Patty Griffin - Flaming Red
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Artist: Patty GriffinEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-06-23
Music Label: Fontana a&M
Soundtracks:
- Flaming Red
- One Big Love
- Tony
- Change
- Goodbye
- Carry Me
- Christina
- Wiggley Fingers
- Blue Sky
- Big Daddy
- Go Now
- Mary
- Peter Pan
Free Music Notes for Flaming Red
Free Music Review: Not perfect, but an amazing sophomore offering from an amazing songwriter
Hit: 4 Stars
I am a HUGE Patty fan and she is, without a doubt, one of my very favorite artists. She is one of the best artists writing and recording today. The first album I heard from her was her stunning debut, Living with Ghosts, and I was beyond blown away. I immediately scrambled to buy all of her records that I could. So we come to her second record, the follow-up to the brilliant Living with Ghosts, FLAMING RED. I'm not surprised that a lot of people who started with Ghosts were absolutely flabbergasted upon hearing this album; it is as different from its predecessor as day is from night. Whereas her debut was completely acoustic and her voice and songwriting were the primary focus, Flaming Red is a red-hot rock 'n roll album. It has simple, fun, straightforward rockers, rockers packed full of depth and power and soul, and of course, gorgeous, heart-wrenching ballads. I've seen a lot of angry comments from reviewers who gave this album five stars and love it, comments in which they suggest that the fans who love Living with Ghosts are simply upset with the style change and thus, give this album bad reviews because it's more rock and upbeat. Well, Ghosts is my favorite Patty album, but I still enjoy Flaming Red very much. I am a big rock fan, and I think Patty pulls it off effortlessly and beautifully, without a hint of pretense. The reason I gave this four stars instead of five, however, is only because this album is not as solid as her others. I can listen to her other albums all the way through, without skipping a single song, and on this one, I skip two: "Big Daddy" and "Go Now." They're just boring and pointless and do not work. That is my sole motivation for giving this record four stars and not a perfect score. But it's still a STUNNING piece of work, and Patty really shows off her versatility both as a singer and a songwriter. My personal favorites? The hard-rocking, unbelievably hard-hitting "Tony", about a gay classmate who committed suicide; the bluesy, beat-driven rock of "Change", in which Patty delivers a performance that will make your jaw drop to the floor; the unbearably emotional, sorrowful ballad, "Goodbye", another song that showcases her unbelievable voice, swooping from low to searingly high; and the haunting, bittersweet piano closer "Peter Pan." But there are other songs that are beautiful and greatly enjoyable, too, like the catchy, giddy pop/rock of "One Big Love", the punchy title track, the soaring, evocative "Christina", the staggering, titanic hard rock of "Wiggley Fingers" and the breathless, gorgeous pop of "Blue Sky." This album has something for everyone, and although it's far from her best work, I highly recommend it and her other masterpieces to people who are interested in some REAL music from a REAL talent.
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Griffin's follow-up to the acoustic, lyric-based material of Living with Ghosts shifts gears so dramatically, it hardly seems like the work of the same artist. In an electric wonderland of dense percussion tracks (played by Kenny Aronoff) and tricky guitar attacks (handled by producer Jay Joyce), Griffin reveals herself as a muscular rock & roll singer as well as an emotionally vulnerable balladeer. If the Ramones-loud title track seems to be trying too hard to rock and other cuts just sound busy, overwhelming the song with production--the chaotic rant of "Wiggley Fingers," for one--the anthemic pulse of "Tony" and the modern soul of "Christina" are gorgeous and convincing. They're the work of an imagination set free, if not fully grown. --Roy KastenFolk Music CDs
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