Red Album (Baroness album)

Red Album
Studio album by Baroness
Released September 4, 2007
Recorded Mar 18, 2007 - May 2, 2007
Genre Sludge metal, progressive metal
Length 56:31
Label Relapse
Producer Phillip Cope of Kylesa
Baroness chronology
A Grey Sigh in a Flower Husk
(2006)A Grey Sigh in a Flower Husk2006		 Red Album
(2007)		 Blue Record
(2009)Blue Record2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
About.com[2]
Pitchfork Media(8.4/10)[3]
PopMatters(8/10)[4]
Spin[5]
Tiny Mix Tapes[6]
Imperiumi[7]

Red Album is the debut studio album released by the progressive metal band Baroness.[8] Red Album was named Album of the Year by heavy metal magazine Revolver.[9] The music video for "Wanderlust" debuted on December 8, 2007 on Headbangers Ball.[10]

It is their only album to feature Brian Blickle on guitar.

Track listing

All lyrics written by John Baizley; all music 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"12:11
Notes
  • "Untitled" starts with 11:01 of silence. Only the last 1:10 make up the actual song.

Personnel

  • John Dyer Baizley – vocals, guitar and artwork
  • Allen Blickle – drums
  • Brian Blickle – guitar
  • Summer Welch – bass

References

  1. ↑ Prato, Greg. "Red Album – Baroness". Allmusic. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
  2. ↑ Bowar, Chad. "Baroness – The Red Album". About.com. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
  3. ↑ Currin, Grayson (September 20, 2007). "Baroness: Red Album". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on December 18, 2008. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
  4. ↑ Begrand, Adrien (September 4, 2007). "Baroness: The Red Album". PopMatters. 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". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on June 8, 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  7. ↑ Starbuck (08.10.2007). "Levyarviot: Baroness - Red Album". Imperiumi. Retrieved October 7, 2012. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ↑ Relapse Records (subscription required)
  9. ↑ Revolver. November 2007 issue.
  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.


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