Guest Shot
November, 1988
Dave MarshDream of life (Arista) is Patti Smith's first album in nearly a decade, and what's most impressive is how little she has changed without ceasing to sound up to date. She gets away with that seeming contradiction because she was so far ahead of her time (neither Chrissic Hynde nor Madonna—much less Cyndi Lauper—is quite imaginable without what Smith did on Horses and Easter) and because her vision has always been utterly personal and thus remains imperturbable. Her wholehearted commitme...
