Gone Again Explained

Gone Again
Type:	studio
Artist:	Patti Smith
Cover:	Gone Again - Patti Smith.jpg
Studio:	Electric Lady (New York City)
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

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".

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
• Cesar Diaz – 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
• David Voigt – engineering

Charts

Chart performance for Gone Again! Chart (1996)! Peak
position

Australian Albums (ARIA)^[1]	81
US Billboard 200^[2]	55

Release history

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

External links

• • Gone Again audio and video at Arista Records

Notes and References

1. 257.
2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r235644|pure_url=yes}} Billboard chart ]. 2008-02-29 . Allmusic.