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Children Running Through

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Length
  
47:04

Artist
  
Patty Griffin

Label
  
ATO Records

Children Running Through (2007)
  
Downtown Church (2010)

Release date
  
6 February 2007

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Released
  
February 6, 2007 (2007-02-06)

Genres
  
Folk music, Rock music, Americana, Folk rock

Producers
  
Patty Griffin, Mike McCarthy

Similar
  
Patty Griffin albums, Folk music albums

Children Running Through is Patty Griffin's sixth commercially released album, and fifth studio album. It was released on 6 February 2007. The album features vocals from Emmylou Harris on "Trapeze". "Heavenly Day" was the album's first single.

Contents

The album debuted at number 34 on the Billboard 200 in mid-February, the highest chart position achieved by Griffin in her career. It sold about 27,000 copies in its first week. As of January 2010, the album had sold over 168,000 copies in the United States.

Kelly Clarkson performed a live cover version of "Up To The Mountain (MLK Song)" with Jeff Beck on the "Idol Gives Back" special edition of American Idol on April 25, 2007. Griffin is regarded as one of Clarkson's musical inspirations and Clarkson also covered "No Bad News" during the Nashville concert on her My December Tour.

Reception

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said the song "Heavenly Day" gives "Griffin a chance to let that fine voice soar." According to Entertainment Weekly Griffin "effortlessly slow-burns her way through an evocation of good times."

The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album.

Track listing

All songs written by Patty Griffin.

  1. "You'll Remember" – 2:07
  2. "Stay on the Ride" – 5:17
  3. "Trapeze" – 4:23
  4. "Getting Ready" – 3:15
  5. "Burgundy Shoes" – 3:26
  6. "Heavenly Day" – 3:45
  7. "No Bad News" – 4:02
  8. "Railroad Wings" – 3:59
  9. "Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)" – 4:08
  10. "I Don't Ever Give Up" – 4:00
  11. "Someone Else's Tomorrow" – 4:06
  12. "Crying Over" – 4:37

Bonus Tracks

Barnes & Noble

  • "Free"
  • "Only Up or Down"

    • iTunes Store

  • "Moon Song"

    • Personnel

  • David Angell – Violin
  • Kristen Cassel – Cello
  • David Davidson – Violin
  • Christopher Farrell – Viola
  • Traci Goudie – Art Direction, Design
  • Patty Griffin – Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Producer, Vox Organ, Drawing
  • Emmylou Harris – Background Vocals on "Trapeze"
  • Jim Hoke – Baritone & Tenor Saxophone, Bass Harmonica
  • Anthony LaMarchina – Cello
  • Doug Lancio – Guitar, Autoharp
  • JD Foster - Bass
  • Michael Longoria – Percussion, Drums
  • Mike McCarthy – Producer
  • Ian McLagan – Grand Piano
  • John Mark Painter – Horn, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
  • Leslie Richter – Engineer
  • Jane Scarpantoni – Cello, Soloist
  • Pamela Sixfin – Violin
  • Steve Squire – Second Engineer
  • Mary Kathryn Vanosdale – Violin
  • Jim Vollentine – Engineer
  • Kathi Whitley – Production Coordination
  • Kristin Wilkinson – Viola
  • Glenn Worf – Bass, Tic Tac

    • Songs

    1You'll Remember2:07
    2Stay on the Ride5:15
    3Trapeze4:23

    References

    Children Running Through Wikipedia
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