Gung Ho

Editorial Reviews
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Patti Smith's fourth album since her 1988 comeback vehicle Dream of Life finds the plugged-in poetess looking outward after the extended period of introspection that followed the death of her husband, Fred "Sonic" Smith. The scathing eight-minute-plus "Strange Messengers" illustrates Smith's renewed interest in the world around her, as the streetwise New Yorker turned Midwestern suburbanite rails at crackheads ("That's how you repay your ancestors?"). Working with producer Gil Norton (Foo Fighters, Pixies) and fronting a quartet built around longtime lieutenants Lenny Kaye and Jay Dee Daugherty, Smith's music harkens back to the commercial apex of New Wave; indeed, "Gone Pie" sounds like the singer sitting in with Blondie. In fact, Gung Ho as a whole feels like the album the high-priestess of punk didn't make in the early '80s, a time when she was laying low and a number of artists inspired by her visionary early works were racking up MTV and modern-rock airtime. Gung Ho is somewhat muddled in execution, but then again, so are the times. --Steven Stolder --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Degeneration
You Never Change
Hold You
Need In Me
Lust
If You DonT Jump
Forever
Sweetsmoke
Porn
Demo 54
Moss
Mallflowers
Hold You (HermigervilS Remix)
HeS So Hot
Lust (Live In Vienna)
Moss (Tim Deluxe Remix)
Need In Detroit
Need In Me (PresidentS Wildpitz Edit)
Moss (Greg Churchill Remix)
Gusgus Late Night (Interview)

Album Description

Limited edition UK two CD pressing of the 2007 album from Iceland's Gus Gus, their fifth studio album overall, features a bonus disc that contains eight tracks: four remixes, one live cut, two non-album tracks and a Gus Gus interview. Forever features 12 tracks including the single 'Moss'. 20 tracks total. Gung Ho.

Album Details

There is a Light that Never Goes Out. Shining, Illuminant, Glorious - Gus Gus. The Title "Forever", the Fifth Gusgus Studio Album, Due Feb 2007, Flew in from Moscow."Gus Gus Forever!"- Came a Sharp Cry from the Long Queue Waiting to Enter the Club - Where the Gus Gus Djs were Spinning Black Solids. It Has Taken a Handful of Time to Create "Forever" Because Gus Gus is Not God.

Customer Reviews:

Save your $$$ and buy a strobe light........2007-07-17

Disappointing if you're hoping for more of the über coolness of "Polydistortion" and "This Is Normal".

Wake me when it's over.

Zzz...

Less is more. More or less........2007-03-28

Let me just start off by saying i had to gasp at the price that Amazon has this CD listed as here. Wow.... Anyway...

This is trully a great CD and even greater is the Bonus Remixes CD that go with it. I'm actually liking the Remix CD more than the main album, but you get a great variety of sounds and songs for the price, so i should not complain.

This is some raw techno, funky dance beats, grungy dirty powerful and not so polished as their previous efforts and it's a bit more instrumental than their previous CDs. This might appeal to some and it might alienate some old time fans. After all Gus Gus is not the band they used to be, but with only 3 members they still remain edgy, creative, cutting edge and just basically they produce great dance/pop songs that sound fresh and different.

Don't worry, Daniel Agust makes a guest appearance here (he's one of the original vocalists) and he has one of the stand out tracks in this album, a hypnotic song called "Moss" that's a remixed version of a song taken from Daniel's first (and very classical) influenced debut album. I'm also loving how the female lead singer (Urdur Hakonardottir a.k.a. Earth) sounds more soulful, more confident and more empowered in this release. Not that she didn't have umph before in their previous album "Attention", but here she just seems more mature. If you miss the old band members you can check out DDD Featuring Blake (you'll most likely find it at Icelandic online shops) and even Hafdis Huld's solo album (she won best pop album at the Icelandic music awards and she is a blast to see Live). But they are no longer Gus Gus members so let me focus back again on the remaining band members and their great new album.

The songs are deeper, darker and more for late night partying moods in the remix CD (maybe the Icelandic long dark winter is the inspiration for it?) and more playful and sunny on the first CD (like the long daylight infused Summer days that Icelanders are used to).

If you liked "Attention" you are going to love "Forever" even more, the beats are a bit more retro, more nostalgic of an earlier era (for some of the songs), it's just so tough to describe them, i guess it's more disco vibes for the new century infused with a "let life be & have fun with it" attitude as we party along. This is a creative CD, a breath of fresh air in the dance music scene, that's been shunned lately by R&B and "Idol-type" everyday borring old fashioned music we are so bombarded by every second of the day. Kudos to these mainstream defying Icelanders for doing what they do best. Making music for fun and dancing. So check this album out and make sure you turn the volume way up.

