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.[2]

Gung Ho
Studio album by Patti Smith
Released	March 21, 2000
Recorded	Sear Sound, New York City
Genre	Rock
Length	64:31
Label	Arista
Producer	Gil Norton
Patti Smith chronology
Peace and Noise (1997) Gung Ho (2000) Trampin' (2004)
Singles from Gung Ho
"Glitter in Their Eyes" Released: 2000 "Lo and Beholden" Released: 2000

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	[1]
NME	18 Mar 00, p.34
Pitchfork Media	(4.6/10) link
Rolling Stone	30.3.00

The record was included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000".[3]

As of February 2004, Gung Ho had sold 49,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen Soundscan.[4]

This is the first Patti Smith album to not include her on the cover (it shows, instead, a picture of her father, Grant Smith).

The title refers to a Chinese phrase meaning "work together" adopted by the US Marines during World War II as a morale-building slogan.

Smith wrote the song "Grateful" in tribute to Jerry Garcia on August 9, 1995, the day of his death.[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"One Voice"	Patti Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty	4:46
2.	"Lo and Beholden"	Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith	4:45
3.	"Boy Cried Wolf"	Patti Smith	4:54
4.	"Persuasion"	Patti Smith, Fred "Sonic" Smith	4:36
5.	"Gone Pie"	Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan	4:06
6.	"China Bird"	Oliver Ray, Patti Smith	4:08
7.	"Glitter in Their Eyes"	Ray, Patti Smith	3:00
8.	"Strange Messengers"	Kaye, Patti Smith	8:06
9.	"Grateful"	Patti Smith	4:34
10.	"Upright Come"	Ray, Patti Smith	3:00
11.	"New Party"	Patti Smith, Shanahan	4:33
12.	"Libbie's Song"	Patti Smith	3:28
13.	"Gung Ho"	Daugherty, Kaye, Ray, Patti Smith, Shanahan	11:45

Personnel

Band

• Patti Smith – vocals, guitar, photography
• Lenny Kaye – guitar
• Jay Dee Daugherty – drums
• Oliver Ray – guitar
• Tony Shanahan – bass, keyboards

Additional personnel

• Danton Supple – engineer (Sear Sound recording studio, NYC); mixing (The Church Studios, London and Eden Studios, London)
• Gil Norton – production; mixing (The Church Studios, London and Eden Studios, London)
• Grant Hart – piano, Farfisa, "Persuasion"
• Grant Smith – album cover model, Townsend, Australia, 1942
• Jackson Smith – guitar solo, "Persuasion"
• Jake Davies – computer engineer (Sear Sound recording studio, NYC)
• Mark Phythers – computer engineer (Sear Sound recording studio, NYC)
• Margery Greenspan – art direction
• Michael Stipe – backing vocalist, "Glitter in Their Eyes"
• Paul Angelli – mastering engineer (Sterling Sound, NYC)
• 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 (Sterling Sound, NYC)
• Todd Parker – assistant engineer (Sear Sound recording studio, NYC)
• Tom Verlaine – guitar solo, "Glitter in Their Eyes"
• Wade Raley – backing vocalist, "Glitter in Their Eyes"

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Switzerland[6]	94
U.S. Billboard 200[7]	178

Release history

Date	Label	Format	Catalog
2000	Arista Records	CD	14618
2007	Sony BMG	CD	37934

Notes

1. Christgau, Robert. "Gung Ho". Robert Christgau.
2. "Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female". Retrieved 2008-02-29.
3. "Review". Retrieved 2008-02-29.
4. Newman, Melinda (7 February 2004). "Browne, Smith Depart Labels". Billboard. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
5. Kahn, Andy (August 9, 2020). "Patti Smith Performs Jerry Garcia Tribute". JamBase. JamBase Inc. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
6. "Swiss chart". Retrieved 2008-02-29.
7. "Billboard chart". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-02-29.

External links

• Gung Ho at AllMusic
• Gung Ho at Sony BMG
• Lyrics, samples, and photos at GungHo2000.com
• Smith, Patti (2000-03-23). "A conversation with Patti Smith". Charlie Rose (Interview: Video). New York: WNET. Archived from the original on 2011-01-21. Retrieved 2011-01-12.