Never a stranger to tackling other people’s songs, both live and on previous albums, Smith goes the whole hog on Twelve with mixed results. Plundering classics from the Stones (Gimme Shelter), Jimi Hendrix (Are You Experienced?) and Jefferson Airplane (White Rabbit) results in fairly by-the-book offerings, and Smith really only …
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Twelve | Patti Smith
Columbia | 82876872512
Reviewed by Terry Staunton
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