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Peace and Noise
Rock · 1997 · 10 tracks

Peace and Noise

Patti Smith

A somber, literary collection of elegies. Smith balances shamanic spoken-word improvisations with grounded, gritty rock meditations on mortality and memory.

September 30, 1997 · Arista

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A heavy, dignified meditation on death and memory that feels like a sacred ritual.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Waiting Underground
5:20
02
Whirl Away
5:02
03
1959
3:59
04
Spell
3:18
05
Don’t Say Nothing
5:53
06
Dead City
4:14
07
Blue Poles
5:20
08
Death Singing
3:45
09
Memento Mori
10:34
10
Last Call
5:09
Moments Worth Listening For
The hypnotic, ten-minute improvisational descent of Memento Mori where the band locks into a jagged, repetitive groove
The sudden shift from melodic folk-rock to a sharp, biting vocal delivery in 1959
The way the guitars swell and recede like a tide during the climax of Waiting Underground
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Peace and Noise sound next to the rest of Patti Smith's catalogue?

Brooding+4.0σ

Brooding saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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