Silver Bell (album)
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| Silver Bell | ||||
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| Released | October 8, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||
| Studio | Kingsway Studio (New Orleans) | |||
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| Length | 59:16 | |||
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| Patty Griffin chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 83/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| American Songwriter | [3] |
| The Austin Chronicle |  [4] |
| Blurt | [5] |
| Paste | 7.5/10[6] |
| PopMatters | 10/10[7] |
| Record Collector | [8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
| The Sydney Morning Herald | [10] |
| Uncut | 8/10[11] |
Silver Bell is an album by American singer-songwriter Patty Griffin, released by A&M Records through UMe on October 8, 2013.[12] It was originally recorded in 2000 as the follow-up to Griffin's second album Flaming Red (1998).
Griffin recorded the album's fourteen tracks in 2000 at Daniel Lanois' Kingsway Studio in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was accompanied by co-producer Jay Joyce and Doug Lancio on guitar, John Deaderick on keyboards, Frank Swart on bass, and Billy Beard on percussion. Emmylou Harris sang harmony vocals on the track "Truth #2".[13]
The album was newly mixed by Glyn Johns for its 2013 release.[14]
Commercial performance
Silver Bell debuted at number 64 on the Billboard 200[15] and number 5 on the Billboard Folk Albums chart.[16] As of September 2015, it had sold 21,000 copies in the United States.[17]
