Twelve

The recent Hall of Fame inductee records an album of covers that range from the obvious (songs by Jefferson Airplane, Neil Young, and Paul Simon) to the really obvious (Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, the Doors).

Check out our album review of Artist's Twelve on Rolling Stone.com.

<p>They may be covers but such is the power of the punk-poet's voice that these songs become her own, reckons <strong>Neil Spencer</strong>.</p>

Playing it safe could not be more inappropriate for a Patti Smith album.

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