Big Red Machine (album)

Big Red Machine is the debut studio album by American musicians Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon as Big Red Machine. Dessner is most famous for being a founding member, instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer for The National, and Vernon for being the founding member and frontman of Bon Iver. The majority of the album was recorded in Dessner's shed studio in the Hudson Valley.^[2]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Paste Magazine	8.8/10[5]

Big Red Machine
Studio album by Big Red Machine
Released	August 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)[1]
Studio	Long Pond, Hudson Valley, New York[1]
Length	46:51
Label	Jagjaguwar
Producer	Aaron Dessner Justin Vernon Brad Cook
Big Red Machine chronology
Big Red Machine (2018) How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last? (2021)

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Deep Green"	4:01
2.	"Gratitude"	5:56
3.	"Lyla"	5:10
4.	"Air Stryp"	2:03
5.	"Hymnostic"	3:02
6.	"Forest Green"	5:49
7.	"OMDB"	7:42
8.	"People Lullaby"	5:23
9.	"I Won't Run from It"	3:38
10.	"Melt"	4:07

Personnel

Musicians

• Aaron Dessner - drum machine, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, mellotron, bass, songwriting, production
• Justin Vernon - vocals, electric guitar, bass, synthesizer, baritone guitar, songwriting, production
• Brad Cook - production, bass, omnichord, synthesizer

Additional musicians

• Jonathan Low - engineering
• JT Bates - drums (all tracks)
• Bryce Dessner - orchestration (6-8), electric guitar (7)
• Bryan Devendorf - drum machine (2-3, 6-7)
• Phoebe Bridgers - additional vocals (3)
• Kate Stables - additional vocals (5, 8-9)
• Richard Reed Parry - additional vocals (2, 5, 9)
• Lisa Hannigan - additional vocals (1, 3, 5, 8-10)
• Andrew Broder - additional vocals (3)
• Camilla Staveley-Taylor - additional vocals (3, 6)
• Emily Staveley-Taylor - additional vocals (3, 5, 8-10)
• Jessica Staveley-Taylor - additional vocals (3, 5, 8-10)
• Zoe Randell - additional vocals (8-10)
• Steve Hassett - additional vocals (8-10)

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6]	16
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7]	80
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8]	86
UK Albums (OCC)[9]	96
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[10]	1
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[11]	8
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[12]	34
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[13]	18
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[14]	40
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[15]	6