Gone Again

Gone Again
Studio album by Patti Smith
Released	June 18, 1996
Recorded	Electric Lady Studios
Genre	Rock
Length	55:52
Label	Arista
Producer	Malcolm Burn, Lenny Kaye
Patti Smith chronology
Dream of Life (1988) Gone Again (1996) Peace and Noise (1997)
Singles from Gone Again
"Summer Cannibals" Released: June 1, 1996 "Gone Again" Released: 1996

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Alternative Press	4/5[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
NME	6/10[6]
Q	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]
Spin	7/10[10]

Gone Again is an album by Patti Smith, released June 18, 1996 on Arista Records. The production of the record was preceded by the deaths of many of Smith's close friends and peers, including her husband Fred "Sonic" Smith, her brother Todd, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Sohl and Kurt Cobain, with whom Smith had sympathized. In addition to this, Gone Again also features the last studio performance of Jeff Buckley released before his death less than a year later.

May 13, 1999 Rolling Stone magazine placed the album on its list of "The Essential Recordings of the '90s".^[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gone Again"	Patti Smith, Fred "Sonic" Smith	3:16
2.	"Beneath the Southern Cross"	Smith, Lenny Kaye	4:35
3.	"About a Boy"	Smith	8:15
4.	"My Madrigal"	Smith, Luis Resto	5:09
5.	"Summer Cannibals"	Smith, Fred Smith	4:10
6.	"Dead to the World"	Smith	4:17
7.	"Wing"	Smith	4:53
8.	"Ravens"	Smith	3:56
9.	"Wicked Messenger"	Bob Dylan	3:49
10.	"Fireflies"	Smith, Oliver Ray	9:33
11.	"Farewell Reel"	Smith	3:54

Samples

	"Summer Cannibals"
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Personnel

Band

• Patti Smith – vocals, guitar
• Lenny Kaye – guitar, production
• Luis Resto – keyboards
• Jay Dee Daugherty – drums
• Tony Shanahan – bass

With

• Oliver Ray – guitar, whistle, photography, feedback
• Tom Verlaine – guitar

Additional Personnel

• Angela Skouras – design
• Annie Leibovitz – photography
• Brian Sperber – guitar, engineer
• César Díaz – guitar
• Eileen Ivers – fiddle
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Hearn Gadbois – percussion
• Jane Scarpantoni – cello
• Jeff Buckley – vocals
• John Angello – mixing
• John Cale – organ
• Kimberly Smith – mandolin
• Malcolm Burn – production, engineering, dulcimer, guitar
• Patrick McCarthy – mixing
• Rick Kiernan – saw
• Roy Cicala – mixing
• Whit Smith – guitar

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Austria	21
France	46
Netherlands	51
Norway	33
Sweden	18
Switzerland[12]	29
UK Albums Chart	44
U.S. Billboard 200[13]	55

Release history

Date	Label	Format	Catalog
June 18, 1996	Arista Records	CD	18747
2007	Sony BMG	CD	37932

Notes

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Gone Again – Patti Smith". AllMusic. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
2. "Patti Smith: Gone Again". Alternative Press (99): 184. October 1996.
3. Kot, Greg (June 17, 1996). "Back For More". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
4. Sinclair, Tom (June 21, 1996). "Gone Again". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
5. Hochman, Steve (June 12, 1996). "Patti Smith 'Gone Again' (Arista)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
6. "Patti Smith: Gone Again". NME: 46. June 13, 1996.
7. "Patti Smith: Gone Again". Q (119): 120. August 1996.
8. Fricke, David (June 27, 1996). "Patti Smith: Gone Again". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 18, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
9. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 751–52. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
10. Michel, Sia (August 1996). "Patti Smith: Gone Again". Spin. 12 (5): 95. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
11. "Best of All-time Lists". Acclaimed Music. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
12. "European charts". Retrieved 2008-02-29.
13. "Billboard chart". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-02-29.

External links

• Gone Again at AllMusic
• Gone Again audio and video at Arista Records