nominated twice to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame....
     – drums
    Drum kit

    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
    , consultant
  • Ivan Kral
    Ivan Kral

    Ivan Kral is a Czechoslovakian musician who is best known as a member of the Patti Smith. He was co-director of the 1976 punk rock documentary The Blank Generation, and has been nominated for Czech Lion award for Best Music in the 2001 film Cabriolet....
     – bass
    Bass guitar

    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
    , guitar, vocals
  • Richard Sohl
    Richard Sohl

    Richard Sohl was an United States piano, best known for his work with the Patti Smith. He also played live with Iggy Pop and Elliott Murphy. He died on June 5, 1990 of a heart attack....
     – keyboards
    Keyboard instrument

    A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....


Additional personnel
  • Allen Lanier
    Allen Lanier

    Allen Lanier is a member of Blue ?yster Cult. Lanier plays keyboards and rhythm guitar. He currently resides in Manhattan.Lanier wrote several songs for Blue ?yster Cult albums, including "True Confessions", "Tenderloin", "Searchin' for Celine", "In Thee", and "Lonely Teardrops"....
     – production
    Record producer

    In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
    , guitar, keyboards
  • Bernie Kirsh – engineering
    Engineering

    Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying Technology and science knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and process that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria....
    , mastering
    Audio mastering

    Mastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced ....
  • Bob Gruen
    Bob Gruen

    Bob Gruen is an United States photographer known for his rock 'n' roll photographs.Bob Gruen is one of the most well-known and respected photographers in rock and roll....
     – photography
    Photography

    Photography is the process, activity and art of creating still or moving by recording radiation on a sensitive medium, such as a photographic film, or an ....
  • Bob Heimall – design
    Design

    Design is used both as a noun and a verb. The term is often tied to the various applied arts and engineering . As a verb, "to design" refers to the process of originating and planning for a product, structure, system, or component with intention....
  • Bob Irwin – mastering
  • Bob Ludwig
    Bob Ludwig

    Bob Ludwig is an United States Audio mastering engineer.He is a well known and respected figure within the music industry. Ludwig's craftsmanship is appreciated widely within the music profession, as testified by his extensive credits and demand for his work....
     – mastering
  • Chuck Krall – photography
  • Danny Fields
    Danny Fields

    Danny Fields is an United States journalist and record executive. He was an influential figure on the New York underground punk rock music scenes during the 1960s and 1970s....
     – photography
  • Edie Baskin – photography
  • Frank d'Augusta – assistant engineer
  • Richard Aaron – photography
  • Robert Mapplethorpe
    Robert Mapplethorpe

    Robert Mapplethorpe was an United States photographer, known for his large-scale, highly stylized black and white portraits, photos of flowers and naked men....
     – photography
  • Sherri Whitmarsh – design
  • Tom Verlaine
    Tom Verlaine

    Tom Verlaine is a singer, songwriter and guitarist, best-known as the frontman for the New York rock music band Television ....
     – guitar
  • Vic Anesini – mastering


Charts

Year Chart Position
1976 U.S. Billboard 200
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
47
2007 UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website ; the full Top 200 is published exclusively in ChartsPlus....
157


Release history

Date Label Format Catalog
December 13, 1975 Arista Records
Arista Records

Arista Records is an United States record label. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operates under the RCA Records....
LP
Gramophone record

A gramophone record is an analog signal sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove usually starting near the periphery and ending near the centre of the disc....
4066
1996 Arista Records CD
Compact Disc

A Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store Data , originally developed for storing digital audio. The CD, available on the market since October 1982, remains the standard physical medium for sale of commercial Sound recording and reproduction to the present day....
18827
November 8, 2005 Sony BMG CD 671445
2007 Sony BMG CD 37927


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