--- product_id: 27124736 title: "Gung Ho" brand: "patti smith" price: "€ 11.96" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 category: "Music" url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/27124736-gung-ho store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # Gung Ho **Brand:** patti smith **Price:** € 11.96 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Gung Ho by patti smith - **How much does it cost?** € 11.96 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/27124736-gung-ho) ## Best For - patti smith enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted patti smith brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Gung Ho - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71k0a6qbntL.jpg) ![Gung Ho - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71L-kV6TmZL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐ Gung Ho is Ho Hum *by G***R on May 24, 2015* At her best, Patti Smith’s recordings possess an emotional ferocity, visceral intensity, and intellectual insightfulness that combine to make her one of the most unique recording artists of our era. But now and then she lacks focus. RADIO ETHIOPIA has some spectacular selections, but it is half extraordinary, half self-indulgent. WAVE has some of Smith’s most beautiful recordings, but it is an extremely uneven collection. And then there is GUNG HO, which, as one reviewer astutely said, sounds like the album Patti Smith should have made in the 1980s but didn’t.It has taken me a long time to like GUNG HO even in part, and it is hard to say what the central problem is. The album opens reasonably well with “One Voice,” but then goes onto shaky ground with “Lo and Beholden,” in which Smith posits herself as Salome. I wasn’t sure if it was funny or serious, and indeed I’m still not.Fortunately, “They Boy Cried Wolf” is very much Patti Smith, and while “Persuasion” and “Gone Pie” are very 1980s sounding—“Gone Pie” actually sounds like something Blondie might have done—they are pretty sharp and pretty interesting. So too is “China Bird,” an elegant ballad. Then comes “Glitter In Their Eyes,” which earned Smith an unexpected Grammy nomination. Again, it has a very 1980s quality, in this instance off-set with a combination of sarcasm and acidity. “Strange Messengers” is a hypnotic, compelling take on slavery that tends to undercut itself toward the end, but it is very strong nonetheless.“Grateful” is classic Patti Smith, darkly chiming, elegant but strange. But thereafter GUNG HO promptly falls apart. “Upright Come” is solid, but not remarkable, and “New Party” is an absolute disaster, a half-sampling, half-rap snap at politics that is so bad it is downright embarrassing. “Libby’s Song” is a brilliant piece concerning Libby Custer, widow of the famous (and infamous) Col. Custer, but it sounds incredibly out of place, as if it belongs to a different album. And then there is the title track, “Gung Ho,” a riff on Vietnam that would be better titled “Ho Hum.”Even for a Patti Smith album, GUNG HO is uneven, but it really seems to me that being uneven isn’t the problem; it is the combination of unevenness and unexpected commerciality. Yes, that’s it. This 1990s album sounds like a 1980s bid for commercial success, and while it has some great pieces, a big chunk of it uninspired rubbish.GFT, Amazon Reviewer ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An Artist Forgotten *by J***N on September 29, 2008* Patti Smith was one of the unsung heroes of the brief but refreshing New Wave era that just faded into rocknroll lore. She vanished from the public eye after air play for her kind of music and Arista records pulled the plug on her recording contract by deciding not to resign her. She has recorded off and on since then, putting out some great songs.Gung Ho is a great CD,very reminiscent of Radio Ethiopia with plenty of jamming and sprawling songs to get lost in. Highly reccomended. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Populist Masterpiece *by D***T on September 14, 2000* Inspired, powerful, magnetic, brilliant, poignant, personal: this collection of poetic songs are all of the above and more. Patti's band is in perfect form, and they accentuate her intelligent, bull's-eye lyrics with passion and punch.This album is meant to inspire us Little Guys to take heart and take action. Patti's fight is for honesty and salvation, and there are few recent rock albums which fight the good fight with such potency.If you love Patti's previous work, you will love this album. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/27124736-gung-ho](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/27124736-gung-ho) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-05-17*