Banga

by Patti Smith

Banga cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 June 2012
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 58:50
  • Community rating: 3.7/5 from 9 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Arriving after an eight-year recording hiatus, the punk poet laureate delivered her eleventh studio album, marked by sweeping, meditative art rock. Heavily inspired by literature, history, and global travel, the record offers a profoundly poetic, sentimental reflection on mortality and art.

Genres

Descriptors: death, nature, history, melodic, literary, female-vocals, guitar-driven, wordplay, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Amerigo (4:36)
  2. April Fool (3:47)
  3. Fuji-San (4:13)
  4. This Is The Girl (3:49)
  5. Banga (2:51)
  6. Maria (5:05)
  7. Mosaic (4:13)
  8. Tarkovsky (The Second Stop Is Jupiter) (4:50)
  9. Nine (5:03)
  10. Seneca (5:40)
  11. Constantine's Dream (10:20)
  12. After The Gold Rush (4:23)

Credits

  • Ray Janos - lacquer cut by
  • Rob Morsberger - arranged by [strings], conductor [strings], piano, arranged by [strings], conductor [strings]
  • Dave Eggar - cello
  • Louie Appel - drums
  • Jack Petruzzelli - guitar, vocals, guitar, soloist, organ [hammond b3]
  • Hiroko Taguchi - viola
  • Entcho Todorov - violin
  • Maxim Moston - violin

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