Easter (Patti Smith Group album)

Easter
Easter
Studio album by Patti Smith Group
Released	March 3, 1978
Recorded	August–September 1977
Studio	Record Plant, New York City, New York; House of Music, West Orange, New Jersey;
Genre	Rock
Length	39:44
Label	Arista
Producer	Jimmy Iovine
Patti Smith Group chronology
Singles from Easter
	"Because the Night"; Released: September 1977; "Privilege (Set Me Free)"; Released: 1978;

Easter is the third studio album by American musician Patti Smith, and the second release where her backing band Patti Smith Group is billed. It was released in March 1978 by Arista Records. Produced by Jimmy Iovine, the album is regarded as the group's commercial breakthrough, owing to the success of the rock single "Because the Night" (co-written by Bruce Springsteen and Smith), which reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100^[1] and number five on the UK Singles Chart.^[2]