Gung Ho

Rolling Stone (1/4/01, p.116) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000". Rolling Stone (3/30/00, p.62) - 4.5 stars out of 5 - "...Smith is simply inspired....she's back to life, taking on the whole world. She belts manifestoes, plunges headlong into love, offers benedictions and hurls herself into history and myth....all done with a revitalized band..." Entertainment Weekly (12/29/00, p.138) - Ranked #5 in EW's Top 10 Albums of 2000. Entertainment Weekly (3/31/00, pp.67-8) - "...a collection of hypnotic, human rock & roll that extols such seemingly antiquated virtues as moral fiber, history, and love as spirituality..." - Rating: A Magnet (6-7/00, p.91) - "...Contains all the hallmarks that make the Patti Smith Group formidable flag-bearers....GUNG HO is pure PSG....heir to the group's initial '79 swan song WAVE..." The Wire (4/00, p.52) - "...The trademark Smith sound...has always been thrilling and it's no less here....[Her] strong point has always been her delivery...and it's easy to be seduced by her voice alone....unfailingly demonstrates that you're in the presence of something extraordinary..." CMJ (3/20/00, p.3) - "...Smith rocks with a conviction as powerful as anything since her '88 comeback album, DREAM OF LIFE....the tracks gather strength from unity and rememberance..." Mojo (Publisher) (5/00, p.105) - "...Once Patti hits her stride that yearning, passionate vibrato and lyric flashbacks...suggest there's life in the original Righteous Babe yet." NME (Magazine) (3/18/00, p.34) - 6 out of 10 - "...[She] fixes her wild eyes on more overtly political themes....there's music here that's full of the febrile commitment and unashamed passion that marked her as a valid icon in 1975..."