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''Easter'' is a 1978 album by 's Pazz & Jop critics' poll of the best albums of 1978. ( {Link without Title} ) HISTORY The first album released since she had suffered a neck injury while touring for '' Radio Ethiopia '', ''Easter'' has been called the most commercially accessible of the Patti Smith Group's catalogue. Unlike its two predecessors, ''Easter'' incorporated a diversity of musical styles, though still including classic rock'n'roll ("Rock N Roll Nigger," one of Smith's most famous songs, "25th Floor/High on Rebellion," "Till Victory"), Folk on "Ghost Dance'" Spoken Word on "Babelogue" (which concludes with the musical intro to "Rock N Roll Nigger" becoming louder and louder) and pop on the title track. In addition to the obvious religious allusion of its title, the album is replete with Biblical and specifically Christian imagery. "Privilege (Set Me Free)" is essentially a Prayer ; the songwriting credit for it cites Psalm 23 . The LP insert reproduces a First Communion portrait of Frederic and Arthur Rimbaud , and Smith's notes for the song "Easter" invoke Catholic imagery of Baptism , Communion and the Blood Of Christ . A solitary hand-drawn Cross is placed below the group member credits on the sleeve insert, and the last sentence of the liner notes are a quote from 2 Timothy 4:7 -- "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course..." The cover photograph is by Lynn Goldsmith and Liner Notes photography by Cindy Black and Robert Mapplethorpe . Smith's cover of "Privilege (Set Me Free)" made it into the UK charts. ''Easter'' is the only 1970s album of Smith's that does not feature Richard Sohl as part of the Patti Smith Group; Bruce Brody is credited as the keyboard player. Sohl does contribute keyboards to the track "Space Monkey," however. "Rock N Roll Nigger" is included on the soundtrack of Natural Born Killers . LP TRACK LISTING Side One # "Till Victory" ( Patti Smith , Lenny Kaye ) – 2:50 # "Space Monkey" (Smith, Ivan Kral , Tom Verlaine ) – 4:06 # " Because The Night " (Smith, Bruce Springsteen ) – 3:25 # "Ghost Dance" (Smith, Kaye) – 4:44 # "Babelogue" (Smith) – 1:30 # "Rock N Roll Nigger" (Smith, Kaye) – 3:25 Side Two # "Privilege (Set Me Free)" ( Mark London , Mike Leander "w/ 23rd Psalm ") – 3:29 # "We Three" (Smith, arr. Tom Verlaine) – 4:18 # "25th Floor" (Smith, Kral) – 4:03 # "High on Rebellion" (Smith) – 2:37 # "Easter" (Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty ) – 6:15 Bonus track (1996 CD reissue) # "Godspeed" (Smith, Kral) – 6:09 LINER NOTES In the insert with the original LP release (reproduced in the 1996 reissue), Smith's self-penned liner notes refer, among other things, to:
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