Banga (album)

Banga
Studio album by Patti Smith
Released	June 1, 2012 (2012-06-01)
Recorded	2011
Studio	Electric Lady Studios, New York City Hobo Recorders, Hoboken, New Jersey
Genre	Rock
Length	58:35
Label	Columbia
Producer	Patti Smith, Tony Shanahan, Jay Dee Daugherty, Lenny Kaye
Patti Smith chronology
Twelve (2007) Banga (2012)
Singles from Banga
"April Fool" Released: April 1, 2012

Banga is the eleventh studio album by American rock musician Patti Smith, released on June 1, 2012 on Columbia Records. Recorded throughout 2011 at New York's Electric Lady Studios and Hoboken's Hobo Recorders, Banga was produced by Smith, Tony Shanahan, Jay Dee Daugherty and collaborator Lenny Kaye. The album includes a number of guest musicians including Tom Verlaine of Television, Italian band Casa del Vento, Jack Petruzzelli and Smith's own children, Jackson and Jesse Paris.

Inspired by Smith's "unique dreams and observations",^[1] the material on Banga focuses on "a wide range of human experience" and features songs about history, current affairs, death and nature. The album was announced alongside the release of its lead single, "April Fool", as a digital download on April 1, 2012.