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5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Perhaps Smith's Single Finest Collection Jul 14, 2008
Born in 1946 Chicago, Patti Smith had an interestingly rocky beginning, growing up in New Jersey under the watchful eye of a Jehovah Witness mother determined to instill religious belief into her daughter--who ultimately rejected straitjacket concepts and departed for New York, where she mixed with the likes of Robert Mapplethorpe, Sam Shepard, and Alan Ginsberg and dabbled in poetry, journalism, and performance art. In 1975 she suddenly released the album HORSES and was an overnight iconoclast. Over the years both public profile and recordings have been up and down--but regardless of the artistic merit of any one particular song or album, Smith has never been less than interesting. And the 2004 TRAMPIN' is Smith at her finest. It is certainly her best album since the 1996 GONE AGAIN, and it may in fact be her best work to date.
TRAMPIN' is full of treasurers, but it seems to me that the key selection on the release is "Peaceable Kingdom," a delicately smooth song that envokes loss, failure, and separation primarily in order to broach the notion that there is a way to repair what is broken; the difficultly lies in finding out what that way is. It might be through celebration ("Jubilee") or recognition of mortality and personal integrity ("Trespasses"); it might be through transcendent love ("Mother Rose"), intellectuality ("My Blakean Year"), or spiritual insights ("Ghandi.") One thing is for sure: it isn't through more destruction ("Radio Bagdad.")
As always, Smith has the unexpected gift of being able to take a scalding sense of outrage and transform it into art--and to take art and use it like a razor, slashing at human stupidity. At her best, however, she tempers her contempt with mercy, and TRAMPIN' has this in abundance. Every single cut is a wonder, the album works as a whole, and the musicianship is flawless throughout. Strongly recommended.
GFT, Amazon Reviewer
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
ASL Sep 13, 2007
The song Trampin is simple and I will be using it for my school class as an ASL (American Sign Language) project for the school talent show.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Trampin my review Mar 26, 2007
Trampin is one of the best ive heard from this decade.Jubilee is uplifting. Cartwheels is good Stride of the mind rocks Gandhi is intense vintage Patti. Tresspasses is beautiful so is My blakean year and Peaceable kingdom Cash is good. Radio Baghdad is the best song ive heard about the Iraq war it has great lyrics and music it reminds me of the Doors and zeppelin best new song in a while. Trampin is a soothing song. Trampin is great it is a class cd from a great artist
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Album of the Year Oct 10, 2005
It's hard to believe that an artist that had pretty much been given up for gone is back with a album of such stunning quality that I, for one, would have no problem saying it is the best relase I have heard in the last year. There isn't anything specfic that I could add that other reviewers have not already stated: the band is superb; the songs are outstanding in their depth and breadth; the production is flawless. I would just add that Patti Smith's vocals are so extraordinarily fine that I can't believe it. This is an album for all-time.
5 of 7 found the following review helpful:
it's like the homestretch in a way. Jul 28, 2005
i think this was one of the only TRUE rock albums released in 2004. patti has come such a long way & has had such an amazing career. "trampin" is full of pensive, intelligent, & meaningful songs of quality. patti never let's me down, she seems so wise.
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