Gone Again
title: "Gone Again" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["patti-smith-albums", "1996-albums", "arista-records-albums", "albums-produced-by-malcolm-burn", "albums-recorded-at-electric-lady-studios", "albums-produced-by-lenny-kaye"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_Again" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Gone Again |
| type | studio |
| artist | Patti Smith |
| cover | Gone Again - Patti Smith.jpg |
| released | |
| studio | Electric Lady (New York City) |
| genre | {{hlist |
| length | 55:47 |
| label | Arista |
| producer | Malcolm Burn, Lenny Kaye |
| prev_title | Dream of Life |
| prev_year | 1988 |
| next_title | Peace and Noise |
| next_year | 1997 |
| misc | {{Singles |
| name | Gone Again |
| type | studio |
| single1 | Summer Cannibals |
| single1date | June 1, 1996 |
| single2 | Gone Again |
| single2date | 1996 |
| :: |
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Gone Again is the sixth studio 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.
In May 1999 Rolling Stone magazine placed the album on its list of "The Essential Recordings of the '90s".
Track listing
| all_writing = Patti Smith, unless otherwise noted | title1 = Gone Again | writer1 = Patti Smith, Fred "Sonic" Smith | length1 = 3:16
| title2 = Beneath the Southern Cross | writer2 = Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye | length2 = 4:35
| title3 = About a Boy | length3 = 8:15
| title4 = My Madrigal | writer4 = Patti Smith, Luis Resto | length4 = 5:09
| title5 = Summer Cannibals | writer5 = Patti Smith, Fred Smith | length5 = 4:10
| title6 = Dead to the World | length6 = 4:17
| title7 = Wing | length7 = 4:53
| title8 = Ravens | length8 = 3:56
| title9 = Wicked Messenger | writer9 = Bob Dylan | length9 = 3:49
| title10 = Fireflies | writer10 = Patti Smith, Oliver Ray | length10 = 9:33
| title11 = Farewell Reel | length11 = 3:54 | total_length = 55:47
Samples
Personnel
Band
- Patti Smith – vocals, guitar
- Lenny Kaye – guitar, production
- Luis Resto – keyboards
- Jay Dee Daugherty – drums
- Tony Shanahan – bass
With
- Oliver Ray – guitar on 1, whistle on 6, photography, feedback
- Tom Verlaine – guitar on 5 and 7. Additional personnel
- Angela Skouras – design
- Annie Leibovitz – photography
- Brian Sperber – guitar, engineer
- Cesar Diaz – guitar on 9.
- Eileen Ivers – fiddle on 1.
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Hearn Gadbois – percussion on 10.
- Jane Scarpantoni – cello on 4.
- Jeff Buckley – vocals on 2, esraj on 10.
- John Angello – mixing
- John Cale – organ on 2.
- Kimberly Smith – mandolin on 8.
- Malcolm Burn – production, engineering, dulcimer, guitar
- Patrick McCarthy – mixing
- Rick Kiernan – saw on 5.
- Roy Cicala – mixing
- Whit Smith – guitar
- David Voigt – engineering
Charts
::data[format=table title="Chart performance for ''Gone Again''"] | Chart (1996) | Peak position | Australian Albums (ARIA) | US Billboard 200 | |---|---|---|---| | 81 | | | | | 55 | | | | ::
Release history
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| Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 18, 1996 | Arista Records | CD, Cassette | 18747 |
| 2007 | Sony BMG | CD | 37932 |
| :: |
Notes
References
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Gone Again – Patti Smith". [[AllMusic]].
- Kot, Greg. (June 17, 1996). "Back For More". [[Chicago Tribune]].
- Sinclair, Tom. (June 21, 1996). "Gone Again".
- Sullivan, Caroline. (July 5, 1996). "Patti Smith: Gone Again (Arista)". [[The Guardian]].
- Hochman, Steve. (June 12, 1996). "Patti Smith 'Gone Again' (Arista)". [[Los Angeles Times]].
- (June 13, 1996). "Patti Smith: Gone Again".
- (August 1996). "Patti Smith: Gone Again".
- Fricke, David. (June 27, 1996). "Patti Smith: Gone Again".
- Michel, Sia. (August 1996). "Patti Smith: Gone Again".
- Gundersen, Edna. (June 18, 1996). "Smith's earnest 'Gone Again'". [[USA Today]].
- {{cite Ryan
- "Billboard chart". Allmusic.
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