Red Album (Baroness album)

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Red Album
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 4, 2007[1]
RecordedMarch 18 – May 2, 2007
StudioJam Room Studio
Columbia, South Carolina
Genre
Length56:31[a]
Label
ProducerPhillip Cope (of Kylesa)
Baroness chronology
A Grey Sigh in a Flower Husk
(2007)
Red Album
(2007)
Blue Record
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
About.com[3]
Pitchfork Media(8.4/10)[4]
PopMatters(8/10)[1]
Spin[5]
Tiny Mix Tapes[6]
Imperiumi[7]

Red Album is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Baroness.

Background[edit]

Red Album is Baroness' only studio album to feature guitarist Brian Blickle, who replaced the band's original lead guitarist, Tim Loose. Hyperrealist Records released a one-off pressing of Red Album on dark red vinyl with etched borders, which was limited 1,000 copies.[8][9] All subsequent pressings were handled by Relapse Records.

The song "O'Appalachia" was released in August 2007 on a split 7" with High on Fire and Coliseum. A music video for "Wanderlust" debuted on December 6, 2007 on Headbangers Ball.[10]

Red Album was named Album of the Year by heavy metal magazine Revolver.[11] In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked Red Album as 83rd on their list of 'The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time.'[12]

Track listing[edit]

All lyrics are written by John Dyer Baizley; all music is composed by Baroness

No.TitleLength
1."Rays on Pinion"7:35
2."The Birthing"5:03
3."Isak"4:22
4."Wailing Wintry Wind"5:54
5."Cockroach en Fleur"1:50
6."Wanderlust"4:29
7."Aleph"4:21
8."Teeth of a Cogwheel"2:16
9."O'Appalachia"2:36
10."Grad"5:54
11.Untitled (contains 11:01 of silence followed by a hidden track)12:11

Personnel[edit]

Baroness
  • John Dyer Baizley – vocals, rhythm guitar, artwork
  • Allen Blickle – drums
  • Brian Blickle – lead guitar
  • Summer Welch – bass
Guest musician
  • Tony Roebuck – trumpet on "Grad"
Technical personnel
  • Phillip Cope – production, engineering
  • Jay Matheson – engineering
  • Steve Slavich – engineering
  • Scott Hull – mastering

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Runtime includes 11:01 of silence at the beginning of track 11.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Begrand, Adrien (September 3, 2007). "Baroness: The Red Album". PopMatters. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
  2. ^ Prato, Greg. "Red Album – Baroness". Allmusic. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
  3. ^ Bowar, Chad. "Baroness – The Red Album". About.com. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
  4. ^ Currin, Grayson (September 20, 2007). "Baroness: Red Album". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on December 18, 2008. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
  5. ^ Gross, Joe (November 2007). "Virginia is for lovers...of complex twin-ax riff patterns". Spin. 23 (11): 114. ISSN 0886-3032.
  6. ^ Harris, David (June 8, 2008). "Tiny Mix Tapes Reviews: Baroness - The Red Album". Archived from the original on June 8, 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  7. ^ Starbuck (2007). "Levyarviot: Baroness - Red Album". Imperiumi. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  8. ^ "Releases". hyperrealist.com. Archived from the original on July 12, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  9. ^ "News". hyperrealist.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2008. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  10. ^ "Video Premiere: Baroness Meander with 'Wanderlust'". Headbangersblog.mtv.com. MTV.com. December 6, 2007. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  11. ^ Revolver. November 2007 issue.
  12. ^ "Rolling Stone Share Their Choices For 'The 100 Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time'". Theprp.com. June 21, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2020.

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