Average customer rating:

Ignore the pontifications - this is a great album.
gung ho!
One great moment
The Punk Poet Goddess makes her bset one yet!
All that glitters

Gung Ho
Patti Smith
Manufacturer: Arista
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004RCYB
Release Date: 2000-03-21

Tracks:

One Voice
Lo And Beholden
Boy Cried Wolf
Persuasion
Gone Pie
China Bird
Glitter In Their Eyes
Strange Messengers
Grateful
Upright Come
New Party
Libbie's Song
Gung Ho

Amazon.com

Patti Smith's fourth album since her 1988 comeback vehicle Dream of Life finds the plugged-in poetess looking outward after the extended period of introspection that followed the death of her husband, Fred "Sonic" Smith. The scathing eight-minute-plus "Strange Messengers" illustrates Smith's renewed interest in the world around her, as the streetwise New Yorker turned Midwestern suburbanite rails at crackheads ("That's how you repay your ancestors?"). Working with producer Gil Norton (Foo Fighters, Pixies) and fronting a quartet built around longtime lieutenants Lenny Kaye and Jay Dee Daugherty, Smith's music harkens back to the commercial apex of New Wave; indeed, "Gone Pie" sounds like the singer sitting in with Blondie. In fact, Gung Ho as a whole feels like the album the high-priestess of punk didn't make in the early '80s, a time when she was laying low and a number of artists inspired by her visionary early works were racking up MTV and modern-rock airtime. Gung Ho is somewhat muddled in execution, but then again, so are the times. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Ignore the pontifications - this is a great album........2007-02-18

If you allow yourself to be hypnotized by the self-appointed "superior music critics", then you will miss enjoying this great album. Don't submit to their insights: they're just subjective impressions driven by their psychic needs. They always slobber after music that helps them fill some need or yearning. If an artist releases an album that does not heal that pimple of hurt or that suspicion of inferiority, then they use their "sophisticated" intelligence to smash it. They are always so disappointed or disillusioned. They generously point out the mistakes made by the artist. They seem to declare: "Next time this 'nobody' releases an album worthy of my attention and judgement I might deign to praise it." Ignore these great ones and buy Gung Ho by Patti Smith, because every nuance and note on this CD is touched by complexity. Gently, without hoopla, Patti explores many of the themes that perplex us ordinary monkeys on this album. It is amazing how critics tuned to one artistic exploration by Patti moan and groan when she veers elsewhere. But these are the very critics that would scream if she dared to repeat Horses. Bob Dylan has been praised for retreating back to simple, unadorned music that touches the human need for temporary wisdom amid the chaos of existence. This is what older artists have done for generations. But when Patti does it, then the supercillious powder puffed connoisseurs emerge to carve her work as if it were a dish served for their "superior" judgement. Play this album at least five times and its quality will shine. In my humble opinion this is one of Patti's great recent albums, all the more stunning and amazing than her youthful attacks of flaming beauty. The fact that none of her recent albums have featured in any best of 90s or 00s lists, is a belly laugh. She has never been better. Gung Ho is an album constructed with care and grace, with music that will glow in your dreams and sneak through walls as you earn your dollars.

gung ho!.......2005-01-16

i love patti smith! this is another amazing album of hers. her voice & the guitars sound so lush & full & it's beautiful.

One great moment.......2003-04-21

Although this album has more musical and melodic variety than 1997's Peace And Noise, it's not on a par with her best 70s work or later masterpieces like Gone Again. The one brilliant moment is the bluegrass number, Libbie's Song, a very moving and personal ode to General Custer after his death at Little Big Horn, through the words of his widow: "If it wasn't for your golden hair/would not be alone/I longed for you, I longed to die/The pillows bare by my side/Yet I shall abide." It's worth the price of the album hearing Patti go bluegrass on such a lovely composition. Gone Pie is passable but nothing special. New Party sort of gets there but not quite. There is none of the passion that characterizes her best work. A lot of the songs are plodding, uninspired affairs, lacking melody and direction. There's nothing anthemic about any of them and very few tunes that stick in the mind afterwards. Then again, it's not a bad album by any other standards than Patti Smith's own. Get it just for Libbie's Song which is a timeless masterpiece.

The Punk Poet Goddess makes her bset one yet!.......2003-01-13

Gung Ho is without a doubt the single greatest album released by a female artist. Patti Smith has always been able to deliver her songs with deep feeling and emotion but only Horses and Easter get even close to the overall quality of this masterpeice. With incredible passion, well written songs and Patti Smith's wonderful deep meaning lyrics Gung Ho is an album you dont want to miss.

All that glitters.......2002-11-17

Unlike the phony marketers criticized in "Glitter in their Eyes," this recording is the real deal. Unlike the many women in music who are left on the marketing heap once they reach a certain age, Patti Smith continues to amaze, to be relevant.

The music here is strong and polished throughout. The number of great songs is phenomenal. The one that many won't take a liking to is the title song, the last song, but it, too, has a powerful message.

Tracks:

One Voice
Lo and Beholden
Boy Cried Wolf
Persuasion
Gone Pie
China Bird
Glitter in Their Eyes
Strange Messengers
Grateful
Upright Come
New Party
Libbie's Song
Gung Ho

Album Description

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007.

Album Details

2007 Japanese Digitally Remastered Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

Average customer rating:

Play To Win
Gung Ho
Manufacturer: Magnet
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000LXG30C

Average customer rating:

The Gift/Gung Ho Style
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ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FTKIDK
Release Date: 2006-01-03

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Gift (Album Version)
Gift (Instrumental Version)
Gift (Accapella Version)
Gung Ho Style (Album Version)
Gung Ho Style (Instrumental Version)
Gung Ho Style (Accapella Version)

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