Red Album (Baroness album)

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

Red Album
Studio album by
Baroness
ReleasedSeptember 4, 2007[1]
RecordedMarch 18 – May 2, 2007
StudioJam Room Studio
Columbia, South Carolina
Genre
Length56:31[lower-alpha 1]
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]

Background

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

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
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
  • Scottt Hull – mastering

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

References
  1. 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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