Flaming Red

Flaming Red
Studio album by
Patty Griffin
ReleasedJune 23, 1998 (1998-06-23)
StudiosEast Iris Studios, Nashville; Tragedy/Tragedy; Woodland Studios, East Nashville; October Studio, Nashville
GenresRock, folk
Length50:15
LanguageEnglish
LabelA&M
ProducerJay 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. According to Billboard, the album has sold 122,000 copies in the U.S. up to May 2004.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
Entertainment WeeklyA−

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. 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."

Legacy and influence

In 2010, Katy Perry described Griffin as one of her biggest influences and said Flaming Red was her favorite record during her teen years.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Patty Griffin.

No.TitleLength
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

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

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)12

References

  1. 1 2 "Patty Griffin Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  2. ↑ Caulfield, Keith. "Ask Billboard - Griffin's 'Impossible Dream'". Billboard. May 5, 2004.
  3. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  4. ↑ Hermes, Will. Music Review: Flaming Red. Entertainment Weekly, June 26, 1998. Retrieved July 31, 2006.
  5. 1 2 Presley, Katie (July 24, 2017). "150 Greatest Albums Made By Women". Retrieved May 13, 2026.
  6. ↑ White, Caitlin (July 27, 2015). "Patty Griffin – "Rider Of Days"". Stereogum.
  7. ↑ Lathan, Ryan (October 11, 2013). "PATTY GRIFFIN: SILVER BELL". Pop Matters.
  8. ↑ Hitchcock, Paul (March 24, 2019). "Patty Griffin". WMKY.
  9. ↑ Mason, Anthony (October 3, 2010). Katy Perry Sings Her First Song. CBS News. Event occurs at 02:10. Retrieved May 13, 2026. There were two girls that really influenced me growing up about 17 or 18. That was Patty Griffin and Jonatha Brooke... Flaming Red was my favorite record.
  10. ↑ 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)