Silver Bell (album)

Silver Bell is an album by American singer-songwriter Patty Griffin, released by A&M Records through UM^e on October 8, 2013.^[2] It was originally recorded in 2000 as the follow-up to Griffin's second album Flaming Red (1998).

Silver Bell
Studio album by Patty Griffin
Released	October 8, 2013 (2013-10-08)
Recorded	2000
Studio	Kingsway Studio (New Orleans)
Genre	Folk folk rock Americana
Length	59:16
Label	A&M Records UMe
Producer	Jay Joyce Craig Ross
Patty Griffin chronology
American Kid (2013) Silver Bell (2013) Servant of Love (2015)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Production

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".^[3]

The album was newly mixed by Glyn Johns for its 2013 release.^[4]

Commercial performance

Silver Bell debuted at number 64 on the Billboard 200^[5] and number 5 on the Billboard Folk Albums chart.^[6] As of September 2015, it had sold 21,000 copies in the United States.^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Little God"		5:05
2.	"Truth #2"		4:31
3.	"Boston"		4:03
4.	"Perfect White Girls"		3:49
5.	"Sooner or Later"		3:26
6.	"What You Are"	Griffin Craig Ross	4:43
7.	"Silver Bell"		3:09
8.	"Fragile"		3:39
9.	"Mother of God"		4:15
10.	"One More Girl"		5:01
11.	"Sorry and Sad"		3:15
12.	"Driving"		4:18
13.	"Top of the World"		5:01
14.	"So Long"		5:07
Total length:			59:16

All tracks are written by Patty Griffin, except where noted

Chart performance

Chart (2013)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[8]	64
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[9]	5
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[10]	22
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[11]	25