Big Red Machine (album)

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Big Red Machine
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ReleasedAugust 31, 2018 (2018-08-31) [1]
StudioLong Pond, Hudson Valley, New York [1]
Length46:51
Label Jagjaguwar
Producer
Big Red Machine chronology
Big Red Machine
(2018)
How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?
(2021)

Big Red Machine is the debut studio album by American musicians Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon as Big Red Machine. Dessner is most famous for being a founding member, instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer for The National, and Vernon for being the founding member and frontman of Bon Iver. The majority of the album was recorded in Dessner's shed studio in the Hudson Valley. [2]

Contents

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Paste Magazine 8.8/10 [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Deep Green"4:01
2."Gratitude"5:56
3."Lyla"5:10
4."Air Stryp"2:03
5."Hymnostic"3:02
6."Forest Green"5:49
7."OMDB"7:42
8."People Lullaby"5:23
9."I Won't Run from It"3:38
10."Melt"4:07

Personnel

Musicians

Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] 16
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 80
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 86
UK Albums (OCC) [9] 96
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [10] 1
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [11] 8
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [12] 34
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [13] 18
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [14] 40
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [15] 6


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