Silver Bell

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Silver Bell
Silver Bell cover
Studio album by Patty Griffin
Released Unreleased
Recorded Kingsway Studio, New Orleans, 2000
Genre Folk Rock
Label A&M Records
Patty Griffin chronology
Flaming Red
(1998)
Silver Bell
(2000)
1000 Kisses
(2002)

Silver Bell was intended to be Patty Griffin's third album, but went unreleased by A&M Records, which scrapped its 2000 release after being bought by Interscope[1] [2], spurring Griffin to leave the label and sign to Dave Matthews' ATO Records [3]. Two songs from the album, the title track and "Standing," were promotionally released in 2000 in anticipation of the release of Silver Bell. The other songs on Silver Bell were leaked out. "Making Pies" was re-recorded for 1000 Kisses in 2002, the same year that the Dixie Chicks covered two other Silver Bell songs on their 6x platinum Home, "Truth #2" and "Top of the World." In 2004, Patty Griffin released the re-recorded "Top of the World" and "Standing" on Impossible Dream. In 2006, The Wreckers released their version of "One More Girl" on Stand Still, Look Pretty and Joan Osborne released her version of "What You Are" on Pretty Little Stranger.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Allmusic 1,000 Kisses review
  2. ^ Patty Griffin official bio
  3. ^ 2001 Nashville Rage Article: Will "Silver Bell" Ever Ring?