Flaming Red

Flaming Red
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Studio album by Patty Griffin
Released	June 23, 1998 (1998-06-23)
Genre	Rock, folk
Length	50:30
Language	English
Label	A&M
Producer	Jay Joyce
Patty Griffin chronology
Living with Ghosts (1996)Living with Ghosts1996 Flaming Red (1998) 1000 Kisses (2002)1000 Kisses2002

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Entertainment Weekly	(A-)

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. Griffin stated on her live album A Kiss in Time that she wrote the song "Christina" about the late Christina Onassis. The song "Tony" is about adolescent depression where a gay student named Tony commits suicide. It is sung from the perspective of a depressed classmate who sits behind Tony in class.

Track listing

All songs were written by Patty Griffin.

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

Personnel

• Patty Griffin – vocals and guitar
• Kenny Aronoff – drums
• John Catchings – strings
• David Davidson – strings
• Chris Feinstein – bass guitar
• Emmylou Harris – background vocals
• Jay Joyce – guitar, keyboards, and programming
• Mike Joyce – bass guitar
• Doug Lancio – guitar
• Buddy Miller – background vocals
• Julie Miller – background vocals
• Brad Pemberton – drums
• Kathryn Plummer – strings
• Michael Ramos – keyboards
• Giles Reaves – keyboards and programming
• Frank Sass – drums
• Daniel Tashian – guitar
• Ty Tyler – guitar
• Kristin Wilkinson – strings

External links

• Lyrics to the album on PattyNet.net