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River Runs Red by Life of Agony
River Runs Red is an album by Life of Agony, released in 1993. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “River Runs Red”, on 4 lists with a best position of #46.
River Runs Red, the 1993 debut from Brooklyn's Life of Agony, came out on Roadrunner on October 12 and plays like a nervous breakdown set to riffs. It's a concept album that follows a teenager from a wretched home all the way to a suicide attempt, and bassist Alan Robert wrote every lyric, melody and idea, then designed the cover concept and the band's logo for good measure. Keith Caputo sings it with a raw, wounded croon that slices through the crunch of his cousin Joey Zampella's guitar and Sal Abruscato's drums.
Josh Silver, once the producer and keyboardist of Type O Negative, produced and mixed it at Systems Two in Brooklyn, and the gloom lands with suffocating weight. It has aged into a touchstone: Decibel made it only the fourth album in its Hall of Fame in 2005, Rolling Stone put it at number 58 among the greatest metal albums in 2017, and in 2023 the band toured the whole record for its 30th anniversary.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from River Runs Red on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | River Runs Red | 4 | #46 | – | 2009–2012 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.