| Red Album | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Baroness |
| Cover: | Baroness - Red Album.jpg |
| Released: | September 4, 2007 |
| Recorded: | March 18 – May 2, 2007 |
| Studio: | Jam Room Studio Columbia, South Carolina |
| Length: | 56:31 |
| Producer: | Phillip Cope (of Kylesa) |
| Prev Title: | A Grey Sigh in a Flower Husk |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | Blue Record |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
Red Album is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Baroness.
Red Album is Baroness' only studio album to feature guitarist Brian Blickle, who replaced the band's original lead guitarist, Tim Loose. Hyperrealist Records released a one-off pressing of Red Album on dark red vinyl with etched borders, which was limited 1,000 copies.[1] [2] All subsequent pressings were handled by Relapse Records.
The song "O'Appalachia" was released in August 2007 on a split 7" with High on Fire and Coliseum. A music video for "Wanderlust" debuted on December 6, 2007 on Headbangers Ball.[3]
Red Album was named Album of the Year by heavy metal magazine Revolver.[4] In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked Red Album as 83rd on their list of 'The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time.'[5]