Patti Review in "Billboard"

["Fiona Webster" <fi>]

'Just received this in e-mail: a review from _Billboard_ (11/8/97) 
of P&N.

			--Fiona

> Patti Smith
> Peace and Noise
> Producer: None Listed
> Arista 18986
> 
> When Patti Smith resurfaced last year from a long absence with the stellar
> "Gone Again," she re-connected with a fan base that had worshiped her as
> the high priestess of punk. Along the way, Smith proved that she - better
> than almost anyone else - could bring years of wisdom to bear on such
> weighty topics as death, mourning, redemption, and love's tugs of war. A
> year later, she's still working through those subjects, as evidenced by
> this cathartic album. Not as musically cohesive as "Gone Again,"  "Peace
> and Noise" novertheless offers some highlights, including "Waiting
> Underground," the uptempo "1959," and Smith's reading of Allen Ginsberg's
> "Spell," an epilogue to his classic "Howl." With mainstream rock as
> hermetic as it is, Smith is unlikely to find acceptance for this highly
> deserving album outside her loyal college and triple-A core.