Patti Smith / discography

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Patti Smith  - discography
Patti Smith (2014)
Patti Smith (2014)
Publications
Arrow southwest blue.svgStudio albums 11
Arrow southwest blue.svgLive albums 7th
Arrow southwest blue.svgCompilations 3
Arrow southwest blue.svgSoundtracks 5
Arrow southwest blue.svgEPs 4th
Arrow southwest blue.svgSingles 24
Arrow southwest blue.svgB sides 9
Arrow southwest blue.svgVideo albums 3
Arrow southwest blue.svgMusic videos 7th
Arrow southwest blue.svgBox sets 6th

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American punk and rock musician and songwriter Patti Smith and her Patti Smith Group (1976–1979). Since her career began in 1974, Smith managed to place albums and singles in the charts worldwide for more than three decades. Smith's most successful solo release is the single Because the Night (1978), written by her and Bruce Springsteen , with more than 250,000 units sold only in the United Kingdom and chart positions in numerous other countries. Albums and singles were also represented in the genre-specific alternative , rock and mainstream rock charts .

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1975 Horses - - - UK-
gold
gold
UK
US47 (17 weeks)
US
First published: December 13, 1975
1976 Radio Ethiopia - - - - -
First published: October 1976
1978 Easter DE43 (3 weeks)
DE
- - UK16
silver
silver

(14 weeks)UK
US20 (23 weeks)
US
First published: March 3, 1978
1979 Wave DE18 (18 weeks)
DE
AT19 (12 weeks)
AT
- UK41 (6 weeks)
UK
US18 (19 weeks)
US
First published: May 17, 1979
1988 Dream of Life DE30 (9 weeks)
DE
AT26 (2 weeks)
AT
CH9 (6 weeks)
CH
UK70 (1 week)
UK
US65 (15 weeks)
US
First published: June 1988
1996 Gone Again DE28 (11 weeks)
DE
AT21 (12 weeks)
AT
CH29 (7 weeks)
CH
UK44 (2 weeks)
UK
US55 (5 weeks)
US
First published: June 18, 1996
1997 Peace and Noise DE99 (1 week)
DE
- - - US152 (1 week)
US
First published: September 30, 1997
2000 Gung Ho DE67 (4 weeks)
DE
- CH94 (1 week)
CH
- US179 (1 week)
US
First published: March 21, 2000
2004 Trampin ' DE36 (4 weeks)
DE
AT49 (4 weeks)
AT
CH48 (4 weeks)
CH
UK70 (1 week)
UK
US123 (1 week)
US
First published: April 27, 2004
2007 Twelve DE17 (7 weeks)
DE
AT32 (5 weeks)
AT
CH23 (9 weeks)
CH
UK63 (1 week)
UK
US60 (3 weeks)
US
First published: April 17, 2007
2012 Banga DE19 (8 weeks)
DE
AT23 (5 weeks)
AT
CH12 (9 weeks)
CH
UK47 (2 weeks)
UK
US57 (2 weeks)
US
First publication: 1. June 2012

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Live albums

  • 2004: Live aux Vieilles Charrues
  • 2005: Horses / Horses
  • 2008: The Coral Sea (reading with music, with Kevin Shields )
  • 2011: Exodus - Live 1978
  • 2011: Easter Rising Live The Place Eugene Oregon 05/09/1978
  • 2012: Live in Germany 1979
  • 2014: Depravity - New York, May 28th 1975

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2002 Country (1975-2002) - AT53 (4 weeks)
AT
CH70 (5 weeks)
CH
UK93 (1 week)
UK
-
First published: March 19, 2002

More compilations

  • 2008: iTunes Originals
  • 2011: Outside Society

EPs

  • 1977: Hey Joe / Radio Ethiopia
  • 1978: Set Free
  • 2007: Four from Twelve
  • 2007: Two More

Soundtracks

year title Movie
1991 It Takes Time (feat. Fred "Sonic" Smith) Til the end of the world
1994 Rock N Roll Nigger ( Flood Remix) Natural Born Killers
1995 Walkin blind Dead Man Walking - His last walk
2013 Capitol Letter The Hunger Games - Catching Fire
2014 Mercy Is (feat. Kronos Quartet ) Noah

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1978 Because the Night
Easter
- AT21 (4 weeks)
AT
- UK5
silver
silver

(17 weeks)UK
US13 (18 weeks)
US
First published: April 19, 1978
Privilege (Set Me Free)
Easter
- - - UK72 (1 week)
UK
-
First published: August 19, 1978
1979 Frederick
Wave
- - - UK63 (3 weeks)
UK
US90 (3 weeks)
US
First published: June 2, 1979
1988 People Have the Power
Dream of Life
- - - UK97 (1 week)
UK
-
First published: June 25, 1988
1996 Summer Cannibals
Gone Again
- - - UK82 (2 weeks)
UK
-
First published: June 1, 1996
E-Bow the Letter
New Adventures in Hi-Fi
DE65 (7 weeks)
DE
AT27 (5 weeks)
AT
CH22 (1 week)
CH
UK4 (6 weeks)
UK
US49 (9 weeks)
US
First published: August 27, 1996
R.EM feat. Patti Smith

More singles

  • 1974: Hey Joe / Piss Factory
  • 1976: Gloria
  • 1976: Pissing in a River
  • 1976: Pumping (My Heart)
  • 1977: Ask the Angels
  • 1979: Dancing Barefoot
  • 1979: So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
  • 1988: Looking For You (I Was)
  • 1988: Up There Down There
  • 2007: Gimme Shelter
  • 2012: April Fool

Promo singles

  • 1996: Gone Again
  • 1997: 1959
  • 2000: Glitter in Their Eyes
  • 2002: Higher Learning
  • 2002: When Doves Cry
  • 2003: Mother Rose
  • 2004: Jubilee

B sides

year title A side
1974 Piss Factory Hey joe
1976 My generation Gloria
1977 Time is on my side Ask the Angels
1978 Godspeed Because the night
1979 Fire of Unknown Origin Frederick
5-4-3-2-1 Dancing barefoot
1988 Wild Leaves People have the power
1996 Come back Little Sheba Summer cannibals
Come on in My Kitchen

Music videos

Video albums

  • Patti Smith - Under Review (2007)
  • Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008)
  • Patti Smith: Live at Montreux 2005 (2012)

Box sets

  • 1996: The Patti Smith Masters (5 albums and a compilation called Selected Songs )
  • 2008: Original Album Classics (5 albums)
  • 2010: Original Album Classics (3 albums)
  • 2011: The Arista Years 1975/2000 (8 albums)
  • 2012: 2CD: Horses / Easter (2 albums)
  • 2013: 2CD: Twelve / Banga (2 albums)

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US
Top 10 albums DE-DE AT-AT CH1CH UK-UK US-US
Albums in the charts DE9DE AT7thAT CH7thCH UK8thUK US10US
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US
Top 10 singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK2UK US-US
Singles in the charts DE1DE AT2AT CH1CH UK6thUK US3US

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 2 × silver2 Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 410,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 2 × silver2 Gold record icon.svg gold1 -

swell

  1. http://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/
  2. a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US