Patti Smith Group - Radio Ethiopia
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Artist: Patti Smith GroupEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1996-06-18
Music Label: Arista
Soundtracks:
- Ask The Angels
- Ain't It Strange
- Poppies
- Pissing In A River
- Pumping (My Heart)
- Distant Fingers
- Radio Ethiopia
- Abyssinia
- Chiklets (Bonus Track)
Free Music Notes for Radio Ethiopia
Free Music Review: Radio Ethiopia
Hit: 5 Stars
Patti Smith Group-Radio Ethiopia *****
Nestled comfortably between the Patti Smith Groups emphamous debut album Horses and their third and most commercial and best selling third album Easter you find Radio Ethiopia. Radio Ethiopia is Patti's most honest and adventerious album to date.
For one reason or another Radio Ethiopia has been forgotten and labeled a failure and place in the delete bin next to Goats Head Soup from The Rolling Stones (which is another great album) but this is not the case. Once you can understand that Patti and the band are always trying new and different things then you can understand and appreciate this better. Yes I will say the album is often irratic but thats part of it's charm. Jumping from guitar and drum heavy rockers like 'Ask The Angels' the albums opener into a more mellow track such as 'Aint It Strange' may be a shock for some but it was only natural to keep things new and make the listener guess. Also this album gave Smith a chance to experiment with vocals and layering them in the recording making for an interesting listen each time.
My only complaint with this album is the title track, 'Radio Ethiopia.' as on the debut 'Horses' and the next release 'Easter' were all epic title tracks. Here Patti tried and almost nailed it but the poem and song seem to fall apart at the end of the song almost totally ruining the song. Starting of fantastic and only gaining power to ultametly crash and burn. If that was Patti and Lenny Kaye's plan then they succeeded but the point stands that what she was trying to achieve here was what she did acheive on Horses with 'Land' and she did not here.
True blue Smith fans almost always love this album but occasionaly this is concidered a blunder. Someone said to stay away from Radio Ethiopia when first getting into the group and I must dissagree, I think any of the groups first three albums are the best places to start, Horses, Radio Ethiopia, and Easter are all legendary and are the albums that made Patti the giant she is today.
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Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007.2007 Japanese Digitally Remastered Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.
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