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Release Date: Apr 17, 2007; Lead Performance: Patti Smith; Genre: Rock
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Tom Sinclair
Tom Sinclair is a senior writer for EW and has been called "the handsomest man in rock criticism'' (by his wife)
The punk priestess cherry-picks a dozen (mostly) classic rock songs for her first-ever covers set, with bemusingly bland results. From a rote version of the Jimi Hendrix Experience's ''Are You Experienced?'' to a too-faithful romp through the Rolling Stones' ''Gimme Shelter,'' almost nothing on Twelve evokes Patti Smith's old ''Go, Rimbaud!'' chutzpah. Sole exception: her trademark poetic rant on Nirvana's ''Smells Like Teen Spirit,'' which only makes you wish she'd ranted up enough new material for an original album and scrapped this one.
Posted Apr 20, 2007
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