Peace and Noise

"Don't Say Nothing" redirects here. For the 2004 song by The Roots titled "Don't Say Nuthin'", see The Tipping Point (The Roots album).

Peace and Noise is the seventh studio album by Patti Smith, released on September 30, 1997, by Arista Records.

Peace and Noise
Studio album by Patti Smith
Released	September 30, 1997 (1997-09-30)
Studio	IIwII (Weehawken)
Genre	Art punk
Length	52:29
Label	Arista
Producer	Patti Smith
Patti Smith chronology
Gone Again (1996) Peace and Noise (1997) Gung Ho (2000)
Singles from Peace and Noise
"1959" Released: 1997
Vinyl cover

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[3]
The Guardian	[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
NME	7/10[6]
Pitchfork	3.5/10[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Spin	7/10[9]
USA Today	[10]

Peace and Noise received generally favorable reviews from critics, ranking No. 29 in The Village Voice's 1997 Pazz & Jop poll.^[11] Uncut magazine ranked the album 21st in its list of the top 25 albums of 1997.^{[citation needed]}

The single "1959" was nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards.^[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Waiting Underground"	Patti Smith, Oliver Ray	5:20
2.	"Whirl Away"	Smith, Lenny Kaye, Ray	5:01
3.	"1959"	Smith, Tony Shanahan	3:58
4.	"Spell"	Allen Ginsberg, Ray	3:17
5.	"Don't Say Nothing"	Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty	5:52
6.	"Dead City"	Smith, Ray	4:15
7.	"Blue Poles"	Smith, Ray	5:19
8.	"Death Singing"	Smith	3:44
9.	"Memento Mori"	Smith, Kaye, Ray, Daugherty, Shanahan	10:34
10.	"Last Call"	Smith, Ray	5:09

Personnel

Band

• Patti Smith – vocals; clarinet on "Spell"
• Lenny Kaye – electric and acoustic guitars; bass on "Waiting Underground", pedal steel guitar on "Blue Poles"
• Oliver Ray – electric and acoustic guitars, photography; national duolian on "Last Call"
• Tony Shanahan – bass; piano on "Waiting Underground", drums on "Last Call"
• Jay Dee Daugherty – drums; organ on "Don't Say Nothing", harmonica on "Blue Poles", bass on "Last Call"

Additional personnel

• Mark Burdett – art direction
• Michael Stipe – backing vocals on "Last Call"^[13]
• Roy Cicala – engineering, mixing

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Sweden[14]	47
UK Albums Chart	169
U.S. Billboard 200[15]	152