Flaming Red Explained

Flaming Red
Type:studio
Artist:Patty Griffin
Cover:Pattygriffinflamingred2.jpg
Studio:East Iris Studios, Nashville; Tragedy/Tragedy; Woodland Studios, East Nashville; October Studio, Nashville
Genre:Rock, folk
Language:English
Label:A&M
Producer:Jay Joyce
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Flaming Red is Patty Griffin's second album. It was released on June 23, 1998, and reached number 12 on the Top Heatseekers chart. According to Billboard, the album has sold 122,000 copies in the U.S. up to May 2004. [1]

Critical reception

Of the album, Griffin herself commented, "I always felt like I was a rock singer. It was all I listened to. I felt like, 'Don't call me a folksinger.'" Called "rock-centric", "incendiary" and "full-bodied", the album marked a shift to recording with a full band.[2] [3] [4] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic writes, "Flaming Red is evidence that Griffin is one [of] the more talented and ambitious singer/songwriters to emerge in the late '90s."

NPR named the album to their list of 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women calling it "electrifying" and a "testament to the fire simmering under all of [Griffin's] work preceding this album, and what came after it."[5]

Personnel

Track information and credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[6]

References

  1. Caulfield, Keith. "Ask Billboard - Griffin's 'Impossible Dream'". Billboard. May 5, 2004.
  2. News: Patty Griffin – "Rider Of Days". Stereogum. July 27, 2015. CAITLIN. WHITE.
  3. PATTY GRIFFIN: SILVER BELL. Pop Matters. Ryan. Lathan. 11 October 2013.
  4. Patty Griffin. WMKY. PAUL. HITCHCOCK. March 24, 2019.
  5. News: 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women. Katie. Presley. July 24, 2017.
  6. Flaming Red . Patty Griffin . liner notes . 1998 . A&M Records . 31454 0907 2.

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