# Patti Smith -- Best recent album? and Hey Joe

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 9, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patti-smith-best-recent-album-and-hey-joe/147603 "2003-01-09T21:17:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patti-smith-best-recent-album-and-hey-joe/147603/1 "2003-01-09T21:17:10Z")

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I loved Horses and Radio Ethiopia, didn’t like Easter or anything after that. But I lost touch with her work in the 90s and am not familiar with her work “post-comeback.” So which album from the 90s or later do you think is her best (assuming Horses was THE best)?

Also, I know there are mp3 versions of Hey Joe, but is it available on CD anywhere? I know I could burn one from mp3, but I was wondering if it was available uncompressed.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patti-smith-best-recent-album-and-hey-joe/147603/2 "2003-01-10T01:08:13Z")

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Horses was, of course, best. For recent albums I’m pretty fond of _Gung Ho._ I like _Gone Again,_ which is mostly a grief album, and since I was grieving when it came out, it made a nice soundtrack. I don’t think _Peace and Noise_ was very exciting. _Dream of Life_ was awful. _Land_ has two disks, one a compilation from earlier albums, one live tracks and other recordings. “Piss Factory” is on Disk 2. No “Hey Joe,” though the CDs of the earlier albums have some 45 tracks tacked on.

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**Author:** ![fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patti-smith-best-recent-album-and-hey-joe/147603/3 "2003-01-10T04:05:52Z")

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What **Shoshana** said, basically. I don’t much care for _Peace and Noise_, and I love _Gung Ho_. _Gone Again_ is a very beautiful but mostly very sad album.

The only other Patti Smith albums I have are _Easter_ (don’t like it at all) and, of course, _Horses_ (ROCK!)

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**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patti-smith-best-recent-album-and-hey-joe/147603/4 "2003-01-10T12:23:54Z")

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All right, I’m going out to get Gung Ho!

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patti-smith-best-recent-album-and-hey-joe/147603/5 "2003-01-11T06:08:56Z")

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Let us know what you think.