Horses/Horses

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xxo- Seena
>From The Irish Times: 
PATTI SMITH Horses  Sony/BMG  ****
 
Subtitled "the 30th anniversary legacy edition", and the key word is legacy.  
Like a Velvet Underground record, not a huge amount of people bought the 
album  on its release, but those that did were profoundly influenced by it (just 
ask  REM, or Morrissey). This is a vertiginous combo of beat poetry and garage 
rock,  and it's as potent now as it was then. From Gloria to Elegie, Smith 
spits it out  in an almost regal manner. It can be all summed up by a rather 
perplexing and  downright ignorant review of the time, which read something like 
"Before Horses  I wouldn't have bought an album with a chick as the lead 
singer". Nice one,  mister - try saying that to her face. The second disc here is 
taken from a  complete performance of the album at this year's Meltdown 
Festival. The band on  the night featured Television's Tom Verlaine and Flea from the 
Red Hot Chili  Peppers. And don't miss the encore of The Who's My Generation. 
Brian  Boyd