The Patti Smith Group's most conventional album, Wave was given a bright pop/rock sound by producer Todd Rundgren.
It was the last album Smith made before marrying and retiring from record-making for nine years, and it can be heard as a farewell to the music business, from "Frederick," the love song to her husband-to-be, Fred "Sonic" Smith, that leads it off, to the version of "So You Want to Be (A Rock 'n' Roll Star)," among the most bitter accounts of fame on record.
But Smith also achieves a sense of charm and sincerity on Wave that she hadn't even attempted on her earlier albums, even to the point of her imagined small-talk encounter with the late Pope John Paul I on the title track.
Still, the overall mediocre quality of the material makes this the slightest of Smith's efforts.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FrederickPatti Smith | Patti Smith Group, Patti Smith | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 2 | Dancing BarefootIvan Král, Patti Smith | Patti Smith Group, Patti Smith | Play | 04:16 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 3 | So You Want to Be (A Rock 'N' Roll Star)Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn | Patti Smith Group, Patti Smith | Play | 04:21 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 4 | RevengeGreg Ginn, Loudon Wainwright III, Ivan Král, Patti Smith | Patti Smith Group, Patti Smith | Play | 05:06 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 5 | Citizen ShipIvan Král, Patti Smith | Patti Smith Group, Patti Smith | Play | 05:13 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 6 | Seven Ways of GoingJay Dee Daugherty, Lenny Kaye, Ivan Král, Patti Smith, Richard Sohl | Patti Smith Group, Patti Smith | Play | 05:21 | 12 MB | 31 MB |
| 7 | Broken FlagLenny Kaye, Patti Smith | Patti Smith Group, Patti Smith | Play | 04:59 | 11 MB | 28 MB |
| 8 | WavePatti Smith | Patti Smith Group, Patti Smith | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 21 MB |
| 9 | Fire Of Unknown Origin (Bonus) | Patti Smith | Play | 02:09 | 4 MB | 11 MB |
| 10 | 54321 - Wave (Bonus) | Patti Smith | Play | 02:43 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 42 mins | 96 MB | |||||
| 42 mins | 254 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vic Anesini | Mastering |
| 2 | George Carnell | Assistant Engineer |
| 3 | Jay Dee Daugherty | Composer, Drums, Musical Consultant |
| 4 | Tom Edmonds | Assistant Engineer |
| 5 | Maude Gilman | Design |
| 6 | Greg Ginn | Composer |
| 7 | Chris Hillman | Composer |
| 8 | Bob Irwin | Reissue Mastering Supervision |
| 9 | Lenny Kaye | Bass, Composer, Guitar, Vocals |
| 10 | Ivan Král | Bass, Cello, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards |
| 11 | Robert Mapplethorpe | Art Direction, Photography |
| 12 | Roger McGuinn | Composer |
| 13 | Andi Ostrowe | Percussion, Timpani |
| 14 | Thom Panunzio | Producer |
| 15 | Todd Rundgren | Bass, Engineer, Guest Artist, Producer |
| 16 | Patti Smith | Composer, Performer, Primary Artist |
| 17 | Patti Smith Group | Performer, Primary Artist |
| 18 | Richard Sohl | Composer, Piano |
| 19 | Loudon Wainwright III | Composer |
| 20 | Sherri Whitmarsh | Reissue Design |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |