Patti Smith Will Release Retrospective Collection

Seminal recording artist, poet and author Patti Smith will release a best-of retrospective of her extensive recording career in August this year. The collection, called Outside Society, will be accompanied by a set of notes and each track has been remastered for the relase. Patti Smith herself oversaw the decision process, and the tracklisting is below:

01 Gloria
02 Free Money
03 Ain't It Strange
04 Pissing in a River
05 Because the Night
06 Rock N Roll Nigger
07 Dancing Barefoot
08 Frederick
09 So You Want to Be a Rock N Roll Star
10 People Have the Power
11 Up There Down There
12 Beneath the Southern Cross
13 Summer Cannibals
14 1959
15 Glitter in Their Eyes
26 Lo and Beholden (radio edit)
17 Smells Like Teen Spirit
18 Trampin'

In 2008, Steven Sebring directed a documentary on the life of Patti Smith called 'Dream of Life'. Check out the trailer below for an insight into the life of this extraordinary artist.