Gung Ho (album)
Gung Ho is the eighth studio album by Patti Smith, released March 21, 2000 on Arista Records. The song "New Party" was used as the official song for the 2000 Ralph Nader's presidential campaign. The song "Glitter in Their Eyes" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 2001.
The record was included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000".
As of February 2004, Gung Ho had sold 49,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen Soundscan.
This is the first Patti Smith album to not include her on the cover.
The title refers to a Chinese phrase meaning "work together" adopted by the US Marines during World War II as a morale-building slogan.Track listing
Personnel
Band
Additional personnel
- Danton Supple – engineer ; mixing
- Gil Norton – production; mixing
- Grant Hart – piano, Farfisa, "Persuasion"
- – album cover model, Townsend, Australia, 1942
- Jackson Smith – guitar solo, "Persuasion"
- Jake Davies – computer engineer
- Mark Phythers – computer engineer
- Margery Greenspan – art direction
- Michael Stipe – backing vocalist, "Glitter in Their Eyes"
- Paul Angelli – mastering engineer
- Ben E. Franklin – penny whistle, "Libbie's Song"
- Rebecca Weiner – violin, "Libbie's Song"
- Kimberly Smith – mandolin, "Libbie's Song"
- Skaila Kanga – harp, "Lo and Beholden"
- Steven Sebring – band photography
- Ted Jensen – mastering engineer
- Todd Parker – assistant engineer
- Tom Verlaine – guitar solo, "Glitter in Their Eyes"
- Wade Raley – backing vocalist, "Glitter in Their Eyes"
Charts
Release history
