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The Coral Sea
Live album by Patti Smith and Kevin Shields
Released	July 11, 2008
Recorded	Queen Elizabeth Hall; June 22, 2005 (CD1); September 12, 2006 (CD2)
Genre	Spoken word
Length	64:39 (CD1), 54:43 (CD2),; 119:22 (Total)
Label	PASK
Producer	Patti Smith, Kevin Shields
Professional reviews
	allmusic link; The Guardian 4.07.08; The Independent 4.07.08; Mojo 08.2008, p.103; The New York Times (favorable) link; Pitchfork Media link; PopMatters 10.07.08; Q 2008, p.143; Spin (favorable) 8.07.08; The Village Voice (favorable) 7.7.08;
Patti Smith live albums chronology

This article is about the album by Patti Smith and Kevin Shields. For the poem by Smith, see The Coral Sea (book).

The Coral Sea is a live recording of two performances by Patti Smith and Kevin Shields from 2005 and 2006 respectively.^[1] The set consists of Smith's homage to the photographer, her friend and former lover Robert Mapplethorpe, and consists of the text of her epic 1996 poem of the same title. Shields accompanies in an improvisational manner on guitar.

[edit] History

The performances were recorded on June 22, 2005 and September 12, 2006 (with a third, unreleased performance the previous night) at Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's South Bank. In terms of music the two performances are stylistically different, but the words remain the same. The poem tells the story of M (Mapplethorpe) on a final voyage to see the stars of the Southern Cross before he dies.

[edit] Track listing

Main article: The Coral Sea (book)

[edit] Disc one

#	Title	Length
1	"Part One"	14:32
2	"Part Two"	12:42
3	"Part Three"	7:22
4	"Part Four"	13:02
5	"Part Five"	7:54
6	"Part Six"	9:07

[edit] Disc two

#	Title	Length
1	"Part One"	11:00
2	"Part Two"	13:38
3	"Part Three"	14:25
4	"Part Four"	15:40

[edit] Personnel

Patti Smith – vocals
Kevin Shields – guitar
Ben Thackeray – engineering
Emery Dobyns – audio engineering
Xiaofei Zhang – art direction, design

[edit] Release history

Date	Label	Format	Catalog
July 11, 2008	PASK	Double CD	001

[edit] Notes

^ Phillips, Amy (2008-04-24). "Patti Smith and Kevin Shields' Coral Sea Coming to CD". News. Pitchfork Media. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/50194-patti-smith-and-kevin-shields-coral-sea-coming-to-cd. Retrieved 2008-06-11.

[edit] External links

The Coral Sea at Allmusic
The Coral Sea at Cargo Records

[0] Phillips, Amy (2008-04-24). "Patti Smith and Kevin Shields' Coral Sea Coming to CD". News. Pitchfork Media. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/50194-patti-smith-and-kevin-shields-coral-sea-coming-to-cd. Retrieved 2008-06-11.

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