The Coral Sea (album)

The Coral Sea (album)
The Coral Sea
Live album by Patti Smith and Kevin Shields
Released July 11, 2008 (2008-07-11)
Recorded Queen Elizabeth Hall
June 22, 2005 (CD1)
September 12, 2006 (CD2)
Genre Spoken word
Length 64:39 (CD1), 54:43 (CD2),
119:22 (Total)
Label PASK
Producer Patti Smith, Kevin Shields
Patti Smith live albums chronology
Horses/Horses
(2005)
The Coral Sea
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
The Guardian 4/5 stars[2]
The Independent 3/5 stars[3]
Mojo 3/5 stars[4]
The New York Times (favorable)[5]
Pitchfork Media 6.8/10 stars[6]
PopMatters 8/10 stars[7]
Q 3/5 stars[8]
Spin (favorable)[9]
The Village Voice (favorable)[10]

The Coral Sea is a live recording of two performances by Patti Smith and Kevin Shields from 2005 and 2006 respectively.[11] The set consists of Smith's homage to the photographer, her friend and former lover Robert Mapplethorpe, and consists of the text of her epic 1996 poem of the same title. Shields accompanies in an improvisational manner on guitar.

Contents

History

The performances were recorded on June 22, 2005 and September 12, 2006 (with a third, unreleased performance the previous night) at Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's South Bank. In terms of music the two performances are stylistically different, but the words remain the same. The poem tells the story of M (Mapplethorpe) on a final voyage to see the stars of the Southern Cross before he dies.

Track listing

Disc one

# Title Length
1 "Part One" 14:32
2 "Part Two" 12:42
3 "Part Three" 7:22
4 "Part Four" 13:02
5 "Part Five" 7:54
6 "Part Six" 9:07

Disc two

# Title Length
1 "Part One" 11:00
2 "Part Two" 13:38
3 "Part Three" 14:25
4 "Part Four" 15:40

Personnel

Release history

Date Label Format Catalog
July 11, 2008 PASK Double CD 001

Notes

External links


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