Gone Again

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{{Infobox album

| name = Gone Again

| type = studio

| artist = Patti Smith

| cover = Gone Again - Patti Smith.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1996|6|18}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Electric Lady (New York City)

| genre = {{hlist|Art rock|

punk rock}}

| length = 55:47

| label = Arista

| producer = Malcolm Burn, Lenny Kaye

| prev_title = Dream of Life

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = Peace and Noise

| next_year = 1997

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Gone Again

| type = studio

| single1 = Summer Cannibals

| single1date = June 1, 1996

| single2 = Gone Again

| single2date = 1996

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/gone-again-mw0000647087 |title=Gone Again – Patti Smith |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=October 31, 2016 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}

| rev2 = Chicago Tribune

| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/06/17/back-for-more-5/ |title=Back For More |work=Chicago Tribune |date=June 17, 1996 |access-date=October 31, 2016 |last=Kot |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Kot}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = A−{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/1996/06/21/gone-again |title=Gone Again |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=June 21, 1996 |access-date=October 31, 2016 |last=Sinclair |first=Tom}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news |title=Patti Smith: Gone Again (Arista) |work=The Guardian |date=July 5, 1996 |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline}}

| rev5 = Los Angeles Times

| rev5score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news |url=http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/crit/galatime.htm |title=Patti Smith 'Gone Again' (Arista) |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 12, 1996 |access-date=October 31, 2016 |last=Hochman |first=Steve}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = 6/10{{cite magazine |title=Patti Smith: Gone Again |magazine=NME |date=June 13, 1996 |page=46}}

| rev7 = Q

| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Patti Smith: Gone Again |magazine=Q |issue=119 |date=August 1996 |page=120}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pattismith/albums/album/235631/review/5943303/gone_again |title=Patti Smith: Gone Again |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 27, 1996 |access-date=October 31, 2016 |last=Fricke |first=David |author-link=David Fricke |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918023940/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pattismith/albums/album/235631/review/5943303/gone_again |archive-date=September 18, 2008 |url-status=dead}}

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9score = 7/10{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ODyv3kH8WPMC&pg=PA95 |title=Patti Smith: Gone Again |magazine=Spin |volume=12 |issue=5 |date=August 1996 |access-date=October 31, 2016 |last=Michel |first=Sia |page=95}}

| rev10 = USA Today

| rev10score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite news |url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/music/lem265.htm |title=Smith's earnest 'Gone Again' |work=USA Today |date=June 18, 1996 |access-date=April 14, 2020 |last=Gundersen |first=Edna |author-link=Edna Gundersen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990225171111/http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/music/lem265.htm |archive-date=February 25, 1999 |url-status=dead}}

}}

Gone Again is the sixth studio album by Patti Smith, released June 18, 1996, on Arista Records. The production of the record was preceded by the deaths of many of Smith's close friends and peers, including her husband Fred "Sonic" Smith, her brother Todd, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Sohl and Kurt Cobain, with whom Smith had sympathized. In addition to this, Gone Again also features the last studio performance of Jeff Buckley, released before his death less than a year later.

In May 1999 Rolling Stone magazine placed the album on its list of "The Essential Recordings of the '90s".