A revised and updated version of the artist's collected lyrics An American original, Patti Smith is a multi-disciplined artist and performer. Her work is rooted in poetry, which infused her 1975 landmark album, Horses. A declaration of existence, Horses was described as 'three chords merged with the power of the word'; it was graced with the now iconic portrait by Robert Mapplethorpe, the subject of her award-winning memoir Just Kids. Initially published in 1998, Patti Smith's Complete Lyrics was a testimony to her uncompromising poetic power. Now, on the fortieth anniversary of the release of Smith's groundbreaking album, Collected Lyrics has been revised and expanded with more than thirty-five additional songs, including her first, 'Work Song', written for Janis Joplin in 1970, and her most current, 'Writer's Song', to be recorded in 2015. The collection is liberally illustrated with original manuscripts of lyrics from Smith's extensive archive. Patti Smith's work continues to retain its relevance, whether controversial, political, romantic or spiritual. Collected Lyrics offers forty-five years of song, an enduring commemoration of Smith's unique contribution to the canon of rock and roll.

パティ・スミスの魂が刻まれた本書は、歌詞集の枠を超えた壮大な「言葉の記念碑」です。彼女はロックの衝動と純粋詩を融合させ、パンクという精神を文学の域へと昇華させました。ランボーらに共鳴する反逆の美学が崇高な文体で綴られ、ページをめくるごとに読者の魂を激しく震わせます。 四十五年の変遷を辿ることで、個人の孤独が精神的な普遍性へと昇華される過程が鮮明に浮かび上がります。アーカイブの自筆原稿は創作の熱量を生々しく伝え、文字から音楽が立ち上がる瞬間を想起させます。これはロックの正典であると同時に、自由を渇望する全人類への気高い祈りそのものです。