Gone Again is the sixth studio album by Patti Smith, released June 18, 1996, on Arista Records. The production of the record was preceded by the deaths of many of Smith's close friends and peers, including her husband Fred "Sonic" Smith, her brother Todd, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Sohl and Kurt Cobain, with whom Smith had sympathized. In addition to this, Gone Again also features the last studio performance of Jeff Buckley, released before his death less than a year later.

In May 1999 Rolling Stone magazine placed the album on its list of "The Essential Recordings of the '90s".

Track listing

Samples

Personnel

Band

• Patti Smith – vocals, guitar

• Lenny Kaye – guitar, production

• Luis Resto – keyboards

• Jay Dee Daugherty – drums

• Tony Shanahan – bass

With

• Oliver Ray – guitar on 1, whistle on 6, photography, feedback

• Tom Verlaine – guitar on 5 and 7.

Additional personnel

• Angela Skouras – design

• Annie Leibovitz – photography

• Brian Sperber – guitar, engineer

• Cesar Diaz – guitar on 9.

• Eileen Ivers – fiddle on 1.

• Greg Calbi – mastering

• Hearn Gadbois – percussion on 10.

• Jane Scarpantoni – cello on 4.

• Jeff Buckley – vocals on 2, esraj on 10.

• John Angello – mixing

• John Cale – organ on 2.

• Kimberly Smith – mandolin on 8.

• Malcolm Burn – production, engineering, dulcimer, guitar

• Patrick McCarthy – mixing

• Rick Kiernan – saw on 5.

• Roy Cicala – mixing

• Whit Smith – guitar

• David Voigt – engineering

Charts

Chart performance for Gone Again

Release history

Notes

External links

• Gone Again audio and video at Arista Records