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This article is about the album. For other uses, see Gung-ho (disambiguation).
Gung Ho 
Studio album by Patti Smith Released March 21, 2000 Recorded Sear Sound, New York City Genre Rock Length 64:31 Label Arista Producer Gil Norton Patti Smith chronology Peace and Noise
(1997)Gung Ho
(2000)Trampin'
(2004)Singles from Gung Ho - "Glitter in Their Eyes"
Released: 2000
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
linkRobert Christgau 
[1]NME 
18 Mar 00, p.34Pitchfork Media (4.6/10) link Rolling Stone 
30.3.00
This table needs to be expanded using prose. See the guideline for more information.Gung Ho is an album by Patti Smith, released March 21, 2000 on Arista Records. The song "New Party" was used as the official song for the 2000 Ralph Nader's presidential campaign. Song "Glitter in Their Eyes" was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 2001.[2]
The record was included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000".[3]
This is the first Patti Smith album to not include Smith on the cover.
Contents
Track listing
# Title Songwriter Length 1 "One Voice" Patti Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty 4:46 2 "Lo and Beholden" Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith 4:45 3 "Boy Cried Wolf" Patti Smith 4:54 4 "Persuasion" Patti Smith, Fred "Sonic" Smith 4:36 5 "Gone Pie" Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan 4:06 6 "China Bird" Oliver Ray, Patti Smith 4:08 7 "Glitter in Their Eyes" Ray, Patti Smith 3:00 8 "Strange Messengers" Kaye, Patti Smith 8:06 9 "Grateful" Patti Smith 4:34 10 "Upright Come" Ray, Patti Smith 3:00 11 "New Party" Patti Smith, Shanahan 4:33 12 "Libbie's Song" Patti Smith 3:28 13 "Gung Ho" Daugherty, Kaye, Ray, Patti Smith, Shanahan 11:45 Personnel
Band
- Patti Smith – vocals, guitar, photography
- Lenny Kaye – guitar
- Jay Dee Daugherty – drums
- Oliver Ray – guitar
- Tony Shanahan – bass, keyboards
Additional personnel
- Danton Supple – engineering, mixing
- Gil Norton – production, mixing
- Grant Hart – piano, farfisa
- Grant Smith – cover Image
- Jackson Smith – guitar
- Kimberly Smith – mandolin
- Margery Greenspan – art direction
- Michael Stipe – back vocals
- Paul Angelli – mastering
- Rebecca Weiner – violin
- Skaila Kanga – harp
- Steven Sebring – photography
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Todd Parker – assistant engineer
- Tom Verlaine – guitar
- Wade Raley – back vocals
Charts
Chart (2000) Peak
positionSwitzerland[4] 94 U.S. Billboard 200[5] 178 Release history
Date Label Format Catalog 2000 Arista Records CD 14618 2007 Sony BMG CD 37934 Notes
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Gung Ho". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=2685.
- ^ "Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female". http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/rockfemale.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
- ^ "Review". http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1110044&BAB=E. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
- ^ "Swiss chart". http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?key=3257&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
- ^ "Billboard chart". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r468340. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
External links
- Gung Ho at Allmusic
- Gung Ho at Sony BMG
- Lyrics, samples, photos at GungHo2000.com
- Smith, Patti (2000-03-23) (Video). A conversation with Patti Smith. Interview. Charlie Rose. WNET. New York. http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/3788. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
Patti Smith Studio albums Horses • Radio Ethiopia • Easter • Wave • Dream of Life • Gone Again • Peace and Noise • Gung Ho • Trampin' • TwelveOther albums Books Seventh Heaven • Witt • Ha! Ha! Houdini! • Babel • Woolgathering • Early Work • The Coral Sea • Patti Smith Complete • Strange Messenger • Auguries of Innocence • Just KidsBand members Related articles Categories:- Patti Smith albums
- 2000 albums
- Arista Records albums
- Albums produced by Gil Norton
- "Glitter in Their Eyes"
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