Crown of Roses


Crown of Roses is the eleventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Patty Griffin. It was released on July 25, 2025, under Griffin's own imprint PGM with distribution handled by Thirty Tigers. The album was produced by Craig Ross.

Background

Crown of Roses is Griffin's first studio album of newly recorded material since her 2019 eponymous album and first body of work overall since Tape, a collection of previously unreleased home recordings and demos. The album's artwork consists of a photo of Griffin's late mother on the day of her wedding surrounded by pictures that symbolize Griffin and her late mother's childhoods.

Promotion

The album's lead single, "Back at the Start", was released simultaneously with the album's announcement on June 3, 2025. The second single, "Born in a Cage", was released on June 26, 2025.

Critical reception

Upon release, Crown of Roses received positive acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream publications, the album has an average score of 84 out of 100 based on five reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Writing for AllMusic, Mark Deming rated the album four out of five stars and wrote: "As an artist, Griffin deals with tough times through her music, and Crown of Roses is as much about the process of wrestling with her sorrows as about coming out the other side. This is art as therapy, and these songs are deeply personal expressions of the pains of her heart and soul, though they touch on enough commonalities to be relatable to nearly everyone." Rob Hughes of Uncut rated the album four-and-a-half stars and opined that the album "succeeds via its concentrated hush, a rootless simmer that suggests the imminent arrival of a full storm."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.