Flaming Red

1998 studio album by Patty Griffin

Flaming Red

Studio album by

Patty Griffin

Released

June 23, 1998 (1998-06-23)

Studio

East Iris Studios, Nashville; Tragedy/Tragedy; Woodland Studios, East Nashville; October Studio, Nashville

Genre

Rock, folk

Length

50:15

Language

English

Label

A&M

Producer

Jay Joyce

Patty Griffin chronology

Living with Ghosts
(1996)

Flaming Red
(1998)

1000 Kisses
(2002)

Flaming Red is Patty Griffin's second album. It was released on June 23, 1998, and reached number 12 on the Top Heatseekers chart.^[1] According to Billboard, the album has sold 122,000 copies in the U.S. up to May 2004. ^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A−^[4]

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.'" ^[5] Called "rock-centric", "incendiary" and "full-bodied", the album marked a shift to recording with a full band.^[6]^[7]^[8] 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."^[3]

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]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Patty Griffin

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Flaming Red"	2:13
2.	"One Big Love"	4:14
3.	"Tony"	4:10
4.	"Change"	4:14
5.	"Goodbye"	4:15
6.	"Carry Me"	3:29
7.	"Christina"	4:34
8.	"Wiggley Fingers"	4:07
9.	"Blue Sky"	3:41
10.	"Big Daddy"	3:07
11.	"Go Now"	2:41
12.	"Mary"	5:16
13.	"Peter Pan"	4:14
Total length:		50:15

Personnel

Patty Griffin – vocals, guitar
Kenny Aronoff – drums
John Catchings – strings on "Peter Pan"
David Davidson – strings on "Peter Pan"
Chris Feinstein – bass guitar
Emmylou Harris – backing vocals
Jay Joyce – guitar, keyboards, programming, producer
Mike Joyce – bass guitar
Doug Lancio – guitar
Buddy Miller – backing vocals
Julie Miller – backing vocals
Brad Pemberton – drums
Kathryn Plummer – strings on "Peter Pan"
Michael Ramos – keyboards
Giles Reaves – keyboards, programming
Frank Sass – drums
Daniel Tashian – guitar
Ty Tyler – guitar
Kristin Wilkinson – strings on "Peter Pan"
Angelo Petraglia - producer on "One Big Love"

Track information and credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[9]

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[1]	12

References

^ ^a ^b "Patty Griffin Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
^ Caulfield, Keith. "Ask Billboard - Griffin's 'Impossible Dream'". Billboard. May 5, 2004.
^ ^a ^b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
^ Hermes, Will. Music Review: Flaming Red. Entertainment Weekly, June 26, 1998. Accessed 31 Jul. 2006.
^ ^a ^b Presley, Katie (July 24, 2017). "150 Greatest Albums Made By Women".
^ WHITE, CAITLIN (July 27, 2015). "Patty Griffin – "Rider Of Days"". Stereogum.
^ Lathan, Ryan (11 October 2013). "PATTY GRIFFIN: SILVER BELL". Pop Matters.
^ HITCHCOCK, PAUL (March 24, 2019). "Patty Griffin". WMKY.
^ Flaming Red (liner notes). Patty Griffin. A&M Records. 1998. 31454 0907 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)