Dream of Life is an album by Patti Smith

Patti Smith

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses....

, released in June 1988 on Arista Records

Arista Records

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. It was her first album after the dissolution of The Patti Smith Group. Lead single "People Have the Power

People Have the Power

"People Have the Power" is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Fred "Sonic" Smith, and released as a lead single from Patti Smith 1988 album Dream of Life...

" received some album-oriented rock

Album-oriented rock

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 airplay at the time, and later was revived by Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

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 as a theme song for the 2004 Vote for Change

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 concerts. Songs from this album were performed live for the first time in a show on December 29, 2006 in New York

New York

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 Bowery Ballroom

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. "Paths That Cross" is dedicated to the memory of Samuel J. Wagstaff

Sam Wagstaff

Samuel Jones Wagstaff Jr. was an American art curator and collector as well as the artistic mentor and benefactor of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and poet-punk rocker Patti Smith...

.

The album was ranked number 49 on Sounds magazine

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list of the best albums of the year.

Side one

1. "People Have the Power
   People Have the Power
   "People Have the Power" is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Fred "Sonic" Smith, and released as a lead single from Patti Smith 1988 album Dream of Life...
   
   " – 5:07
2. "Going Under" – 5:57
3. "Up There Down There
   Up There Down There
   "Up There Down There" is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Fred "Sonic" Smith, and released as a third single from Patti Smith 1988 album Dream of Life.- Charts :...
   
   " – 4:47
4. "Paths That Cross" – 4:18

Side two

1. "Dream of Life" – 4:38
2. "Where Duty Calls" – 7:46
3. "Looking for You (I Was)" – 4:04
4. "The Jackson Song" – 5:24

CD reissue

1. "People Have the Power" – 5:09
2. "Up There Down There" – 4:49
3. "Paths That Cross" – 4:19
4. "Dream of Life" – 4:39
5. "Where Duty Calls" – 7:48
6. "Going Under" – 6:00
7. "Looking for You (I Was)" – 4:06
8. "The Jackson Song" – 5:25
9. "As the Night Goes By" (bonus track) – 5:04
10. "Wild Leaves" (bonus track) – 4:03

Samples

dream of life & peace and noise

Personnel

• Patti Smith
  Patti Smith
  Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses....
  
   – vocals
• Fred "Sonic" Smith – guitar
  Guitar
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  , production
  Record producer
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• Jay Dee Daugherty
  Jay Dee Daugherty
  Jay Dee Daugherty is an American drummer and songwriter most known for his work with Patti Smith. As a member of the Patti Smith Group, he has been nominated twice to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.- Biography :...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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  , keyboards, consultant
• Richard Sohl
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  Richard Arthur Sohl was an American pianist, songwriter and arranger, best known for his work with the Patti Smith Group. He also played with Iggy Pop, Nina Hagen and Elliott Murphy...
  
   – keyboards
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Additional personnel

• Andi Ostrowe – backing vocals
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• Bill-Dog Dooley – assistant engineer
• Bob Glaub
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   – bass
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   on "Going Under"
• Bob Ludwig
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   – mastering
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• Brian Sperber – engineering
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• Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion
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   on "Looking for You (I Was)"
• Dave McNair – assistant engineer
• Gary Rasmussen – bass
• Hearn Gadbois – percussion
• Jay Healey – engineering
• Jesse Levy – cello
  Cello
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   on "The Jackson Song"
• Jim Michewicz – engineering
• Kasim Sulton
  Kasim Sulton
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   – bass
• Kevin Killen – engineering
• Malcolm West – bass on "The Jackson Song"
• Marc DeSisto – assistant engineer
• Margaret Ross – harp
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   on "The Jackson Song"
• Maude Gilman – design
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• Richard Travali – assistant engineer
• Rob Jacobs – assistant engineer
• Robert DeLaGarza – assistant engineer
• Robert Mapplethorpe
  Robert Mapplethorpe
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   – photography
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• Robin Nash – backing vocals on "Going Under"
• Roger Talkov – assistant engineer
• Sammy Figueroa
  Sammy Figueroa
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   – percussion
• Scott Litt
  Scott Litt
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   – associate producer
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  , mixing
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  , assistant producer
• Shelly Yakus
  Shelly Yakus
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   – mixing
• Thom Panunzio
  Thom Panunzio
  Thom Panunzio grew up in River Edge, New Jersey not too far from Manhattan. He began his career as an audio engineer originally working at Record Plant Studios in New York. There he met, Jimmy Iovine, and started his career working with John Lennon...
  
   – engineering
• Vic Anesini – mastering

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	26
Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	9
Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	15
Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	9
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	70
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... )	65

Release history

Date	Label	Format	Catalog
June 1988	Arista Records Arista Records Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...	LP Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...	AL-8453
1996	Arista Records	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
2007	Sony BMG	CD	37931