NEW VINYL LP ON SONY 2015 180 GRAM VINYL Patti Smith cowrote her first big hit, "Because the Night," with Bruce Springsteen, and that track was the force behind this album's ascent of the U.S. Top 40. Never fully departing from her punk-poetess roots, Easter was nonetheless produced by hit maker Jimmy Iovine, resulting in a more accessible overall sound than her earlier work. Her vocal gymnastics and dramatic rock & roll sensibilities threw sparks in every direction, with the vitriolic "Rock N Roll Nigger" and the anthemic "Till Victory" further paving the way for punks and women rockers everywhere. Churchly keyboards and huge drums drive Smith's quest for "a reason to live" on the religiously inquisitive "Privilege" and she's unabashedly sexy on the raunchy "25th Floor." A great work all around. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_%28Patti_Smith_Group_album%29 Tracklist A1 Till VictoryA2 Space MonkeyA3 Because The Night A4 Ghost DanceA5 Babelogue A6 Rock N Roll Nigger B1 Privilege (Set Me Free)B2 We ThreeB3 25th Floor B4 High On Rebellion B5 Easter
