Big Red Letter Day

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Big Red Letter Day
Buffalo Tom - BRLD.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1993
RecordedSpring 1993
Studio Cherokee (Hollywood)
Genre Alternative rock
Length41:29
Label Beggars Banquet
Producer The Robb Brothers, Buffalo Tom
Buffalo Tom chronology
Let Me Come Over
(1992)
Big Red Letter Day
(1993)
Sleepy Eyed
(1995)

Big Red Letter Day is the fourth album by American alternative rock band Buffalo Tom, released in 1993. [1] [2]

Contents

The leadoff track, "Sodajerk," was featured on the soundtrack for the short-lived television series My So-Called Life and in commercials for Nike and Pontiac. "Late at Night" was also used in an episode of My So-Called Life.

The album peaked at number 185 on the Billboard 200. [3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
NME 8/10 [5]
The Village Voice C [6]

Author Dave Thompson praised the album in his book Alternative Rock, writing that "Buffalo Tom jangle and twang with the best of them, filling Red Letter with moody melodies lightened by harmonies and the exquisite guitars. College rock rarely sounded this good." [7]

Track listing

  1. "Sodajerk"
  2. "I'm Allowed"
  3. "Tree House"
  4. "Would Not Be Denied"
  5. "Latest Monkey"
  6. "My Responsibility"
  7. "Dry Land"
  8. "Torch Singer"
  9. "Late at Night"
  10. "Suppose"
  11. "Anything That Way"

All songs by Buffalo Tom.

Personnel

Buffalo Tom

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] 47
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [9] 29
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [10] 46
UK Albums (OCC) [11] 17
US Billboard 200 [3] 185
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [12] 8

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