by
Patti Smith
- Record Label: Columbia
- Release Date: Aug 23, 2011
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Sep 9, 2011Outside Society serves as an excellent primer for the young person looking to delve into the genius of Patti Smith for the first time as well as an essential addition to the record shelf of any seasoned fan well versed in the catalog of this high priestess of rock 'n' roll.
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Q MagazineSep 22, 2011Poetess-godmother of punk compiles own Best Of. And she's still sustaining. [Oct 2011, p.137]
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Sep 9, 2011All hail Patti Smith, the postmodern beat queen who looks back at what she's done and finds a pattern; where excess in all things is fine if succeeded by its opposite.
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UncutSep 8, 2011This linear, orderly chronicle i s a faithful overview of the studio career nevertheless. [Sep 2011, p.100]
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Aug 30, 2011A fine place to sample much of Smith's considerable oeuvre.
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Aug 29, 2011She is an artist that defines edge, pulsing with an energy that no other musician could duplicate, delivering images and lines that no one else would have imagined.
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Aug 26, 2011It flows better than 2002's double-disc anthology, Land. It also does a better job contextualizing her later stuff as personal and pop-culture history
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Aug 25, 2011Because The Night, a Bruce Springsteen co-write whose lyrics she penned for Fred Smith before they were married, still holds special power, especially this remastered version.
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Aug 24, 2011For most of its runtime, Outside Society captures a time when Smith's music was as naïve, romantic, and unforced as her memoir, even if, by the end, the labored intensity of her poetry has prevailed.
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Aug 23, 2011While Smith fans no doubt have everything contained here -- of the 18 tracks collected , each album is represented -- this disc serves as an excellent introduction to Smith's ever evolving, non-compromising art which combines high-stakes poetry with rock & roll.
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Aug 24, 2011Indeed, although she's best known for those late-'70s Hotel Chelsea/CBGB-era fringe-punk albums, Outside Society illuminates some of Smith's underrated pop-minded phases.
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Sep 6, 2011There's nothing here for the existing fan base but enough to entice new arrivals and strong enough to furnish a fresh interest from them.
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Aug 24, 2011Outside Society is necessarily uneven, but it's persuasive nevertheless, if only because it tells a clear story of an artist who fought to define and redefine herself constantly.