Flaming Red

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]

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)

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

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

All tracks are written by Patty Griffin.

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