Easter is the third studio album by the Patti Smith Group, released in March 1978 on Arista Records . Produced by Jimmy Iovine, it is regarded as the group's commercial breakthrough, owing to the success of the single, "Because the Night" (co-written by Bruce Springsteen and Smith), which reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 in the UK
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and poet who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses.
Called the "punk poet laureate," Smith fused rock and poetry in her work. Her most widely known song is "Because the Night," which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen. It reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978 and number five in the U.K. In 2005, Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
On November 17, 2010, Smith won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids. The book fulfilled a promise she had made to her former long-time roommate and partner, Robert Mapplethorpe. She placed 47th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Artists published in December 2010 and was also a recipient of the 2011 Polar Music Prize.
1. "Till Victory"
2. "Space Monkey"
3. "Because the Night"
4. "Ghost Dance"
5. "Babelogue"
6. "Rock N Roll Nigger"
7. "Privilege (Set Me Free)"
8. "We Three"
9. "25th Floor"
10. "High on Rebellion"
11. "Easter"
12. "Godspeed"
Patti Smith – vocals, guitar
Lenny Kaye – guitar, bass guitar, vocals
Jay Dee Daugherty – drums, percussion
Ivan Kral – bass guitar, vocals, guitar
Bruce Brody – keyboards, synthesizer
Additional personnel
Jimmy Iovine – producer
Richard Sohl – keyboards on "Space Monkey"
Allen Lanier – keyboards on "Space Monkey"
John Paul Fetta – bass on "Till Victory" & "Privilege"
Andi Ostrowe – percussion on "Ghost Dance"
Jim Maxwell – bagpipes on "Easter"
Tom Verlaine – arrangement on "We Three" (in 1974)
Todd Smith – head of crew
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