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What was Patti Smith’s first album and its significance?

Patti Smith’s first album was Horses, released in 1975. It is considered her purest and truest album, replicating her intense live shows and featuring a mix of spoken-word poetry and rock music. In 2009 the U.S. Library of Congress added the album to the National Recording Registry, a list of audio recordings deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”