Blue Record Explained

Blue Record
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Baroness
Cover:	Baroness - Blue Record.jpg
Released:	October 13, 2009
Recorded:	May–June 2009
Studio:	The Track Studio Plano, Texas Elmwood Studio Dallas, Texas
Length:	44:30
Label:	Relapse
Producer:	John Congleton
Prev Title:	Red Album
Prev Year:	2007
Next Title:	Yellow & Green
Next Year:	2012

Blue Record is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Baroness. Released on October 13, 2009, it is considered the sister album to Baroness' previous album, Red Album.

Background

Blue Record is the first Baroness album to feature guitarist Pete Adams and the last to feature founding bassist Summer Welch. The Japanese bonus track "Bikeage" was later released as the b-side of the "A Horse Called Golgotha" single.

Blue Record debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart,^[1] was named Decibel number 1 record of 2009,^[2] and in 2013, was named the 20th Greatest Metal Album in History by LA Weekly.^[3]

Personnel

• John Dyer Baizley – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, artwork
• Pete Adams – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Summer Welch – bass
• Allen Blickle – drums

External links

• Blue Record (Deluxe Version) at Bandcamp (streamed copy where licensed)

Notes and References

1. "Blue Record - Baroness (2009)"
2. Web site: Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2009 . . November 24, 2009 . October 27, 2011.
3. Web site: The 20 Greatest Metal Albums in History: The Complete List. March 26, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130204183709/http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2013/01/twenty_greatest_metal_albums_black_sabbath.php. February 4, 2013. dead.