Twelve (Patti Smith album)

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Twelve
Twelve cover
Studio album by Patti Smith
Released April 17, 2007 (2007-04-17)
Recorded 2007
Genre Rock
Length 56:41
Label Columbia
Producer Patti Smith
Professional reviews
Patti Smith chronology
Trampin'
(2004)
Twelve
(2007)
Singles from Twelve
  1. "Gimme Shelter"
    Released: 2007 (2007)

Twelve is an album by Patti Smith, released April 17, 2007 on Columbia Records.[1] As the title suggests, the album contains twelve tracks, all of which are cover versions. It debuted on Billboard 200 at number 60, with 11,000 copies sold in its first week.[2] A promotional EP entitled Two More was also released, featuring two tracks that are not on the album: "Perfect Day" by Lou Reed and "Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect" by The Decemberists.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

# Title Songwriter Length
1 "Are You Experienced?" Jimi Hendrix 4:46
2 "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes (Tears for Fears) 4:07
3 "Helpless" Neil Young (Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young) 4:02
4 "Gimme Shelter" Jagger/Richards (The Rolling Stones) 5:00
5 "Within You Without You" George Harrison (The Beatles) 4:51
6 "White Rabbit" Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane) 3:54
7 "Changing of the Guards" Bob Dylan 5:47
8 "The Boy in the Bubble" Paul Simon, Forere Motloheloa 4:30
9 "Soul Kitchen" Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger (The Doors) 3:45
10 "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) 6:31
11 "Midnight Rider" Gregg Allman, Robert Payne (The Allman Brothers Band) 4:02
12 "Pastime Paradise" Stevie Wonder 5:26
13 "Everybody Hurts" (bonus) Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe (R.E.M.) 6:17

[edit] Personnel

Band

Additional personnel

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007)[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Position
Austria 32
Belgium 28
Denmark 19
France 12
Germany 17
Ireland 74
Italy 6
Netherlands 41
New Zealand 30
Norway 35
Sweden 26
Switzerland 23
UK Albums Chart 63
U.S. Billboard 200 60
Billboard European Top 100 Albums 12

[edit] Release history

Date Label Format Catalog
April 17, 2007 Columbia Records CD 87251

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Press release". 2007-02-06. http://www.kaapeli.fi/aiu/ps/twelve.html. Retrieved on 2008-03-01. 
  2. ^ Hasty, Katie (2007-05-02). "Lavigne Remains No. 1 As Joe Debuts High". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003579383. Retrieved on 2008-03-01. 
  3. ^ "Billboard 200". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wpfwxzu5ldke~T30. Retrieved on 2008-03-01. 
  4. ^ "Billboard Comprehensive Albums". Billboard. 2007-09-12. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=292&cfgn=Albums&cfn=Billboard+Comprehensive+Albums&ci=3083630&cdi=9242833&cid=05%2F12%2F2007. Retrieved on 2008-03-01. 
  5. ^ "Top Internet Albums". Billboard. 2007-09-12. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=327&cfgn=Albums&cfn=Top+Internet+Albums&ci=3083606&cdi=9242111&cid=05%2F12%2F2007. Retrieved on 2008-03-01. 
  6. ^ "Tastemakers". Billboard. 2007-09-12. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=407&cfgn=Albums&cfn=Tastemakers&ci=3083631&cdi=9242885&cid=05%2F12%2F2007. Retrieved on 2008-03-01. 
  7. ^ "Top Rock Albums". Billboard. 2007-09-12. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=408&cfgn=Albums&cfn=Top+Rock+Albums&ci=3083625&cdi=9242487&cid=05%2F12%2F2007. Retrieved on 2008-03-01. 
  8. ^ "European Top 100 Albums". Billboard. 2007-09-05. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=293&cfgn=Albums&cfn=European+Top+100+Albums&ci=3090635&cdi=9633601&cid=05%2F05%2F2007. Retrieved on 2008-03-01. 
  9. ^ "UK chart". http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=989. Retrieved on 2008-03-01. 
  10. ^ "European charts". http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?key=55990&cat=a. Retrieved on 2008-03-01. 
  11. ^ "World charts". http://acharts.us/album/16195. Retrieved on 2008-03-24. 

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