1000 Kisses
Her first record for ATO, played live in the studio by a small, mostly acoustic band.
Patty Griffin, 2002
- Released
- April 9, 2002
- Recorded
- April 17-18, 2001
- Studio
- Doug's Basement and Sunroom Studio, Nashville
- Label
- ATO
- Producer
- Patty Griffin, Doug Lancio
- Length
- 39:45
1000 Kisses was recorded on April 17 and 18, 2001, and produced by Griffin with Doug Lancio, who also played mandolin and guitars. Giles Reaves played drums and vibraphone, Michael Ramos accordion, Kami Lyle trumpet and John Deaderick piano; Emmylou Harris sang harmony on "Long Ride Home". Two covers appear, Bruce Springsteen's "Stolen Car" and "Tomorrow Night", and "Mil Besos" is by Ema Elena Valdelamar.
It reached number 101 on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Top Heatseekers chart, and had sold 151,000 copies in the United States by May 2004. AllMusic gave it four stars, Entertainment Weekly a B+ and Rolling Stone three and a half; Paste ranked it fifteenth among the fifty best albums of the decade in 2009.
Track listing
- Rain4:08
- Chief3:11
- Stolen Car4:22
- Making Pies3:40
- Be Careful4:04
- Long Ride Home3:33
- Nobody's Crying5:22
- Tomorrow Night4:40
- Mil Besos5:21
- Reprise1:20
Personnel
- Patty Griffin vocals, guitar, resonator, percussion
- Doug Lancio mandolin, guitars, production
- Giles Reaves drums, vibraphone
- Michael Ramos accordion
- Emmylou Harris harmony vocals
More from Patty Griffin
Flaming Red (1998), Impossible Dream (2004), Silver Bell (2013)
Where to go next
Reference
- 1000 Kisses on Wikipedia Recording dates, personnel and charts.
Sources
- 1000 Kisses, Wikipedia