Horses

A poet from the New York scene, Smith made her debut with John Cale producing and a Robert Mapplethorpe portrait on the cover. Garage rock serves as a frame for improvised verse, most famously in her rewriting of Gloria. Released in 1975, it helped open the door for punk and for women who led rock bands on their own terms.

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