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The Patti Smith Group's most conventional album, Wave was given a bright pop/rock sound by producer Todd Rundgren. It was the last album Smith made before marrying and retiring from record-making for nine years, and it can be heard as a farewell to the music business, from "Frederick," the love song to her husband-to-be, Fred "Sonic" Smith, that leads it off, to the version of "So You Want to Be (A Rock 'n' Roll Star)," among the most bitter accounts of fame on record. But Smith also achieves a sense of charm and sincerity on Wave that she hadn't even attempted on her earlier albums, even to the point of her imagined small-talk encounter with the late Pope John Paul I on the title track. Still, the overall mediocre quality of the material makes this the slightest of Smith's efforts.
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- Todd Rundgren - Bass // Todd Rundgren - Bass // Todd Rundgren - Producer // Todd Rundgren - Producer // Todd Rundgren - Engineer // Todd Rundgren - Engineer // George Carnell - Assistant Engineer // Jay Dee Daugherty - Drums // Jay Dee Daugherty - Musical Consultant // Tom Edmonds - Assistant Engineer // Lenny Kaye - Bass // Lenny Kaye - Guitar // Lenny Kaye - Vocals // Ivan Kral - Bass // Ivan Kral - Guitar // Ivan Kral - Cello // Ivan Kral - Keyboards // Andi Ostrowe - Percussion // Andi Ostrowe - Tympani [Timpani] // Andi Ostrowe - ? // Thom Panunzio - Producer // Patti Smith - Main Performer // Patti Smith - Main Performer // Patti Smith - Performer // Patti Smith - Performer // Patti Smith - ? // Patti Smith - ? // Richard Sohl - Piano // Richard Sohl - ? // Bob Irwin - Reissue Mastering Supervision // Patti Smith Group - Performer // Vic Anesini - Mastering // Maude Gilman - Design // Sherri Whitmarsh - Reissue Design // Robert Mapplethorpe - Art Direction // Robert Mapplethorpe - Photography
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