№ 51 of 100
Horses
Horses by Patti Smith (1975), № 51 in The Lead-In’s 100 greatest albums. The first punk record that was already literature. Patti Smith with a copy of Rimbaud in one hand and John Cale producing the other. CBGB takes itself seriously here.
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