Banga

Pitchfork 7.1/10 Patti Smith's new guitar-driven album, her first since 2007's Twelve, is a meditation on exploration and adventure.

A.V. Club B Patti Smith is one of the rare pop artists whose work seems like it should come with footnotes—or at least hyperlinks to Wikipedia articles. Smith’s new album Banga is her first collection of new songs since 2004, and it’s one of her most immediately engaging, with a handful of relatively straightforward rockers and…

Rolling Stone 3.5/5 Check out our album review of Artist's Banga on Rolling Stone.com.

Under The Radar 8.0/10 "We danced naked as they baptized in the rain of the new world."

The Observer 4/5 <p>Patti Smith's 11th album combines accessible, even pretty, songs with sneering punk to magnificent effect, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong></p>

Slant 4/5 Listening to a Patti Smith album always feels like an invitation to glimpse her roster of influences.

The Guardian 4/5 Patti Smith is reunited with the personnel who helped make her classic Horses album for a new set that finds her as spirited as ever, writes <strong>Dave Simpson</strong>

The Irish Times 4/5 Banga Sony ****