Children Running Through

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Children Running Through
Studio album by Patty Griffin
Released	February 6, 2007 (2007-02-06)
Genre	Folk, rock
Length	47:04
Label	ATO
Producer	Patty Griffin, Mike McCarthy
Professional reviews
About.com 2007 All Music Guide 2007 The A.V. Club (A-) 2007 Blender 2007 The Music Box 2007 Paste 2007 PopMatters 2007 Rolling Stone 2007 Slant Magazine 2007
Patty Griffin chronology
Impossible Dream (2004) Children Running Through (2007)

Children Running Through is Patty Griffin's sixth commercially released 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.

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.^[1] As of March 28, 2007 (2007-03-28), the album had sold over 77,000 copies.^[2]

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 she also covered "No Bad News" during the Nashville concert on her My December Tour.

The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album.^[3]

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Bonus Tracks 2 References 3 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] Bonus Tracks

Barnes & Noble

• "Free"
• "Only Up or Down"

iTunes Store

• "Moon Song"

[edit] References

1. ^ Hasty, Katie (2007-02-14). Fall Out Boy Hits 'High' Note With No. 1 Debut. Billboard.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
2. ^ Billboard 200: Modest Mouse #1 129k. Pulse Music Board (2007-03-29). Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
3. ^ Zuel, Bernard. "Patty Griffin". The Sydney Morning Herald. February 16, 2008.

[edit] External links

• Lyrics to the album on PattyNet.net

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